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Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany said former mentor Pep Guardiola, who announced on Friday he is leaving Manchester City, gave him the belief to become a manager. Speaking in Berlin ahead of Saturday’s German Cup final against Stuttgart, Kompany — who captained City under Guardiola for three seasons — said working with the Catalan coach was “a gift”. “I have my own personality and my own character, but the trust and belief that I could become a coach: for that, I owe gratitude to Pep,” Kompany said. “And that is just how great his influence is. “I may not have…

Meta’s new Forum app for iPhones takes Facebook Groups and moves them to a dedicated app with a dedicated AI chatbot to go with it, like an AI revamp of the ill-fated Groups app Facebook shut down in 2017.Rather than going to ChatGPT or tacking “Reddit” onto the end of a Google search, Forum users can view, search for, and post advice directly in their Facebook groups, with optional help from Meta’s AI.After logging in with my Facebook account, Forum automatically pulled in the groups I was part of on Facebook and populated my feed with posts from those groups,…

NEAR Protocol (NEAR) displayed strength on Friday, rising 34% over the last 24 hours to $2.32, leading artificial intelligence-based tokens in a rally fueled by NEAR’s network upgrades and NVIDIA’s bullish revenue forecast. NEAR is trading 50% higher than its price seven days ago and has gained a whopping 115% over the last 90 days.Key takeaways:NEAR price surged 50% in seven days, hitting six-month highs as AI crypto tokens rallied on strong market momentum.NEAR Protocol upgrades focused on AI, privacy and scaling boosted investor confidence and trading volume above $1 billion.A breakout from a multi-year wedge pattern puts $5.75 in focus…

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The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2027 election in Kwara State. The chairman of the APC Governorship Primary Election Committee, Musiliu Obanikoro, announced the result on Friday after the conclusion of the party’s primary election across the state. Mr Obanikoro said Mr Danladi-Salihu, popularly known as SYD, polled more than 94,000 votes to defeat other aspirants. The victory capped days of intense political negotiations, controversy and shifting alliances within the Kwara APC ahead of the governorship primary. PREMIUM TIMES had earlier…

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, issued an order permanently restraining a company, eNaira Payment Solutions Ltd, from parading itself as the registered proprietor of the trademark, “eNaira.” In his judgement, Judge James Omotosho also granted a counter-claim of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and awarded N10 million against the company. Mr Omotosho ordered eNaira Payment Solutions Ltd to immediately change its name to another distinct name that does not use the word “Naira,” the Nigerian currency. The judge agreed with the defendants’ arguments that though the company had been incorporated since 2004, it had a misleading…

The federal government says no fewer than 2.1 million pregnant women are currently accessing antenatal care services under reforms being implemented through the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative (NHSRII). The Coordinator of the Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp), Muntaqa Umar-Sadiq, disclosed this during a media conference on ongoing health sector reforms, the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Compact and the state of Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEmONC) readiness across Nigeria. Mr Umar-Sadiq said the reforms were already delivering measurable results across priority local government areas nationwide, with interventions targeting governance, infrastructure, accountability and healthcare workforce gaps. According to him, the…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has destroyed counterfeit medicines, banned sachet alcohol, and other unsafe products valued at over N1.8 billion at the Kuje dumpsite in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The agency said the exercise was carried out as part of efforts to prevent fake, expired, and substandard products seized across Abuja and neighbouring areas from finding their way back into circulation. A statement by the agency said the destroyed items included fake drugs, expired pharmaceuticals, falsified products, fake chemicals, banned alcoholic drinks packaged in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml, as well…

The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Saliu Danladi, has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary election in the state. Danladi secured victory after polling over 94,000 votes to defeat 14 other aspirants in the keenly contested primary election held across the state on Friday. The state governor, Abdulrazaq, had earlier reversed his choice of Ambassador Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki and announced the Speaker as his preferred candidate. Danladi, who hails from Kwara North, contested the APC primary against the governor’s earlier choice and other aspirants. The election was shifted from Thursday to Friday due…

The Ogun State Government has shut down Avalon Industrial Estate in Moloko-Asipa along the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway over environmental infractions in violation of various sections of the 2020 Ogun State Waste Management Authority Law. DAILY POST gathered that the estate houses several industries, including Cherry Motors, May Mall, Hongfu Building Materials Industry, Oolala Global Trading Company, Buyang Industry Limited, Leku Industry, and Abec Kuka Foams. Speaking on the shutdown on Friday, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Waste Management, Farook Akintunde, said the companies in the estate were found guilty of dumping waste, including hazardous materials, within their immediate environment…