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September 10, 2026 21:33 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Seys to United? Manchester United are reportedly weighing up a winter approach for Club Brugge left-back Joaquin Seys. The Red Devils are expected to strengthen their left-back department after failing to do so in the summer.Newcastle United’s Lewis Hall was the prime target, but the Magpies made it clear that he was not for sale.They made a late move for Manchester City’s Rayan Ait-Nouri, but could not agree on a suitable transfer deal.Belgian star Seys was another option on their radar, and it is claimed that United could seek to bring…

“Today, the plight of many in Afghanistan is going from bad to worse,” stressed the UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk.  “Yet, it seems the world has forgotten and abandoned the people of Afghanistan to a plight deepening by the day,” he said in a statement. “The silence is deafening.”Scaling up the oppression Mr. Türk deplored the ongoing restrictions cutting severely into education, employment, freedom of movement, and access to public life. Notably, both women and men are being arrested by the Taliban’s Office for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, primarily for alleged violations of strict dress codes, beard length, and the…

Collaborative Fund, the 15-year-old, New York-based generalist venture firm that has roughly $1 billion under management and which made early bets on Lyft, Reddit, Sweetgreen, and Olipop, among others, is taking a stake in the soccer club D.C. United and its stadium, Audi Field. It’s the latest — and smallest — firm to try something that Thrive Capital opened the door to just months ago: turning venture money into pro sports ownership. To recap, Joshua Kushner’s Thrive launched a new vehicle, Thrive Eternal, explicitly built to hold “iconic franchises and cultural institutions” for decades, funded by many of the same…

CBN has warned Banks and Fintechs, revealing that cyber risks could trigger system-wide financial crisis. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned banks, fintech companies and other financial institutions that cybersecurity and third-party technology risks should be treated as critical financial stability issues, cautioning that vulnerabilities in one institution could spread rapidly across the interconnected financial system. The Director, Payments System Supervision at the CBN and Chairperson of the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum (NeFF), Dr Rakiya Yusuf, gave the warning at the 19th Annual Banking and Finance Conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN)…

Thanks to the increasing popularity of fast, economical 4G/5G networks, the fact that even low-cost phones come well equipped with a fast processor, camera, and enough RAM and an ever-strong, simple payment platform such as UPI, we are witnessing how digital India is growing very fast. It is evident that many online game enthusiasts are now more into action-based, skill-oriented gameplay which they find more stimulating in terms of excitement level, and less of that old-school casino slots or card games. Although the regular casino-type games are still the most played, the skill-based arcade gaming has recently surged as a…

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Odigie Moses to one year imprisonment for defrauding an Indian woman seeking spiritual healing and subsequently blackmailing her with a nude video. Justice C.N. Nwabulu convicted Moses on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, after he pleaded guilty to a one-count charge bordering on cheating and impersonation as a spiritualist, a statement Thursday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said. The commission said Moses defrauded the woman, identified as Sharon Kaur, of $1,100 after posing as a spiritual leader on a fictitious TikTok account. The statement said Moses, who was arrested in…

By Nwabueze Okonkwo  Nigeria’s first lady and wife of President Bola Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has identified Ndigbo as very nice set of people worthy of partnering with in all it’s ramifications. Mrs. Tinubu who made the observation at Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, Anambra State capital during her one-day official visit to the state and civic reception, shortly after she was conferred with a Chieftaincy title of “Ugoeze Anambra” (Royal Eagle), by the state council of traditional rules led by its Chairman, Igwe Chidubem Iweka III of Obosi Kingdom, said she was highly impressed with the warm reception…

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has received the Torch of Unity for the 2026 Akwa Ibom State Sports Festival, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to sports development and youth empowerment. Governor Umo Eno received the torch on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at the Governor’s Office Complex in Uyo, as activities began ahead of the second edition of the state sports festival. Speaking during the ceremony, the Governor described sports as a “multi-billion-dollar industry” and said his administration was determined to equip young people with the skills and opportunities needed to benefit from the sector. According to him, the annual…

Key pointsLibya’s rival political camps have agreed on new rules for running the elections commission and holding a vote within two yearsThe UN Security Council welcomed the deal and is urging all sides to follow through quicklyThe UN’s top official in Libya says trust – among politicians and ordinary Libyans alike – is still fragileOnline hate speech and harassment are pushing Libyan women out of political life, she warns, and stronger legal protections are neededIn a statement issued Tuesday, council members praised the 30 August agreement reached by Libyan parties in what has become known as the “Smaller Convening”, a…

On a good day, a Nigerian entrepreneur rarely thinks about the mechanics of a phone call. A customer dials an 080 number, an automated greeting plays, a representative answers, an order is confirmed, or a complaint is resolved, and business moves forward. On a bad day, the call does not connect. Or it connects only after several attempts. Or a business owner discovers that a former employee has departed with key customer conversations—and the customers themselves—stored on a personal mobile SIM. For Mayowa Okegbenle and Opeyemi Shokunbi, founders of PressOne, the Lagos-based cloud-telephony company, the sharp disconnect between how business phone…