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Adam RittenbergAug 31, 2026, 11:34 PM ETCloseCollege football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.Multiple AuthorsEast Mississippi Community College coach Buddy Stephens, who won five national titles with the Lions and was featured in the first two seasons of Netflix’s “Last Chance U” series, is out after making critical comments about changes to the season and playoff format.EMCC announced Monday night that offensive coordinator and associate head coach Preston Rice will serve as interim head coach for the Lions, who began their season Thursday with a win at Southwest Mississippi Community College. Stephens was not mentioned in EMCC’s…

A jury heard closing arguments on Monday in the trial of a former Los Angeles gang leader accused of involvement in the sensational murder three decades ago of chart-topping rapper Tupac Shakur. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 63, a one-time leader of the South Side Compton Crips, is accused of ordering the September 7, 1986 killing after his nephew had been beaten by members of Shakur’s entourage in Las Vegas. “Duane Davis, in the culture of gangs, could not let that stand,” prosecutor Binu Palal said. “So what did he do? He acquired a firearm, got his group together, and went…

For decades, the orange glow from gas flares has lit up the skies of Umuechem in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State long after sunset. For 65-year-old Rose Ordu, the flames are more than a permanent feature of the landscape; they have become part of her daily struggle. Standing on her cassava and vegetable farm in April, Ms Ordu pointed to crops she said no longer grow as they once did. Her farmland, located a few hundred metres from an oil facility operated by Heirs Energies under Oil Mining Lease (OML) 17, has supported her family for years. She…

The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, says more than 40 staff members have been dismissed for corruption and financial malpractice in the last three years. Olukoyede disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at a media interactive session to mark his three-year stewardship at the commission’s headquarters. The chairman also said that about five of the commission’s staff are currently being prosecuted for corrupt practices. “In the past two and a half to three years of my service, I have asked them to dismiss over 40 staff on account of corruption and financial malpractice. More than…

• Secured 10,872 convictions, as cybercrime, advance-fee fraud account for nearly two-thirds of major offences   • Released N661.32bn, $492.37m to beneficiaries Iyobosa Uwugiaren and Alex Enumah in Abuja Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed that it recovered N1.233 trillion, $684.48 million, £373,905.78, €9.34 million, and money in other foreign currencies for the federal and state governments, companies, individuals, and other beneficiaries between October 2023 and June 2026. Chairman of EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, made the disclosure yesterday during a media briefing on his three-year stewardship of the commission. Olukoyede attributed the feat to the commitment and passionate engagement…

Nigeria has two clocks. One counts down to elections. The other counts forward to prosperity. The first moves in four-year intervals. The second move in decades. Much of Nigeria’s economic frustration may come from trying to make the second obey the first. Consider what the economy actually requires. A child entering school today may not become a productive worker for another 15 or 20 years. An industrial investment may take a decade before it creates an ecosystem of suppliers, skilled workers and exports. Infrastructure can take years before its full economic value becomes visible. Politics does not have that patience.…

The Trump administration is halting vital federal research on the foodborne parasite Cyclospora, despite the record-breaking, nationwide outbreak of the diarrheal pathogen, according to Politico. Of the three research programs that represent nearly all of the Cyclospora work at the US Department of Agriculture, two have been defunded, and the third is about to lose every scientist working on it. The Trump administration is shuttering the USDA’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center near Washington, DC, and moving its work to a location in Iowa. That includes relocating the remaining Cyclospora research. Although the research is still funded, insiders told Politico that…

By Clifford Ndujihe & Omeiza Ajayi The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in the 2027 polls, Mr Peter Obi; and National Chairman of the People’s Redemption Party, PRP, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, yesterday, tackled President Bola Tinubu over alleged attempts to block release of his past records in the United States by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI. While Obi described the move as embarrassing, Baba-Ahmed queried the simultaneous absence of President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima from the country, asking pointedly who was in charge of governance in their absence. Who is in charge now? Speaking…

A simple measurement around the waist could reveal important health risks that weight alone may miss, according to new research from Rutgers Health. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, found that measuring waist circumference, either by itself or together with body mass index (BMI), was about as effective as a more complicated new approach that relies on several different body measurements. The results suggest that something as basic as checking waist size could give doctors and patients a practical way to identify potentially unhealthy levels of body fat and recognize related health concerns earlier. Waist Size Could Offer an…

The once-glittering international cricket career of Marnus Labuschagne is on the ropes after he was dropped from the ODI side, even if chair of selectors George Bailey made it clear he remains in contention for the Test side.Labuschagne was dropped from Australia’s white-ball touring party to Zimbabwe and South Africa, a squad named with next year’s ODI World Cup in mind.Australia play six ODIs in Zimbabwe and South Africa later this month before the highly-anticipated three-Test series against the Proteas in October. Selectors on Tuesday named a group of 17 for the ODI series, noting a squad for the Test…