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FC Barcelona has managed to regsiter three new players for Hansi Flick’s first team squad on the eve of the new season.UEFA via Getty ImagesFC Barcelona has managed to register three new players for Hansi Flick’s first team squad on the eve of the new season.The Catalans travel around five hours south by road to Elche on Sunday, and begin the defence of back-to-back La Liga titles under the German while looking to go three-in-a-row for the first time since the Pep Guardiola era.Culers would take going all the way in the Champions League over that feat if they had…

Meanwhile, local and federal authorities have launched antitrust probes to investigate how Compass may be harming real estate markets. Behind one probe is US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma.), who thinks Compass may be threatening to “create a two-tiered housing market where insiders pay for exclusive access to housing inventory and market data, while everyone else is shut out.” An attorney who represents renters, Blake Hunter Yagman, told Ars that plaintiffs are looking forward to having their case heard in court. “When a titan of an industry decides to choke off supply of an essential good or service, like housing, the…

By Vincent Ujumadu & Henry Umoru  TWO days after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, removed the lid, 2027 Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday, commenced campaigns in Onitsha, his homeland in Anambra State, in style. Read Also: Governor Adeleke’s victory: Nigerians must replicate Osun experience in 2027 — Lawyers, activists Obi, who said Nigeria can work and must work, unveiled his agenda in critical sectors and listed five critical questions that should inform the choice of voters in the election. “Are Nigerians better off than they were four years ago? Can they afford…

Zero40 is Barnsley Council’s environmental strategy aiming for the authority’s operations and carbon emissions to reach net zero by 2040, while Zero45 is its strategy to make the entire borough net zero by 2045, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.A report from 2024 stated the council was not “on track” to reduce its carbon emissions.Brown said the council would continue to back practical work that delivered clear benefits for residents and businesses.This includes activity that helps households cut energy bills, improves the energy efficiency of homes and council buildings, reduces long-term running costs, supports local businesses, secures external funding…

Victor Osimhen has risen to third place on Galatasaray’s all-time list of highest-scoring foreign players after another impressive performance for the Turkish champions. The Nigeria international scored twice as Galatasaray secured a convincing 4-0 victory over Erzurum FK on Friday night. The brace took Osimhen’s tally for the club to 62 goals in 76 appearances, moving him past former Czech Republic international Milan Baros, who scored 61 goals during his time with the Istanbul giants. Osimhen has also contributed 16 assists since joining Galatasaray. The 27-year-old now trails only two club legends on the foreign scorers’ chart. Argentine striker Mauro…

The now-wrapped Apple TV comedy Acapulco was the big winner at the 41st annual Imagen Awards, taking home a half-dozen prizes during Friday night’s ceremony at The Beverly Hilton. Elsewhere, the Viva Pictures drama Brownsville Bred was named Best Feature Film and ABC’s Will Trent and Scrubs won for the respective top drama and comedy series prizes at the Imagen Awards, which celebrate Latino talent and creative work across film, TV, documentaries, digital media and music. See the full list below. The final fourth season of Apple TV comedy Acapulco, which led the Imagen nominations with 13, won prizes for…

Light Nwobodo For strategic interventions aimed at accelerating the intentional development and promotion of Nigeria’s tourism sector, the Chancellor of Umara Musa Yar’Adua University in Katsina, Senator Ibrahim Mohammed Ida, has called for the production of a 10-year Tourism Reform Agenda which comprises the tourism roadmap for Nigeria, the establishment of the National Tourism Marketing Council, and the Tourism Development Fund (TDF). Ida, who made the call at the ninth edition of Nigeria Tourism Investors Forum and Exposition (NTIFE) 2026 and the 29th Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2026 of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN) held in Abuja,…

*Yilwatda to serve as vice chair President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will serve as chairman and vice chairman of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, according to the list released Saturday morning. Party Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatda will also serve as vice chairman, while former Zamfara State governor Senator Abdulaziz Yari will serve as the director-general of the campaign.Governor Hope Uzodimma will serve as secretary of the campaign council. APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Bashiru and Hadiza Bala-Usman will serve as deputy and assistant secretaries. See the Full statement issued by Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, below: STATEHOUSE…

Dave Adekunle I read an essay titled: ‘Tinubu’s Fake Economic Theory and The Stock Market: Why His Booming Economic Claim Is Delusion of Grandeur.’  The essay arrived in my inbox the way most Nigerian economic commentary now travels — forwarded three times, stripped of its date, and considerably angrier by the time it reached me. Its argument was that our stock market rally is an optical illusion. Devalue the naira by two hundred per cent, and every dollar-linked asset automatically “becomes” three times more valuable in local currency. The owners become naira billionaires on paper. No factory opens. Nobody is…

The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has identified safety concerns around the runway-end environment, control tower line of sight and availability of meteorological information following the runway overrun involving an Enugu Air aircraft at the Benin Airport in Edo State. The bureau has consequently issued four immediate safety recommendations to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) as part of its ongoing investigation into the 23 July incident. The recommendations, numbered A-2026-039 to A-2026-042, were contained in the preliminary report disclosed by the NSIB in a statement issued…