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Ruben Amorim arrived at Manchester United as one of Europe’s brightest young coaching talents, but just 14 months on, he leaves the club as the latest man unable to revive the fortunes of the fallen English giants. The 40-year-old was sacked on Monday after overseeing just 25 wins in his 63 games in charge, leaving United looking for a seventh permanent boss since Alex Ferguson retired in 2013. AFP Sport looks at where it went wrong for Amorim during his short stint at Old Trafford. Wedded to a failing system Amorim rose to prominence by winning two Portuguese league titles…

JBL is adding a wide range of workout earbuds to its arsenal, with updates to the existing Peak and Run earbuds and the introduction of the Zone and Pace open-ear design buds. The variety of earbuds include open-style, sealed with ANC, and some inexpensive wired options, and cost between $24.95 and $179.95.Sitting at the top of the Endurance series is the Zone, JBL’s first open-ear sports earbuds. They use OpenSound technology (the same found in the JBL Sense product line) with a flexible earhook design to keep them secure through a workout while still allowing you to hear your surroundings.…

Starknet, an Ethereum layer‑2 network that uses zero‑knowledge (ZK) rollups, is experiencing fresh mainnet disruption as the project enters 2026.In an X post, the Starknet team said the network was facing downtime and that engineers were “actively investigating the issue and working to restore full functionality as quickly as possible,” without immediately disclosing a root cause. At the time of writing, the network had been experiencing downtime for just over two hours.​Starknet is a ZK‑rollup–based layer 2 that batches transactions offchain and posts cryptographic proofs to Ethereum, aiming to deliver higher throughput and lower fees for smart contracts, decentralized finance…

Adele and more stars have shown off their wellness journeys on social media — and fans are loving their transformations. Adele shocked Instagram users with a new photo in May 2020 as she rang in her 32nd birthday in a little black dress. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. “When Adele and I started our journey together, it was never about getting super skinny. It was about getting her healthy,” her trainer, Pete Geracimo, wrote via Instagram at the time. “When 25 dropped and the tour announced, we had to get ready for a 13-month grueling schedule. In that time,…

The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, has criticised an APC official for describing Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara as “so-called governor”. Mr Basiru warned that such language undermines democratic institutions and the dignity of an elected office. Mr Basiru was reacting to the remarks by Victor Giadom, the APC Vice Chairman (South-South), who spoke during a political gathering in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. “I find it unfortunate that a member of the NWC… was referring to a governor in our party as a ‘so-called governor of Rivers State’,” Mr Basiru said. “Even…

A Paris court has convicted 10 individuals over a sustained campaign of online harassment targeting France’s First Lady, Brigitte Macron. The verdict was delivered on Monday, January 5, 2026, with the court ruling that the defendants spread false and defamatory claims alleging that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman who was born male, according to reports by French media. For years, Brigitte Macron and her husband, President Emmanuel Macron, have been subjected to similar conspiracy theories. One of the most persistent false claims alleged that she was born under the name Jean-Michel Trogneux, which is in fact the name of…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed claims that anyone, including President Bola Tinubu, would issue him political instructions concerning Rivers State ahead of the 2027 general election. Wike made the remark while addressing his supporters over the weekend in Ahoada Local Government Area of the state. According to him, reports that people were boasting that the president would call and direct him on political matters in Rivers State were false. He stressed that no individual had the authority to give him instructions on the state’s political affairs, adding that repeated chants of “on your mandate” would…

One of the survivors of the fatal accident that occurred during the 2025 Ame-Wo-Ba-Eggon carnival procession in Nassarawa Eggon has died while receiving treatment in Lafia. The deceased, identified as Ayaka Usman Kigbu, was among those injured in the crash involving three trucks near the Eggon Community Secondary School (ECSS), the venue of the carnival. DAILY POST reports that the accident, which happened on Sunday, December 28, 2025, initially claimed the lives of four people and left several others with varying degrees of injuries. Kigbu was rushed to the Federal University Teaching Hospital (FUTH), Lafia, where he had been undergoing…

Former Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh has commented on striker Victor Osimhen’s lack of goals for the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, in Morocco. Osimhen has so far scored one goal for Nigeria after three matches for Eric Chelle’s side. The Galatasaray attacker will hope to find the back of the net when the Super Eagles face Mozambique in Monday’s Round of 16 tie. Asked about Osimhen’s lack of goals for Nigeria so far at the AFCON, Oliseh revealed one very interesting fact about the former Napoli man at the tournament, noting…

An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern, has cautioned Nigerians against calling for the intervention of the United States in the country’s internal affairs, warning that such actions could expose Nigeria to the kind of crisis currently facing Venezuela. The warning was contained in a statement issued on Monday by MURIC’s Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, who urged Nigerians to “learn vital lessons” from recent developments in Venezuela. Referring to reports of a United States military operation in Venezuela on Saturday, Akintola highlighted how US forces captured Venezuela’s President, Nicolás Maduro, adding that Washington subsequently announced plans to…