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Ademola Lookman has been identified as a transfer target for Serie A champions Napoli, DAILY POST reports. According to Fichajes, Napoli will look to bring Lookman to Naples before the end of the winter transfer window. The Partenopei will however face stiff competition from Turkish Super Lig clubs, Galatasaray and Fenerbahce. Galatasaray and Fenerbahce are also desperate to sign the Nigeria international this month. The 28-year-old pushed to join Inter Milan last summer. Lookman returned from international duty this week.

The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Thursday warned Washington that the force had its “finger on the trigger” in the wake of mass protests, as US President Donald Trump said the Islamic Republic still appeared interested in talks. Trump has repeatedly left open the option of new military action against Iran after Washington backed and joined Israel’s 12-day war in June aimed at degrading Iranian nuclear and ballistic programmes. A fortnight of protests starting in late December shook the clerical leadership under supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but the movement has petered out in the face of a crackdown…

A fire outbreak on Wednesday gutted sections of Abbatuwa Cemetery in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State, destroying several parts of the burial ground. The incident occurred at about 2:02 p.m. when the Kano State Fire Service received a distress call from resident Bashir Hassan, who reported the fire. Firefighters from the agency’s headquarters were immediately deployed to the scene, where they found that dry grasses within the cemetery had fuelled the blaze, causing it to spread rapidly across parts of the premises. Confirming the incident in a statement on Thursday, the Public Relations Officer of the Kano State…

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has said Nigeria will begin exporting urea in 2028 as the country positions itself as a major hub for value-added oil and gas products. The authority also disclosed that Nigeria would soon commence large-scale fertiliser exports. The Chief Executive of NMDPRA, Saidu Mohammed, made this known while fielding questions from journalists during a tour of facilities at Indorama Eleme Fertiliser and Chemicals Limited in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State on Wednesday. The visit was part of his three-day tour of selected midstream and downstream oil and gas facilities in Rivers…

Napoli made Nigeria winger Ademola Lookman a priority target in the January transfer window as the Serie A side seek to strengthen their attacking options, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Atalanta forward has attracted interest from several clubs across Europe, including Atlético de Madrid, Galatasaray and West Ham, but it is Napoli that appear most determined to secure a deal before the summer. Fichajes reports that Napoli see Lookman as a player who could make an immediate impact on the squad and that defending Serie A champions believe the forward’s profile matched their sporting project with him raising their standard…

When a 1Password user clicks a link and opens a website with a URL that doesn’t match the one they have saved alongside login details, the 1Password browser extension will do two things. It won’t autofill their login credentials, and it will display a pop-up warning explaining that the current website’s URL “isn’t linked to a login in 1Password.”The feature isn’t a foolproof way to stop phishing attacks from succeeding. Users can still choose to manually copy and paste their credentials into a suspicious website. But it will make them aware that they’re potentially dealing with a phishing scam with…

Digital asset treasury (DAT) companies are likely to face consolidation in 2026, as the largest, best-capitalized players continue to accumulate Bitcoin and Ether while smaller companies struggle to keep pace, according to Pantera Capital.DATs are set for “brutal pruning” in 2026, with only a few dominant corporate treasuries left standing, predicted asset manager Pantera Capital in a Wednesday X post. “Everyone else gets acquired or left behind except for a longer-tail token winner going along for the ride.”So far this year, the pattern has been most visible in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) treasuries, where the most well-funded players have…

Matt Damon is a proud girl dad to his four daughters with wife Luciana Barroso. “I used to be a real [believer] in that nature-nature argument, but I’m now on, like, nature [is] a thing,” Damon said on the “New Heights” podcast in January 2026. “Your kids show up [with] that spirit, that soul is there and it’s going to do what it’s going to do.” He continued, “The nurture part is very important, you’re going to be helping with that but they really are who they are, like, right away. As they grow older, you still see in their…

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) is steadily transforming from a fringe opposition party into a political force in Katsina, as former Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Lawal Daura, formally declared his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election on the party’s platform. Mr Daura announced his ambition at a youth sensitisation and mobilisation programme in Katsina on Wednesday, in what party insiders describe as part of a broader strategy to consolidate elite influence and grassroots momentum ahead of the next general elections. Although he has long been associated with national security architecture rather than partisan politics, Mr Daura…

The conditions of the evicted residents of Makoko is both a Constitutional and Moral Matter. This level of displacement triggers an immediate duty of care by the state. Therefore, continued silence or delay by the Federal Government to protect and care for our beleaguered citizens in the face of this crisis amounts to complicity in their suffering… A government cannot create homelessness and then plead administrative delay. This memorandum is written in defence of the Nigerian Constitution, the dignity of citizenship, and the humanity of some of the poorest Nigerians – the poor residents of Makoko, Lagos. Mr President, Mr…