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Paris Saint-Germain coach, Luis Enrique, has released a strong squad to face Arsenal in the Champions League final on Saturday evening in Budapest. The squad includes the likes of 2025 Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembele, inform forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and midfield ace Vitinha. PSG head to the game after eliminating Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final stage, while Arsenal knocked out Atletico Madrid. The Parisians defeated Arsenal 3-1 on aggregate last season in the Champions League semi-final stage. Here is the full list of PSG’s squad against Arsenal: 2 – Hakimi 4 – Beraldo 5 – Marquinhos 6 – Zabarnyi 7…

The Governor of Kebbi State, Nasir Idris, has approved a special cash support package of 350 Saudi Riyals for each of the over 4,000 pilgrims from the state currently performing the 2026 Hajj in Saudi Arabia. The State Amirul Hajj, Ahmad Jega, announced the gesture while addressing journalists in Makkah, Saudi Arabia on Friday. Jega said the gesture formed part of the governor’s commitment to ensuring the comfort and welfare of Kebbi pilgrims throughout their stay in the Holy Land. According to him, the governor also fully settled the Hadaya sacrifice fees for all the state pilgrims to enable them…

A former Governor of Plateau State and elder statesman, Jonah David Jang, has congratulated the Peoples Democratic Party for the “smooth conduct” of its primary elections across Nigeria, including Plateau State, describing the exercise as a demonstration of the party’s commitment to democracy. In a statement issued on Friday by his media consultant, Clinton Garuba, Jang said the Plateau PDP primary that produced Sunday Garba Biggs as governorship flagbearer for the 2027 election was “a testament to the top-level organisation, coordination and unity within the PDP.” “There is no doubt, the difference in approach, planning and execution as witnessed during…

Super Eagles winger Christantus Uche has become the latest Nigerian footballer to win a UEFA trophy after Crystal Palace claimed the UEFA Conference League title, completing a historic treble of European honours for Nigerian players, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Palace defeated Spanish side Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in the final in Leipzig, with Jean-Philippe Mateta scoring the only goal of the game in the second half after reacting sharply to a rebound from Adam Wharton’s long-range effort that Rayo goalkeeper Augusto Batalla could only parry into the danger zone. Uche, who was part of Palace’s squad during the group stage of…

For nearly 80 years, Ferrari occupied a unique cultural space where its cars were aspirational, even for people who resented those who could afford them. The price, the exclusivity, and the opacity of the buying process allowed Ferrari to sail above ordinary criticism. You might not be able to afford one, but you still wanted one.With the launch of the all-electric Luce this week, however, the company fell down to earth, drawing the ire of the internet in the form of derision, mocking memes, and AI slop. People compared it to a vacuum, a Magic Mouse, and, most insultingly, a…

Stellar’s native token, XLM, has rallied more than 50% this week, outperforming the broader crypto market, which has declined by nearly 5% in the same period.Key takeaways:US financial giant DTCC announced it would integrate its tokenized securities platform with the Stellar Network.XLM rallied by over 50% after the announcement, but risks a sharp downside in the coming weeks.DTCC partnership fuels XLM rallyXLM’s price surged after a major institutional partnership announcement by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a US financial giant that clears and settles $10 trillion to $12 trillion in securities transactions daily.In a Wednesday press release, the…

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son Maddox Jolie-Pitt wants to legally drop Pitt from his last name. Maddox, 24, filed to remove his father’s surname from his own, according to legal documents seen by Us Weekly on Thursday, May 28. If the request is granted, Maddox legally will be known as Maddox Chivan Jolie in the future. (Chivan is his middle name.) Us has reached out to Pitt’s representatives for comment. Hours before the filing made headlines, news broke that Pitt, 62, had landed a victory in his legal battle with Jolie, 50, over their Château Miraval winery, with a…

On 9 May, British Barrister Martin Hackett was sworn in as The Gambia’s Special Prosecutor for crimes committed under Yahya Jammeh’s rule from 1994 to 2017. His mandate covers serious human rights violations and international crimes, including torture, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. Mr Hackett will serve both the Special Criminal Division of the High Court and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)-backed Special Tribunal for The Gambia. Attorney General Dawda Jallow said he was selected from a broad pool of candidates. However, appointing a non-Gambian prosecutor seems hard to reconcile with the ‘Gambian-driven’ accountability process envisaged in…

The average retail price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) rose to ₦1,532.93 per litre in April 2026, up from ₦1,288.54 recorded in March, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday. The latest Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch shows that the April price represents an 18.97 per cent increase on a month-on-month basis. The report also indicates that on a year-on-year basis, the average retail price rose from ₦1,239.33 in April 2025 to ₦1,532.93 in April 2026, representing a 23.69 per cent increase. According to the NBS data, Yobe recorded the highest average retail…

There is no provision in Nigerian law that specifically defines deepfakes, prohibits their creation for fraudulent purposes, or creates a standalone offence for using AI-generated synthetic media to deceive. There is no mandatory labelling requirement obliging platforms or creators to identify AI-generated content as such. There is no specific civil cause of action that a victim of deepfake fraud can bring on the basis of the synthetic media itself, separate from the underlying fraud it was used to commit. In February this year, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation and one of the most recognisable Nigerian women alive,…