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Apple TV’s ” The Widow’s Bay emerged as the biggest winner at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards, taking home six awards during Monday night’s televised ceremony and setting a new record with 14 wins overall. The horror-comedy won Outstanding Comedy Series, while its stars Matthew Rhys, Stephen Root and Kate O’Flynn also took home acting awards. HBO Max’s The Pitt retained the Outstanding Drama Series prize, with Noah Wyle winning Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the second consecutive year. The ceremony, held on Monday, September 14, 2026, at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, was hosted by Law…

Some Nigerians have reacted to the Charismatic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria’s recent endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in the 2027 general election. President Tinubu, who will complete his first four-year term in office on 29 May, is seeking re-election on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform in the 16 January presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently cleared the president and 17 other candidates from other political parties for the election. Rising from the 2026 Synod Charismatics Bishop Conference of Nigeria and International Communion of Charismatic Archbishops, Bishops and Apostles (ICCABA), held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja, last Sunday, the…

Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau, has appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who lost in the party’s recent primary elections to put aside their disappointment and join the campaign for the party’s success in the 2027 general elections. Barau made the appeal on Tuesday in Kano during the inauguration of the Kano North Senatorial District Campaign Council. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, the event attracted party leaders, campaign council members and supporters from across the senatorial district. The Deputy Senate President said the conclusion of…

Thousands making risky maritime journey to Djibouti as conflict between Yemen gov’t and Houthis intensifies.Published On 15 Sep 202615 Sep 2026More than 100,000 people have been forced to flee the conflict in Yemen between the Houthi rebels and forces loyal to the internationally recognised government, according to the United Nations.The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said in a statement issued on Tuesday that the rapidly escalating hostilities along Yemen’s western coast have displaced more than 100,000 people inside the country, and forced thousands more to risk the dangerous journey across the Bab al-Mandeb strait to reach Djibouti in search of safety.Recommended…

Finchglow Holdings has announced plans to establish a new pilot training facility at the Gateway International Agro-Cargo Airport in Ogun State in a bid to address the growing demand for skilled aviation personnel and expand human capital development in West Africa. Bankole Bernard, the Group Managing Director of Finchglow Holdings,  disclosed this during a media briefing on Tuesday in Lagos, where he outlined the conglomerate’s strategic plans to boost domestic aviation capacity and build on the success of its existing training institutions. Addressing journalists, Bernard explained that the proposed flight school in Ogun State will focus heavily on core flight…

Ministers must “heed the warnings” from industry leaders about the threat posed by AI, Louise Haigh has said, amid calls for Andy Burnham to use the G20 to drive global regulation.The first secretary said that while AI had enormous potential to improve lives, and the government wanted to capitalise on the technology, there were “clearly huge risks to our national security and society if the right guardrails are not put in place”.In a speech at the TUC conference on Tuesday, Haigh acknowledged that the public was worried about jobs and their children’s future, after three Anthropic researchers warned that artificial…

The Vice-Chancellor of Kaduna State University, Professor Abdullahi Musa, has explained that the endorsement of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term by more than 600 senior academics from public universities across Northern Nigeria followed an assessment of data on his administration’s performance. Musa said the academics reviewed information on developments in sectors including education, infrastructure, investment and agriculture before making their recommendation. He spoke on Trust TV’s Daily Politics on Tuesday. According to the vice-chancellor, the gathering was not primarily convened to endorse Tinubu conditionally, but to provide a platform for academics to analyse available data and make…

Luxury cars are an indulgence often out of reach for all but very wealthy people.Credit: Mike Kemp/In PIctures/GettyBetween 2000 and 2024, the richest 1% of people captured 41% of all new wealth. By contrast, just 1% was captured by the poorest 50%. These and other data on both income and wealth inequality were outlined in a commentary article published in Nature last week (J. E. Stiglitz et al. Nature 657, 345–348; 2026)Why we need an International Panel on InequalityAlthough income inequality has been falling, rising wealth inequality is a problem because it slows social mobility, feeds political polarization and erodes…

This is the transcript, which was dominated by the VAR with the AVAR only making one minor contribution. At the start of the season, video officials were encouraged to be more efficient with their checks and not take an excessive amount of time.Comments made by the technical replay operator have been omitted. VAR: Checking the on-field decision of offside against Haaland.The VAR and the semi-automated offside operator then discuss the decision against Haaland and he is shown to be onside.VAR: Okay, so he’s onside. So we now need to check the full APP (attacking phase).VAR speaking to referee Michael Oliver:…

Veteran Yoruba actor Lere Paimo has countered Pete Edochie’s recent claim about his seniority in Nigeria’s acting industry, saying he began acting four years before the “Things Fall Apart” star. The 86-year-old actor said he started acting in 1958, while Edochie recently traced the beginning of his career to 1962, when he was 15. The question of who began acting earlier has resurfaced among some of Nigeria’s veteran actors. Edochie recently challenged actors who claim to have started their careers before him to come forward and prove it. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that during an appearance on “Curiosity Made Me…