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Sevilla striker Akor Adams has turned his attention to Saturday’s La Liga home fixture against Athletic Club Bilbao after scoring a brace on Monday to rescue a point for his side. The Super Eagles forward, who returned from the Africa Cup of Nations just 24 hours before coming off the bench to score twice in Sevilla’s 2-2 draw with Elche, is determined to help his struggling side climb the table. The Benue State-born hitman was a key member of Nigeria’s bronze medal-winning squad at AFCON 2025, netting three goals and providing two assists to help the Eagles to a record-extending…

Tesla is finally doing unsupervised robotaxi trips in Austin, Texas, according to a video posted on X. Elon Musk reposted the video, congratulating Tesla’s AI team for the milestone.For months, Tesla’s robotaxis in Austin and San Francisco have included safety monitors with access to a kill switch in case of emergency — a fallback that Waymo currently doesn’t need for its commercial robotaxi service. The safety monitor sits in the passenger seat in Austin and in the driver seat in San Francisco. Neither service is fully open to the public yet, relying instead on customer waitlists.Musk has said that the…

Capital One acquired Brex, potentially gaining stablecoin capabilities just months after the fintech launched support for the tokens.Major US bank Capital One has struck a $5.15 billion deal to buy the fintech Brex and is set to acquire the company’s stablecoin payments solution.Capital One said on Thursday that the deal is a combination of stock and cash transaction and is expected to close in mid-2026.“Since our founding, we set out to build a payments company at the frontier of the technology revolution,” said Capital One’s founder and CEO, Richard Fairbank. “Acquiring Brex accelerates this journey, especially in the business payments…

American Idol is taking center stage for a 24th season. ABC’s singing competition show is returning in January, months after Jamal Roberts was crowned the newest American Idol. Ahead of his May 2025 win, Roberts revealed to Billboard that he had auditioned for the show two times before. “I didn’t get defeated. I never gave up,” he told the outlet in April 2025 of not getting the greenlight from the signing competition. “I took the no. I’ve always been able to take constructive criticism and use it for my gain and try again. This has always been me.” Roberts went…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Akwa Ibom State Command, has confirmed that three people died in an accident in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. The accident involved a car and commercial motorcycle on Ikot–Ibiok–Ikot Usekong Road in Eket. A source at the command, who did not want his name mentioned in the report because he was not authorised to speak on the incident, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Eket on Thursday that the accident occurred at about 11 a.m. on Tuesday. He gave the Reg. No. of the orange colour Salive Dodge car as BWR…

Misconceptions about child malnutrition continue to delay medical care in Kebbi State, contributing to hundreds of preventable deaths despite the presence of treatment centres and humanitarian support. For families like Halima Abdullahi’s in Birnin Kebbi, such delays have proved fatal. Mrs Abdullahi, a resident of Aleiru quarter, took her one-year-old daughter, Hauwa, to Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital in Birnin Kebbi metropolis in August 2025. There, doctors diagnosed the child with severe acute malnutrition. Mrs Abdullah said her family initially believed the child’s illness was the result of witchcraft and relied on traditional remedies. “We were reluctant and relied on traditional…

Ogun State’s long-standing aspiration to become an oil-producing state is set to materialise following the approval by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the commencement of commercial oil drilling at Eba, Ogun Waterside Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this on Thursday while receiving the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Abubakar Abdullahi Mustapha, alongside senior officers of the command, during a courtesy visit to his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. The governor also revealed that President Tinubu has approved the immediate take-off of the Olokola Deep Seaport project located in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area, marking a major breakthrough after years…

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested three suspected armed robbers in Ibadan, the state capital. Public Relations Officer of the command, Olayinka Ayanlade reveled this in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Thursday. Ayanlade named the three suspects as Abdulrahman Rasheed, Biodun Fatai and Muiz Salawudeen. The command said it also intercepted an unregistered tricycle, als known as “Keke Maruwa” that was used to carry the three suspects. Ayanlade also disclosed that one locally fabricated single-barrel gun, modified into a short arm suitable for concealment was recovered from the suspects. He said the suspects are currently in…

Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen has named the two Nigerian players he spoke with to join the Turkish Super Lig champions amid the ongoing January transfer window. Osimhen wants his Super Eagles teammates Ademola Lookman and Raphael Onyedika to consider making the move to Galatasaray this year amid the ongoing January transfer window. “I spoke with [Raphael Onyedika] and [Ademola] Lookman. I explained Galatasaray and Turkey to them in detail, how wonderful a club Galatasaray is, how beautiful a country Turkey is,” Osimhen said as quoted by Habersarikirmizi. “It would be very good for our club, for the players, and for…

The North-Central All Progressives Congress Forum has rejected moves to drop Vice President Kashim Shettima as President Bola Tinubu’s running mate ahead of the 2027 general election, warning that such a step would amount to a grave political miscalculation. The forum’s position was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by its Chairman, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, following reports that some persons within the ruling party were pushing for Shettima’s replacement. The speculation was fuelled after the vice president’s photograph was omitted from a banner bearing images of APC leaders in the North-East during the party’s zonal public hearing…