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Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, announced a new partnership with Crypto.com that will bring prediction markets to the social media platform, positioning it as the first publicly traded social media company to integrate such technology. The collaboration, made through Crypto.com’s U.S. affiliate, Crypto.com | Derivatives North America (CDNA), will allow Truth Social users to trade on the outcomes of real-world events ranging from elections and economic data to sports and commodities. Truth Social will become the world’s first social media platform offering prediction markets via exclusive partnership with https://t.co/vCNztATkNg. Read more https://t.co/RoZqNeKenl pic.twitter.com/uj2PgYeTgU— Crypto.com…

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has dismissed reports of any promotion scandal in the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), declaring that every promotion exercise conducted under his administration—including the recent accelerated promotion for some officers—followed due process, was transparent, merit-based, and in strict conformity with established standards. IGP Egbetokun made this clarification in Abuja during the decoration ceremony of 19 newly promoted senior officers, including Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Mohammed Dan-Kwara, Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Nkechi Eze, Force Medical Director, and Commissioner of Police Nandel Gonwalk. Speaking at the event, the Police Chief said…

Nigeria’s U17 women’s national team saw their FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup journey come to a disappointing end on Tuesday after suffering a 4-0 defeat to Italy in the Round of 16 at the Mohammed VI Football Academy in Morocco, Soccernet.ng reports. The Flamingos, who advanced as one of the best third-placed teams, were up against a well-drilled Italian side that had won all three of their group games. Despite a lively start, Nigeria struggled to impose itself against Italy’s precision and power. Nigeria’s Flamingos. Photo Credit: Super Falcons Show/X Nigeria’s captain, Shakirat Moshood, had a golden opportunity to put…

The Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, has urged state governors to borrow only when it is to build infrastructure that drives growth. In his keynote address at the official launch of the 10th edition of The State of States report by BudgIT Foundation in Abuja on Tuesday, Mr. Oyedele said that the level of debts owed by state governments is assuming an alarming proportion, adding that Lagos and Edo states carry debts of N100,000 per capita. He said, “There is nothing wrong with borrowing; what matters is what you are borrowing for?…

Nigeria’s Super Falcons have booked their place at the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after completing a 3–1 aggregate victory over Benin Republic, Soccernet.ng reports. After winning the first leg 2–0 in Lome last week through goals from Esther Okoronkwo and Chinwendu Ihezuo, the Falcons did enough in the return fixture at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta on Tuesday to ensure safe passage to Morocco 2026. The highlight of the evening came in the 12th minute when defender Ashleigh Plumptre rose highest to head home Okoronkwo’s inch-perfect corner, her first-ever goal for Nigeria. The Al-Ittihad star’s breakthrough moment…

In Summary Founded in 2014, Andela built a Pan-African model that trains software engineers and integrates them into global companies across 135 countries.Backed by investors such as the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the company reached a valuation exceeding $1.5 billion by 2021.With over 110,000 trained technologists and operations across 49 African nations, Andela contributes an estimated 15 percent of the continent’s active engineering workforce.Deep Dive!!Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, October 26 – The evolution of Africa’s digital economy has given rise to a few companies whose impact extends far beyond commercial success. Among them, Andela stands as a defining…

The North-Central All Progressives Congress Forum has rejected a resolution passed by APC leaders in Plateau State against accepting Governor Caleb Mutfwang into the party. The Plateau APC leaders had, at a stakeholders’ meeting in Jos on October 17, 2025, endorsed a motion moved by former Deputy National Secretary, Barrister Festus Fuanter, opposing Mutfwang’s possible defection to the APC. The development followed earlier calls by the North-Central APC Forum on Mutfwang to join the APC. Reacting to the position of the Plateau APC leaders on Tuesday, the North-Central APC Forum, comprising APC stakeholders from the North-Central states, said those opposed…

People of the Ejule community in the Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State exploded in jubilation on the arrival of the 500KVA transformer recently distributed by the state governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo. The arrival of the transformer was characterised by doubt and suspicion regarding the government’s sincerity in delivering its promises, even after the governor officially flagged off the distribution of the transformers to communities. The Guardian reports that Governor Ododo officially flagged off the distribution and installation of 30 units of 500kVA transformers across the three senatorial districts of the state. The project aims to enhance electricity…

SharpLink Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBET), one of the world’s largest corporate holders of Ethereum, has announced plans to deploy $200 million in ETH from its corporate treasury onto Linea, the Ethereum Layer-2 network developed by Consensys. NEW: SharpLink plans to deploy $200M of $ETH on @LineaBuild through a collaboration with @ether_fi, @eigenlayer, and @Anchorage.Through this partnership, SharpLink will now access enhanced $ETH-denominated yield from:– Native staking yield– Direct incentives from Linea and… pic.twitter.com/1bRXO1vZ6l— SharpLink (SBET) (@SharpLinkGaming) October 28, 2025 The move marks a huge collaboration between SharpLink, ether.fi, EigenCloud, and Anchorage Digital Bank — showing a new institutional pathway for…

Junior Olaitan and Victor Osimhen faced off in Galatasaray’s 3-1 win over Goztepe on Saturday… Benin forward Junior Olaitan has written a public apology to Goztepe fans to placate them after he shared a picture of himself and Victor Osimhen exchanging jerseys after their Super Lig game against Galatasaray on Saturday, Soccernet.ng reports. Galatasaray and Goztepe clashed on Saturday, in what was the biggest Super Lig games of the season. Going into the tie, Goztepe were expected to put up a solid fight, as they had lost just one game all season, while Galatasaray had won all but one of…