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Ibrahim Gusau has confirmed his resignation as President of the Nigeria Football Federation, saying his decision was informed by his love for Nigeria and commitment to the development of football. Gusau announced his resignation at a news conference in Abuja, ending his three years and 11 months in charge of Nigerian football. The development followed speculations in several quarters over his continued stay in office. Gusau said he had also advised members of the NFF Executive Committee willing to follow his decision to resign. “I have decided to resign my position as the President of NFF, after consultations with my…

After years of being the national punching bag for social media harms, Meta has reached a settlement with 47 US states and several districts and territories that gives it a rare opportunity: A chance to flex on its rivals. “We want to ensure teens benefit from this new industry standard, but we cannot do it alone,” Meta says in an “Open Letter” that is also running as a full-page ad in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post. “These protections will only be truly effective if we work with our peers — TikTok and YouTube — to…

Ripple Prime, Ripple’s multi-asset prime brokerage business, launched a Delta One service for institutional investors, expanding into US equity derivatives.The offering allows clients to execute total return swaps linked to US-listed equities, indexes and digital assets, Ripple said in a Thursday announcement.Total return swaps provide exposure to an asset’s returns without requiring ownership of the underlying asset. The service targets hedge funds, asset managers and other financial institutions. Ripple said clients can use a single counterparty and cross-margin exposures across the supported asset classes around the clock.“The launch of our Delta One business is an important development for Ripple Prime…

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After 17 years of inactivity, Okin Biscuits has resumed production on one of the rehabilitated production lines at its factory in Ijagbo, near Offa in Kwara State, a development that could pave the way for the popular indigenous biscuit brand’s return to the Nigerian market. The company announced the development on its official Facebook page on Wednesday, saying biscuits rolled off one of the factory’s rehabilitated production lines on 25 August for the first time in nearly two decades. The company said the production line had to be rebuilt after critical components, including cables, frequency drives, contactors, motors and other…

The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, has confirmed his resignation from office, bringing his four-year tenure to an end amid mounting pressure over the state of Nigerian football. Mr Gusau announced his decision at a world press conference at the NFF headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, 27 August, following weeks of reports that he and several members of the federation’s Executive Committee had been coerced to step down. He said the decision followed extensive pressure from football stakeholders and consultations with his family, friends and other stakeholders. “Because of that, there was so much clamour from…

Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Allied Peoples Movement in Ekiti State on Thursday converged on Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, to strategise for grassroots mobilisation in support of the presidential bid of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, ahead of the 2027 general elections. PDP chieftain and convener of the alliance in Ekiti State, Mrs Lanre Fajuyi, said mobilisation for Makinde’s presidential election was because “he represents the kind of leadership the country needs at the present time.” Recall that Makinde emerged as the APM presidential candidate for the 2027 election following the formalisation of the PDP-APM alliance…

Plaud has introduced a new AI wearable that’s designed to record, transcribe, and summarize your conversations, only this time it looks like earbuds instead of a pin. The Plaud One Explorer Edition can be worn like traditional earbuds or used through its standalone charging case, and the case includes built-in 4G to upload and process conversations without relying on your phone or Wi-Fi to stay connected.Each earbud features 16MB of local storage (for a total of 32MB) and three microphones that can record at a distance of up to two meters. They can record for up to six hours according…

The UK is moving to put stablecoins at the center of a new Bank of England mandate aimed at supporting innovation in digital payments.The government plans to give the Bank of England, the UK’s central bank, a secondary objective to support innovation in payment systems and emerging forms of digital money, HM Treasury announced on Thursday.The mandate will cover payment systems that use digital settlement assets such as stablecoins, while financial stability will remain the BoE’s primary objective.The proposal comes as the UK steps up its work on stablecoins through regulatory changes, payment experiments and closer coordination with the US.BoE…

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