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Rangers are in advanced talks to sign highly-rated Nigerian youngster, Akpe Victory from Hungarian outfit, Zalaegerszegi, DAILY POST reports. The Light Blues are, however, facing strong competition from Portuguese giants, Benfica, who have also made an approach for Victory. A number of clubs in Germany, Spain, and France are also monitoring the centre-back, according to transfer expert, Ben Jacobs. Rangers are willing to pay €5m for the young defender. The 19-year-old has shone for Zalaegerszegi in the Hungarian top-flight this season. He has scored once in 15 league appearances for Zalaegerszegi this season.

The Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Lagos West, Rt. Rev. Olusola Odedeji, has decried the state of Nigeria’s economy, while expressing optimism that the country will “get out of the woods” in the near future. He made the remark while delivering his presidential address at the Third Session of the Ninth Synod of the diocese, held on Friday at the Archbishop Vining Memorial Cathedral Church, Ikeja, Lagos state. According to a statement released on Saturday, Bishop Odedeji said the purchasing power of Nigerians had been severely weakened, adding that the value of the naira had significantly declined. “The naira…

A coalition of support groups within the All Progressives Congress has protested the disqualification of former presidential aspirant, Tein Jack-Rich, from the Rivers West Senatorial race ahead of the party’s primaries for the 2027 general elections. The Conference of APC Support Groups, in a statement issued on Saturday morning in Abuja, described the action of the party’s screening committee as unjust and capable of worsening internal divisions within the APC in Rivers State. The statement, signed by the coalition’s National Coordinator, Dr. Bilal Galadima, and General Secretary, Hon. James Ogenyi, accused the party leadership in Rivers of favouring politicians loyal…

S&P Global Ratings has upgraded Nigeria’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings to “B” from “B-”, citing improvements in the country’s macroeconomic profile, external position, and ongoing economic reforms. The US-based global ratings agency announced the upgrade on Friday while affirming Nigeria’s short-term ratings at “B” with a stable outlook. According to S&P, higher oil production and prices, increased domestic refining capacity, and the liberalisation of the foreign exchange market in 2023 have strengthened Nigeria’s economic growth and balance of payments position. “On May 15, 2026, S&P Global Ratings raised its long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit…

The Basketball Africa League has announced that its 2026 playoff stage will tip off on May 22 at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, with eight teams competing for the continental crown from May 22 to 31. The eight teams that have qualified for the playoffs are Petro de Luanda of Angola, Egypt’s Al Ahly, Rwanda’s RSSB Tigers, Tunisia’s Club Africain, Libya’s Al Ahly Ly, Morocco’s FUS Rabat, Senegal’s ASC Ville de Dakar and Tanzania’s Dar City. Al Ahly will open proceedings against ASC Ville de Dakar at 4 pm Central Africa Time on May 22, followed by the RSSB Tigers…

The Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards has come and gone, but it has continued to dominate discussions on social media, on air and in physical gatherings. TOFARATI IGE, who was at the event, writes on the glitz and glamour, historic wins, and how the fashion aspect of the event almost overshadowed the celebration of creative talents, which was the true essence of the night Bovi and Nomzamo set the tone For the first time in 11 years, the AMVCA took place with a different host. Since its inception, the prestigious event had been anchored by media personality, IK Osakioduwa. However,…

Decentralized liquidity protocol THORChain halted trading after blockchain investigator ZachXBT flagged a suspected exploit of more than $10 million.A THORChain alerts Telegram channel showed all trading and signing halted, with a global node pause extended until block 26191149, or roughly 12 hours and 42 minutes. The halt came shortly after ZachXBT said the protocol had likely been exploited across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain and Base.A wallet labeled by Arkham as the THORChain exploiter showed $10.8 million in holdings, transferred across several smaller transactions in the 30 minutes before 10:11 am UTC.The suspected exploit adds to the mounting security concerns around…

Colin Jost might have accidentally manifested the wild moment Pete Hegseth quoted the Bible verse from Pulp Fiction. “We were talking in the writers room, we were pitching ideas for one of the cold opens like two months ago,” the Saturday Night Live star, 43, said during a Thursday, May 14, episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “And I was like, ‘Would it be funny if Hegseth just did that bible verse that they have in Pulp Fiction.’” Jost, who has been impersonating the Secretary of War on the variety show all season, shared that he and the…

As part of efforts to promote peaceful, credible, and inclusive elections ahead of the 2026 Ekiti State Governorship Election, the National Peace Committee (NPC), through its Secretariat, The Kukah Centre, on Friday held a stakeholder engagement on the conduct of a free and credible election. Those present at the event supported by the European Union under its Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN), held in Ado-Ekiti, included the state consc State Commissioner of Police, Falade Adegoroye, the Residents Electoral Commissioner for Ekiti State, Bunmi Omoseyindemi, the representative of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Okeya Olaniyi, the representative of…

Reactions are trailing the elimination of the world’s most active terrorist in Nigeria, as announced by the US President, Donald Trump. DAILY POST reports that Trump in a Truth Social post on Saturday morning, said the terrorist identified as Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was killed on Friday night following brave operations by the American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria as directed by him. According to him, the terrorist is second in command of ISIS globally, and has been terrorising Africans. Reacting, the African Democratic Congress, ADC mobilization platform, ADC Vanguard said in an X post that the Nigerian Army could tackle the security crisis…