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A briefer wrote to then-President Clinton that bin Laden’s ‘preferred option is to strike the US on its own soil in Washington’, and that al-Qaeda ‘may fly an explosive-packed airplane into a US city’.Published On 12 Sep 202612 Sep 2026Several dozen presidential briefing documents declassified on the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks detail intelligence government officials had gathered about Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda leading up to the hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people and upended the United States’ national security.The documents illustrate security analysts’ tracking of bin Laden’s movements and support system, as well as concerns…

Bennett Oghifo  The Mercedes‑AMG CLE 646 Spezialanfertigung was developed with one clear focus: driving dynamics. This road-legal high-performance coupe delivers an uncompromising driving experience on winding roads and closed race circuits.  The auto manufacturer said, “To achieve this, the vehicle combines a 637-hp V8 biturbo engine with pure rear wheel drive, significantly reduced weight and a chassis setup engineered for precision. A unique wide-body concept with wider tracks, numerous carbon fiber components and purpose-developed aerodynamics further enhances the vehicle’s dynamic potential. To enable this, each Mercedes‑AMG CLE 646 Spezialanfertigung is meticulously hand-built to the highest standards at AMG’s headquarters in…

I’ll avoid discussing the story so as not to spoil it, but suffice to say I was engaged, even if at times I felt I was spending too long watching videos and not enough time using the controller.Clearly the developers were inspired by narrative adventures like Uncharted for this kind of storytelling, and the gameplay even feels similar at times with chase and climbing sequences.And while that game was genre-defining, it came out almost 20 years ago, so it’s hardly a favourable comparison.In fact, perhaps the biggest issue for Wolverine is that it doesn’t reinvent the wheel like Spider-Man did.It’s…

Former Labour Party (LP) vice-presidential candidate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, has said only God can prevent President Bola Tinubu from winning the 2027 presidential election. Baba-Ahmed spoke in an interview with Trust TV while assessing the political landscape ahead of the 2027 elections and the prospects of the leading presidential contenders. Although critical of Tinubu’s policies, the former LP chieftain acknowledged the president’s ability to build political structures and forge alliances over a long period. According to him, Tinubu spent about 16 years building a political base and played a significant role in bringing former President Muhammadu Buhari into an alliance ahead…

When the ground is thoroughly wet, after excess rainwater has run off it is said to be at field capacity. Meteorologists describe drought in terms of soil moisture deficit (SMD) from field capacity. The SMD is a measure of how thirsty the soil is, expressed as how many millimetres of rain it would take to top it up to field capacity.In southern England, the SMD tends to hover around zero in winter when fields are wet. In summer it may be about 100mm, going up to 150mm or more in a dry year. The extreme of dryness, when soil has…

Santa Monica’s inaugural Ocean Way Festival has been canceled amid the impact of Hurricane Marie that have reshaped beaches across Southern California. Festival organizers announced the news on Friday via social media. A statement said that “storm surf and runoff has caused significant beach erosion and the festival can no longer be safely held as planned.” The message added that plans to bring the festival to Santa Monica next year are already underway and that refunds for tickets, which ran from $249 to $2,250, are being processed automatically. There was no update on whether the lineup for next year’s fest would…

Human rights lawyer Inibehe Effiong has faulted a recent comment by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, that Nigerians should exercise restraint in filming police officers on duty. The comment On 17 March, the Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State delivered a landmark judgement which affirmed Nigerians’ constitutional right to record police officers while they perform their duties in public. During an interaction with the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association in Abuja on Tuesday, Mr Disu said police operatives were “jostled” by the court judgement. The IGP stressed that, in response to the judgement, Nigerians started recording…

Linus Aleke in Abuja  The military has disclosed that no fewer than 17 terrorist fighters, accompanied by their family members, surrendered to troops of Joint Task Force North-East Operation Hadin Kai within one week, citing harsh living conditions, hunger and a lack of basic provisions in their enclaves. It also said that troops of the Joint Task Force North-West, Operation Fansan Yamma, rejected a financial inducement offered by a suspected terrorist spy in an attempt to evade arrest in Sokoto State. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja, made the disclosures during his weekly briefing on the operational…

Aisha Yesufu, an ally of the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC), Peter Obi, says the opposition will deploy a nationwide network of election agents in 2027 to monitor votes from polling units through the collation process to the final declaration in Abuja. Mrs Yesufu said the strategy was informed by lessons from the 2023 presidential election, which she said showed that opposition supporters could not afford to rely solely on electoral institutions to protect their votes. She spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday. “We have our own alternative means of ensuring that we are protected,”…

…Brent tops $107 Dangote Petroleum Refinery has raised its Premium Motor Spirit gantry price by N85 per to N1,350 per litre, from N1,265, as a surge in global crude oil prices and higher product replacement costs put renewed pressure on Nigeria’s downstream market. The latest adjustment represents a 6.7 percent increase and takes the refinery’s wholesale price above the current petrol landing cost of N1,311.36 per litre, according to a note from Petroleumprice.ng. Brent crude, the benchmark for Nigeria’s oil, was trading at about $107.86 per barrel on Friday, according to OilPrice.com, after earlier climbing above $108. The sharp rise…