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Todd ArcherSep 3, 2026, 08:38 PM ETCloseTodd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010.Multiple AuthorsFRISCO, Texas — What do you get when a poultry science major from Texas A&M and someone with a finance degree from North Dakota State become teammates on the Dallas Cowboys? A number switch.Linebacker Von Miller obtained No. 40 from fullback Hunter Luepke after a brief and interesting negotiation following the future Hall of Fame pass rusher’s arrival to the Cowboys.Luepke earned a small ownership…

Nigeria’s musical influence in the United States dates back decades, with legendary juju musician King Sunny Adé making history on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart in 1983. The U.S. Mission Nigeria disclosed this on its X platform on Thursday as part of its #ThisWeekinUSNigeriaHistory series. According to the mission, King Sunny Adé’s Jùjú Music spent 29 weeks on the Billboard 200, introducing his distinctive sound to a wider American audience. The mission said the album remained the longest-charting album by a Nigerian artist on the U.S. chart for about 40 years, until another Nigerian musician broke the record in 2023.…

On June 19, 2023, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as Special Adviser on Security. On Monday, June 26, 2023, he formally assumed office as Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), a position he holds to this day. National security is a complex, sensitive and enormously important national responsibility. It is not a position given to just anyone, regardless of how close the person may be to the President. The National Security Adviser sits at the centre of the coordination of Nigeria’s security and intelligence architecture. The office requires experience, discretion, strategic thinking, patriotism and, above all, the…

 Price and financial stability remain the apex bank’s prime obligations, argues RISLANUDEEN MUHAMMAD Nigeria has spent the past three years absorbing one of the most compressed macroeconomic adjustments in its history. The removal of the petrol subsidy, the unification and progressive liberalisation of the foreign exchange market, and a sustained tightening cycle at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have together imposed real costs on households and firms. Petrol prices rose sharply, the naira depreciated before beginning to stabilise, and borrowing costs climbed to levels that priced many small businesses out of the credit market. These were not comfortable choices,…

GITEX Nigeria has announced the launch of MINT AFRICA by GITEX, a new platform focused on financial technology, digital assets, artificial intelligence and the infrastructure expected to shape Africa’s next financial economy. The platform will debut during GITEX NIGERIA Week in 2027, bringing together governments, regulators, banks, institutional investors, fintech companies and technology firms as Lagos seeks to strengthen its position as a hub for Africa’s rapidly evolving financial sector. MINT AFRICA will focus on the growing convergence of finance and emerging technology, including programmable money, tokenised real-world assets, agentic artificial intelligence, stablecoins, digital identity, cybersecurity and cross-border payments. The…

It was only a matter of time before wellness trackers—already out there trying to optimize our heart rate, sleep, stress, steps, blood sugar, and menstruation—came for perhaps the most private biosignal of all: our poop.The global gut health market is expected to reach nearly $106 billion by 2029, and a handful of companies are betting they can use stool data to provide in-depth health insights, nudge people to change their diets or lifestyles, and advise them to see a doctor if their bathroom habits seem amiss. But gastroenterologists are skeptical that products that rely on AI to analyze images of…

Jenrick is due to give a major speech to the conference on Saturday but speaking at a fringe event with journalist Allister Heath, he sought to reassure voters that Reform’s policies would be affordable. He said it was important to “learn the lessons of [former Prime Minister] Liz Truss” who he said “basically went into a sweetie shop, took everything off the shelves and stuck it into a budget”.”Quite rightly the markets reacted very negatively to that.”Jenrick was a health minister in 2022 when Truss’s plan to deliver large energy bill subsidies and £45bn of tax cuts shook market confidence…

At first glance, stromatolites and their close relatives, microbial mats, can look like little more than dark, ancient rocks. In reality, they are densely packed, layered communities built by microbes. Billions of years ago, before animals and plants existed, stromatolites helped release some of the earliest oxygen into Earth’s atmosphere. Now, a study published in Current Biology suggests these unusual formations may also preserve clues to another major event in Earth’s history: the emergence of complex life. Associate Professor Brendan Burns, an evolutionary microbiologist at UNSW Sydney, is part of a research team that discovered a previously unknown microbe living…

Guardian writers’ predicted position: 11th (NB: this is not necessarily Suzanne Wrack’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)Last season’s position: 10thProspectsWest Ham were in big trouble last December, with half the season gone and one win in 11 games. Rehanne Skinner was dismissed and the former Italy forward Rita Guarino came in to steady the ship. There were questions over how much any manager would be able to do without the club giving a bit more support to the women’s setup, but Skinner, fairly or not, had lost the dressing room and heads were down. The impact of…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal has acquired feature remake rights to the 2012 Korean film Confession of Murder and has tapped Chris MacBride to pen the script. Barnstorm’s Glen Powell and Dan Cohen will be producing with Winged Tiger’s Naomi Funabashi and Rishi Rajani. The original film followed an investigation that ensued after a suspected killer publishes a book detailing murders he cannot be tried for. The pic starred Jung Jae-Yung, was directed by Jung Byung-gil and produced by B.A. Entertainment CEO Billy Acumen. (While unconfirmed, sources say Acumen will be involved in the adaptation.) The specifics of MacBride’s pitch are being kept under…