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Former Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong has praised Mbekezile Mbokazi as South Africa’s outstanding performer at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, despite Bafana Bafana’s first-round exit following a 1-0 defeat to Canada in the Round of 32. The Chicago Fire FC defender delivered a commanding display at the heart of the South African backline throughout the contest, frustrating Canada’s attack for long stretches before Stephen Eustáquio struck late to settle the tie and send the North Americans through to the Round of 16. Speaking during his analysis on SuperSport, Troost-Ekong reserved particular praise for the young centre-back, singling him out…

Hyperliquid added to Singapore’s Investor Alert ListThe Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the city-state’s central bank and financial regulator, has added decentralized perpetuals exchange Hyperliquid to its Investor Alert List.The entry, added on Friday, includes the Hyper Foundation website and the Hyperliquid trading app.The Investor Alert List is a consumer protection measure that identifies entities that may be wrongly perceived as licensed or regulated by MAS. Inclusion on the list does not constitute a ban or enforcement action.MAS added crypto exchange Bybit to the list on June 17 and KuCoin and Bitget also appear.Hyperliquid said that it has never claimed to…

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is weighing in on the latest ransom notes making headlines in the ongoing search for Today coanchor Savannah Guthrie’s mom, Nancy Guthrie. “I think the FBI has done a number of arrests for false or fake ransom notes,” Nanos shared during a Friday, June 26, appearance on Arizona radio station KVOI AM 1030. “It’s a shame that that happens, but I think we’re looking at another one of those today with what’s been reported. But we will let the FBI do their work.” Nanos explained that it is a “good” thing people have “great interest”…

Okoritak, an oil-producing community in Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State that hosts nine oil and gas assets operated by some of Nigeria’s biggest energy companies, still depends on water flowing from a corked oil well for drinking and other domestic uses. The community has called for urgent government and industry intervention to address its longstanding potable water crisis. The demand was contained in a communiqué issued after a stakeholders’ roundtable on sustainable development organised by the community with support from the Clement Isong Foundation and the Ibeno Youth Advocacy Network. The meeting, held at the Ibeno Green…

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has urged the Federal Government to constitutionally insulate state police and other critical public institutions from executive interference, warning that without strong safeguards, the proposed state police system could become another instrument of political oppression. Agbakoba made the call in a letter dated June 26, 2026, made available to The PUNCH on Monday, and addressed to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Dr George Akume, in which he welcomed President Bola Tinubu’s Executive Bill seeking to amend Section 214 of the 1999 Constitution to establish state police.…

Cryptocurrency exchanges already approved to operate in European Union member states under the soon-to-be enforced Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework are incentivizing users from companies that failed to gain license approval.With MiCA restrictions set to be enforced starting on July 1, executives of cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase and OKX have taken to social media to sway users from soon-to-be unauthorized companies, like Binance and Bybit Global. The world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, said that it would restrict services for EU-based users after withdrawing its MiCA application last week. Bybit Global on Monday said access to services for users in the European…

Fans may have been obsessed with those AI-generated wedding photos of a fake Zendaya and Tom Holland, but stylist Law Roach says the real gown the actual actress wore was on another level. “That dress was not good enough,” Roach, 47, revealed during a Monday, June 29, appearance on Good Morning America, reacting to the photos circulating online purported to be from Zendaya and Holland’s big day. “Trust me, the dress is better than that.” During the segment, host Lara Spencer questioned if it was “fair to say that the final creation did not look like that,” to which Roach…

Senior lawyer Mike Ozekhome’s defence team on Monday grilled a forensic expert brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as a prosecution witness to prove forgery nas impersonation charges against Mr Ozekhome and his co-defendant. The grilling during cross-examination by the defence team at the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, elicited answers from the witness on the technical procedures and the general principles of the probe he conducted into the forgery allegations against the defendants. The defendants are facing charges of impersonation and forgery of a Nigerian passport presented before a London tribunal by the defendants to…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has commenced the formal induction of AK-47 rifles and advanced pistols into its operational arsenal to strengthen its capacity against increasingly armed and violent drug trafficking syndicates across the country. The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (retd.), announced the development on Monday during the inauguration of a specialised train-the-trainer course on weapon handling at the NDLEA Academy in Jos, Plateau State. According to a statement by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, the training covers the handling of AK-47 rifle Type 56-1 and HS-9/CF98A pistols and marks the first time…

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its landmark crypto regulatory framework, marking the completion of its crypto roadmap seeking to bring digital assets under the regulator’s purview. Significant new elements include mandatory licensing for crypto firms, capital stress-testing requirements, improved market manipulation and insider trading rules, as well as simplified capital requirement standards for stablecoin issuers, according to a Tuesday press release shared with Cointelegraph.The licensing window for crypto companies will open from September until Feb. 28, 2027, before the regime goes live on Oct. 25, 2027.The new framework means that crypto companies in the UK will be held…