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AC Milan survived late penalty drama to scrape a 1-1 home draw with Genoa on Thursday, a result which allowed local rivals Inter Milan to establish a three-point lead at the top of Serie A. Nicolae Stanciu ballooned a golden chance to snatch a shock win from the spot for Genoa deep in stoppage time of a thrilling encounter at the San Siro. Rafael Leao gave Milan a point with his powerful header in the second minute of added time, breaking Genoa’s long resistance after the away side took the lead through Lorenzo Colombo just before the half-hour mark. But…
Every January, the world of consumer electronics heads to Las Vegas to spend the first full week of the year in the desert presenting, prodding, and gawking at all the new gadgets and gear debuting at CES. The show has once again delivered an avalanche of products, both innovative and vaporous, that will shape the industry in 2026.The Verge’s team has been working around the clock to share the experience. Some of it wowed us while some of it weirded us out, but that’s part of the fun of CES.After taking it all in over the past week, there are…
Rain, a US stablecoin infrastructure provider and a principal member of the Visa payment network, has secured major funding to expand its global presence.The platform raised $250 million in a Series C funding round led by the global investment firm Iconiq, according to an announcement on Friday.The round values Rain at $1.95 billion, bringing the company’s total funding to $338 million, following a $58 million Series B round in August 2025 and another $24.5 million raise in March last year.The latest funding featured several existing investors, including the venture arm of Michael Novogratz-founded Galaxy Digital, Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Lightspeed, Norwest…
Meghan Trainor’s husband Daryl Sabara has addressed the drama surrounding Ashley Tisdale French’s mom group. Approached by TMZ on Thursday, January 8, Sabara brushed off suggestions there was any bad blood on his side after French wrote a viral article for The Cut, criticizing a former friendship group with other moms she was part of. “No drama over here, just trying to keep the kids happy,” Sabara, 33, told the outlet after he was asked what he thought about the controversy. (Sabara and Trainer share two sons: Riley, 4, and Barry, 2.) While Sabara brushed off questions about the drama,…
A shooting outside a church building in the United States has led to the death of at least two people, and injury to six others. The attack occurred on Wednesday in Salt Lake City, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormon church in Utah, where a funeral was being held. According to an Al Jazeera report, the police confirmed the attack and have begun investigating the incident. While the police have launched a manhunt, no suspect has been arrested or held in custody. The police also believed that although the shooting wasn’t random, it was not…
We have walked the familiar roads, and they have led us here. To keep walking that path is a betrayal of the next generation. Now, we must choose a new path: one in which tomorrow is better than yesterday, and in which those who seek public office become true stewards of the people. For of what use is politics if it does not deliver growth, prosperity, and security? In 1979, Alhaji Lateef Jakande stood in this city, a few blocks from where we are gathered, and issued a warning that still haunts us today. He spoke of abject poverty beneath majestic flyovers and…
Nollywood actress and film producer Allwell Ademola was laid to rest on Friday at Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos State. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the actress died on December 27, 2025, at the age of 49. Colleagues from the film industry, including Afeez Abiodun, Rotimi Salami, Kunle Afod, and Abiola Adebayo, among others, attended the burial to pay their last respects to the actress, who was widely known for her role as “Mama Kate” in the 2018 film “Ile Wa.” In viral videos seen by this newspaper, the actors who attended the final rites were visibly emotional, breaking down in tears…
Dr Matthias Etim, a medical doctor attached to Cottage Hospital Ukana in Essien Udim local government area of Akwa Ibom State as well as the Head of Pharmacy of same hospital, have been billed to face a disciplinary committee of the State Ministry of Health over alleged administrative and professional breaches in the facility. Dr Etim was said to have been absent from duty while on duty call and subsequently failed to respond to official queries issued in line with civil service regulations. The Head of Pharmacy on his part was to explain why his unit was unable to produce…
The Chairman of the Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Muhammed Gambo, has announced his party’s readiness to reclaim Lugard House in the 2027 elections. In a statement issued on Friday in Lokoja, Gambo likened the All Progressives Congress, APC, to “people living in a rented apartment” and predicted a decisive victory for the PDP in a free and fair election. “All Progressives Congress’s time is up. The people of Kogi should remain loyal to the PDP, which has strong party structures and a proven record of progress in the state,” the statement partly read. He called for peace, adherence…
A community leader and president of the Rahei Foron Youth Congress, Ayuba Pam Choji, has been reportedly stabbed to death by bandits suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. According to a youth leader in the community, Moses Dung, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Friday, the 44-year-old Choji was ambushed on Wednesday night along the Kumex–Mararaba–Foron axis of the Heipang–Foron Road, where the bandits attacked him and another man who were going home on a motorcycle. Dung said before the killing of Choji, that the residents had received several threats from the Fulani community warning them to vacate the area…
