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By Stephen Angbulu The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund says it has raised $1.8m of the $25m in flexible funding urgently required to fight cholera outbreak in Nigeria. In its latest situation report obtained by Saturday PUNCH from its appeals and situation reports portal, the agency said at least 25,074 children, or 44 per cent of all suspected cases nationwide, were battling the disease, mostly concentrated in Borno State. The figures are contained in UNICEF’s Nigeria Sitrep on the “Cholera Response in Nigeria,” covering the reporting period of July to August 2026. According to the report, 12,794 of the…

Storing an account on Solana used to cost $0.16 and now costs $0.016. Dario Amodei Claude AI predicts that a tenfold reduction changes what developers can build, and the price prediction places SOL at $110 to $120 by year-end 2026, with $115 as the realistic base case.Agave 4.2 was activated the week of August 17. Alongside the storage cut, it expands transaction size 3.3x. Now, both changes lower the cost floor for DeFi and gaming applications directly. Cheaper primitives mean designs that were uneconomic become viable.Speed is moving in parallel. Slot times are already being staged down from 400ms toward…

Super Eagles star Alhassan Yusuf has taken his place among the standout players in Major League Soccer after his hat-trick against D.C. United earned him a spot in the MLS Team of the Matchday for Matchday 21, Soccernet.ng reports. The New England Revolution midfielder scored three times in a 3-0 away win at Audi Field on Wednesday, helping his side end a three-game winless run. His display also earned him the MLS Player of the Matchday award, with the honour announced on Thursday.Yusuf was selected in the starting midfield alongside FC Cincinnati’s Evander, Atlanta United’s Tristan Muyumba and FC Dallas’…

Top stories for this morning centre around the concluded governorship election in Osun State, on a report that the All Progressives Congress and the Accord Party collectively deployed over N100 billion in the August 15 election. While the embattled Adeyemi Matthew-fake agency is still being investigated, President Bola Tinubu has directed the suspension of three Permanent Secretaries owing to the discovery of another fake agency named “National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office,” which operates within the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Also, fuel subsidy removal continues to face criticism by former Vice President…

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen scored a brace and provided an assist in Galatasaray’s 4-0 thrashing of Erzurumspor on Friday night, Soccernet.ng reports. ​After a disappointing opening weekend where the defending Süper Lig champions settled for a 2-2 draw against Çorum, they returned to league action against newly promoted Erzurumspor at the Kazım Karabekir Stadium. As usual, the Nigerian forward led the line as Galatasaray sought their first win of the campaign to reassert their dominance in Turkey. Victor Osimhen 45 and Ilkay Gundogan 20 of Galatasaray. Photo by: ImagoxSeskimphoto ​It took the visitors just 12 minutes to open the…

Mohamed Salah and Pep Guardiola are two of the most iconic figures in Premier League history — how Liverpool and Manchester City cope without them will define their seasons. For the first time since 2016, Liverpool kick off a campaign without Egypt forward Salah as their talisman, while City can no longer rely on Guardiola’s managerial genius to inspire them after a glorious decade. Salah joined Turkish club Trabzonspor earlier in August, ending the Anfield career of one of the greatest players in Liverpool’s illustrious history. Guardiola resigned at the conclusion of last season, bringing the curtain down on the…

By Patrick Odey The Akwa Ibom State Government said it is targeting a total of 110,000 women for empowerment across the 31 Local Government Areas of the state through cooperative societies in October this year. The State Governor, Umo Eno, announced the plan during the launch of the Federal Government’s rural women empowerment initiative and the distribution of Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders in Uyo, the state capital, on Thursday. Eno, who described women’s empowerment as critical to social welfare and a major component of his administration’s ARISE Agenda, said at least 300 women would be selected from each ward across…

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is using his company’s own legal bill as evidence that Washington’s approach to digital assets has a direct, measurable cost. Garlinghouse has said Ripple spent roughly $150 million fighting the SEC over more than four years On the same occasion, Garlinghouse also noted that a majority of the company’s hiring during that stretch happened outside the United States. It’s as proof that regulatory ambiguity pushes capital and jobs offshore, not just headlines into court dockets. RIPPLE CEO: "The status quo is not good enough."Brad Garlinghouse says Ripple spent MILLIONS fighting the SEC over four years, while…

Tolu Arokodare is quickly giving Ajax a new attacking option after making a strong impact from the bench since arriving from Wolverhampton Wanderers on a season-long loan, Soccernet.ng reports. The Super Eagles striker has not started a match for Ajax since joining from Wolves in late July, but he has already produced one goal and two assists in about 48 minutes of action across the Eredivisie and UEFA Conference League.His first Ajax appearance came against PEC Zwolle on August 9. Arokodare entered after half-time and needed only three minutes to make an impact, setting up Jorthy Mokio for Ajax’s opening…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s description of his proposed intervention in the petroleum sector as economically ignorant, stating that the administration’s policies have worsened the cost-of-living crisis despite increased government revenues. Atiku, in a statement issued on his behalf by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, on Friday, said the President was in no position to lecture Nigerians on economic management after the removal of petrol subsidy, the liberalisation of the foreign exchange market and the subsequent rise in inflation, transport costs and household expenses. The ADC presidential candidate had on Wednesday…