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PSG willing to let Messi join Al-HilalParis Saint-Germain are preparing for a summer rebuild by encouraging at least two of their senior players to join Saudi Arabian League teams.Both Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos are out of contract at the end of the season and Spanish paper Marca says the French club will let them move on, and would also be willing to listen to offers for Neymar.Bundesliga‘A big surprise’ – Germany stunned by Bayern sacking Nagelsmann reports20 HOURS AGO

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge “My old Dell XPS 15 has gotten sluggish. The battery dies easily. It’s heavy to cart around, anyhow. Now that I’m going out in public again, I need a new work machine.” These were the thoughts circling my head at yesterday’s Framework event — where the company known for its easily-upgradable laptops announced new chips and a new, longer-lasting battery. “Battery life has consistently been the main negative for the… Read the full article here

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has raised concerns over Rokos Capital Management after the hedge fund was forced to hand over large amounts of cash to its banks as collateral when an outsized bet on US government bonds backfired earlier this month. SEC chair Gary Gensler brought up the hedge fund during calls with UK regulators this week after it faced larger margin calls than peers, according to people familiar with the conversations. The US regulator does not supervise… Read the full article here

Venture capital firm and Web3 game developer Animoca Brands has refuted claims that it scaled back its Metaverse fund target by $200 million, or 20% to $800 million amid volatility in the crypto market and instability in the banking sector. The firm also down-played suggestions that its valuation has plummeted from $6 billion as of July 2022 to roughly $2 billion in March 2023. Stemming from a March 24 Reuters report that cited anonymous “people familiar with the matter,” it was claimed… Read the full article here

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik have been through a whole lot since their off-and-on relationship began. The former One Direction singer announced the arrival of the couple’s first child, daughter Khai, in September 2020. “Our baby girl is here, healthy & beautiful,” Malik wrote via Twitter at the time. “To try put into words how i am feeling right now would be an impossible task.” Us Weekly confirmed in April 2020 that the model and the British crooner were

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over alleged directives aimed at frustrating the procedure for issuance of Certified True Copies (CTC) of form EC8A. The spokesperson of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Charles Aniagwu, stated this at a news conference on Friday in Asaba. Mr Aniagwu alleged that the INEC headquarters had directed the Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) in states and the FCT to ensure… Read the full article here

The battle to head the incoming House of Representatives has commenced in full force as lawmakers are now meeting to navigate the thorny journey. Lawmakers from different geopolitical zones have been meeting to mobilize both the old and the new members to give them momentum. The race appears to be favouring the Northcentral, Northwest and Southeast because the president-elect, Bola Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima are from the Southwest and Northeast, respectively. Also, religion will… Read the full article here

Former governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shehu Shema has given the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) 48 hours to rescind its decision to suspend him. Shema disclosed this on Friday in a letter he addressed to Dr lyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Shema also urged the NWC to reinstate the duly elected party executives in the state and allow them to complete their tenure if they want peace to reign in the Katsina… Read the full article here

Abductors kidnapped a farmer and a commercial motorcyclist on Ugbokuli-Ekiadolor Road in Ovia Northeast Local Government Area of Edo State on Friday. The farmer was returning from his father’s oil palm plantation when he was abducted alongside the motorcyclist whose services he had earlier engaged. Police spokesman in Edo, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that five assailants were involved in the kidnap. Chief James Omafuaire, a former police officer and father of… Read the full article here

The 2023 general elections witnessed the revival of political activism by celebrities in the Nigerian entertainment industry. Before this time, only a few of these celebrities or entertainers see reasons to speak up against bad governance or political ills in their country as they would rather focus on releasing their new songs or use an election year to write next movies. This having been said, one can boldly posit that events of the EndSARS nationwide protest of October 2020, has reshaped… Read the full article here