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…Says only constitutionally recognised staff will benefit from new pay packageBy Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has warned against delays in the implementation of the new agreement with the government and called for the immediate activation of the Implementation Monitoring Committee provided for in the document to ensure compliance and address violations. SSANU also resolved that the agreement must be implemented promptly, fully, and without encroachment or discrimination. These and other decisions were contained in a communique issued at the end of its 55th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at Abubakar Tafawa…

Key eventsMcConnell still not medically cleared to resume Senate workGOP senator Mitch McConnell’s office has released a health update saying he is still not ready to return to in-person work in the Capitol following his hospitalization on 14 June after a fall.“I’m still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors’ orders,” McConnell, 84, said in a statement. “Unfortunately, that means I won’t be able to make it to Fancy Farm, Kentucky this Saturday.”A note from the office of the attending physician…

FILE PHOTO: FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Intelligence Committee hearing into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017.Joshua Roberts | ReutersFormer FBI Director James Comey on Monday formally asked a federal judge to dismiss his indictment on a charge of threatening to kill President Donald Trump, saying that the photo he posted of seashells spelling out the number “8647” did not represent a “true threat.”Comey’s lawyers, in their motion, said that the photo he took of the seashells on a North Carolina beach is free speech protected…

The wilds of the sub-Arctic north: towering pine trees, flashes of psychedelic-yellow lichen, and a sun that never wholly sets during the summer months. This land is gorgeous, yes, but also unforgiving, yet in Haex (pronounced “hex”) you have an unusual tool at your disposal to make it a little more hospitable: a cube that fits snugly in the palm of your hand out of which grows a plant. You plant this so-called Seed in the earth and – voilà – the world around you transforms: new vegetation and topography but also narrative threads to follow, and, naturally, enemies. Wield…

Voters across Greater Manchester will head to the polls on Thursday to elect a new mayor for the city region.It is a very important role – only the prime minister and the mayor of London have more power in English politics. After Andy Burnham was elected in the Makerfield by-election last month, paving his way to Downing Street, he automatically had to resign as Greater Manchester’s mayor.Labour’s candidate to replace him is the current leader of Manchester City Council, Bev Craig.She faces a tougher task in the other nine boroughs. While Labour has often won elections across the city region,…

The workings of the brain are often compared to those of a computer. Some researchers are testing this analogy to its limits, attempting to build computers containing laboratory-grown cultures of brain cells. In doing so, they hope to circumvent the physical limitations of the silicon-based computing hardware used for today’s artificial intelligence1,2.The promise is there. Brain tissue combines memory and computation in the same substrate, requiring fewer components than conventional computers do. Theories of neural networks, based on neurons and synapses, have inspired AI algorithms. Brains consume much less energy than AI machines do3 and don’t require vast cooling systems.Human…

Jul 27, 2026, 04:00 AM ETParis Saint-Germain are set to open talks with Liverpool over Bradley Barcola’s potential transfer to Anfield, while Bruno Guimarães has moved closer to joining Arsenal after the Premier League champions made official contact with Newcastle United.Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.Transfers home page | Men’s summer grades | Women’s gradesTrending rumorsParis Saint-Germain’s Bradley Barcola scored three goals and created one more for France at the FIFA World Cup. Xavier Laine/Getty Images- Liverpool have scheduled talks with Paris Saint-Germain over the signing of Bradley Barcola, according to Florian Plettenberg. It…

The Gilded Age star Morgan Spector is moving into the world of Dan Brown. Spector has signed on to star as Brown’s signature character, Robert Langdon, in a Netflix series based on the 2025 novel The Secret of Secrets. The show comes from co-creators Brown and Carlton Cuse (Jack Ryan, Lost), with Cuse serving as showrunner. Netflix won a bidding war the series in May 2025, a few months before the novel was published. “Morgan is a truly wonderful actor whose work is always filled with intelligence, thoughtfulness and humanity,” Cuse said in a statement. “He’s the perfect fit for…

Labour has overtaken Reform UK in a voter intention poll for the first time in more than a year as Andy Burnham benefits from the momentum built in his first week as prime minister.Reform and its leader, Nigel Farage, have had weeks of negative headlines concerning undeclared gifts and donations, an adviser who is a convicted fraudster and a byelection that has descended into farce.The weekly tracker of voting intention by the non-profit agency More in Common shows Labour up four points to 28% while Reform and the Greens have dropped two and three points respectively to 24% and 8%.…

Nume Ekeghe Cash held outside banking system declined to 89.1 per cent of currency in circulation (CIC) in June 2026, falling below the 90 per cent mark for the first time in 11 months as more cash flowed back into the formal banking system, latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shown. According to the CBN Money and Credit Statistics, currency outside banks fell by N271 billion to N4.922 trillion in June from N5.193 trillion in May. At the same time, total currency in circulation declined by N167 billion to N5.523 trillion, compared with N5.690 trillion a…