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Enugu Rangers technical adviser Fidelis Ilechukwu has urged his players to remain fully focused as they continue their push for the Nigeria Premier Football League title following a crucial 2-0 away win over Bayelsa United, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Flying Antelopes strengthened their position at the top of the table with the victory at the Samson Siasia Stadium on Sunday, as Chidiebere Nwobodo opened the scoring after the half-hour mark before Godwin Obaje sealed the result late on with his 12th goal of the season. Reflecting on the performance, Ilechukwu acknowledged the importance of the result but stressed that…

Senior executives, policymakers and financial sector leaders are expected to converge in Lagos to discuss the future of digital finance systems in Africa, as the continent accelerates efforts to modernise its financial architecture and deepen economic integration. The discussions will take place at the 6th Africa Finance Festival 2026, scheduled for 12 and 13 May at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, organisers said in a statement issued on Sunday. The summit is expected to bring together participants from government, banking, telecommunications, fintech, infrastructure and development finance institutions across Africa in what has become one of the region’s growing platforms…

K Wave Media, a Nasdaq-listed media and entertainment company, said it is redirecting up to $485 million in remaining financing capacity from a Bitcoin treasury strategy into an artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout, according to a Monday 6-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The capital will be deployed into data centers, graphics processing unit (GPU) compute operations and related AI infrastructure investments under an amended securities purchase agreement with Anson Funds, the structured equity financing counterparty to the company.The amendment revises a prior $500 million equity purchase facility, which had been structured to support a Bitcoin treasury strategy,…

Lauren Sánchez Bezos commanded attention on the red carpet at the 2026 Met Gala. The former journalist, 56, attended the Monday, May 4, event at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. For the “Costume Art” themed event, Sánchez showed off her figure in a curve-hugging navy blue dress featuring a plunging neckline and an elegant train. Her classy dress was finished with off-the-shoulder pearl straps. She accessorized with diamond earrings. Lauren and her husband Jeff Bezos are the lead sponsors and honorary cochairs of the 2026 Met Gala. Ahead of the annual fundraiser, the couple faced backlash for their…

Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that citizens interested in repatriation from South Africa will be responsible for the cost of their return trip to Nigeria. The ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, disclosed this to reporters during a press briefing on Monday. The briefing came shortly after a closed-door meeting between the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dunoma Ahmed, and the South African Acting High Commissioner, Lesoli Machele. Mr Ebienfa said the process will be self-funded and not state-funded, as it is a voluntary decision that the Nigerian government will only facilitate and coordinate. In the recent past, such reparations have been sponsored…

The United Nations (UN) has observed with dismay that 85 per cent of crimes committed against journalists go uninvestigated and unpunished. The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, described the situation as an unacceptable level of impunity. In his message to mark World Press Freedom Day, observed annually on May 3 to highlight the importance of press freedom and the safety of journalists globally, Guterres stressed that press freedom remains a key pillar of democracy, saying that the media serves as a public watchdog in society. Guterres noted that the 1991 Windhoek Declaration strongly emphasised media freedom, which led the United Nations…

A chieftain of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, Buba Galadima, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of being allergic to democratic competition. Galadima made this allegation on Monday during a live appearance in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television. He was speaking on why heavyweight stalwarts of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Peter Obi and Rabi’u Kwankwanso left the ADC. According to him: “The government of the day and the ruling party have gone to town to destroy all political parties. They destroyed the NNPP and LP, on which both Kwankwaso and Peter Obi…

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a community leader identified as the Wakili Fulani in Kara village, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. A counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, made this known in a post on X. Makama disclosed that the incident occurred at about 7:42 a.m. on May 3, triggering a response by troops of Sector 4 under Operation Safe Haven, OPEP, in partnership with local security agencies. The security expert revealed that upon arrival at the scene, the joint team discovered that the assailants had abducted the victim from his residence and…

Real Madrid icon Karim Benzema seems to have endorsed Vinicius Jr as the most crucial player for the team following their 2-0 victory over Espanyol. The Brazilian forward netted two goals, nearly single-handedly guiding his team to triumph at the RCDE Stadium. Vinicius Jr shared images from the match against Espanyol on Instagram, which prompted Benzema to comment on the post. The French striker referred to him as the no. 1, indicating that he ranks him above his fellow countryman Kylian Mbappe at the club. “N1🔥🔥,” he commented. Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr have been engaged in an unspoken rivalry…

A journalist with TheCable, Olalekan Fakoyejo, has narrated how he was assaulted by a soldier following an altercation over a traffic obstruction in the Ogba area of Lagos State. Speaking in an interview with PUNCH Metro on Monday, Fakoyejo, who is the Assistant Business Editor with TheCable, said he had boarded a tricycle from Ikeja to Ogba on Saturday when he encountered the soldiers. He noted that the soldiers were directing traffic when the tricycle conveying him manoeuvred around the Pleasant Event Centre, off Ajao Road, Ikeja. According to him, another tricycle had attempted to manoeuvre through traffic but was…