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 Sam Hart There is a certain kind of representation that begins at home but refuses to be confined by geography. It begins with a constituency, in this case, Bende Federal Constituency in Abia State, but expands into the national arena, across Africa and ultimately into the rooms where legislators from around the world debate peace, trade, development, security and the future of multilateralism. That is the international parliamentary journey of Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Bende’s representative in Nigeria’s National Assembly has, particularly since becoming Deputy Speaker…

Scientists have captured an unusually detailed view of a major tectonic system beneath the Pacific Northwest beginning to come apart. The discovery, reported in Science Advances, shows a subduction zone actively breaking into pieces. Subduction zones form where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another and pushed deep into Earth. They are responsible for some of the planet’s largest earthquakes, powerful volcanic eruptions, and long term changes to continents and ocean basins. Until now, however, scientists have had few opportunities to see clearly how one of these enormous systems reaches the end of its life. How a Subduction Zone Dies…

Ireland are due to play Israel in the Nations League in Hungary on Sunday, but boycott pressure mounts on and off-field.Published On 26 Sep 202626 Sep 2026The Ireland team’s news conference and training session the day before its first Nations League game against Israel have been delayed as pressure to boycott the matches grows.Journalists in Debrecen, Hungary – where Israel’s “home” game is to be played Sunday – were left waiting Saturday after being told the news conference was being pushed back until after training. That was 15 minutes before it was supposed to begin.Training was also significantly delayed, however,…

A practical quantum computer must eventually be able to handle any type of quantum algorithm, much like a conventional laptop can run many different kinds of software. Researchers have now demonstrated a new way to reach that level of flexibility using unusual quantum objects known as non-Abelian anyons. Scientists from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME), Harvard, Stony Brook University, and Quantinuum created and tested a full set of operations based on non-Abelian anyons. Their results provide the first experimental demonstration that this approach can support the broad range of operations required for universal quantum…

Lemon cheesecake is traditionally made by whipping cream, cream cheese, sugar and lemon, then pouring that on to a base made from melted butter and crushed biscuits (butter, flour, oats, sugar), before putting it in the fridge to set. That’s eight ingredients max, yet the average for today’s store-bought versions is 24.Every cake in today’s test falls firmly into the ultra-processed food category and typically contains at least five ingredients that aren’t found in domestic kitchens. Although real lemon juice or concentrate features in every one, lemon oil and acidity regulators are used to ensure that tart, lemony flavour.Although every…

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Assembly candidate for Abeokuta South Constituency II, Hon. Adeoye Adewale Adeniran, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of spreading misinformation and political propaganda over the eligibility of Senator Iyabo Obasanjo to contest the 2027 Ogun Central Senatorial election. Adeniran, in a statement made available to Vanguard in Abeokuta, described reports claiming that the Supreme Court had disqualified Obasanjo from contesting the election as “misleading, legally speculative and politically motivated.” He urged members of the public to disregard the reports, arguing that the Supreme Court judgment being cited in…

World leaders have called for sustained, more equitable investment in pandemic prevention and preparedness, warning that progress made since COVID-19 will need continued action to protect countries from future outbreaks. The call was made on Friday at the second United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) in New York. The meeting reviewed progress since the first high-level meeting in 2023, which was convened in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and gaps exposed in global health security. The World Health Organisation (WHO), in a statement issued on Friday, said countries recognised progress made over the…

Founder and Chairman, APAMS Funeral Limited, Dr. Kevin Chukwumobi, has unveiled the company’s new Port-Harcourt office in Rivers State, further expanding its operational presence in the South-South region of Nigeria. The new facility, located in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, becomes the 19th branch office of the funeral company and was officially unveiled on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, in a ceremony that also coincided with Chukwumobi’s 56th birthday. The opening adds Rivers State to APAMS’ clientele base and growing network of operational locations across the country, as the company continues to extend its funeral and related services closer to clients…

Chike Anyaonu In her landmark 2009 TED Talk, Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warned of “the danger of a single story”. She argued that reducing complex realities to one-dimensional narrative robs people of dignity, equity, and peculiarity. Nearly two decades later, this warning resonates with striking relevance in Nigeria’s polity, particularly in the construction of NDC presidential candidate and former governor Peter Obi’s fiscal legacy in Anambra State.   For over a decade, Nigerians have been sold a singular narrative: that the former governor exited office with billions in savings and zero debts for the state. It was a parable of…

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) stretches 27 km around and relies on thousands of magnets of different types – dipoles, quadrupoles, sextupoles, octupoles, decapoles, etc. – to steer and control its particle beams. Each type performs a specialized task. Some of the most important are known as inner triplets. These groups of three quadrupole magnets (hence the name) sit on both sides of the LHC’s four main experiments. Their job is to focus the particle beams as tightly as possible just before the particles collide inside the detectors. The tighter the beams are “compressed,” the greater the chance that particles…