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The Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, has approved the appointment of Lawan Muhammad-Sani as the 17th Emir of Gumel. The appointee succeeds his late father, Ahmed Muhammad-Sani, who passed away on Thursday, 3 September, after a 46-year reign on the throne. The appointment was announced in a formal press statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Bala Ibrahim. According to the state government, Governor Namadi approved the appointment following the recommendations of both the Gumel Emirate Council Kingmakers—chaired by the Wazirin Gumel, Adamu Nasoro—and the Jigawa State Council of Chiefs, comprising the Emirs of Hadejia, Kazaure, Ringim,…

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright testifies before a Senate Committee on Armed Services Committee hearing to examine the 2027 budget for the Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2026. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty ImagesU.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday said the U.S. may not reach an elusive deal to constrain Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, as the U.S.-Iran conflict enters its seventh month. “There may not be a nuclear agreement. It may be simply destroying their capabilities to do it,” Wright said on ABC News’…

During a recent lunch break, Jill Sennett saw something so unappetizing she had to share it with her 26,000 X followers: Artificial intelligence-generated menu images from a Jamaican barbecue pop-up restaurant in which the meats looked like leather belts crawling with tiny beetles.The images were reshared by more than 500 people who similarly expressed their disgust. Eating is “such an essential human experience”, said Sennett, a 37-year-old nurse in Denver. “I think it’s a bad cultural thing that restaurants are converting to these horrific, uncanny food images that are unappetizing.”Still, Sennett ordered chicken and macaroni and cheese. It was one…

Emma Okechukwu Political appointments are often announced in a single sentence. But the experiences that recommend individuals for consequential assignments are rarely accumulated overnight. That distinction is useful in considering the appointment of Senator Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari as Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 elections. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu formally constituted the campaign council on August 22, 2026, with Yari as Director-General.  The appointment immediately elevated the former Zamfara governor to one of the most important operational positions in the governing party’s re-election machinery. Yet, to assess the appointment only from the standpoint of…

A nature reserve tucked away on the Broads and home to some of Norfolk’s most threatened wildlife is celebrating 50 years.Strumpshaw Fen covers 450 hectares (1,112 acres) of diverse wetland — the equivalent of 630 football pitches.Reserves manager Helen Deavin said the site supported “rare and unusual species”, including nesting bitterns, the swallowtail butterfly and a pair of cranes that successfully raised a chick this summer.”One of the lovely things about Strumpshaw is that the wildlife is quite accessible,” added Deavin, who called the reserve a “hidden gem”.Marsh harriers, bearded tits, flocks of waders and overwintering ducks and geese are…

David HaleSep 6, 2026, 01:03 AM ETCloseCollege football reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012.Graduate of the University of Delaware.Multiple AuthorsBATON ROUGE, La. — Thousands of LSU fans, wet from the rain and the stifling humidity of early September in Louisiana, crowded shoulder-to-shoulder along North Stadium Drive hours before the Tigers kicked off against Clemson, waiting to see this team — and more so, its new head coach — march from Victory Hill to the locker room.Clydesdales clopped past the gawking masses before LSU filed onto the street. Then came Kiffin, flanked by comedian Theo Von, former LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne and model…

The word “nothing” is spoken four times in four lines in the opening scene of King Lear, among 30 uses across the play. This feels the key to Titus Halder’s Sheffield Crucible staging, which really makes something of nothingness, crowned by an unusually age-appropriate performer as the “fourscore and upward” English king: 82-year-old Ian McDiarmid.The dark pit of Richard Kent’s design might be a nuclear after-blast. Like Peter Brook’s mid 20th-century stage and film versions, in a previous era of existentialist international tension, the interpretation radiates terminal uncertainty. Characters address pleas and prayers to “the gods” in the direction identified…

You know Governor Eno is a pastor, so he must know very well the story of how Jesus Christ fed the multitude with five loaves and aghhhhh, I cannot remember how many fish ooo. To think that I was once a Sunday school teacher, I cannot believe it. Anyways, that is how Governor Eno performed what is called a remix. He took the biblical story and added Remi Tinubu’s advice on the akara and came out with a classic. He said he used to sell bread and akara on the road to Mobil in Eket and.. Wait for it, used…

China will inject $54bn (£40bn) into its financial sector as Beijing attempts to shore up banks and insurers in the face of faltering economic growth.A host of financial institutions said they were due to receive billions of yuan in capital from state institutions including the ministry of finance and even the company that runs the country’s tobacco monopoly.The stimulus is designed to help China bolster the ability of its financial sector to invest in the stock market and lend to businesses, amid signs that the world’s second largest economy is struggling to escape weak growth.The country’s largest life insurer, China…

Uber’s withdrawal after 12 years has ignited a debate over Nigeria’s business environment, the vulnerability of foreign digital platforms and the opportunity for indigenous alternatives, writes Festus Akanbi For more than a decade, Uber was woven into the fabric of urban transportation in Nigeria. Its arrival in Lagos in 2014 introduced commuters to a different taxi experience: journeys could be ordered from a mobile telephone, fares estimated in advance, drivers tracked, and payments completed electronically. Before long, “Uber” became almost a generic expression for app-based transportation. That journey ended on September 2, 2026, when the global ride-hailing company discontinued operations in…