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Betting platform Ogabet has launched a customer reward campaign centred on a N1 million free bet pool, coinciding with the ongoing FIFA World Cup, with eligible players able to earn and accumulate free bets through various promotions on the platform. Leading the initiative is the World Cup Treasure Promo, which rewards players who consistently log in, fund their wallets and place bets throughout the tournament, with consistent participation unlocking increasingly significant rewards. Other offerings in the campaign include the Weekend Wallet Booster, which gives customers a 25 per cent bonus of up to N5,000 on deposits of a minimum of…
Amal Clooney admits she had to adjust to a different lifestyle after tying the knot with George Clooney. While speaking at a Cartier Dialogues event in Bangkok earlier this month, the international human rights lawyer, 48, detailed how things had shifted. “I used to have my work life and my personal life, and they could look quite different, and I was able to not have them mix and then I got married and that changed quite a lot,” Amal said, per a People article published on Friday, June 26. “And at first I was kind of conscious of that one-dimensional…
A pilot was killed when his small aircraft crashed into Beijing’s tallest building, with 13 people also injured, Chinese authorities said on Saturday without elaborating on the cause of the rare incident. Witnesses of Friday’s crash reported plane debris at the base of the 528-metre (1,732-foot) CITIC Tower, with AFP journalists at the scene seeing a hole in the windows of one of the building’s upper floors. Authorities in the capital’s Chaoyang District said in a statement shared on WeChat that “a single-engine, two-seat light aircraft crashed into a high-rise building” at 5:55 pm (0955 GMT) on Friday. “The only…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his wife, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday led the monthly environmental sanitation exercise across communities in Surulere Local Government Area of the state. The exercise came as Sanwo-Olu issued a 72-hour ultimatum to occupants of shanties and makeshift structures along the median of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. Sanwo-Olu clearing refuse during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise on Saturday. Photo: Johnson Idowu Addressing journalists after the exercise on Saturday, Sanwo-Olu said the state government enforcement team would be deployed to the area from next week to demolish the shanties. The governor said the clearance exercise would…
The inaugural First Bank and Samuel Okwaraji Foundation National Secondary Schools Football Championship, tagged the Memoir Cup, has commenced across multiple states of the federation in what organisers hope will become an annual fixture in Nigeria’s football calendar. The tournament, which is being run in conjunction with the Nigeria Football Federation and the Nigeria School Sports Federation, is structured in three stages. State championships currently underway across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory will produce state champions, who will then advance to zonal play-offs. The zonal representatives will subsequently converge at a national final to contest the ultimate…
90 Day Fiancé alum Jasmine Pineda has been ordered to pay her ex-husband Gino Palazzolo spousal support after their divorce was finalized. According to legal documents obtained by Us Weekly on Friday, June 26, the court ordered that Pineda, 39, will need to pay Palazzolo, 57, $20,000 in spousal support. The documents state that the “defendant shall pay this amount at five hundred dollars ($500) a month for a period of forty (40) months. Spousal support will commence on the first day of the month after the Judgment of Divorce is granted, which is July 1, 2026.” In the division…
The thyroid gland, a small butterfly-shaped organ located at the front of the neck, plays a vital role in regulating metabolism, heart rate and body temperature. Yet thyroid disorders often go undetected, especially among women, whose symptoms are frequently mistaken for stress, ageing or normal hormonal changes. Speaking with PT Health Watch, reproductive endocrinologist Oladapo Ashiru said women are far more likely than men to develop thyroid disorders, citing Nigerian studies that reported female-to-male ratios ranging from 6.3:1 to as high as 98:1. According to Mr Ashiru, recognising the warning signs early is important because untreated thyroid disorders can affect…
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, said on Friday that Nigeria’s integrated identity management system led to the arrest of seven suspected Boko Haram and ISWAP commanders returning from the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage. Tunji-Ojo disclosed this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, shortly after President Bola Tinubu signed the National Identity Management Commission Act 2026 into law, as contained in a statement signed by the President’s aide, Bayo Onanuga. According to the minister, the suspects were arrested last Thursday at the Katsina airport after returning from Mecca and were subsequently handed over to the Department of State Services. He said…
Davnotch Nigeria Limited has reaffirmed its commitment to the growth of Tennis in the country, pledging to sustain its sponsorship of the Davnotch National Open Tennis Championship and promising enhanced benefits for players in future editions of the tournament. Managing Director Emmanuel Ochei made the declaration at a media interaction ahead of the grand finale of the sixth edition of the championship, held at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. Ochei said sports development demands consistent investment, innovation and deliberate planning, adding that future editions of the tournament would feature increased prize money and expanded initiatives aimed at benefiting…
The European Parliament’s economic affairs committee has urged the European Commission to assess whether crypto lending and borrowing, staking, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized finance (DeFi) should be regulated.The recommendations were part of a report tabled Friday for plenary vote. It also called for promoting tokenization across financial services, encouraging euro-denominated stablecoins and assessing whether additional crypto activities should be regulated under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA).Drafted by Belgian Member of the European Parliament Johan Van Overtveldt, the report is an own-initiative resolution by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) that outlines recommendations for the…
