Author: damazah@gmail.com

Team Nigeria continued its impressive athletics campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Saturday, winning two silver medals through long jumper Ruth Usoro and the men’s 4x100m relay team. The two podium finishes further strengthened Nigeria’s position as Africa’s highest-ranked nation on the medals table and capped another productive day for the country’s athletics team in Glasgow. Usoro produced one of her best performances of the season to claim silver in the women’s long jump. The Nigerian took an early lead with a season’s best leap of 6.87 metres on her opening attempt, immediately putting herself in contention for the…

The federal government has said it has no immediate plans to increase electricity tariffs, stressing that its priority is improving power supply, expanding metering and ensuring Nigerians pay only for the electricity they consume. The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclosed this on Friday during a media interactive session in Lagos. The clarification came amid concerns over rising electricity costs following previous tariff reviews, particularly for Band A customers, and growing calls for improved power supply before any further pricing adjustments. “There is no policy by this administration to increase electricity tariffs beyond its current level. “Our priority is not…

The chip also uses resistive RAM, or RRAM, a type of nonvolatile memory that Huang says is designed to make physical extraction of stored data more difficult than conventional flash memory. With flash memory, he says, “if you de-layer it down to the actual flash cells … you can just see the ones and zeros literally on these chips.” Huang is cautious, however, about overhyping the chip’s security capabilities. He estimates that it could withstand attacks involving tens of thousands of dollars in resources, but says an adversary with millions of dollars and a sophisticated hardware-analysis lab could likely defeat…

Lysosomal dysfunction is a well-recognized feature of aging. Here, we used a suite of tools for rapid lysosomal isolation to construct a multitissue atlas of the metabolite changes lysosomes undergo during aging. Aged lysosomes in brain, heart, muscle, …

Five-time All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins has joined Georgia Tech as assistant wide receivers coach, coach Brent Key announced Friday.Hopkins had also tested the waters for an NFL coaching role when he visited the New England Patriots last week before reaching a deal with the Yellow Jackets.”DeAndre is one of the greatest receivers of all-time, but his value to our program goes far beyond that,” Key said in a statement. “He has an exceptional knowledge of what we’re doing on offense due to his long relationship with [offensive coordinator] George Godsey and strong familiarity with the ACC, but most importantly,…

After two decades running nightclubs around New York, he became an actor at age 42, stood out in ‘Gotti,’ got whacked by David Chase and appeared twice on Broadway.

I met Trent in 2012 in a car park in Winnipeg. We were handing out flyers on the Canadian fringe circuit. I was wearing a pink tutu for my contemporary clown show and Trent was in the tight black suit of his vaudeville character the Birdmann. We barely spoke but I had this strange feeling, almost as if I should avoid him – a feeling I sometimes get around people who go on to become important in my life.Trent and Sachie in Seattle in 2012Backstage at the next festival in Edmonton, Trent kept trying to give me liquorice but I…

The EU is to hold an urgent meeting of interior ministers on Tuesday amid continued divisions in the bloc over the arrival of more than 50,000 migrants in the Spanish territory of Ceuta in north Africa.The decision was taken by officials representing EU member states and Frontex border agency experts at what was described as a “sobering” meeting on Saturday.Spain confirmed at least 67 people had died in the attempted crossing. Some drowned, while others were crushed as they tried to cross a breakwater barrier.The decision to call a summit of ministers was unanimous as EU leaders seek to heal…

United States President Donald Trump has criticised his own Department of Justice after it decided to drop criminal charges against a former Olympic athlete for the alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC.Trump voiced his opposition to the decision on Saturday, a day after US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced she was dismissing the charges against 67-year-old competitive canoeist David Hearn.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listPirro said the damage was the result of “a botched installation and not vandalism”, contradicting both her own previous statements and claims made following Hearn’s June 19 arrest.On Saturday, Trump…

Charles Ajunwa writes that the leadership qualities of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has continued to earn him recognitions from public and private institutions within and outside Nigeria As the Nigerian and Namibian governments back Solewant Group’s new  coatings and paints manufacturing plant, oil and gas industry stakeholders project that the new facility is well positioned to deepen local content, protect critical assets and strengthen Nigeria’s industrial manufacturing base, Blessing Ibunge reports Senior government officials, oil and gas industry leaders, diplomats, academia and other stakeholders across the energy value chain yesterday demonstrated the growing confidence in indigenous…