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Nigeria and Poland will put their World Cup disappointments behind them on Wednesday when the two countries square off in an international friendly in Warsaw, seeking to continue their rebuilding after narrowly missing out on the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Super Eagles arrived in the Polish capital on Monday and immediately began preparations for the high-profile encounter, with captain Wilfred Ndidi leading the first training session attended by 16 players. The match at the 58,000-capacity Stadion PGE Narodowy brings together two nations still recovering from painful playoff defeats that denied them places at next year’s global showpiece. Poland came…

President Bola Tinubu on Monday received his Benin Republic counterpart, Romuald Wadagni, in his Lagos residence. In a post on his official X handle, Tinubu’s media, Bayo Onanuga said the Benin Republic President “came on a private visit.” In a video clip shared by Onanuga, Romuald Wadagni could be seen being escorted to Tinubu by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The visit is coming a few weeks after Romuald Wadagni was officially sworn in as president of Benin. The former Beninese finance minister, succeeded his predecessor and former boss, Patrice Talon. Watch video President Tinubu received in his Lagos home…

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, has predicted a landslide victory for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general election. Lawal made the remark while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, shortly after announcing his resignation from the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in a post on his Facebook page. The former SGF said he had decided to step away from active politics, citing dissatisfaction with the way politics is practised in Nigeria. According to him, he would rather focus on other pursuits, including agriculture and church-related activities. “I’ve just come to the conclusion…

A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has convicted and sentenced a businesswoman, Ezea Isidora Kamchukwube, to two years in prison for operating unregistered pharmaceutical premises and illegally practising as a pharmacist in violation of the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria Act. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, who sentenced the convict in absentia, delivered the judgment after finding the defendant guilty on multiple counts bordering on the unlawful operation of pharmaceutical outlets without registration and dispensing medicines without the requisite qualifications. The charges, filed by the Federal Republic of Nigeria under Charge No. FHC/CA/76C/2025 stemmed from offences allegedly committed in…

England head coach, Thomas Tuchel, has given four Arsenal players in his World Cup squad an extra holiday. According to Sky Sports, most of the England squad will arrive in Florida on Monday evening to begin their World Cup pre-tournament training preparation. The report added that 21 of the 26 players on the England roster will gather from various locations to meet in Florida and begin their pre-tournament training camp. However, the four Arsenal players who played in the Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain will join the main England squad a few days later. Tuchel decided to give Bukayo…

Anthony Joshua said Monday he would not celebrate that a deal has finally been struck for a heavyweight clash with rival Tyson Fury until after he wins. “I’m not pleased because the pleasure really comes after victory,” said Joshua. “Signing a contract doesn’t mean anything. Winning is the only true success.” The pair are heading for a long-awaited ‘Battle of Britain’, probably in November, but before then, both boxers are eyeing a warm-up fight. Joshua will face unheralded Albanian Kristian Prenga in Saudi Arabia on July 25 in his first bout since being involved in a car crash in Nigeria…

A senatorial aspirant for Osun Central Senatorial District on the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Nathaniel Oduyemi, has expressed concern over the rising wave of kidnappings targeting schoolchildren and teachers across the country. In a statement issued on Monday, Oduyemi said the abduction of pupils from schools, which should be safe environments for learning, underscored the severity of the nation’s security challenges. “I have watched with deep concern and growing anxiety the disturbing wave of kidnappings targeting school children and their teachers across Nigeria. This trend is a threat to Nigeria’s future. “The abduction of innocent pupils from schools that ought to…

French club Monaco on Monday confirmed that Belgian coach Sebastien Pocognoli has been sacked after just under eight months in the job. Pocognoli had one more year left on his contract but paid for a seventh-place Ligue 1 finish which saw the club miss out on Champions League football next season. Monaco secured a spot in the UEFA Conference League play-offs. “AS Monaco announces the end of its collaboration with Sebastien Pocognoli at the conclusion of the 2025-2026 season,” the club said in a statement. Pocognoli, 38, joined Monaco last October from Union Saint-Gilloise in place of Adi Hutter. After…

Some news: The Vergecast is now a daily podcast! Starting today, we’ll be posting every weekday, with even more gadgets and rankings and conversations and feelings and podcasts-within-podcasts. We’re excited for all the ways this new schedule lets us tell new kinds of stories, experiment with new tech and new formats, and involve you even more in the show.(The other immediate change to know about: We’ll be publishing the show in the afternoons going forward, so we can include the day’s biggest news in our 90 Seconds on The Verge segment. The goal is to always be live before 4PM…

A group of lawmakers within Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) are seeking reforms to the country’s cryptocurrency taxation system, as well as support for initiatives for the development and adoption of yen-denominated stablecoins.According to a Monday Nada News report, the LDP’s Parliamentary Association for the Promotion of Blockchain delivered recommendations to Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, including provisions on stablecoins, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and applications for blockchain technology.The document proposes doubling the leverage cap for retail cryptocurrency derivatives trading and establishing a framework for ETFs tied to digital assets.Katayama reportedly responded to the proposals by saying…