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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has directed the technical crew of the Super Falcons to step down with immediate effect following the team’s failure to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The directive was made via a brief statement on Monday, four days after the Falcons suffered a 2-1 defeat to South Africa in the WAFCON play-off in Morocco. “The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has asked members of the technical crew of the @NGSuper_Falcons to step down with immediate effect.” The defeat ended Nigeria’s hopes of reaching the 2027 World Cup and brought an end…
A Nigerian national has been arrested in Vietnam after authorities allegedly found 2kg of suspected crystal methamphetamine and two suspected bricks of heroin concealed in a consignment from Laos. VietnamPlus reported on Monday that the drugs were discovered at the Lao Bao International Border Gate in Quang Tri Province after customs officers detected suspicious images in a consigned package during a scan. The report said the case was uncovered at about 8:30 pm on August 5 when customs officers were inspecting road vehicles entering Vietnam from Laos through the border gate. “Customs officers detected suspicious images in a consigned package…
Today I’m talking to Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of Semafor.Everywhere you go, people say they don’t trust the media — and yet they’ve never consumed more of it. Audiences have moved on from legacy names in favor of Substacks and podcasts and TikTok news influencers that seem to be everywhere in our feeds.Why would anyone want to start a new global news organization in the middle of all that, when even once-storied brands like CBS News can’t seem to figure it out?Well, that’s what Ben did four years ago. He’s the guy who ran BuzzFeed News at the height of…
Dancing With the Stars pro Witney Carson is expanding her family with husband Carson McAllister. Carson, 32, announced the news on Good Morning America on Monday, August 17, while confirming her return for season 35 of DWTS with partner Guillermo Rodriguez. “I would be lying if I said it wasn’t very daunting. I’ve never been this far along pregnant and competing on Dancing With the Stars, ever,” she said. “I don’t know if it’s ever been done.” The pro dancer noted that she didn’t want to hide her growing belly in the ballroom. “I’m so proud to be a woman,…
President Donald Trump has threatened to attack Oman, a US ally, if it “gets in the way” of his administration’s talks with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. The US president told Fox News on Monday that he can easily deal with Oman if it interferes with a potential deal with Iran. “If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the s—- out of them,” he was quoted as saying. Mr Trump’s threat comes as the Iran-US MoU, signed on 17 June expires. Monday marks the end of a 60-day deadline during which both countries are supposed to end the…
Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot dead in an act of gang revenge ordered by a mobster who later boasted of it, jurors heard Monday, as one of America’s most anticipated trials got under way, 30 years after the murder. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a one-time leader of the South Side Compton Crips, one of a patchwork of gangs that ran parts of Los Angeles in the 1990s, ordered the killing after his nephew had been beaten by a rival mob, prosecutor Binu Pilal told a Las Vegas court. “On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur publicly, on camera, participated in a…
About 22 miles south of the former mining town of Patagonia, Arizona, down a winding, unpaved mountain road that passes cows grazing on open range, stands a cottonwood tree believed to be at least 200 years old. The “grandmother” tree, as some locals call it, is imperiled and already showing signs of stress, almost as if it knows its fate. The leaves are yellowing prematurely, falling to the ground at the height of summer. On July 27th, a construction crew felled three neighboring trees to build an extension of President Donald Trump’s wall along the US-Mexico border.An activist climbed up…
Credit: Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock September 2022 Panettiere praised her ex for being a “fantastic” parent to Kaya but pointed out during an episode of Red Table Talk that there will be some things their daughter will need her for in the future that Klitschko may not be able to deal with on his own. “I also remember her dad calling me, and he said, ‘Kaya’s going around and asking other women if she can call them mommy,'” she recalled. “And my breath hitched and my heart stopped, and he was laughing. He thought this was funny, and it was horrifying to…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo Command, has destroyed 4,628.9kg of suspected cannabis in two plantations and arrested 10 suspects in separate operations. The state Commander, NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Benin. Mr Ofoyeju said the operations were carried out at Ugboku, Igbanke Forest, in Orhionmwon Local Government Area, and Oluku and Abuja Quarters in Benin City. He also said the operations were conducted as part of the command’s efforts to rid the state of illicit drug activities. He added that the operations were in line with the operational order of Buba…
MultiChoice Nigeria on Monday revealed the reasons behind Chinaecherem “Neche” Maduagwu’s exit from the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality show. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the 25-year-old, who served as the Head of House for the week, voluntarily withdrew from the show shortly after Sunday’s live eviction show. The lawyer and entrepreneur did not disclose the reason for her decision, leaving her fellow housemates emotional and her fans surprised. However, in a statement posted on the show’s Instagram page, the organisers said Neche left the reality show due to pressing personal matters. The statement read in part: “MultiChoice Nigeria and the…
