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FIFA has officially named Côte d’Ivoire as the youngest squad in the ongoing 2026 World Cup. FIFA spotlighted the squad on its official World Cup X handle on Sunday. “Introducing Côte d’Ivoire… Youngest squad at the FIFA World Cup 2026” with “Average age: 25.8,” it wrote. The announcement came as the Elephants prepared for their first match in the expanded 48-team tournament co-hosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States. They face Ecuador on Monday. After the golden era led by legends such as Didier Drogba and Yaya Touré, coach Emerse Faé has built a dynamic, emerging side packed with…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Cher always appears to be glowing, but her Met Gala skin was something different. As it turns out, her makeup artist used a cult-favorite serum to give her that smooth, dewy appearance. Shoppers have labeled the find as “magical,” calling it “liquid youth” and an “instant glow in a bottle” — and somehow, it’s only $30! Cher’s pre-glam prep started with Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir, a formula beauty editors have been quietly hoarding for months. It brightens, hydrates…
For years, Rabe Abubakar, a Nigerian Army major-general, spoke from podiums and press briefings about jihadists, bandits and other terrorists wreaking havoc across the country. He amplified military operational gains, explained the setbacks, disputed allegations and reassured nervous civilians that the war was being won by the military. In death, the former military spokesperson found himself once more in the middle of the insecurity that had defined the last days of his military career. To many Nigerians, he was one of the most familiar voices of the country’s security establishment during the peak years of the Boko Haram insurgency. He…
Three months. A trilogy. A triple publication. And with SSOAR’s confirmation arriving on Friday morning, our overall global archival footprint expands to seven critical institutional repositories when we include the foundational papers of The Insecurity Triad: SSRN, Harvard Dataverse, Zenodo, SocArXiv, SSOAR, ResearchGate, and Academia.edu. The symmetry, it appears, was not done with me yet. Last week on The Sunday Stew, we unveiled the Decoupling Sovereignty Index (DSI), a quantitative metric I developed as an extension of the Trinity of State Decay. It is meant to be a mathematical instrument for measuring the degree of separation between a state’s juridical…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited over what it described as the company’s failure to account for approximately ₦5.9 billion allegedly spent on the incorporation, transition and rebranding of the NNPC into NNPCL. SERAP said the NNPC reportedly paid ₦2.9 billion for incorporation expenses from petroleum product proceeds, while the National Petroleum Investment Management Services also charged ₦2.9 billion to crude oil revenue for the same purpose, bringing the total to ₦5.9 billion. The organisation is seeking “an order of mandamus to direct and compel the NNPCL to account…
The National Orientation Agency has urged Nigerians to embrace voluntary blood donation to save more lives. Director of the agency in Jigawa, Mr Ahmad Tijjani, said this on Sunday in a message to mark the 2026 World Blood Donor Day. The day is celebrated on June 14 to recognise and appreciate the contributions of voluntary blood donors. The theme of the day is “Twenty years of celebrating giving: thank you blood donors.” He said every unit of blood donated saves patients facing emergencies, stressing that Nigerians should regularly and voluntarily donate blood to save lives. According to Tijjani, blood donation…
2023 Africa Player of The Year Victor Osimhen could be on his way to Real Madrid this summer, with football commentator Ertem Şener claiming that newly appointed Madrid manager José Mourinho has identified the Super Eagles striker as a primary transfer target, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Şener, speaking via Turkish outlet habersarikirmizi.com, revealed that Mourinho has specifically requested Osimhen as he prepares to begin his second spell at the Santiago Bernabéu, and that the figures being discussed between both clubs appear to align. “I think there’s a possibility Osimhen might leave Galatasaray. I heard Mourinho wants Osimhen at Real Madrid.…
Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian opened up for the first time in his upcoming Hulu documentary about how they suffered a miscarriage before they welcomed son Rocky. During the premiere of Travis Barker: Love Is Louder Than Fear, which Us Weekly attended at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, June 13, Kardashian, 47, and Barker, 50, reflected on the struggles they faced while trying to expand their family. The couple revealed that Kardashian was pregnant six months after they started dating in 2021. They were expecting a girl — who they were going to name Tulip — before Kardashian learned…
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has released the names of successful applicants who took part in the November 2025 board and paramilitary recruitment Online Computer-Based Test (CBT). This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the board, Abdulmalik Jibril, a retired major general, on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the agencies recruiting include the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Federal Fire Service (FFS), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), and the CDCFIB. Mr Jibril announced that successful applicants for the 2024/2025 paramilitary…
Say no to vote buying in 2027. As Nigeria moves steadily toward the 2027 General Elections, the message to every voter is clear: democracy is not merely a right to be enjoyed; it is a responsibility to be exercised. The quality of leadership that emerges in 2027 will ultimately reflect the quality of choices made by the electorate… The future of Nigeria may well depend on how seriously citizens embrace that responsibility. As political activities gradually gather momentum ahead of the 2027 general elections, familiar scenes are beginning to emerge across the country’s political landscape. Political realignments are taking shape,…
