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Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain face Arsenal in Saturday’s final in Budapest, aiming to defend their crown. The Gunners have never won the trophy, but after clinching the Premier League title for the first time in 22 years, Mikel Arteta’s side believe they can dethrone the French champions. AFP Sport looks at five key talking points ahead of the clash at the Puskas Arena. Arsenal’s set-piece threat This season, Arteta’s team have sometimes struggled to create from open play, but they have posed incredible danger from dead-ball situations. Arsenal’s physical players cause havoc at corners, particularly centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes, and…
Despite the growing institutional presence in crypto, retail sentiment is just as important as it was when Wall Street was largely on the sidelines, according to Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten.“It still does. You have to remember it’s not like BlackRock owns the Bitcoin and Fidelity owns the Bitcoin. It’s a bunch of retail accounts mostly that actually buy that,” Klippsten said during an interview with Cointelegraph published to YouTube on Tuesday.Cory Klippsten spoke to Cointelegraph at BitcoinVegas 2026. Source: Cointelegraph“You know they’re buying it in a wrapper. But they still have to take real supply and custody it. And…
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The abducted vice principal of Community Grammar School, Ahoro-Esinele, in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Folawe Alamu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu, Governor Seyi Makinde and other Nigerians to negotiate with her abductors for the release of the victims. Mrs Alamu made the appeal in a distress video circulated online on Thursday, about 15 days after gunmen abducted pupils and teachers during coordinated attacks on schools in the Ogbomoso axis of Oyo State. Looking visibly distraught and kneeling in the video, the vice principal said the victims had remained in the bush since the abduction and were…
The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has given two major reasons why people join terrorists group. According to Musa, people join terrorists group because they were deceived into thinking that they were fighting for God and also because they were poor, and they felt that was the only way they could have money. The Minister stated this while fielding questions during an interview on Arise Television on Friday. “Why do they [people] join [terrorists group]? They join because one, because they were deceived into thinking that they were fighting for God,” Musa said. “Two, some of them were deceived because…
The Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has vowed to resist every intimidation attempt as it prepares for the next year’s general elections. The faction made this vow in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, on Friday. Ememobong said the party had been informed by the proprietors of A Class Event Centre of the threat by the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, to shut down their business premises if it is allowed to use their hall for its presidential candidate ratification ceremonies. “We state here, and for the record, that we had furnished consideration…
Barcelona have submitted an official €100 million offer to Atlético Madrid for Julian Alvarez. This offer is understood to be a straight cash proposal with no add-ons and no players included. According to football transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano, Atletico have reacted negatively to the approach over the past 24 hours. They are unhappy about both the timing and the structure of the offer. Despite that, the situation remains open as no agreement has been reached between the two clubs. Romano wrote on X, “Barcelona send first official proposal to Atlético Madrid for Julián Álvarez worth €100m. No add-ons, no players…
The trio of Senators Victor Umeh, Tony Nwoye and Chief Ebuka Onunkwo have emerged as the Senatorial candidates of the Nigeria Democratic Congress for the 2027 general elections. Umeh emerged as a candidate for the Anambra Central District, while Nwoye and Onunkwo emerged as candidates for the Anambra North and Anambra South Districts, respectively. They emerged from primary elections for the party’s State and National Assembly tickets, held across the state on Friday. The exercise, conducted under Option A4, began with the accreditation of registered party members, and voting commenced in the afternoon with an impressive turnout among party members.…
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency has attributed the delay in the payment of outstanding retirees’ entitlements to longstanding bureaucratic, policy, and pension-related challenges inherited from previous administrations. The aviation agency insisted that the current management under its Managing Director, Farouk Umar, has taken concrete steps to resolve the issue. The agency said this while responding to allegations of laxity by the management of the organisation on workers-related issues. NAMA spoke through a statement signed by the spokesperson for the agency, Abdullahi Musa, on Friday. In his response to the allegations raised during a recent television interview by some aggrieved retirees,…
FIFA has confirmed that Super Eagles legend Austin “Jay Jay” Okocha holds the record for the most successful dribbles in a single FIFA World Cup match, underlining his enduring status as one of the most skilful footballers the game has ever produced, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. According to the world football governing body, Okocha completed 15 successful dribbles against Italy during Nigeria’s Round of 16 clash at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States — a feat achieved against one of the most celebrated defensive units of that era, including Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Demetrio Albertini. The…
