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Super Eagles winger Christantus Uche has become the latest Nigerian footballer to win a UEFA trophy after Crystal Palace claimed the UEFA Conference League title, completing a historic treble of European honours for Nigerian players, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Palace defeated Spanish side Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in the final in Leipzig, with Jean-Philippe Mateta scoring the only goal of the game in the second half after reacting sharply to a rebound from Adam Wharton’s long-range effort that Rayo goalkeeper Augusto Batalla could only parry into the danger zone. Uche, who was part of Palace’s squad during the group stage of…
For nearly 80 years, Ferrari occupied a unique cultural space where its cars were aspirational, even for people who resented those who could afford them. The price, the exclusivity, and the opacity of the buying process allowed Ferrari to sail above ordinary criticism. You might not be able to afford one, but you still wanted one.With the launch of the all-electric Luce this week, however, the company fell down to earth, drawing the ire of the internet in the form of derision, mocking memes, and AI slop. People compared it to a vacuum, a Magic Mouse, and, most insultingly, a…
Stellar’s native token, XLM, has rallied more than 50% this week, outperforming the broader crypto market, which has declined by nearly 5% in the same period.Key takeaways:US financial giant DTCC announced it would integrate its tokenized securities platform with the Stellar Network.XLM rallied by over 50% after the announcement, but risks a sharp downside in the coming weeks.DTCC partnership fuels XLM rallyXLM’s price surged after a major institutional partnership announcement by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a US financial giant that clears and settles $10 trillion to $12 trillion in securities transactions daily.In a Wednesday press release, the…
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son Maddox Jolie-Pitt wants to legally drop Pitt from his last name. Maddox, 24, filed to remove his father’s surname from his own, according to legal documents seen by Us Weekly on Thursday, May 28. If the request is granted, Maddox legally will be known as Maddox Chivan Jolie in the future. (Chivan is his middle name.) Us has reached out to Pitt’s representatives for comment. Hours before the filing made headlines, news broke that Pitt, 62, had landed a victory in his legal battle with Jolie, 50, over their Château Miraval winery, with a…
On 9 May, British Barrister Martin Hackett was sworn in as The Gambia’s Special Prosecutor for crimes committed under Yahya Jammeh’s rule from 1994 to 2017. His mandate covers serious human rights violations and international crimes, including torture, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. Mr Hackett will serve both the Special Criminal Division of the High Court and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)-backed Special Tribunal for The Gambia. Attorney General Dawda Jallow said he was selected from a broad pool of candidates. However, appointing a non-Gambian prosecutor seems hard to reconcile with the ‘Gambian-driven’ accountability process envisaged in…
The average retail price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) rose to ₦1,532.93 per litre in April 2026, up from ₦1,288.54 recorded in March, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday. The latest Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) Price Watch shows that the April price represents an 18.97 per cent increase on a month-on-month basis. The report also indicates that on a year-on-year basis, the average retail price rose from ₦1,239.33 in April 2025 to ₦1,532.93 in April 2026, representing a 23.69 per cent increase. According to the NBS data, Yobe recorded the highest average retail…
There is no provision in Nigerian law that specifically defines deepfakes, prohibits their creation for fraudulent purposes, or creates a standalone offence for using AI-generated synthetic media to deceive. There is no mandatory labelling requirement obliging platforms or creators to identify AI-generated content as such. There is no specific civil cause of action that a victim of deepfake fraud can bring on the basis of the synthetic media itself, separate from the underlying fraud it was used to commit. In February this year, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation and one of the most recognisable Nigerian women alive,…
Health experts have advised that all candidate treatments and vaccines for Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus should be used exclusively within clinical trials to ensure safe, ethical, and effective research. A statement made available on Thursday said that the experts were convened by the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to it, the recommendation comes in response to the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with additional cases reported in Uganda, and follows assessments by multiple WHO experts and advisory groups. “WHO convened meetings with its Research and Development (R&D) Blueprint technical advisory groups on candidate…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has called on the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to set aside his grievances and align himself with his administration’s efforts to build a new Kano. “I call on him to look at Kano, not personal interests, and come on board to join the train of peace and a new Kano that will ensure a stable and progressive state. “When we had a programme some days ago, I looked around and saw that almost everybody was there except Kwankwaso. Even governors who had problems with their deputies reconciled on…
Prof. James Ene-Nwannaji has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in Enugu State ahead of the 2027 general elections. Ene-Nwannaji was declared winner of the party’s governorship primary election held on Friday, defeating other aspirants including Chief Chinyeaka Ohaa and Senator Gilbert Nnaji. Announcing the outcome, the Secretary of the NDC in Enugu State, Dr. Sebastine Okafor, said the primary election was conducted across the 17 local government areas of the state in line with directives from the party’s national secretariat. Okafor stated that officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, monitored the exercise. He…
