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Paris Saint-Germain forward, Ferran Torres, has said the winner of the 2026 Ballon d’Or must be from the Spain national team. Torres himself is on the final 30-man nominee shortlist for the award. The 26-year-old scored the winner for La Roja, as they beat Argentina in the final of this year’s World Cup. He is one of six Spanish World Cup winners on the list, alongside 2024 winner Rodri and last year’s runner-up Lamine Yamal. Recommended “I hope it will be a Spanish player to win the Ballon d’Or,” Torres said. Torres also won LaLiga with Barcelona in May, before…

Nigeria’s Falconets crashed out of the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup at the quarter-final stage on Sunday after losing 1-0 to Colombia. A late stoppage-time goal at Stadion Miejski in Łódź ensured that Colombia eliminated Nigeria from the competition. Nigeria’s tournament began unpromisingly, with a 2-0 defeat to Spain in their Group F opener, followed by a frustrating goalless draw against China. Heading into their final group match, the Falconets needed a result to keep their hopes alive. Recommended They thrashed New Caledonia 10-1, a result that secured their place in the knockout rounds of the competition and announced Nigeria as…

Bitget Wallet, a self-custodial crypto wallet used by 100 million people globally, has integrated Reality, a regulated tokenised asset issuance protocol, giving users across the world direct access to more than 1,700 tokenised US stocks and ETFs. Through this new integration, investors across Africa gain direct exposure to top-tier equities such as Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, and Amazon, eliminating the need for international brokerage setups, fiat currency conversions, or surrendering control over their private keys. The tokenised assets, called rTokens, are backed one-to-one by the underlying US shares, held at Alpaca Securities, a FINRA-registered, SIPC-member broker-dealer. Reserves are independently attested daily…

Atletico Madrid defender, Cuti Romero, has said Argentina captain Lionel Messi deserves to win the 2026 Ballon d’Or. Romero, speaking with ESPN, also claimed that his compatriot should win the award until he retires from football. “The Ballon d’Or should be given to Leo Messi. Until he retires, that’s clear. “There is no one like him. Surely when he decides not to play anymore, then we will have to see who to give it to!” Recommended Messi has won a record eight Ballon d’Or awards during his illustrous career. The 39-year-old has also been included in the 30-man nominees’ shortlist…

The White House insists President Donald Trump acted within his power when he removed CNN, MS NOW, and Politico “after years of false reporting.” The presidency, in a statement on Monday, said the First Amendment protects their right to publish but does not entitle them to a hard pass, briefing room seat, or place in the press pool. The White House accused critics of acting as though the restriction is new, saying the outrage was due to the sanction of outlets “friendly to the Radical Left.” The president’s office recalled how Democrat administrations “locked out the press,” including in 2009…

Atletico Madrid defender, Cuti Romero, has said Argentina captain Lionel Messi deserves to win the 2026 Ballon d’Or. Romero, speaking with ESPN, also claimed that his compatriot should win the award until he retires from football. “The Ballon d’Or should be given to Leo Messi. Until he retires, that’s clear. “There is no one like him. Surely when he decides not to play anymore, then we will have to see who to give it to!” Recommended Messi has won a record eight Ballon d’Or awards during his illustrous career. The 39-year-old has also been included in the 30-man nominees’ shortlist…

Two prominent members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared support for the party’s governorship candidate, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, ahead of the 2027 election. The defectors are Hon. Ibrahim Adamu Muhammad, popularly known as Uban Dawakin Gombe, and Alhaji Auwalu Alhassan, also known as Chiburosi. Muhammad is a former Deputy Chairman of Gombe Local Government Council, while Alhassan previously served as Chairman of the Groundnut Oil Millers Association of Gombe State. Their move to the PDP was announced in a statement by the Pantamiyya Movement, signed…

Nigerian influencer and entrepreneur, Waris Olayinka Akinwande, popularly known as Ola of Lagos has explained why he still stays in a rented apartment despite owning multiple houses.  Speaking in a recent episode of the KK Show, Ola revealed that he has never slept in any house he bought with his money because he feared he would become “too relaxed” if he lives in his own house. The luxury influencer explained that living in a rented apartment motivates him to work harder.  He added that he pays 50 million Naira annually for house rent. Recommended I have never slept in any…

Arise News anchor, Rufai Oseni, has said that any investigation by the government into the death of 37 suspected miners in Niger State is a cover-up. Rufai made this assertion on Monday during Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’. Recall that the 37 suspected illegal miners died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger State. The development has generated outrage from different quarters of Nigeria with some requesting an independent and transparent probe. Recommended The NSCDC had stated that the detainees died following a suspected outbreak of disease, noting that their bodies were deposited at the General…

Sporting Lagos technical adviser, Jeffery Buter, has described his team’s defeat to Abia Warriors as disappointing. The club suffered a 2-0 loss to Abia Warriors at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan on Sunday. Ikoi Etta and Chukwumeka Obioma were on target for Abia Warriors in the game. Buter said that his team made mistakes in their desperation to score late in the keenly contested encounter. Recommended “Always disappointing to lose especially in the front of the home fans,” Buter stated in his post-match interview. “I think we had a good game, we maybe made some mistakes with the substitution, but in…