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Roberto Martínez has confirmed his departure as Portugal head coach following the Seleção’s heartbreaking 1-0 defeat to Spain in the Round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup, insisting the tournament should not be viewed as a failure despite the early exit. Portugal’s World Cup journey came to an agonising end at AT&T Stadium in Dallas after substitute Mikel Merino struck a dramatic 91st-minute winner to send Spain into the quarter-finals in what also proved to be Cristiano Ronaldo’s final appearance at football’s biggest tournament. Martínez, who took charge of Portugal in 2023 after leaving Belgium, was already due to…
A northern-based peace advocacy group, the Northern Alliance for Peace and Security, has commended the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, and the Nigerian Armed Forces for what it described as sustained successes in ongoing military operations against banditry, terrorism and kidnapping across parts of the country. The group said the recent rescue of hundreds of abducted persons and the neutralisation of scores of armed criminals reflect the military’s renewed offensive against violent groups operating in different regions of Nigeria. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, the National President of the group, Danladi Abutu, said the recent…
Crypto gaming company Yield Guild Games says it has shut down its crypto game publishing arm, YGG Play, and will instead focus on feeding data to artificial intelligence.Yield Guild Games said Monday that it would also lay off 35 employees, adding that a prolonged crypto market downturn and a “similarly brutal” video game publishing market meant YGG Play “cannot be commercially sustainable.”It said a major market crash on Oct. 10 “fundamentally altered retail market psychology, and we do not expect the crypto consumer market or the Web3 games publishing market to recover sufficiently in the near term.”The layoffs add to…
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s unforgettable wedding calls for some delicious food to keep guests celebrating all night long. As the Hollywood superstars celebrated becoming husband and wife after their wedding at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday, July 3, sources with knowledge exclusively tell Us Weekly that the couple ordered upwards of 100 pizzas for their guests. The order consisted of nearly every type of pizza Mama’s TOO! has to offer, including their house pie (which is made up of mozzarella, plum tomato sauce, Parmigiano, basil and extra virgin olive oil), plain pepperoni, Angry Nonna (consisting of Hot…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Benin Zonal Directorate, has secured the convictions of 10 people for naira abuse in separate cases before the Federal High Court in Delta and Edo states. The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement posted on its official Facebook page on Monday. According to the EFCC, the convicts are Lucky Onoberhie, Happy Isioma, Friday Ehiedu, Collins Albert, Okorie Builder, Ernest Achieme, Isicheli Chijioke, Nwosu Davison, Enadegh Agbonmware and Lucky Osaro. The commission said the defendants were prosecuted for tampering with the naira by spraying it while dancing at social events, an offence under…
The federal government has reduced import duties on both new and used vehicles under its 2026 fiscal policy measures, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has disclosed. Mr Adeniyi announced the tariff review on Monday while defending the service’s 2026 budget proposal before the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise. He stated that the import duty on used vehicles has been lowered from 15 per cent to five per cent, whilst the rate for brand-new vehicles has been cut from 20 per cent to 10 per cent. According to him, the revised tariff regime…
Cristiano Ronaldo has officially brought the curtain down on his illustrious FIFA World Cup career, confirming that Portugal’s Round of 16 defeat to Spain in Dallas marked his final appearance on football’s biggest stage. The legendary forward made the announcement shortly after Portugal’s elimination, saying he leaves the tournament with no regrets, having given everything for his country. Speaking to SportTV after the match, the 41-year-old admitted he was saddened by the manner of Portugal’s exit but remained at peace with his contribution. “I’m fine, sad to leave the World Cup this way. But as I said yesterday at the…
Several senior international players have been eliminated from the 2026 World Cup in matches that marked, or are likely to mark, the end of their careers at the tournament. The list includes Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Riyad Mahrez, Guillermo Ochoa and Manuel Neuer. The tournament is still ongoing, with the quarterfinals yet to be completed. Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo. Photo: BBC Ronaldo’s exit came on Monday, when Portugal were eliminated 1-0 by Spain in the round of 16 in Arlington, Texas. Mikel Merino scored the only goal of the match in the 91st minute. Spain will play the winner of the…
A trader who swapped $2.01 million worth of Ether on a decentralized exchange has been left with just $14,500 worth of tokens after a router directed the order through a low-liquidity pool, allowing an Ethereum block builder to profit massively from a same-block arbitrage trade.The trader swapped 1,126.44 of Ether (ETH) but only received 5,776 Lighter (LIT) tokens, in a “textbook case of same-block backrun extraction,” according to GoPlus Security.“This was a real, highly imbalanced backrunner arbitrage, not a classic sandwich attack,” GoPlus Security said. Titan Builder was the biggest beneficiary, walking away with $1.8 million from the transaction, which…
President Donald Trump gave Nicki Minaj an eyebrow-raising shout-out during the White House Rose Garden luncheon. “We also have a woman that is so respected and so hot and so great and such a great friend of, I don’t say conservative, I say of common sense,” Trump, 80, told the Monday, July 6, event crowd, while speaking about the rapper, 43. “She’s a fantastic person and she’s a woman that’s respected by everybody and she’s got real talent: Nicki Minaj,” he continued. The president then prompted Minaj to “stand up, please,” adding that she is “such a great person and…
