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Five-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo set to become the first Black African artist honoured on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Photo Credit: Angélique Kidjo/Instagram Africa is about to have its name permanently embedded in the concrete of Hollywood Boulevard, and the woman making it happen is Angélique Kidjo. The five-time Grammy-winning musician will be honoured with the 2,854th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 18 August at 11:30am PT at 7011 Hollywood Boulevard, across the street from the historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, receiving her star in the category of Recording. She will be the first Black African artist…

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen has recently been linked with a transfer to former Saudi Arabian champions Al Hilal this summer, Soccernet.ng reports. Over the last two years, the 27-year-old striker has attracted attention from several clubs. And it is not much of a surprise, as he has been brilliant since his days at Napoli and now at Galatasaray. This summer, clubs like Tottenham, Barcelona, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, and Chelsea have been linked with the Nigerian striker. But none of them have made a decisive move to snap him up yet. Victor Osimhen of Galatasaray. Picture credit: ImagoxJonathan…

Football supporters usually spend the season deciding which home games they can make. Bitpanda’s latest campaign is offering one winner a rather different problem: finding room in the calendar for all of them.The multi-asset investment platform is running its “One trade. Every home game.” promotion from August 10 to August 24, 2026. Users who invest at least €50 during the campaign can enter for the chance to win two tickets to every domestic league home match played by their chosen Bitpanda partner club.Four clubs are included: Arsenal, FC Bayern München, AC Milan, and FC Basel 1893. The winner will be…

Sisters Temwa and Tabitha Chawinga combined for all three goals as Malawi beat Algeria 3-1 at the Olympic Stadium in Rabat on Wednesday to reach the final of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, becoming the first tournament debutants since Zimbabwe in 2000 to progress this far in the competition. The match, officiated by Nigerian referee Yemisi Akintoye, who was making her second appearance at these finals following her assignment for the Senegal-Kenya group game on July 30, produced two first-half red cards and a string of chances at both ends before Malawi held on to book a place…

Trabzonspor have received a boost before their important Süper Lig meeting with Kasimpasa after Paul Onuachu returned to team training, Soccernet.ng reports. The Nigerian striker had missed the club’s previous two training sessions after picking up the injury during Trabzonspor’s last match, according to NTVSpor. His return means he is now back in contention for Saturday’s game at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu in Istanbul.Trabzonspor will be the guest of Kasimpasa Fenerbahçe on Saturday, 15 August, in the opening weekend of the 2026-27 Trendyol Süper Lig season. Super Eagles forward Paul Onuachu. Copyright: IMAGO Onuachu returns to Trabzonspor training Onuachu…

The Federal Government has announced plans to establish 41 university innovation hubs across tertiary institutions in a bid to transition Nigeria from a resource-based economy into a knowledge-driven economy. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, following a meeting with the United Nations Development Programme and seven university vice-chancellors regarding the UNDP Innovation Hub. Alausa explained that the UniPods were designed to move research and innovation beyond academic publications and translate discoveries into commercial enterprise, job creation, and measurable economic impact. He noted that the initiative aligned with President Bola Tinubu’s vision…

Legendary Nigerian pop duo P-Square, composed of twin brothers Peter and Paul Okoye, whose iconic hits like “Do Me”, “Personally”, and “No One Like You” shaped modern Afrobeats history. Photo Credit: Lola Omotoye-Okoye/Instagram  The past few days have been pure nostalgia on social media. If your timeline has been filled with old P–Square music videos, there’s a good chance you’ve caught yourself performing a full concert in front of your bedroom mirror or testing your knees to see if you can still pull off those early 2000s dance moves. When you think about the artists who helped build the global…

Nigeria’s Super Falcons face South Africa in a must-win 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup playoff on Thursday, with their hopes of reaching the global showpiece hanging in the balance, Soccernet.ng reports. The 10-time African champions saw their WAFCON title defence come to a disappointing end against Cameroon, and they now have little room for error against a South African side that knows exactly how to hurt them. Nigeria were not necessarily poor against the Indomitable Lionesses. They dominated large spells of the game, created opportunities and registered 19 shots, nine of which were on target. Nigeria Super Falcons. Copyright: Imagoxshengolpixsx…

A 70% rally from here would only get XRP to the middle of Perplexity’s target range. Perplexity AI predicts XRP can reach $1.60-$2.20 by the end of 2026, with its latest XRP Price Prediction settling on $1.75 as the most likely bullish target.That is a bold reversal call with XRP sitting at $1.0235. Perplexity co-founder and CEO Aravind Srinivas’s AI sees legal clarity, institutional products and real network demand as the fuel.Ripple’s ongoing court settlement progress could finally shrink the legal discount that has followed XRP for years. Clearer US crypto rules would give the market one less reason to…

Jigawa youths on Wednesday called on governments at all levels to move beyond slogans and match words with action on youth empowerment. PUNCH Online gathered that this came as the world marked the 2026 International Youth Day with this year’s theme, ‘Different Contexts, Common Aspirations’. The youths said they would continue to demand accountability until empowerment translates into real jobs and wealth. It could be recalled that youth empowerment is one of the key components of Governor Umar Namadi’s 12-Point Agenda, with the Jigawa State Government allocating about N12.7bn for Youth Empowerment and Employment Initiatives with the approval of N901.8bn…