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The Saudi Pro League has picked Manchester United’s midfielder Bruno Fernandes and Liverpool’s forward Mohamed Salah as potential ambassadors  for the league as replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo. There are discussions about Ronaldo’s possible departure from the club. Ronaldo, who is now 41 years old, has been the most famous player in the Saudi league after he came to the Kingdom in December 2022 on a free transfer after spending over 20 years playing in Europe with four different teams. In 2025, Ronaldo signed a big and profitable new contract with Al-Nassr until the next summer. Because of his comment about…

Muslims on Friday in Kano attended special prayers for the late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed, organised by the Murtala Mohammed Foundation as part of activities to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. Gen. Murtala was Nigeria’s Military Head of State from July 1975 until his assassination on Friday, 13 February 1976. The prayer session, which was also attended by Islamic scholars and other prominent personalities, was held at the Murtala Muhammad Mosque, Tudun Maliki quarters, in the Kano metropolis. The Chief Imam of the mosque, Sheikh Kabiru Dan-Taura, led the prayer session, which featured recitation of verses from the…

Super Eagles striker Terem Moffi has promised Porto fans that he will repay their faith in him following his move from French Ligue 1 side OGC Nice, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Earlier this week, the Portuguese giants confirmed the signing of Moffi on a half-season loan deal, which includes an option-to-buy clause. The Super Eagles star’s switch to Portugal follows a difficult period at his parent club, where a dip in relations necessitated a fresh start. The 26-year-old has already begun training with his new teammates and is eager to hit the ground running, despite having been out of competitive…

Afrobeats musician, Oluwatosin Ajibade, popularly known as Mr Eazi, has said touring Europe and the United States was easier than touring Africa in the early years of his career, highlighting broader border and regulatory challenges faced by African artists and businesses. As aired by Joy News, Mr Eazi spoke on Friday at the 2026 Africa Prosperity Dialogue, held under the theme “Empowering SMEs, Women and Youth in Africa’s Single Market: Innovate, Collaborate, Trade,” where he reflected on his career spanning music and entrepreneurship. “In the last ten years, I have spent six of those years as a singer touring the…

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) saw $231.6 million in inflows on Friday, following two days of heavy outflows during a turbulent week for Bitcoin.The iShares Bitcoin (BTC) Trust ETF (IBIT) saw $548.7 million in total outflows on Wednesday and Thursday as crypto market sentiment declined to record-low levels, with Bitcoin’s price briefly dropping to $60,000 on Thursday, according to Farside.Preliminary Farside data show inflows across nine US-based spot Bitcoin ETF products totaling $330.7 million, following three days of collective outflows totaling $1.25 billion. Bitcoin ETF flows reveal investor sentimentSo far in 2026, IBIT has posted just 11 trading days…

Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes have pulled the plug on their relationship for the third time – just weeks after announcing they were back together. “Kelsea and Chase have broken up again. It happened just the other day,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly, noting that Ballerini, 32, is “taking it better” than she had in the previous breakups. While the source notes that Stokes “still isn’t ready to give up” on their relationship, Ballerini is offiicially “done.” Eagle-eyed fans also noticed on Friday, February 6, that Ballerini unfollowed Stokes, 33, on Instagram, although the Outer Banks star still appears…

A civic organisation, Connected Advocacy, has criticised the Nigerian Senate’s rejection of a proposed amendment mandating real-time electronic transmission of election results, describing the decision as “a betrayal of the Nigerian people that should be corrected.” This is contained in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Friday by the group’s Executive Director, Israel Orekha, following their press briefing held in Benin City, Edo State. Mr Orekha, who is also the South-south coordinator of the Youth Electoral Reform Project (YERP-Naija), said the amendment — already passed by the House of Representatives in December 2025 — is critical to restoring trust in Nigeria’s electoral system.…

The American space agency, NASA, is poised to launch Artemis II, a landmark crewed mission that will carry four astronauts on an approximately ten-day flyby around the Moon and back. This will mark humanity’s first journey beyond low Earth orbit in more than half a century. Scheduled for liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center early this year, the mission is designed to rigorously test life support, navigation, and deep space systems aboard the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket. Although Artemis II will not attempt a lunar landing, its success is widely regarded as a technical and symbolic…

Ekiti State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, has set 57 awaiting trial inmates free. The Chief Judge made this decision during an official visit to the Federal Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti. The Comptroller of Corrections in Ekiti, CC Oluremi Christy Okuseinde, described the visit as worthwhile, saying it would bring relief to some inmates. She noted that the centre is overcrowded, with 922 inmates against a capacity of 324, and urged authorities to provide more facilities. She also urged the Chief Judge and the Attorney General & Commissioner for Justice to use their positions to provide more cells and…

Chairman, Policy Manifesto Committee of the African Democratic Congress, John Odigie-Oyegun, says the 2027 general elections will be between the people and their oppressors. Oyegun made this statement on Friday while fielding questions in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’. He said with the ADC, it will not be business as usual, stressing that everyone wants change. The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, further stated that there is a major sacrifice being made by every stratum of society within the ADC. “This time, we have a big message, a totally different message to coin. We…