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Liam Rosenior began his tenure as Chelsea head coach with an impressive 5-1 victory over Championship side Charlton in the FA Cup third round at a sold-out Valley Stadium on Saturday. Chelsea dominated much of the match, taking the lead just before halftime when 19-year-old Jorrel Hato smashed a half-volley into the top corner after a clearance error by Charlton’s Keenan Gough. Shortly after the restart, Tosin Adarabioyo doubled the lead by heading Facundo Buonanotte’s free-kick into the net. Charlton fought back briefly in the second half, with Miles Leaburn converting from a corner to make it 2-1. However, Chelsea…

Imo Governor Hope Uzodimma, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, and key leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the South-East have endorsed President Bola Tinubu as their sole presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. The endorsement was reached on Saturday at the Izu Umunne gathering of APC stakeholders held in Enugu, where party leaders reviewed national political developments and the position of Ndigbo ahead of the next electoral cycle. In a document, jointly signed by Uzodimma, Kalu, Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru; Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah; APC National Vice Chairman (South-East), Dr Ijeoma Arodiogbu;…

Roma moved three points behind Serie A leaders Inter Milan on Saturday after a hard-fought 2-0 win over Sassuolo in Rome. Down to the bare bones due to a clutch of injuries and players away at the Africa Cup of Nations, Roma moved into third thanks to quickfire late goals from Manu Kone and Matias Soule which broke Sassuolo’s brave resistance. Kone thumped home the opener with his head from Soule’s pinpoint cross in the 77th minute to spark delirium in the Stadio Olimpico. And fans were sure of the three points for their team two minutes later when Soule…

In 2023, what was then still called Twitter, open-sourced at least portions of the code that decided what it served up in your feed. But that GitHub repository is hopelessly out of date, with the vast majority of the files appearing to be from the initial upload three years ago. Elon Musk says that in seven days, he will open-source X’s new algorithm and finally give people a peek behind the curtain and possibly a technical explanation as to why your feed is 90 percent rage bait.Elon has always made promises to open-source parts of X, and has followed through…

The Bitcoin (BTC) network mining difficulty, the relative computing challenge of adding a new block to the decentralized blockchain ledger, fell slightly to 146.4 trillion on Thursday, in the first difficulty adjustment of 2026. “The next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment is estimated to take place on Jan 22, 2026, 04:08:12 AM UTC, increasing the Bitcoin mining difficulty from 146.47 T to 148.20 T,” according to CoinWarz. Average block times are 9.88 minutes at the time of this writing, slightly below the 10-minute target, which means the next difficulty adjustment will increase slightly to align better with the target block time. The Bitcoin network…

Neon’s horror flick Together may seem like an odd choice to be a post-Christmas chaser, but it’s already one of Hulu‘s most popular movies right now. Real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie portray Tim Brassington and Millie Wilson, a couple who are struck with an unnatural curse that begins fusing them together. Together is writer/director Michael Shanks‘ first feature-length film, and it was a modest hit with $34.5 million worldwide. Now that the film is streaming, Watch With Us recommends watching Together, even if some of its graphic horror scenes are hard to take. Related: 30 Best Movies on…

The Bailiwick of Jersey is set to return more than $9.5 million, deemed to be part of the proceeds of corruption, seized from Nigeria’s former military leader, Sani Abacha, to the Nigerian government. The money will be channelled towards a major infrastructure project in Nigeria. A statement issued on Friday by the British High Commission disclosed that the money is being repatriated to Nigeria following the Jersey Memorandum of Understanding with the federal government. Jersey’s Attorney General, Mark Temple KC, had signed the MOU in December 2025. The MOU builds on two previous agreements between Jersey and Nigeria, under which…

Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has said the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is already serving its purpose as the Federal Government intensifies efforts to complete its Section One. Umahi made the remark on Saturday during an inspection tour of the project. “I am very eager to see how we can fully complete this Section One by April this year, so that we can have it fully commissioned – a stretch of Section One and a significant part of Section Two,” he said. He said in spite of challenges, the contractor handling the project was doing well and determined to beat deadlines.…

The All Progressives Congress, has saluted the Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji over aggressive and committed mobilisation drives he has demonstrated to shore up the party’s support base. The party gave the commendation, while capturing the governor on Saturday, during a high-profile stakeholders’ meeting held at Lady Jibowu Hall, Government House, Ado Ekiti capital city. The governor’s card was presented in the presence of other leaders of the party. Speaking at the occasion, the coordinator of the nationwide e-registration programme in Ekiti State and Commissioner for Youth Development, Hon. Gold Adesola Adedayo, who led the technical team to register the…

Algerian players confronted the referee, Isaa Sy, after they lost 2-0 to Nigeria in the quarter-final of the 2025 Africa Cup on Nations. Sy had to be escorted into the dressing room for his safety, after Algerian fans clashed with stadium security. Officials of the Desert Foxes also confronted the referee on the pitch. However, things continued to be heated in the tunnel, as they kept harassing the official. It is believed the Algerians are not happy with some of the decisions from Sy during the defeat. Victor Osimhen and Akor Adams scored in the second half, as the Super…