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Texas Tech sprinter Success Umukoro successfully defended her Corky Classic 60m title on Saturday in Lubbock, Texas, clocking 7.25s to grab victory in the women’s final, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Her compatriot and teammate Olayinka Olajide finished fourth, running a personal best of 7.33s. Although Umukoro’s time was short of the 7.21s she ran in last year’s final and her 7.13s personal best at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic in February 2025, she remained unbeaten in the event across the competition. Umukoro advanced through the rounds with strong performances, posting 7.37s in the heats and 7.33s in the semifinals before…

January was going to be a landmark month for the crypto industry. The Senate would start negotiating the finer details of the CLARITY Act, a major law that would finally enshrine the fundamental structure of how the crypto market could legally operate in the United States: what digital assets counted as a security versus a commodity, what regulatory responsibilities companies had to abide by, what legal protections consumers could have. The House had already passed their version months ago. The White House was ready to sign it. Democrats and Republicans seemed to agree on the bill’s fundamentals.And crypto, which had…

Prince Albert II of Monaco had a noticeable facial scar as he returned to public life for the first time since he underwent a recent medical procedure on his scalp. The royal, 67, had a scar visible on his left cheek when he attended the opening of the 48th International Circus Festival at the Chapiteau de Fontvieille in Monaco, alongside his nephew Louis Ducruet and niece Camille Gottlieb, on Friday, January 16. (Louis, Camille and their sibling Pauline Ducruet’s mother is Albert’s sister, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco.) Hello! Magazine reported on Friday that Prince Albert would not miss any royal…

Nigeria’s opposition politics appears to be facing its most severe test since the country’s return to civil rule in 1999. As defections sweep through the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), President Bola Tinubu’s political dominance is no longer measured solely by electoral victories but by the steady erosion of organised resistance at the subnational level. The APC has endorsed the president for reelection ahead of its presidential convention. With at least six PDP governors already defecting to the APC and strong indications that Kano Governor Abba Yusuf of the NNPP…

Director of News at Television Continental, TVC, Babajide Otitoju, has said that any state governor who does not have support of the state lawmakers has his days numbered. Otitoju made this statement on Sunday during an interview on TVC monitored by DAILY POST. He was reacting to the political crisis rocking Rivers State where the Assembly members initiated impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy Ngo He said, “Rivers House of Assembly wants to impeach Fubara’s deputy, even when they can’t really point out the offense she has committed. “That’s why people think this is just a game…

The interim state executive committee of Action Peoples Party, APP, Imo State chapter, has decried the sustained pattern of destruction and vandalism targeted at the party’s billboard installations across the state. The party specifically alleged that agents of the ruling party are destroying its billboards in Ideato North and ldeato South federal constituencies of the state. The party leadership further alleged that repeated acts of destruction targeting the billboards of Ikenga Ugochinyere, a prominent leader and stalwart of APP, are not isolated incidents, adding that they form part of a deliberate action plan designed to undermine opposition visibility and suppress democratic…

CAF President Patrice Motsepe has revealed that Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Burna Boy faced unexpected challenges upon arriving at a Moroccan airport recently on his way to headline the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Fan Zone concert in Rabat. The CAF President disclosed during a recent press conference that the Nigerian music star was held at the airport by custom officers over a jewellery issue. Motsepe explained that the issue was resolved amicably after he intervened. “Recently was called that I need interven because Burna Boy was stopped at the airport after customs officers noticed his heavy and beautiful gold…

Super Eagles head coach, Eric Chelle, has strongly debunked claims he would consider a return to the Mali national team. According to Chelle, he was “humiliated” by his country in front of the world. The 48-year-old’s future is the subject of speculations, after he led Nigeria to a third-place finish at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. He was asked by reporters if he could love to coach Mali again. “I can tell you something, Mali is my country, it’s the country of my mother,” Chelle said. “And I was humiliated after the game in front of the world.” Chelle’s…

The Lagos State Police Command says it is closely monitoring social media platforms to uncover and tackle a wave of staged kidnappings in parts of the state. The command revealed that several social media videos depicting kidnapping incidents, which had sparked fear and led to ransom payments, were carefully orchestrated scams. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, the command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, had deployed Tactical Squads and anti-crime units to strengthen rapid response. She added that Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers had also been…

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has dismissed allegations that the police arrested innocent Nigerians and peaceful protesters during the recent unrest in Ekpoma, Edo State, describing such claims as a “false narrative”. Egbetokun made the remarks during an interview aired on Channels Television on Saturday, amid widespread criticism over the arrest and detention of dozens of persons following a protest in the university town. Responding to questions on whether he was aware of allegations that the police arrested peaceful protesters in Ekpoma, the IG said the police were often unfairly accused after violent incidents that occurred under the guise…