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French club Olympique Marseille have emerged as frontrunners to sign Super Eagles striker Akor Adams, with Sevilla placing a €30m price tag on the Nigerian forward as interest in him intensifies ahead of the summer transfer window, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The price tag was communicated by Seville-based Spanish publication OrgulloBiri and the fee would represent a remarkable return on the €5.5m Sevilla paid Montpellier to sign Adams in January 2025, with the 26-year-old having established himself as one of the Andalusian club’s most important players after an initially slow start to life in Spain. Adams finished the season as…

Nollywood actress and producer, Mary Remmy Njoku, has expressed outrage over the abduction of schoolchildren in Oyo State, questioning the country’s response to worsening insecurity. The filmmaker, in a post on her Instagram story on Tuesday, said she woke up “angry, heartbroken and deeply unsettled” over the fate of the kidnapped children. She questioned whether Nigerians have normalised abductions and violent attacks, lamenting what she described as growing public desensitisation to insecurity. She wrote, “I woke up this morning, Angry, heartbroken, and deeply unsettled. “Are we really saying that these kidnapped children are just gone? Are we saying that nothing…

Google’s Android 17 update includes highlights like new floating “Bubble” app windows for easier multitasking, a Screen Reaction recording mode, and a 50/50 split gaming mode for foldable phones. Meanwhile, Wear OS 7 brings Live Updates, better battery life for smart watches, and prepares connections for new Android XR smart glasses that will launch this fall.The update is rolling out to Pixel phones first, then other devices, with some features like Gemini Intelligence set to debut later this year.Follow along here for the latest updates.

Coinbase is allowing users to transfer existing stock portfolios onto its platform, marking another step in the company’s push beyond cryptocurrency trading and toward becoming a full-service financial platform.On Tuesday, Coinbase unveiled expanded stock and exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading through Coinbase Advanced, its platform for active traders, allowing US users to transfer existing portfolios from other brokerages directly onto the exchange. The update builds on the stock and ETF trading service Coinbase launched earlier this year, which initially provided access to roughly 6,000 securities.The company is also offering zero-commission trading, TradingView charting tools, fractional shares and up to 3.5% rewards…

Kim Plath is willing to talk about her late son, Joshua, but chatting about him with son-in-law Zac Wyse is anything but fun. “I’m aware that Zac likes to have really deep conversations, but I don’t know that ‘excited’ is the word I would pick,” Kim, 53, tells the cameras in Us Weekly’s exclusive sneak peek at the Welcome to Plathville season 8 finale, airing Tuesday, June 16. Despite being uncomfortable, Kim sits down with Zac, 24, who tries to explain how “excited” his wife, Lydia Plath, is to “just be able to share this with her family who experienced…

The nomination of Mustapha Kwankwaso as the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) deputy governorship candidate in Kano State has sparked intense criticism of his father, with many labelling the choice a political miscalculation ahead of the 2027 general elections. Mustapha Kwankwaso is the eldest son of the former Kano State Governor and current NDC deputy presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso. His nomination on Monday as the running mate to Aminu Abdulsalam followed his resignation in January as the state Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development in the government of his brother-in-law, Governor Abba Yusuf. The dynasty backlash: Nepotism vs. merit Kano has…

Enugu State is counting on its new airline and the concession of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, enugu, to support its plan of growing the state’s economy from $4.4 billion to $30 billion by 2031, the Secretary to the State Government, Chidiebere Onyia, said on Tuesday. Mr Onyia spoke during the Renewed Hope Media Tour of the airport, where he outlined how the state government’s plans to use aviation, tourism, and agriculture to drive economic growth. According to him, the airport concession is part of a broader strategy by Governor Peter Mbah’s administration to re-position Enugu as a major economic…

The drama surrounding Judy Austin and Yul Edochie’s marriage has once again dominated online conversations after Austin’s ex-husband, Emmanuel Obasi, resurfaced with fresh allegations. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Obasi alleged that Austin left him and took his two children to marry Yul. He pleaded with the public to help locate them and said he regretted financing her university education. Just when the long-running controversy appeared to have faded from public attention, Mr Obasi, in a recent interview on “The Honest Bunch Podcast”, alleged that his marriage to Austin ended because of Yul. He further alleged that Yul and…

Former Jersey football administrator Ricky Weir says his award-winning memoir, Illegitimately Blessed, is becoming an unexpected vehicle for inspiring people across cultures and generations, with plans underway to bring the book to a wider audience in Nigeria and Africa. Speaking in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES during a recent visit to Nigeria, Mr Weir also reflected on another significant milestone in his journey of self-discovery—obtaining a Nigerian passport after years of tracing his paternal roots. However, he insists that it is the story behind that journey, captured in his memoir, that he hopes will resonate most with readers. Initially…

The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on a Nigerian firm accused of supporting a financial network allegedly used by Russia to evade international sanctions imposed over its war in Ukraine. The move is part of a broader sanctions package announced on Tuesday by the UK government, targeting 70 individuals, entities and vessels linked to Russia’s military procurement networks, illicit finance operations and the so-called “shadow fleet” of oil tankers. According to a statement by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, the new measures are aimed at disrupting Russia’s ability to circumvent Western sanctions and finance its military activities in…