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Nigeria and Amedspor striker, Gift Orban, continued his fine start to the campaign in the Turkish Super Lig, scoring a hat-trick to inspire a resounding 5-0 victory over Istanbul Başakşehir on Sunday night. The former Hellas Verona striker netted  three goals in the second half at the Seyrantepe Spor Kompleksi Stadyumu 1, putting in a standout performance for the hosts. Orban doubled Amedspor’s advantage seven minutes after the restart, rising to head Furkan Soyalp’s cross into the bottom corner. The Nigerian striker extended the lead two minutes later after finishing off a swift counter-attack. Orban calmly converted Ermal Krasniqi’s precise…

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has launched Africa’s largest ever share sale, offering a stake in his oil refinery to the general public in a deal that could raise as much as $2.1bn (£1.6bn).The initial public offering (IPO) is for roughly 3% of the Dangote refinery, with the billionaire saying he wanted to give ordinary Nigerians the chance to share in the plant’s success.The refinery, which started production in 2024, is one of the largest in the world and took more than a decade to complete.It now supplies more than 70% of Nigeria’s energy consumption, and many Nigerians have expressed excitement…

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, June 29, 2026.Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court on Monday night rejected a request by the Trump administration to lift a judicial block on a controversial U.S. Postal Service rule that critics feared would make it more difficult to vote by mail in the upcoming midterm elections.In an unsigned order, the Supreme Court said the administration “is unlikely to succeed on the merits of its challenge to the” preliminary injunction issued by a federal court judge in Boston preventing the USPS rule from being used in November’s elections nationwide.The decision comes…

For Anthony Adejuwon, something as simple as an email address kick-started his journey into technology. Two decades later, that curiosity has taken him from urban planning and construction to building civic tech tools that help people make sense of Africa’s opaque mining sector.  Today, Adejuwon runs Urban Alert and has built Minetrix AI, a conversational tool that turns difficult-to-find mining data into information people can actually use.  In this edition of After Hours, he talks about his journey from cybercafés to civic tech, the thinking behind Minetrix AI, and why he believes technology should ultimately make information useful to the…

Reform UK announced over the weekend the two biggest single political donations in British history: £36m from the Thailand-based crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne and a further £36m from another crypto billionaire, Ben Delo.However, by Monday experts were questioning whether the donations would be legal, especially under the elections bill that the government is bringing through parliament and which will apply retrospectively.Are the donations allowable? Here are the key questions which must be answered.Are Delo and Harborne registered as UK-based voters?Under current law, anyone can donate to a political party as long as they are a British citizen who is registered…

A common and frequently missed cause of high blood pressure may be easier to detect with help from a wearable device that tracks hormone changes throughout the day and night. New research published in Science Translational Medicine focuses on primary aldosteronism, a hormone disorder that may affect up to one in five people with high blood pressure. The condition is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other serious health problems. Researchers from the University of Bristol and the University of Manchester in the UK, the University of Bergen in Norway, and collaborators in Stockholm and…

As Brian To’o ran away to score a try and seal victory for the Panthers in Sunday’s qualification final against the Roosters, rugby league fans in Papua New Guinea had almost as much reason to celebrate as those from Penrith.The 28-year-old winger showed he was back to his best in a high-pressure clash between teams many predict will contest next month’s grand final. Within two years, however, expansion club PNG Chiefs – boasting To’o and an all-star backline – hope to be in the same position after a recruiting spree that has drawn envy from other clubs.“Six months ago, people…

Macklemore has been dropped from the remainder of the US leg of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour, after the American rapper drew headlines for saying “free Palestine” on stage at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.In a brief speech between songs on 4 September, the Grammy-winning artist told the audience he wanted the people of Gaza and “the occupied West Bank” to know “we have not forgotten about them”, prompting a petition from the Israeli American Council demanding his removal from the tour.Messina Touring Group, the promoter of the US leg of Sheeran’s tour, told Rolling Stone: “As the concert promoter for…

The Osun State Police Command has recovered another corpse from the Mayfair Motor Park in Ile-Ife, a day after a top member of Accord Party, Olalekan Oyeyemi, popularly known as Emir Ajagungbade, was shot dead at the facility. The discovery comes amid violence that broke out at the motor park. The police have not disclosed the identity of the deceased person whose body was recovered or the circumstances of the death. According to the command, the corpse was recovered on Monday when police visited the park to enforce the state government’s directive suspending activities of the National Union of Road…