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The financial security was a major factor for Jessie and Joe in their decision.Environment Bank gives Greenbank Farm lease payments as well as paying the couple to help manage the land through the livestock grazing and hay cutting.”One of the main things for us is that it’s 30 years of guaranteed income,” Jessie said.”With farming, you just never know what’s going to happen. “If we solely rely on producing haylage, we could have a really bad year of rain like we did a few years ago – we produced rubbish haylage to be honest so we didn’t really make that…

The draw for the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League league phase is fast approaching, with Paris Saint-Germain set to begin their title defence as they chase an unprecedented third successive crown. Luis Enrique’s side successfully defended their crown last season, beating Arsenal on penalties in the final in Budapest after previously dismantling Inter Milan 5-0 in the 2025 final. PSG are now among 36 clubs chasing European football’s biggest prize, with qualifying already underway ahead of the start of the league phase in September. Here is everything to know about the 2026/27 Champions League league phase draw, participating clubs, schedule and…

I was 28 the first time I did standup. It was an open-mic competition where the audience decided the winner. As I held the tiny gold trophy, I decided to quit my job the next day. Some people might call that crazy, and it probably was. But I’d been honing that delusional self-belief since I was eight when I first watched the film adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s story A Little Princess.I already almost had the same name as its protagonist, Sara, a young girl who is sent off to boarding school while her father fights in the war. I wanted to…

Many young Nigerians see NYSC as a one‑year ritual — khaki, clearance, CDS, and monthly allowances. But my experience taught me something deeper. National service is not about the uniform. It is about the impact made while wearing it… It is about recognising problems around us and choosing to act. It is about using our skills, creativity and passion to improve communities. It is about leaving behind footprints that outlive the service year. A week before the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, I walked into the PRNigeria Centre expecting nothing more than another ordinary newsroom…

The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) has criticised President Bola Tinubu for his comment, attributing Nigeria’s growing security crisis in part to insecurity in neighbouring states. The AES — made of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso — considered Mr Tinubu’s remark “simplistic,” “hasty”, and trivialised the states’ efforts to address terrorist operations in the Sahel. Burkina Faso’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karamoko Traore, disclosed the AES’s stance on Thursday during a meeting with the Chargé d’Affaires of the Nigerian embassy in Burkina Faso. President Tinubu made his comment last week while discussing the military operation that led to the rescue…

For emerging communicators, this book will serve as a mentor. For educators, it will be a teaching companion. For practitioners, it will be a reminder of the discipline’s core values. And for the profession at large, it will be a contribution that strengthens the intellectual and practical foundation of PR in Nigeria. Ahmed Balarabe Sa’id’s new book, Aren’t We All PR People?, is one of those rare works that immediately announce themselves as more than textbooks. It is a field guide, a mentor in print, and a career compass for anyone stepping into the demanding but rewarding world of Public…

Stock market bulls got some huge affirmation this week as the S&P 500 made all-time highs, options volumes set records, and shares of this year’s star IPO – SpaceX – stabilized and rallied despite its earnings report and the end of its first lockup period.On Friday, the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) fell to its lowest level since January as the S&P 500 added 0.6%, bringing the week’s advance to 3.6%.More than four million S&P 500 index calls traded on Cboe Global Markets Tuesday as the benchmark gauge surged above 7,700 for the first time in history. That topped the previous…

There’s two things you should know about me, your intrepid reviewer: I hate the feature creep associated with modern power banks, and I love shaving grams off the gear I carry when backpacking, bikepacking, and trail running. So imagine my delight when Nitecore released a new generation of its ultralight NB10000 battery. After a few weeks with it I can confidently say: Haribo be damned!The $83.95 NB10000 Gen 4 weighs just 146 grams, according to my scale, and measures 1.45 x 11.6 x 4.68cm (0.57 x 4.57 x 1.84 inches), according to Nitecore’s spec sheet. That makes it the lightest…

By Emmanuel Iheaka SINCE the return to democracy in 1999, no governor of Imo State has produced a successor. The first governor of the state in the current republic, Chief Achike Udenwa, failed to install a successor at the end of his two-term of eight years in 2007. Successive governors of the state have emerged through either what could be described as ballot revolution or powers from above. By the time the dust of the 2007 governorship election in the state settled, Chief Ikedi Ohakim of the now defunct Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, had been declared the new helmsman of Imo. Ohakim…

Many of today’s quantum technologies depend on powerful lasers that consume significant amounts of energy. As these systems grow larger and more widespread, their electricity requirements could become an increasing concern. Researchers have now demonstrated a striking alternative: sunlight itself can be used to generate quantum entanglement between photons. “Quantum entanglement is crucial for applications such as secure communication, ultra-precise sensing and high-performance computation,” said Cheng Li, a recent graduate of the University of Ottawa in Canada. “Our work shows that abundant natural light sources can be used for quantum entanglement, opening the possibility of more energy-efficient and accessible quantum…