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President Bola Tinubu has etched his name in the hearts of the children and other relatives of the workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited, who were owed for several years, long after the national airline was shut down in 2003 and liquidated in 2004. Chinedu Eze captures the agony of waiting and the succour of the President. President Bola Tinubu has restored hope to the hopeless and elongated the lifespan of the now old former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) with the commencement of payment of N18 billion, which is the outstanding severance benefits of 2,700…

Nigeria’s crude oil and condensate production rose by 0.4 per cent to 1,677,777 barrels per day (bpd) in August 2026. The Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) disclosed this in its crude oil and condensate statistics report released on Sunday. The commission said crude oil production, excluding condensate, averaged 1,500,190 bpd during the month under review. It added that Nigeria met its Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) crude oil quota for the fourth consecutive month. According to the report, combined crude oil and condensate production fluctuated between a daily low of 1.64 million barrels and a high of 1.71…

Chimpanzees are known to use rudimentary tools when foraging for food. According to a new paper in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, this learned behavior is passed down from adults to offspring through social learning. Specifically, adult chimps deliberately model the behavior, then turn their tools over to the youngsters so they can mimic the same motions. “Receiving food and tools from experienced individuals, which we call food or tool transfer, may help chimpanzees learn to use technology to extract foods that are difficult to access,” said co-author Andreu Sánchez-Megías, a graduate student at the University of Barcelona and the…

Gwent Police said: “On Sunday 13 September a 45-year-old man, from the Aberbargoed area, was arrested on suspicion of assault and engaging in controlling/coercive behaviour. “He has been bailed pending further enquiries.”Reform MS Llyr Powell said there would be a “formal process in which the group decides who is now going to lead it” when asked if Reform’s Welsh deputy Helen Jenner would take charge.He told the Senedd Sources podcast that a new leader was expected to be chosen by the end of the month.Asked about Mr Thomas’s mood, he said his former party leader was “panicking” after announcing his…

Older adults may be able to shift important markers of aging in a surprisingly short amount of time simply by changing what they eat. New research from the University of Sydney found that Australians aged 65 to 75 who reduced either dietary fat or animal-based protein showed signs of a lower biological age after just four weeks. Biological age is an estimate of how old the body appears based on its health and physiological condition, rather than the number of years a person has been alive. The findings were published in Aging Cell and were led by Dr. Caitlin Andrews…

Super Eagles striker Taiwo Awoniyi has added another milestone to his career after graduating from the PFA Business School with a Postgraduate Diploma in Global Football Sport Directorship. Awoniyi, 29, announced the achievement on his Facebook page on Tuesday, describing it as another proud moment away from football. “Another proud moment for me off the pitch. 🎓 Graduated from the PFA Business School with a Postgraduate Diploma in Global Football Sport Directorship with Merit. I have always believed that being a footballer shouldn’t stop you from being a student of the game, and education has become an important part of…

Some Nigerian men are taking on an unusual role in their relationships by becoming makeup models for their wives and partners. The trend, which is gaining attention on TikTok and Instagram, features women applying makeup to their husbands or partners while documenting the transformations for their followers. In the videos, the men sit through the makeup sessions as their partners work on their faces, with some transformations featuring full-glam makeup. The process usually begins with the men appearing without makeup before their partners apply foundation, shape their eyebrows, add eyelashes and complete the look. The finished transformations are then revealed…

 Tunji Wusu The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, recently welcomed the brave officers of the Nigeria Police Force’s Special Intervention Squad who, alongside the military, the Department of State Services (DSS), and other security agencies, took part in the rescue of the abducted Orire schoolchildren. The IGP did more than welcome the officers. He also mourned one of them who lost his life during the operation. It was not the first time he publicly mourned a police officer killed in the line of duty. Since becoming the 23rd Indigenous Inspector-General of Police, IGP Disu has continued to show that…

A middle-aged man accused of a “disgusting” Islamophobic attack on a 13-year-old girl has berated a judge after he was denied bailOmar Yassine made an eventful court appearance on Wednesday after being held by police overnight for allegedly verbally abusing the Muslim schoolgirl on a Sydney bus.Yassine told the court he had “hurled a few insults” at the girl, her friends and someone he thought was a teacher on Thursday but claimed he had not been the instigator.“I didn’t threaten or intimidate anyone,” the 50-year-old, who did not want legal representation, said from the Bankstown local court dock on Wednesday.“All…

Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi The Allied People’s Movement (APM), has officially launched its grassroots mobilisation campaign in the Sakwa Constituency of Zaki Local Government Area ahead of the legislative bye-elections scheduled for Saturday, September 19, 2026. This was as Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has called on the electorate to cast their votes for the APM to ensure the continuity of infrastructure and community development initiatives across the state. The campaign flag-off, which took place in Sakuwa town on Monday, drew a large crowd of party leaders, stakeholders, and residents. Addressing the gathering, Mohammed highlighted his administration’s ongoing public welfare projects,…