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Peter Crouch, a former England forward, has stated that Liverpool won’t win the Champions League this season. He thinks Bayern Munich, Arsenal, and the reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain are the teams most likely to win the trophy. Five of the six English teams that were in this year’s competition made it to the top eight after last night’s final round of league phase matches. Newcastle United is the only Premier League team that is not in the automatic qualification spots. Teams that finish in spots nine to sixteen will receive a special seeding during the play-off stage. This means the…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has extended the application deadline for the 2025/2026 academic session to February 27, 2026. The fund announced the extension in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, saying the earlier deadline of January 31, 2026, was shifted to give prospective applicants additional time to complete and submit their applications. According to the Director of Strategic Communications, Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, the decision was taken to ensure that no eligible student is excluded from the process due to timing constraints. “The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has announced an extension of the application deadline for the 2025/2026 academic session…

Motorists plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have expressed frustration over the daily, hours-long traffic jams caused by ongoing repair work at the Kara Bridge. PUNCH Metro correspondents, who monitored the traffic situation in recent days, observed that motorists travelling from Ibadan, Interchange, and Sagamu towards Lagos often spent several hours in gridlock. It was gathered that the congestion was largely caused by the narrowness of the road at the repair site. Speaking with PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, motorists appealed to the Federal Government to find ways to ease the traffic. A motorist, Lateef Oladele, who drives from Berger to Mowe-Ibafo, described…

Three occupants of a black Mercedes-Benz were heading to work on a good Friday morning. One was the driver, another was the aide, and their oga patapata. They came to crawling traffic on George Street in Ikoyi, Lagos, en route to Obalende, their office. The Federal Secretariat was at a touching distance. Suddenly, a hail of gunshots rained on the black Benz like a hundred stones from the devil’s sling. Then the tyres screeched away. Then silence. Rivulets of hot blood trickled from the heads and torsos of the driver, the aide and General Murtala Ramat Mohammed. This was February…

Mastering your bank statement turns it from a simple record into a powerful financial tool. By understanding your transactions, monitoring fees and interest, and spotting errors, you gain full control of your money. Tracking spending and planning finances helps you save, invest, and grow wealth effectively. Regularly reviewing your statement builds financial discipline and awareness. TEMITOPE AINA writes A bank statement is more than just a monthly document showing your account balance; it is a powerful tool that provides insight into your financial habits, highlights errors, and helps you make informed decisions about your money. Many Nigerians receive bank statements…

Nigeria’s Senior men handball team, the Golden Arrows, kept their 2027 IHF Men’s World Championship dream alive with a nervy 30–28 victory over Guinea in Thursday’s fifth-to-eighth-place semi-final at the 27th Africa Men’s Handball Championship in Kigali, Rwanda. The playoff encounter, which determines Africa’s fifth representative at next year’s World Championship in Germany, saw the Golden Arrows demonstrate remarkable resilience after being reduced to six men in the first half following Faruk Yusuf’s red card dismissal. Playing a man down for the bulk of the contest, Nigeria still managed to establish a 16–14 advantage at half-time and held their nerve…

Bybit saw the second-highest trading volumes among crypto exchanges last year, making a “slow but steady comeback” after suffering a $1.5 billion hack in February 2025, says CoinGecko.Bybit‘s trading volume reached $1.5 trillion in total during 2025, and its share of the market reached 8.1% for the year, CoinGecko research analyst Shaun Paul Lee said in a report on Thursday.“Despite the major hack Bybit suffered in February, it has clawed its way back to the top,” and has “slowly gained back its dominance throughout 2025,” he added.The attack on Bybit is the largest crypto hack ever, and was carried out…

The Pitt star Katherine LaNasa has been married to Melrose Place alum Grant Show for two decades. LaNasa and Show, who met on the set of Big Love, got married in August 2012 and have gone on to publicly gush about their relationship. “My date is the gorgeous Grant Show,” LaNasa told Entertainment Tonight at the 2025 Emmy Awards. “Blake Carrington, himself.” Show, who notably portrayed the Carrington patriarch on the CW’s rebooted version of Dynasty, attended the Emmys to see LaNasa win the trophy for Best Supporting Actress. Related: Meet ‘The Pitt‘ Season 2 Characters After Shocking Cast Exit…

The Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Waiya, has advised Deputy Governor Aminu Abdussalam to resign from his position following the political realignment in the state. In an interview with Muhasa Radio in Kano, Mr Waiya stated that the deputy governor can no longer be fully trusted by members of the State Executive Council due to his “perceived double loyalty.” He spoke against the background of the recent defection of Governor Abba Yusuf to the All Progressives Congress (APC). While the governor has resigned from the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and joined the APC, Mr Abdussalam…

This is why the Kannywood conversation is timely. With NITDA announcing a partnership with the Future Map Foundation to establish a world-class film studio in Kano to support the industry’s digital growth, the focus must go beyond infrastructure. Capacity-building programmes are equally essential to equip filmmakers, writers, editors, and creatives with the skills to navigate this new AI-driven storytelling era. I’ve been hyper-fixated on something lately, and it has quietly taken over my attention. Just before the First Kannywood Roundtable on Reputation Management and Digital Advancement in Kano — hosted by Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), publishers of PRNigeria, in…