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England forward Aggie Beever-Jones has signed a new contract with Chelsea, extending her stay at the club she joined as a nine-year-old until 2030. The 22-year-old has become an established member of Chelsea’s first-team over the past three seasons after loan spells with Bristol City and Everton earlier in her career.Beever-Jones has made 97 appearances for Chelsea, scoring 32 goals, and has helped the club win two Women’s Super League titles, two Women’s FA Cups and two Women’s League Cups.Speaking after signing her new deal, she said: “It feels great. Chelsea has been my club since I was a young…

Despite the worst efforts of FIFA President Gianni Infantino, an embarrassing figure who pals around with Putin, flies across the world on a jet provided by Qatar (just like Trump!), gifted Trump a “FIFA Peace Prize” for reasons unknown, and is reported to have rescinded a red card against the U.S. under pressure from Trump, the 2026 World Cup has thus far been a smashing success, owing to its North American setting, megawatt star power (Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappe, Haaland, etc.) and the most promising U.S. squad in quite some time. Heck, the U.S. men’s national team’s win over Bosnia and…

Hammed Shittu in Ilorin The Founder and Executive Director of the Youths Enterprise Development and Innovation Society (YEDIS), Mr. Rafiu Akinpelu Olaore, at the weekend said Artificial Intelligence and digital technology remain critical tool for improving teaching, research and driven economy. Olaore stated this in Ilorin, Kwara state while speaking with newsmen on the sidelines of recent lecture he delivered at the seminar organised by the Faculty of Management Studies, Osun State Polytechnic, Iree. He said the success of AI integration and digital technology in education would depend largely on the preparedness and empowerment of educators. The seminar, which attracted…

This story was originally reported by Nadra Nittle of The 19th. New student loan rules took effect Wednesday — and the changes may heavily impact women pursuing higher education, particularly those in graduate programs like social work.  Critics warn that the new guidelines, ushered in by the Trump administration’s sweeping tax-and-spending bill known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” will worsen gender, racial and class inequities. Graduate students used to be able to borrow up to the full cost of tuition over the course of their degree programs.  Facing lower borrowing limits, women pursuing caregiving and other professions where…

By Edwin Philip, Lafia The Nasarawa State Government has said that out of eight thousand potential rural teachers that presented themselves for screening, following its announcement seeking to boost its rural teachers’ manpower with one thousand new teachers, only six hundred candidates came out successful. Speaking during his bimonthly press briefing on Monday, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor, Abdullahi, on public affairs, Hon. Peter Ahemba, said that the State Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB) received ten thousand applications. He said, “So out of these 8,000 that participated, only 600 passed the examination. Only 600 out of 8,000 that…

Death toll from attacks on Kyiv and wider region rises to 19The death toll from last night’s Russian attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region has risen to 19, with more than 70 people injured, AP said in the latest update.ShareUpdated at 15.20 CESTKey eventsTrump to meet Zelenskyy on sidelines of Nato summit this weekBack to Ukraine, the US president, Donald Trump, is expected to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the Nato summit in Ankara, Turkey, starting tomorrow, AP said.Kyiv is trying to refocus Trump’s attention on the conflict with Moscow, AP added.Trump is also expected to meet…

Olivia Rodrigo’s single “The Cure” ties as her longest-running No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Streaming Songs chart, matching “Bad Idea, Right?” with five frames at No. 1. Olivia Rodrigo performs onstage at American Express Platinum Card x Olivia Rodrigo Concert on October 23, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)Billboard via Getty ImagesOlivia Rodrigo has a lot of music on the Billboard charts at the moment. Last week, her third album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love debuted at No. 1 on half a dozen rankings, including the Billboard 200 and…

Bentley is preparing to add a fourth model to its rarified lineup, and today we know what it will be called: the Torcal. The carmaker has been working on its first electric vehicle for a while now; it was seen testing in the Arctic Circle late last year, giving us a sneak peek at the interior. A few weeks ago, another example was spotted at the Nürburgring. Speculation had been mounting over what Bently would call its first battery EV—although sleuths spotted a European and UK trademark filing for Torcal earlier this year, the absence of a related US trademark…

Nigel Farage said he has “done no wrongdoing” after it emerged he did not declare benefits provided by an ally once convicted of fraud in the US.

There are dots in every destiny that only God understands and can connect. Your life and my life are not ones that can be explained from A–Z. Destiny is not linear. Dr Tony Evans once said, “You can be walking with God on a highway, and He suddenly makes a bend on you.” Those bends are called detours. Some of them include: Unexplainable delays when you thought everything would happen under six months because you prayed and got a word from the Lord. ⁠Unexplainable lack of a spouse even after you were told by God that your spouse would come…