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By Adegboyega Adeleye Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has described the last 20 months as “the most difficult period” of his career after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cleared him to resume playing with immediate effect, bringing an end to his long-running anti-doping case. The 25-year-old made the remarks in a statement shared on his Instagram handle after CAS partially upheld his appeal against a four-year ban, allowing him to return to competitive football. The ruling followed an agreement between Mudryk, the Football Association, and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Earlier on Friday, the BBC reported that Chelsea are…

MNI versus MNIPR in NIPSS deserves attention beyond the institution at its centre. It is a case study in how institutional bullying operates in Nigerian professional life — through intimidation disguised as discipline, through hierarchy mistaken for superiority, and through the expectation that those who are wronged will remain silent. We often assume adulthood comes with an automatic claim to dignity. After years of education, professional growth and personal achievement, we expect institutions to treat adults as reasoning beings capable of dialogue, disagreement and independent judgment. Yet after reading Yushau A. Shuaib’s MNI versus MNIPR in NIPSS: Tackling Institutional Bullying,…

The Tanimu Turaki-led Interim National Working Committee (INWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has submitted the names of its presidential candidate, Goodluck Jonathan, manually to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. The National Publicity Secretary of the faction, Ini Ememobong, said at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday that, in addition to Mr Jonathan, its presidential candidate, the faction also submitted the names of other flag bearers to INEC. Mr Ememobong said the names were submitted manually following the inability of the faction to have access to INEC’s digital portal. He said the names also submitted were…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) recorded a profit after tax of ₦535 billion in June 2026, while its crude oil and condensate production rose to 1.72 million barrels per day, the company’s latest monthly report stated. The profit figure recorded is ₦73 billion (15.8 per cent) higher than the ₦462 billion posted in May. According to the company’s Monthly Report Summary published on Friday, NNPC generated ₦4.389 trillion in revenue during the month and made statutory payments of ₦6.286 trillion between January and June. A review of the report’s graphical representation indicated that crude oil and condensate…

Syrian lawyer Nouha al-Masri is seeking justice for her brother, who died in the 2011 Daraa crackdown that sparked Syria’s uprising. She’s a prosecutor in the trial of ex-Assad official Atef Najib, who’s accused of murder, torture and responsibility for massacres. Al Jazeera’s Hannah Raslan reports from Damascus.Published On 31 Jul 202631 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Leopold AschenbrennerPhoto: Josh EdelsonTwo years ago, Leopold Aschenbrenner argued he was one of few people in the world who saw the future clearly.In a sprawling, 165-page essay that became required reading in Silicon Valley, the former OpenAI researcher positioned himself as a kind of prophet for the coming age of artificial super intelligence.But this week, the limits of Aschenbrenner’s vision were on display when the AI-themed hedge fund he runs — named Situational Awareness, also the title of his viral June 2024 manifesto — ran into the harsh reality of tumbling semiconductor stocks and Wall Street margin calls.At its peak…

The boss of one of the companies recently hacked by out-of-control artificial intelligence (AI) says bot makers must be accountable for cyber attacks carried out by their creations.Clement Delangue’s company Hugging Face was breached by a rogue OpenAI bot that broke out of a test environment and autonomously attacked his firm earlier this month.Hugging Face had to rebuild around a third of its IT network after the unprecedented incident.He told CNN his company will not be taking legal action against OpenAI as it is a small start-up but says these types of hacks are illegal and should remain so.”I think…

TAYO OGUNBIYI contends that the sporting event will provide a national platform for young athletes to compete, and gain visibility Nigeria first participated in the Olympic Games in 1952 and has since sent athletes to compete in all Summer Olympic Games, except for the boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics.  Perhaps the peak of the country’s success in the Olympic Games was in 1996 when the national U-23 football team won the gold medal in the soccer event at the Games held in Atlanta. However, the nation is currently experiencing a declining fortune in the sporting arena. It is sad that a…

Atahualpa, the last Incan emperor, was seized by troops in 1532 during the Spanish Conquest, but smallpox had already devastated the Inca Empire around 1524–1528.Credit: Florilegius/AlamyMore than 400 years ago, two people living in modern day Chile died while infected with the smallpox virus. Viral DNA found in their mummified remains has now yielded genetic evidence of when the disease arrived in the Americas.The findings, published on 30 July in Science1, confirm that Orthopoxvirus variola — the virus that causes smallpox — arrived in the Americas from Europe. The study adds to a small but growing body of evidence that…

Key eventsWales’ Emma Finucane wins gold in women’s sprintEmma Finucane leads the way in the women’s sprint, not letting Sophie Capewell out of her sight … Finucane leads as we enter the final lap and Capewell can’t get past her at any point. Wales’ Finucane goes 2-0 up to earn another gold medal.Emma Finucane of Wales celebrates winning gold in the women’s sprint. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PAShareUpdated at 20.29 CESTTrack cycling: Wales’ Rhian Edmunds is 1-0 up against Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri as they fight for bronze in the women’s sprint – Edmunds gains on the final straight to win the…