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The Ogun State Government has released N6.75 billion for the payment of gratuity and additional pension benefits (APB) to retirees in the state. The Ogun State Head of Service, Mr Olanrewaju Saka, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, saying the release was part of the government’s continued efforts to address outstanding pension obligations and improve the welfare of retired workers. According to him, N2.751 billion was released to pay gratuity to 432 beneficiaries, while another N4 billion was released for the payment of additional pension benefits to eligible retirees from July 2025 to date. Saka said the government remained…

Governments promise a light-touch regulatory agenda amid growing threats

We join Lara Croft in St Francis’ Folly – inspired by the Unesco-listed monasteries of Meteora in Greece – as the light shines through the cracked ceiling and a flock of bats glide across the vast ruins below. When Lara leaps down to the monastery’s crumbling pillared courtyard, it becomes clear that these screeching, leathery creatures aren’t just set dressing. As they lurch towards her with unpredictable movements, she dispatches the swarm with a flurry of gun fire and panicked punches.It’s a suitably cinematic reintroduction to our heroine and her very first adventure. Co-developed by longtime Lara custodians Crystal Dynamics…

The actor urged MPs to back a national testing programme to make sure historic toxic dump sites were safe.

Italy, who play their home Six Nations fixtures at Rome’s 70,000-seater Stadio Olimpico, also distanced themselves from the possibility of taking a game across the Atlantic.”The United States has all the potential to be a major market for the growth of our sport: in this respect, Italy was ahead of its time by playing a test match against Ireland in Chicago back in 2018,” said a spokesman for the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR). “An event like the one between South Africa and the All Blacks – one of the greatest rivalries on the international calendar – can serve as an…

It’s still Donald Trump’s party — and don’t you doubt it.  On the second night of the Republican midterm convention in Dallas — an event ostensibly meant to boost the GOP candidates on the ballot in November — the party fully embraced its status as a cult of devotion to a single man: the president.  In a video played on the screens throughout the American Airlines Center, a voice declared that “on June 14th, 1946, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, ‘I need a caretaker,’ so God gave us Trump.” The video opened by zooming into planet Earth, landing…

Chiemelie Ezeobi The Nigerian Navy has handed over three fishing vessels and their 33 crew members to the Federal Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (FDFA) following their arrest for alleged illegal fishing activities and violations of maritime regulations. The vessels — MV OLUFUNKE 1, MV IRUO OGHENE and AM 8702 — were arrested between August 26 and 28 during a recent anti-illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing operation codenamed Abo Eja. The handover took place on Thursday at the Defence Jetty in Marina, where the vessels and crew were received by the Assistant Chief Fisheries Officer/Head, Fisheries Monitoring Centre, Are…

US and Israeli officials are using a drop in acute malnutrition cases to claim Gaza has no hunger and even an ‘obesity problem’. Al Jazeera’s Nada Qaddourah examines what the data leaves out, and what doctors say the hunger crisis has done to Gaza’s children.Published On 11 Sep 202611 Sep 2026Share From hunger crisis to ‘obesity’: how Gaza’s UN data is being twisted on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Madrid, Spain – For Mohamed Mohamedna, it was a historic moment.On Thursday, the Spanish parliament backed citizenship for Western Saharans born in the North African territory when Madrid ruled it as a colony.Recommended Stories list of 1 itemend of listLike other campaigners, 52-year-old Mohamedna had been waiting for years for this gesture.“This is a great, historic day,” he told Al Jazeera. “I have been living in Spain for 21 years but I have always been classed as having ‘no state’.”Mohamed Mohamedna is one of tens of thousands who could soon be granted Spanish nationality [Courtesy of Mohamed Mohamedna]Mohamedna, who has…

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has declared force majeure on the 330kV Kainji-BirninKebbi transmission line following the collapse of a transmission tower along the corridor. TCN, in a statement on Tuesday, said the line tripped at 10:44 p.m. on Monday, September 7, 2026. It said a trial re-closure was attempted at 11:07 p.m., but the line tripped again, prompting linesmen from TCN’s BirninKebbi Sub-Region to begin a fault-finding patrol along the transmission corridor. According to the company, the team discovered on Tuesday that Tower T367 had collapsed. “Preliminary findings indicate that the collapse of the…