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Kids always get sick at the worst possible time. For instance: the middle of a busy motorway, one hour into a three-hour trip.My husband was away for work and I was driving our two small children to see him, when one vomited in the back seat. I pulled into a slipway just off the motorway to try to clean up as best I could. The kids were too young to be trusted to sit there safely right next to a busy road, so I had to leave them strapped into the car seats while I tried to mop up the…

Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Enugu A four-storey building under construction has collapsed in Enugu, with one person feared dead while four others were rescued from the rubble. Emergency workers, who rescued the victims, had early Sunday morning rushed to the site of the partially collapsed building said to be a hotel under construction at Independent Layout Enugu. Five persons had slept in the building. Eye witnesses at the scene of the incident, said that more lives could have been lost if not for the regulatory interventions of the state government in sealing the site. The Executive Chairman, Enugu Capital Territory Development…

A global surge in diesel prices is being driven by the Russia-Ukraine war, the US president says.Published On 13 Sep 202613 Sep 2026United States President Donald Trump has urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel infrastructure, saying they were to blame for a global fuel shortage that was driving up prices, and not the war with Iran.“Mr. Zelenskyy has to do one thing: he has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump said on Sunday, speaking to reporters during a trip to the Republic of Ireland. “We spoke to Mr Zelenskyy about it. ⁠There…

Jetour Nigeria is expanding its SUV push into the northern market with the X90 Plus, as the automaker seeks to deepen its foothold in Abuja and capture a larger share of Nigeria’s growing SUV segment. According to Jetour Nigeria, growing demand from customers in Abuja and neighboring states influenced its decision to take the showcase to the Federal Capital Territory, extending its customer engagement beyond Lagos. The brand will showcase the X90 Plus at the Jetour Experience Abuja from September 22 to 24, giving prospective customers an opportunity to test-drive the model alongside other vehicles in its growing Nigerian lineup.…

Former President Barack Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the technology’s economic impact and safety, according to The New York Times. Obama made these comments on Thursday, at Democratic fundraising event where he was interviewed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The NYT says that Obama’s office provided a partial transcript of the event, at which Jeffries asked Obama how congressional Democrats should approach AI. In response, Obama said that once Democrats regain the House majority, they need to “put together…

France Televisions has removed the replay of the France 5 programme La Grande Librairie after actress Adèle Haenel used a live segment to denounce what she called a genocide in Gaza. The broadcaster says it acted as a precaution while awaiting a review by media regulator Arcom.Published On 13 Sep 202613 Sep 2026Share French TV programme pulled after actress speaks out on Gaza on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

The Cross River State Commissioner for Power and Renewable Energy, Eka Williams, has died. Mr Williams died on Saturday evening while receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment, Vanguard newspaper reported, citing the deceased’s brother. “His name will not simply be forgotten because he died; he will be remembered because he lived a worthy life. That is what matters,” the newspaper quoted the deceased’s brother as saying. According to the newspaper, Mr Williams is the second commissioner to die under the administration of Governor Bassey Otu. The state’s Commissioner for Tourism, Abubakar Ewa, died in 2025. The Commissioner for Information, Ekpenyong Cobham, did not…

Manchester City’s Norwegian striker #09 Erling Haaland celebrates scoring the team’s first goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on September 13, 2026. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra…

It’s extraordinary just how prolific Seth Rogen has been. He began performing stand-up comedy at clubs around his native Vancouver at the age of 13 — around the time he and his buddy Evan Goldberg would write the first draft of “Superbad” — before featuring in the Judd Apatow shows “Freaks and Geeks” and “Undeclared,” also serving as a writer on the latter, all before the age of 20. Since then, he’s starred in over 40 movies, written 10 and directed two, while creating four TV series. Along with the aforementioned comedy classic “Superbad,” he’s the man behind “Pineapple Express,”…

A Russian drone has hit a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and top European security officials had passed through.No casualties were reported after the strike at Yahodyn, which hit the train’s engine. All the passengers had been evacuated, Ukrainian authorities said. Johnson and other European national security advisers, including the UK’s Jonathan Powell, had passed along the same line on a different train on their way back from a conference in Kyiv.Russia said it had struck “railway infrastructure” in western Ukraine, but Ukraine’s state railway company Ukrzaliznytsia said that “quite possibly, the…