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The Buss family’s stewardship of the Los Angeles Lakers spanned 11 championships. Mark Walter’s stewardship of the Lakers barely lasted 11 months. His initial agreement to buy majority control of the team came on June 18, 2025. His decision to sell that majority stake came less than 14 months later, with news arriving on Wednesday that Walter would sell his shares in the team to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner at a $12.5 billion valuation.Walter’s sale is perhaps the most stunning change of ownership in NBA history. The Lakers have been a franchise in transition over the past year. They…

Nigerian TikToker Habeeb “Peller” Hamzat has expressed frustration over his family’s growing presence on social media, days after his wedding to fellow content creator Amadou “Jarvis” Aminata. Speaking during a livestream on Tuesday night, the 21-year-old complained about his parents’ conduct at his white wedding and also reacted to a viral video purportedly showing his father sharing a hotel bed with another man. Peller said the attention surrounding his family had become overwhelming, claiming that his parents and siblings had suddenly become active subjects in social media conversations. “I don’t know what’s wrong; all my family members are now on…

Michael Olugbode in Abuja Golearn, a financial education and empowerment organisation, has intensified its drive to equip young people with the knowledge, skills and opportunities to make better financial decisions, drawing between 2,000 and 2,500 participants to the fourth edition of its Lagos Finance Conference. The gathering brought together young people, entrepreneurs, thought leaders and industry experts for practical conversations on money management, personal growth, entrepreneurship and wealth creation. The latest edition further underscored Golearn’s expanding footprint in financial education, with the organisation disclosing that it has already upskilled more than 4,000 people while building a community of about 20,000…

By Tunji Olaopa It was Mahatma Gandhi that once said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” And Gandhi was eminently qualified to know this. He was the embodiment of the struggle to restore the dignity and the progress of India from colonial dehumanization. Indeed, he gave himself to the service of Bharat Mata, or Mother India. The same can be said of the late octogenarian Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji—gentleman, diplomat, public servant, technocrat, expert, patriot, and elder statesman. To characterize Triple A, as he was fondly called, as a career civil servant…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, July 16, 2026.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave that post by the end of August, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday.Leavitt’s departure was announced less than a month after she returned to the White House after having been on maternity leave for the birth of her daughter on May 1.Leavitt, 28, is resigning “so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally…

For years now, executives at companies that are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars a year into developing various artificial intelligence tools have insisted that the technology will ultimately mean people will spend less of their time working.An engineering director at Google said four years ago that AI would deliver a four-day work week by 2025, external.Earlier this year, and just one year after that engineering director’s prediction, OpenAI took up the challenge, in a manner of speaking. It formally urged companies to start testing out a four-day work week (with no change in pay), claiming that AI will soon…

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Chelsea have told Manchester City they have a deadline of 5pm this Friday to make an offer for Enzo Fernandez.City are interested in the midfielder, who shared a strong relationship with Enzo Maresca when he was Chelsea boss. Chelsea value Fernandez at £120m. He has six years left on his contract. If City do not meet Chelsea’s demands, they do not intend to sell Fernandez in this window. More to follow…

The Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) has commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Nollywood actress Temitope Osoba, amid allegations involving her fiancé and one of its Shepherds, Prophet Itunu Onadeko. The church said it was particularly concerned that allegations involving Mr Onadeko had drawn its name into the controversy, describing the situation as “an extremely disgusting mess”. The CCC disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday amid growing public concern and conflicting accounts about the circumstances surrounding the actress’s death. Osoba, popularly known as Tope Osoba, died on 4 August at age 40, although her…

Although parmesan rind is tough, it has just as much, if not more flavour than the cheese from inside the wheel itself. It can be used just as it is to flavour stock or risi e bisi (Venetian pea risotto), but grating it opens up a whole range of other uses, such as in my mac and cheese “rinds” and today’s parmesan rind pesto. The flavour is very powerful, though, so add it to taste: you may find that you need a lot less than you think you do.Parmesan rind pestoWant to save this recipe? Download the Guardian Feast app…