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The United Kingdom-backed Ayrton Fund has improved access to clean energy for 46 million people across emerging economies, mobilised more than £3bn in public and private finance and supported over 256,000 green jobs, highlighting the growing economic impact of international investment in clean energy innovation. The figures were contained in a statement issued on Monday ahead of the Ayrton-Oxford Academic Symposium at the University of Oxford. The symposium is convened by the UK Government’s Ayrton Fund in collaboration with the Africa-Oxford Initiative, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Transforming Energy Access Learning Partnership and UK Research and Innovation. The…

German rocket maker Isar Aerospace successfully reached orbit for the first time over the weekend, marking a milestone for Europe’s commercial space industry as the company looks to ramp up launches to meet what it says is booming demand.The Munich-based company’s Spectrum rocket reached orbit on Saturday and successfully deployed its payloads in low Earth orbit, an achievement that came on only its second test flight.Chief Commercial Officer Stella Guillen told CNBC on Monday that the company was now focused on scaling production, saying the space industry was “desperate” for additional launch capacity and that Isar had a pipeline worth…

According to the standard model of cosmology, that expansion rate should be the same no matter how you measure it. But in recent years, scientists have found that the expansion rate of the early universe and that of the more recent universe vary by approximately 9 percent.That discrepancy, or tension, “has provoked heated debates in the cosmology community about whether this difference could be due to systematic errors or whether it is a signal of new physics,” Teixeira and her co-authors wrote. Their model posits that in a world where dark energy and dark matter interact, what seemed to be…

The Jos North Local Government has intensified disease surveillance and community sensitisation as health authorities work to contain a diphtheria outbreak in Plateau State. The council’s chairman, John Christopher, on Saturday handed over motorcycles to the local government’s health directorate to strengthen field surveillance, contact tracing and community outreach across the area. The development is expected to enable health workers to reach communities more quickly, conduct follow-up visits, collect samples and identify suspected cases, particularly in areas that are difficult to access. The intervention comes amid reported diphtheria cases in the area, where 117 suspected cases and 15 deaths had…

The police command in Delta State says it has successfully rescued an abducted woman in Amukpe, Sapele Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, and made available to reporters in Warri on Friday. Mr Edafe, a superintendent of police, stated that the victim was abducted on Wednesday at her residence within the Amukpe neighborhood in Sapele. He said the police operatives attached to the Sapele Police Division, in collaboration with local vigilantes, rescued the victim on Thursday following a distress report. He explained that the woman was…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during the award ceremony at the end of the ASEAN Championship Cup 2026 final football match between Vietnam and Thailand in My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on August 26, 2026. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) The Belgian football association will not support Gianni Infantino’s bid for another term as FIFA president, it said on Monday, citing concerns over transparency and governance within world football’s governing body. Belgium joins a growing list of national associations, including England and Italy, that have withdrawn their backing for Infantino ahead of the FIFA presidential election in…

Former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has recounted how his wife, Dolapo, began experiencing frequent headaches while maintaining a daily habit of drinking freshly squeezed orange juice. Mr Osinbajo shared the experience while speaking about food preservation and the use of chemicals by some farmers and traders to preserve or artificially ripen fruits and vegetables. He spoke at the Open Day for Gardeners’ Seminar in Lagos on 28 August. The seminar, themed “Leaving the Earth Better Than We Found It”, formed part of the fifth edition of the Open Day for Gardeners, held at the Ecobank Pan African Centre in Victoria Island,…

Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM) The Nigerian Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police Force and the country’s intelligence agencies comprise thousands of dedicated officers and men who continue to confront terrorism, insurgency, banditry and organised crime under extremely challenging circumstances. Their collective sacrifices should not be overshadowed by allegations that remain untested or unsupported. The foremost responsibility of any government is to protect the lives and property of its citizens, maintain public order, and safeguard the territorial integrity of the state. In fulfilling these constitutional obligations, governments rely on security institutions — the military, police, intelligence agencies and…

Nigerian TikToker and content creator Elizabeth Amadou, popularly known as Jarvis, has opened up about her difficult childhood, revealing that she grew up without her father, battled the challenges of having a mother with bipolar disorder and experienced periods of hunger and financial hardship. In a now-trending video, Jarvis shared her experience on Sunday while speaking alongside her husband, Peller, with Spark Nation founder, Pastor Tobi, during their Sunday service in the United Kingdom. Reflecting on her childhood, Jarvis said growing up with her mother was challenging because of her mother’s bipolar disorder, which she said sometimes affected her behaviour…

The Nigerian Army has declared a notorious terror kingpin, Ifeanyi Eze, wanted. Eze, popularly known as Gentle De Yahoo, hails from Imo State, South-east Nigeria. He was earlier declared “captured” by the military authorities before resurfacing in January. A top military official confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES on Monday that the Nigerian Army issued the wanted notice. ₦30 million bounty The wanted notice, which has a photograph of Mr Eze, was circulated by the Joint Task Force in the South-east, known as Operation Udo Ka. The notice also bears the logos of the Nigerian Army and Udo Ka. Udo Ka is…