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Residents and youths of Enugu State on Friday marched through popular streets in the state capital in support of the government’s campaign against insecurity, declaring their zero tolerance for terror, criminality and violent extremism. The youths, including undergraduates and members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who ultimately converged at Government House, Enugu, where they were received by the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, pledged to mobilise young people across the state against criminal activities and violent extremism. Addressing the group, Mbah said security was one of the recurring risk factors identified by his administration while mapping out…

Serena and Venus Williams turn back the clock to defeat Maya Joint and Chan Hao-Ching in a US Open women’s doubles first-round epic.In a fight to the finish, the Williams sisters rallied to force a third set tie-breaker in which they blew a 5-0 lead before falling to Joint and Chan 6-3 6-7 (8-6) 7-6 (10-7) in three hours and two minutes. Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to…

There could hardly be a more vivid time-capsule film about the publicly funded British arts scene in the early 1990s than this engrossing fly-on-the-wall documentary about Derek Jarman and his movie Edward II. Based on the play by Christopher Marlowe, it is about the 14th-century English king and his love affair with his court favourite, Piers Gaveston, with Steven Waddington and Andrew Tiernan as the leads and Tilda Swinton as Queen Isabella.This film uses the tremendously funny and candid making-of footage shot at the time by Seamus McGarvey, who had worked as a camera assistant on earlier Jarman films War…

Environmentalist and climate justice advocate Nnimmo Bassey has called for an independent investigation into the deaths of at least 37 people reportedly involved in an illegal oil siphoning operation in Okrika, Rivers State. The police in Rivers State confirmed the deaths but said they will continue to investigate the details. “The Rivers State Police Command can confirm the deaths. The victims were allegedly attempting to steal crude oil,” the Command spokesperson, Blessing Agbabe, told DW News, a German international broadcast station. Mr Bassey, in a commentary titled “Gassing the Niger Delta,” said the incident should prompt urgent action to address longstanding environmental and safety…

There is the prospect of a genuine sports revolution in the air. There is a refreshing spirit across the land. There are glimpses of a new dawn for the entire sports sector through the developments in football.  Beyond sport, there are also emerging, the faint outlines of a new nation from 2027. Things are coming together. Things are falling into places and fitting in like a jig saw puzzle.  Even the Universe is involved in the evolving ‘conspiracy’. Otherwise, who can explain the spate of coincidences of developments in Nigerian sports?  Presidential support It was all kick-started by President Bola…

Surulere Reclaim Its Soul? Built in 1972, the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, has witnessed countless memorable sporting events, hosting glorious moments achieved by individual athletes and teams alike. Its history spans from the Second All-Africa Games and Tunisia denying the Green Eagles Nigeria’s first World Cup ticket in 1977, to the senior national team winning its first African Cup of Nations title in 1980, and the Super Eagles’ controversial loss to Cameroon in the 2000 AFCON final. Indeed, one of Africa’s most decorated players, Samuel Eto’O Fils, once told this writer that his finest moment in football took place…

Zenith Bank’s investment in digital education, ICT infrastructure, renewable energy and youth development is opening new opportunities for students while strengthening educational institutions across Nigeria, writes Omolabake Fasogbon T here is a moment in the life of a student when a computer ceases to be an object seen from a distance and becomes a tool for possibility. For some young Nigerians, that moment can still be surprisingly difficult to reach. In an increasingly digital world, a student may be surrounded by textbooks but lack access to a computer. A university may have ambitious plans for computer-based examinations but struggle to provide…

But the propulsion module was no longer required, and BepiColombo needed to get rid of it before slipping into orbit in November. BepiColombo is unusual in that it is actually a stack of three spacecraft: the Mercury Transfer Module and the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, built by Europe, and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter from Japan, nicknamed Mio. The separation of the propulsion module Thursday leaves the European and Japanese orbiters still traveling together. The two spacecraft will release from one another in December, soon after they arrive in their initial orbit around Mercury. The orbiters each have their own instruments for…

The high-profile case of Lindsay Clancy, the US mother charged with murdering her three children, has ended in a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict, leaving questions over what happens next.Published On 5 Sep 20265 Sep 2026Share Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy children’s murder case on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Scientists work in a laboratory at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which could lose research projects to the US Department of Defense.Credit: NIAIDThe US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking to redirect research projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars from its infectious-diseases institute to military biodefence programmes at the US Department of Defense (DOD), according to two NIH employees.They confirmed to Nature that the NIH and the DOD, also called the Department of War, have signed an agreement for the arrangement. The NIH is now identifying projects it would transfer to the DOD and aims…