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Light Nwobodo Goge Africa, the continent’s premier cultural storytelling and tourism platform, has announced the launch of the Goge Africa Cultural Dialogue and Diplomacy Series.The new initiative was designed to reposition African heritage not just as history, but as a dynamic driver of modern diplomacy, regional integration, and economic prosperity.The inaugural event is hosted in partnership with the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC). It would take place on 2 July 2026 at the NIIA, Victoria Island, Lagos.Under the theme, ‘Eyo, Culture and Soft Power: Driving Diplomacy, Integration and…

Light Nwobodo Trino Motion Pictures, an award-winning Lagos-based production and distribution studio, marks its 10th anniversary this month and announced the appointment of Richard Aseme, former Co-Head of EMEA at Paramount Pictures, to its Advisory Board. The milestone and appointment together mark a new chapter for Trino as it moves into its second decade with an expanded international growth strategy spanning distribution, co-production, and strategic partnerships across Europe and Africa. Founded in 2016 by Babatunwa Aderinokun and Uche Okocha, Trino Motion Pictures has grown from a fledgling production outfit into one of Nigeria’s leading film production, international sales, content acquisition,…

At least 920 people are confirmed dead and more than 51,000 missing after two earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday.By Al Jazeera Staff and APPublished On 27 Jun 202627 Jun 2026Rescuers are racing against time in Venezuela, three days after two powerful earthquakes struck, with at least 920 people confirmed dead and more than 51,000 still missing.The twin, magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 quakes hit on Wednesday, devastating the coastal area around La Guaira, where authorities moved on Friday night to restrict access as traffic chaos began to hamper search efforts.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listWith a scarcity of government…

By Juliet Umeh “I recently came to the painful realisation of how much I am losing to bank charges after reviewing my transactions linked to a contribution scheme I manage”, Mrs. Elizabeth Akpan told Saturday Vanguard. Read Also: State Police Bill: How NASS caged governors “It has been horrible. You don’t even know what you are being charged for,” she said, her tone heavy with frustration. What began as a routine review, she explained, soon turned unsettling as she started noticing repeated deductions across her accounts. “I opened my one bank’s app and saw different kinds of charges – SMS charges…

Screen time for babies and toddlers under the age of two has been linked with long-term negative effects on health and quality of life and should be avoided, according to a landmark study.It warns that using screens during that period may lead to wide-ranging developmental concerns and calls for further urgent investigation of the risks smartphones, tablets and other digital devices pose to infants.With the focus on teenagers’ digital habits and government plans to ban under-16s from social media, researchers are concerned about a “baby blind spot” in policy at a time when screen use has become embedded in everyday…

When I first moved to England, nearly two decades ago, I was invited to attend a talk in London on “the future of British identity”. It was a heated debate from the start, and it became all the more intense when the subject of putting colonial history in the school curriculum was raised. The two main speakers held opposite views and they traded barbs wrapped in velvet – scathing but polite at the same time. It wasn’t just the particulars of the oratory that stayed with me, but what happened afterwards. When the session was over, I saw the speakers…

* Patients go home same day Eleos Specialist Hospital, Abuja, has commenced Thulium Fiber Laser Enucleation of The Prostate (ThuFLEP). The procedure involves using a special LASER technology which was recently introduced to completely remove the enlarged prostate without any surgical cuts to the body. With this new LASER, the enlarged prostate is completely removed no matter the size. It offers the advantage of no surgical cuts, little or no blood loss, with the patient going home either same day of the procedure or just a day after the procedure.  Other advantage of the procedure includes the fact that the…

Strategies for lowering carbon emissions from hydrocarbons and waste must overcome the challenges related to catalyst durability and the presorting of waste. Reforming low-value carbon sources with carbon dioxide (CO2) offers an industrial-scale pathway …

Belgium topped Group G with a 5-1 win over New Zealand at the World Cup on Friday, overtaking Egypt for a spot as they played to a 1-1 draw with Iran in a simultaneous kickoff.Leandro Trossard scored a brace for Belgium while star Kevin de Bruyne added a third by the 66th minute, the European side set for a commanding win – and their first of the tournament after consecutive draws against Egypt and Iran. Elijah Just pulled one back for New Zealand in the 84th minute but subsequent goals from Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Saelemaekers ensured Rudi Garcia’s side…

The spirit of Václav Havel and Jiří Bartoška lives on at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), and attendees of the 60th edition of the Czech fest will feel a sense of continuity and legacy, a reminder of the long history of the festival, along with innovations and updates that the team always looks to add regularly when it makes sense. In fact, Kryštof Mucha, who joined the festival team in 1997, became its executive director in 2004 and has added the role of chairman of the board of the KVIFF Group, says for him and his colleagues, it is all…