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South Africa head coach Hugo Broos launched a passionate defence of his team after Bafana Bafana secured a historic place in the FIFA World Cup knockout stage for the first time, insisting their achievement had silenced the critics who doubted them throughout the tournament. A second-half strike from Thapelo Maseko earned South Africa a hard-fought 1-0 victory over South Korea in Monterrey on Wednesday, sealing second place in Group A behind co-hosts Mexico and guaranteeing Bafana Bafana a place in the Round of 32. The result marks a landmark moment for South African football. Despite this being their fourth World…

The Delta State Government has dismissed reports circulating on social media alleging that former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan is dead, describing the claim as false and misleading. The clarification was made on Wednesday by Ossai Success, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, who said he had contacted the family of the former governor to verify the report. In a post on his X handle titled “Former Governor Uduaghan Is Alive – Death Rumour False,” Ossai said he spoke directly with Uduaghan’s daughter, Orode Uduaghan, who confirmed that her father is alive and well. “I have just seen…

The Edo State Government, in conjunction with the state police command, has begun a manhunt for the suspected supplier of arms to the masterminds of the Benin market kidnapping incident. One of the suspects arrested by the police, Marvellous Israel, had mentioned one Liberty as the arms supplier. Israel told the police that N1.5m out of the N2.8m ransom payment was meant for Liberty, noting that N8m was collected as ransom for the woman’s release. He said, “The man who gave us the gun for the kidnapping is called Liberty. We also call him the Chief Security Officer in our…

The Nigerian Ports Authority has concluded plans to rally stakeholders within the Nigerian port corridor to tackle some of the challenges affecting ease of doing business. The Managing Director of the NPA, Dr Abubakar Dantsoho, while speaking during a stakeholders’ engagement at the NPA’s Marina Headquarters on Tuesday, said that they have resolved to find a lasting solution to the problems along the port access road. He added that they had identified the issue of overlapping jurisdictions as a key challenge. He said, “Find lasting solutions to peculiar problems along the port corridor in Apapa and Tincan. Now we have…

Bosnia-Herzegovina reached the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time after beating 2022 hosts Qatar 3-1 in their final Group B match on Wednesday. Bosnia finished on four points and hours after their game had completed, FIFA announced they will be one of the best eight third-placed teams to progress to the last 32. Qatar meanwhile exit at the group stage, just as they did four years ago, but return home with the meagre consolation of having garnered a point this time as opposed to 2022 when they finished with none. Goals from Bosnia’s youngest ever World…

Meta is bringing back the Facebook Creator Studio page manager, now “reimagined” as a standalone AI companion app. The new app aims to make it easier for creators to connect with their audiences and show them “exactly how to grow on Facebook,” according to Meta’s announcement.Meta’s AI Creator Assistant is a central focus of the newly reimagined app — users can ask the chatbot to provide performance tracking insights and tailored recommendations for improving engagement. It can also be used to find “the most important comments” left by the user’s audience and “instantly draft replies in your voice.”The Creator Studio…

Wallets with identifiable links to sanctioned Iranian entities have moved over $3.84 billion through cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx since 2019, making it one of the main channels used to bypass US economic sanctions, according to blockchain analytics company TRM Labs.About 60 Iranian platforms were tied to the funds, with $2.7 billion of this flowing between CoinEx and Nobitex, Iran’s largest domestic cryptocurrency exchange, at an average rate of about $1 million per day since 2018, wrote TRM Labs in a Wednesday report.By 2024, CoinEx was Nobitex’s largest external counterpart, nearly nine times that of the next-largest exchange, a pattern that TRM…

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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has secured the conviction of a Deputy Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Idris Barde, for job racketeering. In a statement on Thursday by its Head of Media and Public Communications, John Odey, the commission stated that Mr Barde was convicted by Justice Ngozika Nwabulu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kurudu, Abuja. Mr Barde, who served as a personal assistant to former NSCDC Commandant General Abdullahi Gana, was prosecuted on two counts arising from his alleged receipt of N4.55 million from…

The Federal Government has announced the discovery of what it described as a world-class polymetallic mineral province in Kaduna State containing deposits of platinum group metals, gold, nickel, copper, lithium and rare earth elements. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, disclosed this on Wednesday at the opening of the African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit (AFNIS) 2026 in Abuja. Mr Alake said the discovery was verified by the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) and represents one of the most significant developments in Nigeria’s mining sector in recent years. According to him, the mineral province was identified through…