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Paris Saint-Germain, PSG, president, Nasser al-Khelaifi, is being investigated in France over conflict of interest, prosecutors in Paris confirmed on Sunday. This is linked to his dual stewardship of the Champions League title holders and the beIN Media Group. L’Equipe reports that it also involves a meeting on broadcasting rights with the French football league’s representatives in July 2024. The meeting took place on the day after beIN Sports submitted a €100m offer for rights to broadcast one Ligue 1 fixtures weekly. Recommended France’s professional football league eventually accepted the offer. The investigation into al-Khelaifi follows a tip-off from the…

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has rejected claims that the ongoing strike by workers in Federal Unity Colleges has been suspended, insisting that only the union’s recognised leadership has the authority to call off the industrial action.The union made this known in a communiqué issued after an emergency virtual meeting of its zonal coordinators in the Federal Unity Colleges with the Federal Ministry of Education on Thursday. ASCSN said the nationwide strike, which affects workers in the 115 Federal Unity Colleges, the Federal Ministry of Education headquarters, the Federal Education Quality Assurance Service (FEQAS) and the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Adamu Yakubu of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) winner of the Sakwa Constituency bye-election in Zaki Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Returning Officer for the election, Professor Muhammad Sabo of the Federal University of Health Sciences Azare, declared Yakubu the winner after the collation of results from the constituency. “Adamu Yakubu of the Allied Peoples Movement, having scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared the winner of the Sakwa Constituency by-election,” Professor Sabo announced. Yakubu polled 8,515 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC), which secured 3,771…

Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA have rescued three wounded civilians after engaging suspected bandits along the Dampo–Rumba Road in Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Friday. The operation was disclosed in a post shared on X by security analyst Bakatsine on Sunday. According to the post, the troops responded quickly after encountering the armed men, rescued the injured victims and secured the area. Bakatsine also said the troops recovered 117 rustled cows, two donkeys, one goat and five cow skins from suspected cattle rustlers around Magami. Recommended “On Friday morning, troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA rescued three wounded…

The Convener of the Igbo Union, Elias Odoemena, has slammed the Progressive Governors’ Forum over its ongoing face-off with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. According to him, there was a time when the same governors were enjoying Wike’s support after he helped the party retain the presidency in 2023. He wondered where the governors were when, according to him, Wike was suffering for the APC and working for President Bola Tinubu, only for them to turn against him. He pointed out that the major reason the APC governors are afraid is that they do not…

Enyimba technical adviser, Emmanuel Deutsch, has declared that his side’s Matchday 4 encounter against Inter Lagos is a must-win. The People’s Elephant will do battle with Inter Lagos at the Enyimba Stadium in Aba on Sunday. DAILY POST reports that Enyimba are without a win from their opening two fixtures of the season. Deutsch said that there is no cause for worry despite the slow start to the season. Recommended “There is no fire on the mountain. We played two away matches and I thought the team would at least pick a point from those games, but unfortunately, we failed in…

Niger Tornadoes technical adviser, Kabiru Dogo, has blamed missed chances for his team’s narrow defeat to Katsina United. The Ikon Allah Boys suffered a 1-0 defeat to Katsina United at the Muhammad Dikko Stadium in Katsina on Saturday. Garba Abdulraman scored the only goal of the game. Dogo insisted that his team must improve on converting their chances in subsequent matches. Recommended “This is what happens in football when you don’t take your chances,” Dogo reacted in a post-match interview. “They got their chance and utilised it, but we had even clearer opportunities and couldn’t convert any of them. “Sometimes, you…

Galatasaray striker, Victor Osimhen, failed to make a return from injury as they lost 4-0 to Trabzonspor on Saturday. Osimhen trained separately from the rest of this team this week, raising hopes that he could feature in the fixture. It was another African superstar, Mohamed Salah, who stamped his authority in the game. Salah opened the scoring with a breakaway goal from an 80-metre run after just four minutes. Recommended The Egyptian also played a big part in their two other first-half goals. Salah teed up Noah Saviolo with a pinpoint pass across the penalty area and the winger swept back…

Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, and SpaceXAI are named in a new suit that alleges the companies entered into an illegal agreement to slow their individual AI development. Filed on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the lawsuit says the tech giants violated antitrust laws when they agreed to coordinate abating efforts. The litigation argues that decelerating the pace of artificial intelligence advancement would reduce the value consumers get for AI subscriptions. According to the plaintiffs, who pay for ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or Gemini, antitrust laws “do not permit competitors to decide among themselves that competition is too dangerous.” …

Troops carrying out security operations in Nigeria’s North-West have arrested another person suspected of working with armed bandits in the region. A security source told security expert Zagazola Makama that the suspect was arrested during an intelligence-led operation and is currently helping investigators with information about the activities and movements of bandit groups. The source said “the arrest was part of sustained efforts by the troops to identify individuals suspected of providing information, logistics and other forms of support to bandits, particularly those facilitating their operations from within local communities.” According to the source, the arrest shows that security forces…