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By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies and the Federal Government against using state institutions to tilt the Osun governorship election in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Atiku described the poll as a critical test of Nigeria’s democratic credentials, warning that the scale and posture of security deployment around the election risked making a civil democratic exercise look like a military operation. Speaking at the ADC National Youth Leadership Summit in Abuja, he said the…

For many people, the thought of a tasty burger or a cold pint of beer conjures up a vivid mental image and drives behavior. This link between thinking and doing serves a clear function – it motivates us to get the necessities for life. But for some, this process can malfunction. Preoccupation with these rewarding stimuli can lead to disorders of substance overuse, including overeating to the point of obesity and alcohol abuse. Studies going back to the 1970s have linked vivid mental imagery with drug abuse. Understanding this link between craving and consuming is central to understanding addiction. This…

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When Fenix Flexin and Tyga worked together in a studio this summer, Tyga realized they had independently landed on a similar Eighties sound. By then, Fenix, the Los Angeles rapper and Shoreline Mafia member, had released a song called “Rubberz” with producer Purps on the Beat. It sounded like a record transmitted straight from a time machine, with Fenix singing in a fake British accent over New Wave synths. As you probably know by now, it became a hit: “Rubberz” peaked at Number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100. Tyga, meanwhile, was deep into $TARFACE, a 10-song album of glossy…

By Egufe Yafugborhi WARRI — The suspended Delta State Commissioner for Works (Highways and Urban Roads), Reuben Izeze, has reportedly paid fines for some inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Warri, where he is currently being remanded. Izeze was on Monday arraigned before a Delta State High Court sitting in Effurun over an alleged connection with the July 26 assault on Simon Umudi, popularly known as Temple, a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Protocol. Following the proceedings, the court remanded Izeze and an associate, Simeon Aguariavwodo, at the custodial centre pending further proceedings in the case.…

Trump claims pro-Israel lobbying groups no longer hold sway in Capitol Hill as they did some 20 years ago.Published On 12 Aug 202612 Aug 2026United States President Donald Trump took a jab at the dwindling power of pro-Israel lobbying groups in Congress and across Washington’s political spectrum in a pre-taped exclusive recording with the hyper-partisan show America Speaks on the MAGA-friendly network “Real America’s Voice” (RAV).When asked by host Wayne Allyn Root in the interview that aired on Tuesday about the “problem,” of the “communist colour revolution”, taking over “the biggest cities in America”,  Trump replied that the biggest change…

By By Obas Esiedesa The Federal Government has backed the establishment of a regional petrol pricing benchmark for West Africa, saying the initiative will strengthen energy security, deepen cross-border trade and enable the region to determine the value of its refined petroleum products. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, stated this yesterday at the 2026 West Africa Refined Fuel Market (WAFRFM) Conference in Abuja, where regulators, refiners, traders and investors discussed plans for a regional petroleum pricing and trading hub. Lokpobiri said Nigeria’s deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector was designed to unlock investment and allow market…

Rafael Yuste is in his early sixties and bears a more than passing resemblance to Pablo Picasso—if Picasso had worn glasses and had a trim white goatee. Speaking succinctly and methodically, his accent rich with Spanish inflections, he told me about an experiment he had carried out in his lab at Columbia on the brains of mice, and specifically on that part of the cortex that responds to vision. His mentor had been the Swedish neuroscientist Torsten Wiesel, who won a Nobel Prize for his research into how our visual systems process information.“He discovered by chance that the strongest stimulus…

The government will look at banning disposable barbecues as wildfires continue to rage across the UK, Andy Burnham has said.Disposable barbecues have been the cause of a number of serious fires over the last few years, but campaigners were critical of the prime minister’s failure to link those fires more broadly to the climate crisis.In July this year, firefighters called to Cannock Chase found an area the size of a football field blazing in the summer heat. The heathland in Sherbrook Valley, part of a special area of conservation, was home to adders, toads and other wildlife, which were thought…

Astronomers claim to have discovered a new kind of cosmic object, a black hole “star”, which is the size of the entire solar system and glows with a brilliant red light.The international team made the breakthrough after focusing their attention on a mysterious red spot in images of the early solar system captured by Nasa’s James Webb space telescope.The object was lurking in the constellation of Cetus, the Whale, about 30bn light years from Earth. It is thought to have formed 660m years ago after the big bang, astronomers’ leading theory as to how the universe began.Measurements of the exotic…