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Nigeria’s Super Eagles will put the tournament’s most potent attack to the test against Algeria’s meanest defence on Saturday when both sides clash in the quarter-final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Marrakech, with a semi-final place at stake. The encounter will take place at the Stade de Marrakech (Grand Stade de Marrakech) in Ouahat Sidi Brahim, Morocco, with kick-off scheduled for 5:00 pm Nigerian time (4:00 pm GMT). Both teams head into the tie unbeaten after four matches each, setting up a high-stakes clash for a place in the semi-finals. The Super Eagles topped their group with…

Public companies and crypto-focused treasury firms are increasingly turning to staking as a source of passive income.Sharplink Gaming, the world’s second-largest corporate Ether (ETH) holder, generated 10,657 Ether ($33 million) in passive yield on its staking operations during the past seven months, according to the company’s dashboard.Staking allows investors to earn passive income through committing their tokens to secure proof-of-stake blockchain networks.At current prices, SharpLink said staking activity added about $1.4 million in value for shareholders over the past week. “Our thesis remains unchanged: 100% ETH and 100% staked,” the company said in a post on X on Wednesday. SharpLink…

Jill Martin will be undergoing surgery following complications from her breast cancer treatment. “Just when you think the fight is over, life reminds you that healing isn’t always linear,” Martin, 49, shared during the Friday, January 9, episode of Today. Martin revealed that her skin was damaged by radiation therapy and she is having surgery to repair it. This will be her eighth procedure since her cancer diagnosis in 2023. (Martin previously underwent reconstructive surgery and preventative surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes.) “It’s preventative and proactive — an emergency only in the sense that if we don’t…

The Osun State Government has dismissed allegations of an annual N13.7 billion payroll fraud, describing the claims by Sally Tibbot Consulting Limited as misleading and driven by an attempt to compel the state to accept what it called an inflated audit report. In a statement issued on Friday by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, the government said a re-verification exercise conducted after receiving the consultant’s report uncovered major discrepancies in the figures presented as ghost workers and retirees. The statement came in response to a press briefing held earlier on Friday by the audit firm in…

Encomiums and goodwill messages have continued to pour in for the Ogun State Deputy Governor, Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele, as she recently marked her 60th birthday. Leading the list of eminent well-wishers is President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who described the Deputy Governor as a consummate professional whose contributions to governance have been marked by creativity, discipline, and hard work. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu commended Engr. Salako-Oyedele’s resilience and steadfastness, noting her exemplary stewardship since assuming office in 2019. He also praised her commitment to the progressive ideals of…

Werder Bremen have confirmed Victor Boniface will undergo surgery on his injured knee on Saturday (today), DAILY POST reports. The Nigeria international will also miss the remainder of the 2025/26 season. Boniface is on loan at Werder Bremen from another Bundesliga club, Bayer Leverkusen. The loan agreement between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen will, however, remain in effect until the end of the season. The 25-year-old has been sidelined since last December. He has made 11 league appearances for Bremen, registering two assists.

The people of Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have staged a solidarity rally to demonstrate their support for the Federal Government’s Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway project passing through their territory. They also hailed the state governor, Umo Eno, for standing by what they described as the truth on the disputed oil-rich Stubbs Creek Forest Reserve. The residents on Saturday clad in white attire, the people defied the scorching sun and walked around major streets in Ibeno, chanting solidarity songs before converging at the Ibeno Local Government Secretariat. They also displayed placards bearing various inscriptions in support of the…

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested three armed robbers terrorising residents of Yola, the state capital. In a statement issued on Saturday, the command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said the arrests were carried out in collaboration with community members. “The Adamawa State Police Command, in collaboration with members of the community who keyed into the Command’s Community Policing Initiative, has arrested three suspected Shilla Boys for involvement in armed robbery, housebreaking, and theft,” he stated. The suspects—Auwal Inusa (19), Huzaifa Ahmed (19), and Lukman Abdullahi (19)—are all residents of Nassarawo Ward, Yola North Local Government Area. According to the…

In June 2013, the lens through which US citizens looked at their government was dramatically changed; it was now a PRISM. PRISM was the program that enabled the National Security Agency (NSA), with some help from the FBI, to obtain unthinkable quantities of data from tech giants like Google, Facebook and Microsoft, among others.Despite previous statements that the NSA did not collect data “directly” from tech companies, American whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that they did, and that it was just one portion of a larger picture showing that the US was in the mass surveillance game.With the veil lifted, change…

Matthew McConaughey is sharing another bizarre “wet dream” anecdote with his fans. In his Lyrics of Livin’ newsletter published on Friday, January 9, McConaughey, 56, explained how a saucy dream in 2001 led to him being involved in a WWE-style wrestling fight in a small African village. In the newsletter McConaughey recalled sleeping at a hotel in Dublin, Ireland in July 2001 when he had the dream. “I had a wet dream,” he wrote. “I was floating downstream on my back in the Amazon River, wrapped up by anacondas and pythons, surrounded by crocodiles, piranhas, and a few freshwater sharks.…