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Inside the ₦5.6 trillion industry Nigerians can’t stop feeding in 2026. Sports betting in Nigeria has grown far beyond a casual habit. Today, betting websites are among the most visited in the country, forming a multi-trillion-naira industry that serves as a job, an addiction, or both for millions of people. In June 2026, SportyBet alone recorded nearly 49 million visits, more than the combined traffic of Bet9ja and 1xBet. Here is the full June 2026 traffic picture:• SportyBet — 48.84M visits• Bet9ja — 12.92M visits• 1xBet — 12.82M visits• BetKing — 9.61M visits• Stake — 4.56M visits• MSport — 3.78M…

Riot Platforms just demonstrated that a Bitcoin mining company’s most valuable line item isn’t its hash rate; it’s the megawatts sitting behind it. The company’s new 20-year, $9.1Bn compute lease with Anthropic converts a Texas mining campus into contracted AI infrastructure revenue that has nothing to do with block rewards, difficulty adjustments, or the price of BTC. This huge mining deal was struck as BTC/USD traded pretty much flat over the past 24 hours, with a modest -0.2% decrease, and the price at $64,000. Daily trading volume for Bitcoin is at $22Bn.Bitcoin Mining’s AI Pivot Gets Its Biggest Number Yet…

Nigeria’s Super Falcons head into the quarter-finals of the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) carrying an unwanted defensive record that has left head coach Justin Madugu deeply concerned, Soccernet.ng reports. Despite reaching the last eight in Morocco, the ten-time African champions have conceded five goals in just three group matches. It is the highest total among all the quarter-finalists. It is also the first time in WAFCON history that Nigeria have allowed five goals during the group stage.Only Malawi finished with the same defensive record, while the other six quarter-finalists performed much better at the back. Morocco were…

Zigzagging between robots, weapons and computers in his garage workshop, Ukrainian engineer Eduard Trotsenko was bubbling with excitement as he showed off his latest prototypes and dreamed of sci-fi-inspired futuristic ideas. Top of his ideas list are “mechanical birds” that can land on high-voltage power lines and recharge themselves, and “robot dogs” that can be sent into battle. “In order to save human lives, to save soldiers, there must be robots,” Trotsenko told AFP. Autonomous weapons have come to dominate the war with Russia. Aerial drones are used on the front lines for reconnaissance and to drop explosives, while down…

Former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has cast fresh doubt over Victor Osimhen’s chances of becoming a success in the Premier League, Soccernet.ng reports. Osimhen is often rated among the top five centre-forwards in Europe after starring for Napoli and Galatasaray, but Hasselbaink believes England’s top flight is a much tougher test than Serie A or La Liga.Speaking about the Nigerian striker, the former Netherlands international admitted he is not fully convinced Barcelona-linked Osimhen has the qualities needed to dominate in the Premier League. “Then you’ve got Osimhen. And I know he’s my countryman, but I’m not convinced. I’m not…

Shaw Walters, founder of Eliza Labs, declared the ELIZAOS token finished on August 4, 2026, after a class-action lawsuit settlement exhausted the project’s remaining treasury, sending the token to a record low near $0.000289 and closing the book on one of the AI-agent cycle’s most prominent names. The declaration forces a blunt question onto the table: when a founder explicitly abandons a token with no buyback plan and no replacement, what exactly are residual holders trading against?Discover: Everyone’s Got a Take. Get Free $25 to Actually Trade YoursBurwick Law Lawsuit Drained What Was LeftThe immediate trigger was a settlement with…

By Hannah Johnson Nollywood actress and media entrepreneur, Mary Njoku, has criticised society’s tendency to overlook the sacrifices and achievements of women, saying many carry enormous responsibilities without receiving due recognition. In a post shared on her Instagram page on Wednesday, the actress recounted a conversation with a male colleague who complained about the pressure of providing for others, building a business and supporting people who depended on him. According to Njoku, she told him she understood his struggles, but he dismissed her response, insisting that women could not relate to such responsibilities. “A few years ago, I was talking…

The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Zubaida Umar, has reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to upholding the Federal Character principle in its management processes, pledging continued transparency, fairness and due process in line with government regulations. Umar gave the assurance during an interactive session at the headquarters of the Federal Character Commission in Abuja, where she met with the Commission’s Chairman, Hulayat Omidiran, and other commissioners. According to a statement issued by NEMA on Thursday, the engagement formed part of the FCC’s routine interface with chief executives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies to acquaint them with the Commission’s procedures,…

Super Eagles midfielder Raphael Onyedika has outlined his ambitions after completing a permanent move to Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, Soccernet.ng reports. The former Club Brugge star says he wants to help the German side return to European football while following the path of Nigerian legend Austin “Jay-Jay” Okocha.The 25-year-old was officially unveiled on Wednesday after leaving Belgian champions Club Brugge in a deal that could rise to €10 million with performance-related bonuses. Frankfurt secured one of their long-term transfer targets at a price well below his reported market value of €23 million because the midfielder had entered the final year…

Delta, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom states received nearly three-quarters of the N321.90bn distributed to Nigeria’s oil-producing states under the 13 per cent derivation principle in the first quarter of 2026, underscoring the dominance of the country’s largest crude-producing states in revenue allocation. Analysis of data published by BudgIT Nigeria, using figures from the National Bureau of Statistics and the Federation Account Allocation Committee, showed that 11 states benefited from derivation payments between January and March this year. Delta emerged as the biggest beneficiary with N101.60bn, followed by Bayelsa with N71.64bn and Akwa Ibom with N69.39bn. Collectively, the three states received…