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Sunday Aborisade writes that the charge by the Chairman/Editor-in-Chief of THISDAY Newspapers and AriseNews Group, Nduka Obaigbena, to political gladiators last Thursday exposes the country’s enduring campaign culture of personality, propaganda and smear, and raises questions about what the contestants, the media and the regulators must henceforth, do differently. As Nigeria inches towards another general election in 2027, the country is once again confronted with an old but increasingly dangerous question: will political parties compete on the strength of their ideas, or will the contest degenerate into another bruising battle of personalities, accusations, propaganda and smear campaigns? That question assumed…

Tropical peatland fires rank among the most dangerous and stubborn fires on Earth. Instead of racing through trees and vegetation, these fires smolder through dried wetland soils and large deposits of peat, often continuing underground at relatively low temperatures. That makes them extremely difficult to extinguish and exceptionally polluting. By one estimate, peat fires produce three times more fine particulate matter than other tropical forest fires, along with five times more sulfur dioxide, three times more organic carbon, and twice as much methane and carbon monoxide. Satellite Images Reveal Indonesia’s Fire Season Indonesia’s 2026 fire season was already underway when…

England have appointed former Ashes-winning batter Kevin Pietersen to their white-ball coaching team in the build-up to the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup.Pietersen, 46, joins as a specialist mentor and will start in the role for the upcoming T20 and one-day matches against Sri Lanka.He will also be involved in this winter’s tours to Australia and South Africa, before joining up with the teams again for the home series against Pakistan and New Zealand next summer, as well as the 50-over World Cup, which is being held in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in the autumn.”I’ve got immense respect for…

It’s been almost 240 years since France started its very first Revolution. But fear not, French TV producers still have what it takes to bring yet another one to modern fiction, blending hints of past, present, and future. From Toronto-bound “Alice” recently boarded by SND to France Télévisions genre-bending thriller “Swapped” and Wild Bunch‘s latest adaptation of Stendhal’s classic “The Red and the Black,” premium Gallic period dramas are spearheading this year’s slate at the Unifrance Rendez-vous, set in the Normandy coastal town setting of Le Havre. France TV Distribution (FTD), who sold the 2024 limited series “The Huguenots” to…

…reversing the removal of the subsidy would be a step in the wrong direction. It would restore the fiscal burden, revive the price differential that encouraged smuggling and arbitrage, and weaken incentives for efficient domestic refining. More fundamentally, it would address the immediate price of petrol, while leaving the structural weaknesses that produced the wider economic problem largely untouched.  I have followed with considerable interest the continuing debate over Nigeria’s economic reforms, particularly the arguments surrounding the removal of the petrol subsidy and the direction of economic policy under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Such debate is necessary. Government policy must…

Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon began at dawn on Sunday, killing at least 10 people. The attacks hit Nabatieh, Arab Salim, Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Kfar Roummane, according to local media. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from the area.Published On 7 Sep 20267 Sep 2026Share Video: Israeli air strikes kill at least 10 in southern Lebanon on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Healey says there’s ‘nothing progressive’ about paying debt interest, and being ‘true to our values’ means controlling spendingHealey stresses the government’s commitment to fiscal discipline. double quotation markOn my first day in the Treasury, I said that fiscal discipline was my first priority of chancellor. It underwrites every promise this government makes. And the prime minister and I are in lockstep in our commitment to meeting the fiscal rules at the upcoming budget, to balancing the books with a buffer to protect against uncertainty, to controlling borrowing to bear down on inflation, and reducing long term pressures on our public…

.Vessel traffic rises 14.4% as outward cargo jumps 22% .Container traffic hits 602,392 TEUs .Vehicle traffic up 18.3% Eromosele Abiodun The federal government’s ongoing reforms in the maritime sector are beginning to yield tangible results, with the nation’s ports recording significant growth in cargo throughput, vessel traffic, container movements and vehicle traffic in the second quarter (Q2) of 2026. The latest performance indicates strengthening activity across Nigeria’s seaports, with several key operational indicators recording double-digit growth during the period under review. According to the Nigerian Ports Authority’s (NPA) Operational Performance Report for Q2 2026, cargo throughput rose by 12.3 per…

The OpenAI logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface on which the company’s logo is projected in Creteil, France, on September 4, 2026, as OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6 Astra, its most advanced model to date. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lere Olayinka, has said the 2027 presidential election will be easier for President Bola Tinubu than the 2023 poll, citing the president’s political alliances and his performance in governance. Olayinka made the assertion during an interview on TVC Breakfast on Monday, where he argued that Tinubu had successfully drawn influential opposition figures closer to his administration. According to him, the president’s political strategy had made the 2027 contest less challenging than the 2023 election. “The reason this election of 2027 will be a one-way election is because of the performance of the…