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Africa’s table tennis trailblazer, Quadri Aruna, has endorsed the maiden National Intermediate Games, Eko 2026, describing the multi-sport event as an important opportunity to discover and develop Nigeria’s next generation of sporting talents. Lagos will host the inaugural Games from 1 to 15 October, with more than 15,000 athletes expected from across the country to compete in 28 sports at 10 venues. Aruna gave his support to the Games during a courtesy visit to the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, in Alausa, Ikeja. The Nigerian table tennis star, who was accompanied by his wife, Ganiat, and…

It’s become pricier to watch Love Is Blind and The Gentlemen in the UK after Netflix upped its prices, hiking the monthly cost of its cheapest package by a third. The changes narrow the pricing gap between Netflix’s cheapest ad-supported tier and its top-level plan. The streamer’s new UK pricing kicked in yesterday, September 3, with little fanfare. It last put up the cost of subscribing in February. Specifically, the cost of the Standard with Ads plan has risen 33.4% from £5.99 ($8.10) to £7.99 ($10.81) a month. The price for the Standard tier is up 7.7% from £12.99 to…

Wale Igbintade Kudiwave Technologies Limited yesterday took its N750.36 million dispute with PalmPay to the streets, protesting at the payment platform’s Opebi Road office in Lagos and demanding answers over the transfer of the funds pursuant to a Federal High Court order that was subsequently vacated. The company is demanding the immediate return of N750,369,439.04, which it said was debited from its PalmPay settlement account on July 15, 2026—two days after its challenge to the court order had been argued and ruling reserved. The dispute has raised questions over the execution of court orders affecting funds held by payment platforms,…

Linus Aleke in Abuja Troops of the Joint Task Force North-East, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have recovered additional items belonging to Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists during follow-up operations after the failed terrorist attack on troops at Kukawa, Borno State. According to the Acting Military Information Officer of Joint Task Force North-east, Operation Hadin Kai, Captain Mohammed Goni, the recovery was made on  September 2, 2026, during exploitation operations conducted by troops in the Alagarno axis, North-east of Kukawa. During the operation, troops recovered additional motorcycles, three blankets, a jackknife, an extra-large prayer mat, cups, tea-making items, a rope, a head warmer and a…

Toxic haze and smoke from wildfires in Indonesia that have been intensifying for weeks has spread hundreds of miles across seas, shrouding a vast swath of Southeast Asia in bad air and raising fears of a regional health crisis.On Friday, Malaysia, among the worst affected of Indonesia’s neighbors, declared a state of emergency in a town in the state of Sarawak, which abuts some of the most fire-stricken Indonesian provinces on the island of Borneo. Sarawak last month temporarily shut down hundreds of schools because of poor air quality.Across the South China Sea, Kuala Lumpur, the country’s capital on Peninsular…

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja Electricity consumers across Nigeria paid about N1.2 trillion for power consumed in the first six months of 2026, according to data released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The figure represents revenues collected by the 11 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), based on NERC’s monthly commercial performance reports between January and June 2026. The reports showed that the DisCos collected N204.75 billion in January, N196.68 billion in February, N196.13 billion in March, N203.61 billion in April, N208.15 billion in May and N191.68 billion in June. May recorded the highest monthly collection at N208.15 billion, while June…

“We know that after about three years, it will be wise to replace your battery with a new one,” said Hatton. “Batteries aren’t meant to last forever, but your phone on the whole can last a lot longer than a battery.” While the Fairphone is designed to be disassembled, what about the long haul? The Fairphone 6+ is mostly plastic rather than metal like a Pixel or iPhone. The phone still manages to feel solid, though, thanks to its internal metal frame, and the company has worked to ensure the device doesn’t become progressively less sturdy as you tinker with…

If Starmerism sought to present the Labour government as more rightwing than it is, Burnhamism seeks to do the opposite.The change in rhetoric is certainly stark. Unlike his sulking predecessor, the new prime minister offers both an analysis and a vision. British stagnation and decline, Andy Burnham correctly told the House of Commons, can be explained by a series of “wrong turns” taken from the 1980s onwards: the privatisation of economic power, the deindustrialisation of the country and the ruinous austerity that followed the 2008 crash.The solution, Burnham suggests, is public control of the essentials, the devolution of power and…

A public affairs commentator, Ita Benedict, has asked the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Works to disclose details of all contracts awarded to Hensek Integrated Services Ltd by the state government over the past 11 years. Mr Benedict, in a Freedom of Information request dated 31 August, addressed to the State Commissioner for Works and shared with PREMIUM TIMES, requested records of contracts awarded to the company between January 2015 and August 2026, including procurement documents, contract sums, variations, payments and completion certificates. The request follows growing questions over public procurement in the state and the intersection between government contracting…

By Adegboyega Adeleye Tottenham have left Richarlison out of their Premier League squad for the first half of the season as the Brazil forward edges closer to an exit from the club. According to the BBC, Tottenham are braced for a possible approach from Turkish side Trabzonspor after Richarlison’s proposed return to former club Everton fell through before Tuesday’s transfer deadline. The 29-year-old had told Spurs manager Roberto de Zerbi that he wanted to leave, with the Italian confirming last week that the striker had expressed his desire to move on. Sky Sports News also reports that Trabzonspor have yet…