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South African club Stellenbosch FC have announced the departure of Nigerian duo Olisa Ndah, and Kazie Enyinnaya, DAILY POST reports. Ndah is leaving the Stellies following a short stint at the club. The centre-back arrived at the club midway of last season after leaving Orlando Pirates. The 28-year-old made seven league appearances for Gavin Hunt’s side. Enyinnaya joined the Maroons in 2024 after leaving the Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, outfit Rivers United. The right-back made over 50 appearances for Stellenbosch.

The Kano State Amirul Hajj and Emir of Gaya, Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim Abdulkadir, has expressed concern over what he described as the poor treatment meted out to pilgrims from the state by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria during the ongoing 2026 Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia. The Amirul Hajj, who spoke through his deputy, the Emir of Karaye, Alhaji Muhammadu Maharaz, made the complaint while receiving officials of NAHCON at the Kano Pilgrims Camp in Mina on Thursday. He said pilgrims from the state had faced several challenges since the commencement of the Hajj operations. The Emir particularly lamented…

Four people have been confirmed dead in a road accident that occurred on Thursday evening along the Ilesa/Akure expressway at Omi Asoro Junction Ilesa, Osun State. The Osun Sector Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Agnes Ogungbemi, who confirmed the crash in a chat with journalists on Friday, also said 10 other passengers were injured in the accident. Details of how the crash occurred were not immediately available, but sources close to the scene said it involved a Toyota Bus heading towards the Akure end of the road and a mini-bus. A trader near the scene, identified…

The UN health chief, who is in the Democratic Republic of Congo to help fight an Ebola outbreak, was due Friday to meet Congolese authorities before heading Saturday to the violence-hit region at the centre of the crisis. World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in the capital, Kinsasha, late Thursday, two weeks after the outbreak of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever was declared. He had been due to travel Friday to Ituri, a remote northeastern province that is the epicentre of the country’s 17th Ebola outbreak, but the trip has been pushed back by a day. There have…

Atletico Madrid’s forward Julián Álvarez is at the centre of a major transfer development after Barcelona submitted an official €100 million offer to Atlético Madrid. The bid is understood to be a straight cash proposal with no add-ons and no players included, marking Barcelona’s first formal move for the Argentine forward. As reported by Fabrizio Romano on Friday, reports indicate that Atlético Madrid have reacted negatively to the approach over the past 24 hours, with the club unhappy about both the timing and the structure of the offer. Despite that, the situation remains open as no agreement has been reached between…

AI image tools rarely make me feel like I’m part of the creative process. They are, afterall, mostly designed so that people with no design experience can type in a few words and get back a usable result. So I was pleasantly surprised by Adobe’s latest take on an AI image assistant: it’s a bot designed to take away some busywork, while still granting you creative control.Unlike AI generators that are specifically designed to make and edit images or video, Adobe’s Firefly AI Assistant, which I’ve been testing in beta, is more like a multitasking middleman that can operate Adobe’s…

South Korean crypto exchange Coinone said Korea Investment & Securities (KIS) and OKX Ventures agreed to invest a combined 160 billion won ($106 million) for a 19.6% stake in the platform.The investment, which remains subject to regulatory approval, would make KIS and OKX Ventures joint third-largest shareholders in Coinone behind CEO Myung-Hun Cha and existing backer Com2uS Holdings, according to a release shared with Cointelegraph. The transaction combines secondary share purchases from existing holders with newly issued shares, while Cha is expected to remain Coinone’s largest shareholder and retain management control.The deal would give OKX Ventures exposure to one of Asia’s…

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The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has approved waiver for former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege to contest the Delta Central senatorial seat in the 2027 general elections. It also approved a waiver for former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Victor Ochei, to contest the Delta North senatorial seat. The party said the decision followed the formal defection of both leaders from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the NDC. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Osa Director. The NDC described Messrs Omo-Agege and…

Super Eagles defender Chibuike Nwaiwu has received a major personal boost ahead of Nigeria’s Unity Cup final showdown against Jamaica after welcoming a baby girl with his wife, Melissa. Turkish giants Trabzonspor confirmed the joyful development in an official statement published on the club’s website, congratulating the Nigerian centre-back and revealing the name of the newborn child. “We wholeheartedly congratulate Chibuike Nwaiwu on the joy of becoming a father and wish their little one, whom they named Jacinta, a healthy and happy life,” the club stated. The heartwarming news arrives at a crucial moment in Nwaiwu’s career, with the 22-year-old…