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Neymar will again wear the No.10 shirt for Brazil at the 2026 World Cup. The South American nations have officially confirmed squad numbers ahead of the tournament. Neymar will be playing at the World Cup, after head coach Carlo Ancelotti chose to keep him despite recent injury struggles. Not only will he be at the competition, but he will also be wearing the iconic No. 10 jersey. The Santos forward is not fully fit and could miss Brazil’s opening match due to a calf problem. Neymar’s inclusion and his assignment of the No. 10 come after months of speculation regarding…

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has reaffirmed his loyalty to President Bola Tinubu and the administration’s policies, dismissing reports suggesting he criticised the President in a recent interview. Tuggar, in a statement issued on Sunday in Bauchi by his media aide, Abdulkadir Alkassim, said his remarks in a Hausa-language interview had been misrepresented and taken out of context. “For the avoidance of doubt, Ambassador Tuggar did not criticise or question President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in any way. Any suggestion to the contrary is false and a deliberate distortion of his remarks,” Alkassim said. He added that “the Minister…

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to publicly reject the presidential nomination reportedly offered to him by a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party. Keyamo said the PDP faction that announced Jonathan as its candidate for the 2027 presidential election is not recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Recall that a faction of the PDP led by Tanimu Turaki had recently named Jonathan as its presidential candidate for the 2027 election. This came weeks after another faction led by supporters of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom…

Cristiano Ronaldo has extended his dominance at the summit of global sports earnings after being named the world’s highest-paid athlete for a sixth time, including four consecutive years at No. 1. According to Forbes on Sunday, the 41-year-old Portuguese forward’s latest ranking places him among the most consistently dominant earners in the history of professional sport, with only NBA legend Michael Jordan (six times) and golf icon Tiger Woods (11 times) having spent more time at No. 1. Forbes noted that Ronaldo’s latest achievement further underlines his sustained position at the top of the earnings ladder, saying he has now…

Bitcoin (BTC) is rebounding from a key on-chain support zone, putting the $78,000 level back in focus for bulls.Key takeaways:BTC is eyeing a rebound to $78,200, the realized price of BTC held for three to six months.A sustained move above this cost basis could put Bitcoin on track for a push above $100,000 by year-end.BTC’s short-term holders defend $71,400 cost basisBitcoin rebounded roughly 2.5% over the weekend to reach $74,000 on Sunday, with the recovery beginning near $72,500.The local low came close to the realized price of BTC held for three to six months (orange), a cohort often used to…

Gypsy Rose Blanchard got ready for the summer with a new bikini photo shoot. The Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up star, 34, shared a photo of herself wearing a pink bikini top and jean shorts during a beach outing in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday, May 30. In another slide from her Instagram carousel, Blanchard watched as waves serenely crashed along the California shoreline. Blanchard has been open about losing weight since her release from prison in December 2023. (Gypsy served just over eight years of a 10-year sentence in prison for her involvement in the 2015 murder of…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s visit to Rotimi Amaechi in Abuja on Thursday was publicly presented as a birthday courtesy call and an opportunity to discuss Nigeria’s economic and security challenges. Politically, however, the meeting represented an early attempt at coalition management. Coming just days after the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential primary, which Atiku won but which Mr Amaechi and fellow aspirant Mohammed Hayatu-Deen rejected as flawed, the visit has drawn attention as a bid to contain tensions within a party aiming to challenge President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027. Why Atiku moved quickly…

There is a specific kind of validation that academia confers and another that the world confers. The academy signals acceptance through citation, peer review, and the slow machinery of scholarly publication. The world signals it differently — through use. When a scholar picks up your framework, not merely to interrogate it, but to build with it, something important has shifted. That is not endorsement. That is adoption. That is what happened when Dr Omoniyi Ibietan — secretary general of the African Public Relations Association (APRA), fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), and doctoral faculty at Rome Business…

Nigerian singer Timi Dakolo has released a new single titled Brotherly, which encourages men to speak up about their struggles rather than keep them to themselves. The cover of Brotherly shows two people holding each other beneath the words “I Got You.” That image reflects the song’s message. Released on 29 May, Brotherly sees Timi Dakolo sing about the challenges many men face and the need for support during difficult times. The song moves away from love and relationships and focuses instead on everyday struggles that many listeners will recognise. Produced by Cobhams Asuquo, the song highlights the pressures men…

The Chairman of Hong Local Government Council of Adamawa State, Inuwa Usman Wa’aganda, has alerted authorities to the lingering attacks by insurgents on communities in the area. Hong has in the last one year become the most affected local government area in Adamawa by insurgency, with attacks reported multiple times this month. During a ceremony in Hong LGA headquarters to honour sons and daughters of the area who are in the military, the council chairman called for decisive steps to halt insurgency attacks. “Our hearts are heavy because of the insecurity that burdens us,” Wa’aganda said, adding, “Many communities are…