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By Chioma Gabriel The presidential hopeful for the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in the upcoming 2027 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has raised the alarm over his safety and the systematic frustration of his businesses, claiming he “might not even be alive” to contest the next poll. Speaking during an interview on With Chude, hosted by media personality, Chude Jideonwo, and shared on X  yesterday, Obi painted a grim picture of the challenges facing opposition figures in Nigeria. When pressed on whether he would definitively be on the ballot in 2027, Obi responded bluntly: “Not even a candidate. I might not even…

NewsFeedPolice arrested pro-Palestine activists for blockading a UK facility operated by UAV Engines Ltd, a subsidiary of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, and one of the world’s largest drone engine manufacturers. Activists say Elbit’s weapons are used in Israel’s war on Gaza.Published On 9 Jul 20269 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledge to deepen economic and defense ties during talks in Melbourne. The two leaders are expected to sign agreements on defense and energy. (Source: Bloomberg)

Truecaller has opened a public fight with India’s telecom regulator over rules governing caller ID apps, saying the country’s anti-spam framework is making it harder to protect consumers from unwanted calls in its biggest market. On Wednesday, CEO Rishit Jhunjhunwala (pictured above) took to X to publicly challenge the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), accusing the watchdog of preventing Truecaller from displaying community-reported spam information for calls from the country’s dedicated 1400 and 1600 number series, a restriction he said had enabled abuse of those numbers and eroded trust in legitimate business calls. The dispute stems from a framework…

• Threatens legal action, including seeking N10bn as damages to be paid to charities of client’s choice, if retraction is not effected within 72 hours Deji Elumoye in Abuja Solicitor to Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Mr Kemi Pinhero (SAN), has written a formal letter to Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, over alleged false and defamatory statements he recently made against his client. Pinhero, in a five-page letter dated July 6, 2026 and titled, “RE: CEASE AND DESIST INRE: FALSE AND DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN YOUR WIDELY CIRCULATED PRESS STATEMENT OF THE 25TH OF JUNE, 2026,” addressed…

Holland, A. J. & Cleveland, D. W. Boveri revisited: chromosomal instability, aneuploidy and tumorigenesis. Nat. Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 10, 478–487 (2009).Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Beroukhim, R. et al. The landscape of somatic copy-number alteration across human cancers. Nature 463, 899–905 (2010).Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Ben-David, U. & Amon, A. Context is everything: aneuploidy in cancer. Nat. Rev. Genet. 21, 44–62 (2020).Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  Watkins, T. B. K. et al. Pervasive chromosomal instability and karyotype order in tumour evolution. Nature 587, 126–132 (2020).Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  Curtis,…

Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), most of which were founded during the Reconstruction era following the civil war, hold invaluable historical archives full of documents, photographs and, in some cases, even films. The archives are a testament to the lasting importance and influence of Black American history in the US, documenting more than a century’s worth of history.A lot of the priceless images, however, are in boxes or storage, usually inaccessible to the public and many times at risk of damage or being lost. The Getty Images photo archive grants program and its HBCU collection seeks to bridge the…

Trump’s name was removed from the centre’s facade and signage last month, after a judge ordered its removal.Published On 9 Jul 20269 Jul 2026A US appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s name must remain off the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, while the organisation appeals an earlier ruling that found a name change illegal.Trump’s name was removed from the centre’s facade and signage last month after US District Judge Christopher Cooper ordered the removal and blocked Trump’s plans to close the centre for renovations. An appeal against this ruling was struck down by a three-judge panel on…

The US has launched a new round of strikes on Iran after President Donald Trump signalled he would “hit them hard again tonight” following an exchange of attacks on Tuesday.Explosions have been reported by Iranian state media in parts of the country’s south, including Sirik and Bandar Abbas – port cities on the Strait of Hormuz. After the latest strikes, Trump said in a post on Truth Social: “This is in retribution for yesterday’s bombing of ships by Iran. If it happens again, it will get much worse!”Gulf nations reported Iranian attacks following the US strikes, with explosions in Bahrain’s…

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Omolola Oloworaran, has said the proposed Pension Industry Infrastructure Fund is in the final stages of implementation as part of efforts to channel a portion of the industry’s over N32 trillion assets into infrastructure and the capital market. She said: “The pension industry infrastructure fund is now in advanced stages for implementation. We already have a framework which has been deliberated upon, and we will go back and review it.” According to her, “We also considered initiatives aimed at strengthening the industry’s participation in the capital market.…