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Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed that their Sporting Director, Fabio Paratici will leave the club after just three and a half months, bringing a brief spell in north London to an early end. According to ESPN on Wednesday, the club announced the decision in a short statement, confirming that Paratici will step away from his role with immediate effect. No further details were provided regarding the reasons for his departure, but Tottenham said the change would not affect the club’s ongoing football operations. Paratici, who had only recently returned to work with Spurs, had been involved in recruitment and strategic planning…

The Federal Government on Wednesday pledged to ensure the sustainability of the signed agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, describing it as part of a broader strategy to transform Nigeria’s education sector and position the country for long-term development. Earlier today, FG and ASUU unveiled a renegotiated agreement aimed at resolving long-standing disputes in Nigeria’s tertiary education sector. The 2025 agreement marks the culmination of a renegotiation process initiated in 2017 to review the 2009 FG–ASUU pact, which was originally due for revision in 2012. Several committees set up under past administrations, chaired by Wale Babalakin, Munzali Jibrin,…

Naya has already shipped one successful Kickstarter for a weird keyboard. The Naya Create was an ergonomic split deck with four swappable controller addons: a touchpad, a trackball, a rotary encoder, or a 6DoF spatial mouse. The Connect takes that modular concept, applies it to a more traditional flat keyboard form factor, and expands the ecosystem to be even more flexible. And clearly, people are into the idea, because it hit its minuscule funding goal in just six minutes.The Naya Connect has four main components: a low-profile 75% mechanical keyboard called the Naya Type, a 24-key multipad, a six-key programmable…

Key takeaways:Bitcoin’s move above $97,000 lacks confirmation in derivatives markets, with the options skew signaling caution toward any sustained rally.Geopolitical risks, falling treasury yields, and weakening equities reinforce a risk-off setting that continues to limit Bitcoin’s upside.Bitcoin (BTC) price surged to its highest levels in more than 60 days after posting a 5.5% gain on Wednesday. The move followed $840 million in inflows into spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Monday and Tuesday. With Bitcoin finding footing on the upside, are further gains toward $105,000 likely in the near term?  Nasdaq Index futures (left) vs. BTC/USD (right). Source: TradingviewBitcoin’s rally…

Celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton recalled experiencing suicidal ideation during the “darkest” part of his life at age 26 while trying to come to terms with his sexuality. “I don’t remember a lot. I was in the hospital for a while,” Appleton, 42, said during the “Viall Files” podcast on Wednesday, January 14. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘Well, I couldn’t hate myself anymore. I couldn’t try and run away from myself anymore. Couldn’t try and avoid who I was anymore.’ I was like, ‘What if I just surrender? What about if I just accept it?’ It was quiet. It wasn’t…

A prosecution witness on Wednesday told the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja how Friday Audu allegedly coordinated a massive international cryptocurrency and romance scam that led to the arrest of 792 suspects in December 2024. Rasheeda Chindaya, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), testified before a judge Rahman Oshodi during the ongoing trial of Mr Audu, who is facing an amended eight charges alongside Genting International Ltd. The charges include forgery, impersonation, possession of fraudulent documents, and computer-related fraud. Witness details alleged fraudulent activities Ms Chindaya said the December 2024 operation, conducted across multiple…

All is set for a blockbuster 2025 Africa Cup of Nations semi-final as Nigeria’s Super Eagles face the Atlas Lions of Morocco. The highly anticipated clash will take place at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, with a place in the final at stake. Both teams are fully aware that there is little margin for error at this decisive stage of the tournament. Nigeria approach the match with confidence after an impressive run so far. The Super Eagles have looked organised and composed, combining attacking sharpness with disciplined defending. Their quarter-final victory over Algeria underlined their focus and resilience when it…

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has charged the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the North West Development Commission (NWDC), Professor Shehu Abdullahi Ma’aji, to pursue the commission’s regional development mandate with diligence, accountability and transparency. Olukoyede gave the charge on Wednesday during a courtesy visit by Ma’aji and other senior officials of the NWDC to the EFCC’s corporate headquarters in Jabi, Abuja. “I encourage you to be committed to that mandate. It’s a big mandate,” Olukoyede said, noting that regional development commissions were created to enable each geopolitical zone to…

Prominent social commentator, Muhammadu Buhari, has criticised Nigeria’s patronage-driven employment culture, saying elected officials, particularly legislators, should not be seen as distributors of jobs. In a Facebook post shared on Wednesday, Buhari stated that turning politicians into job-offer generators represents a distortion of governance, stressing that “they are meant to legislate, to provide oversight, to hold power accountable.” He decried what he described as the collapse of merit in public and civil service employment, blaming an unhealthy culture in which jobs are handed out as favours rather than earned. “We’ve reduced both public and civil service into an incompetent space,…

A Kano State High Court on Wednesday continued hearing the case of Mannir Ibrahim, who is accused of raping and causing the death of a nine-year-old girl, allegations he has denied in court. Mannir Ibrahim is accused of raping Rumaisa Sadik when she was taken to a chemist to receive malaria treatment, an incident that allegedly led to her death.The incident reportedly occurred on August 1, 2024, in Jaba town, Ungogo Local Government Area. During the session, the prosecuting counsel, Barrister Lamido Abba Soran Dinki, presented the police officer who led the investigation, Inspector Ijibtil Mbambu, who gave a detailed…