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Election results management remains the most contested and consequential phase of Nigeria’s electoral process. It is the point at which votes cast by citizens are translated into electoral outcomes. It is here that the inconceivable becomes routine: results are altered, substituted, or manufactured outright; officials are compromised; and security agencies, shedding the garb of neutrality, interfere with collation to engineer a preferred outcome, mostly to protect a regime or oust an incumbent. This is the stage at which the integrity, independence and resilience of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) face their most severe test. One opportunity to strengthen confidence…

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–         NDLEA intercepts cocaine bound for Saudi Arabia, Italy; seizes over 3.2 tonnes of cannabis in nationwide operations Michael Olugbode in Abuja A 30-year-old Italy-based businessman, Joseph Cyril, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after he allegedly ingested 98 wraps of cocaine and attempted to smuggle them out of Nigeria through the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. Cyril was arrested on Sunday, August 2, 2026, during the outward clearance of passengers aboard Ethiopian Airlines flight ET930, which was scheduled to take him to Italy through Addis Ababa and France. Following his arrest, NDLEA operatives…

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Griffin Jax during the first inning against the Chicago White Sox, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.If this seems like a Tampa Bay Rays’ type of thing to do, well, whatever it takes to win the next game on their schedule. Beginning August 2, the day prior to the trade deadline, and through the past week, manager Kevin Cash may have needed to double and triple check his inventory of available players. After all, the transactions were humming along at a rapid pace. Consider…

Rabat, Morocco – As Morocco prepares for parliamentary elections on September 23, political debate is centred less on ideology and party programmes than on the decision of one of the country’s most influential public officials to enter partisan politics.The decision by Fouzi Lekjaa, Morocco’s minister delegate for the budget and president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), to join the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has prompted intense debate across the political class and social media.Best known for his role in public finance and the transformation of Moroccan football, Lekjaa built his reputation in public administration rather than electoral…

After lunch on Wednesday, two Nasa aviators will climb into a research plane and take off from Keflavik airport on a western tip of Iceland. They will climb north towards Greenland and then bank to head south on a gently curving course 40 miles (64km) off the Icelandic coast.Their mission can be described as chasing an eclipse, but in reality the eclipse is chasing them. As the plane cruises at 50,000ft (15,000 metres), the shadow of the moon will race up from behind, crossing the ocean below at more than 2,000mph (3,200km/h). The pilot will aim to reach the point…

Algeria, Morocco, Cameroon and Malawi have all qualified for the 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil.The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) in Morocco is also acting as a qualifying tournament for next summer’s tournament, with any country that makes the semi-finals earning their places at the World Cup.Algeria beat 10-player Ivory Coast 2-1, with goals from Ines Khiri and Amira Ould Braham – after N’Sira Oudraogo was sent off when the Ivorians were 1-0 ahead – to reach the Wafcon last four and qualify for a Women’s World Cup for the first time.Goals from Sakina Ouzraoui Diki and Hanane…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. TLC is known for creating some of the most culture-shifting shows of all time. There were the originals, like What Not to Wear and Jon & Kate Plus 8, fan favorites like 90 Day Fiancé, and now the network is back at it again with an all-new reality series: Double Lives of Suburban Wives. The show follows “six St. Louis women [who] secretly make a living creating spicy content,” according to the official description. So, if you want…

Martins Iyeh and Ijeoma “Mercedes” Emi have become the first housemates to leave the Big Brother Naija Season 11 house after they were evicted during the live show on Sunday night. The pair were evicted on the Sunday live show after viewers’ votes determined the outcome of the season’s first eviction. Martins, 30, was announced as the first housemate to leave, followed by Mercedes, 26, making it the first double eviction of the “Show Ya Sef” season. The vote percentages were posted during the live eviction. Martins had 1.63% of the vote, and Mercedes had 2.29 per cent, saving Keivo,…

What appeared to be a woman’s body found in a suitcase by the side of a road near Goulburn in regional New South Wales was not in fact human remains, police say.NSW police said they were called to Wolgon Road in Oallen about 12.50pm on Sunday “following reports a body had been located”.Officers travelled to the remote location and located what was believed to be the body in the suitcase.But on Monday morning Supt Linda Bradbury told a press conference that police now did not “have a suspicious death of a human on our hands”.On Monday 2GB reported that the…