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The Senator representing Nasarawa South Senatorial District, Sen. Ogoshi Onawo, has formally defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), citing internal challenges within his former party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onawo’s letter of defection was read by Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, who presided over the plenary on Tuesday. In the letter, Onawo said his resignation from ADC took effect from June 15, following what he described as careful reflection and extensive consultations with his constituents, political associates and other key stakeholders. He explained that his decision was informed by…

Published On 7 Jul 20267 Jul 2026Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has said she will run in France’s 2027 presidential election, in an interview with broadcaster TF1.A Paris appeals court ruled earlier on Tuesday that Le Pen was guilty of misusing public funds but reduced the ban on her holding elected office to 45 months, with 30 suspended.The ruling meant that Le Pen would be able to run in the presidential election but would have to campaign while wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet.More to come…

Emerald HoldCo B.V, the new majority owner of Beta Glass, has launched a mandatory takeover offer to acquire up to 11.74 million shares held by other shareholders of the glass container maker. The core investor is tabling N590.94 to purchase each of the shares, which were quoted at N562.8 per unit at the start of trade on Lagos’ Customs Street on Tuesday, placing the offer at a 5 per cent premium above the market price. Emerald HoldCo’s board of directors “approved the offer on 5 February 2026, authorising a takeover offer to be made to other shareholders of the Company,…

Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, said in a post on Monday that “[m]any videos from top accounts are simply stolen from other users, sometimes 5 years after they originally went viral,” while noting that videos on the platform “make up close to half the impressions on X.” According to Bier, X is launching a new in-app video editor and recorder to address this “recycled content,” so that “some videos on X can finally be original content that doesn’t exist on other platforms.”As previously reported by TechCrunch, the new video tools are available now on X’s iOS app, and include…

When he became an MP, Farage registered a £9,253 trip to Belgium donated by Cottrell in April 2024, before the election. He went on to register a £15,276 donation from Cottrell for a US domestic flight in December 2024. However, he has not declared any further support from Cottrell, or the £5m he received from Harborne, arguing he was not required to do so under the rules.In interviews towards the end of June, the Reform UK leader said he had chosen to earmark the £5m sum from Harborne for his future security costs, arguing he would require protection “for the…

Nature, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02040-3Transplantation experiments in evolutionarily distinct animal groups reveal conserved mechanisms underlying tissue organization during development.

There had been concern among Celtic fans that they have yet to add to their squad while last season’s title rivals Heart of Midlothian have made 10 signings and third-top Rangers have made five.”We’ve a number of players we’re looking at,” O’Neill said. “We have offers in for players at the same time.”Hopefully in the not too distant future, in the next couple of weeks, we will have some really decent players at the football to add to the decent players we already have at the football club.”We are absolutely trying to improve the squad and that will be necessary.”Having…

Dolly Parton will celebrate turning 81 with the opening of a musical about her life on Broadway later this year.Dolly: A True Original Musical is billed as “a remarkable journey through the life of this trailblazing woman” and is set to begin previews at New York’s St James Theatre on 7 December before opening on 19 January, the singer’s birthday.In a video announcing the show, Parton promised that it would be “true in every sense of the word”.“This isn’t about a story about sparkle and shine on the outside,” the singer said. “It’s about where I really come from: where…

The problemThe fungus gnat is the pest that just keeps coming. You dry out the soil, set up sticky traps, maybe even reach for the hydrogen peroxide, and just when you think you’ve have won, they’re back. The adults are harmless but maddening, drifting around your face and laying the next generation in any damp compost they can find. And most controls only deal with one stage of the cycle and leave the rest to carry on.The hackButterworts are small carnivorous plants whose leaves are coated in a sticky mucilage that traps tiny flying insects, including fungus gnats. Keep one…

A group of teachers have revealed the end-of-year gifts they’re tired of receiving from pupils – and the one thing they’d much rather be given before the summer holidaysTeachers have shared the end-of-year gifts they’re tired of receiving (stock image)(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)As pupils eagerly count down the days until the summer holidays, teachers are quietly hoping they won’t receive the same thank-you present from 30 separate children. While teachers appreciate any gesture at all, some have highlighted one issue many parents fail to consider – how much space they have.This prompted one teacher to appeal to parents not to buy…