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Former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has blamed parents for driving examination malpractice in Nigeria, saying they play a greater role in encouraging the practice than the candidates themselves. Speaking during an interview on ThisDay Live on Sunday, Oloyede described parents’ involvement in examination fraud as the most painful aspect of his decade-long tenure as JAMB registrar. According to him, many parents deliberately expose their children to dishonest practices in a bid to secure admission into tertiary institutions. “The most painful period of my experience in JAMB had to do with the level…

More than 100 artists, writers and scientists have called for the UK government to save the “world’s clearest eyes on the sky”, after funding for thenetwork of radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank Observatory was slashed.New Order, the Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and the poet laureate, Simon Armitage, are among those calling on the new prime minister, Andy Burnham, to save the deep space observatory which includes the Grade I-listed Lovell telescope, prized by astronomers who study galaxies, star formation and planets beyond the solar system.Last week the observatory’s funder, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), said it would withdraw funding for…

For months, I have been after Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to give us “line of sight” into something that can explain why they’re is spending so much money building out all of these data centers. I wanted to know if this is just some sort of rainbow without a pot of gold, or whether there really is a there there. It’s among our biggest positions in the Club portfolio, and I was getting pretty darned antsy that I was into a far more dicey situation than when we first bought the stock almost a decade ago. So, I kept hammering…

Tens of thousands have been killed since April 2023 in the war between RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and his former ally, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.Published On 2 Aug 20262 Aug 2026At least 35 people were killed, and several others wounded, when Sudanese army drones struck a traditional court in western Darfur, a rights group has said.The Emergency Lawyers group, which has documented abuses by both sides of the three-year civil war in Sudan, said the strike on Sunday hit a court in the village of Garra al-Zawaya in North Darfur state at about 1pm local time (11:00 GMT).Recommended…

A protein traditionally associated with protecting chromosome ends also plays an unexpected role in helping muscle stem cells remain functional and rebuild injured tissue, according to researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The discovery could guide future research into muscular dystrophy treatments while also offering broader clues about cancer biology. The study, published in Science Advances, found that TRF2 does much more than shield chromosomes. Within muscle stem cells, it helps preserve the genetic instructions that define the cells and allow them to regenerate muscle after damage. “For years, TRF2 has been viewed as…

Jorge CastilloAug 2, 2026, 02:01 PM ETCloseESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024.Multiple AuthorsThe Tampa Bay Rays acquired right-hander Freddy Peralta in a trade with the New York Mets in exchange for three minor leaguers, the teams announced Sunday.Peralta joins Drew Rasmussen, Shane McClanahan and Nick Martinez in one of the American League’s best rotations as the first-place Rays try to hold off the New York Yankees…

Morgan Wallen‘s I’m the Problem is back on top of Billboard‘s albums chart, the publication reported on Sunday, more than a year after the country star first released the project in May 2025, and over seven months since the album last reached number one back in January. I’m the Problem managed to best both Olivia Rodrigo‘s eight-week-old You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love and Charli XCX‘s brand new Music, Fashion, Film in one of the tightest chart races of the year so far. Wallen earned 80,000 units this week, while Rodrigo’s LP, which topped the charts…

Mrs Chioma Nweze, Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Community Engagement (South-East), has urged residents to support the President in 2027. Nweze made the call on Sunday after inspecting ongoing federal road projects alongside the Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi. She said extensive road construction and rehabilitation projects had transformed the region and improved the living conditions of its people. According to her, the scale of infrastructure development under Tinubu’s administration was unprecedented and reflected the President’s commitment to the South-East. “This is unprecedented in the annals of the country, as the President has demonstrated unbridled love…

Key eventsChalmers says house prices have fallen before after periods of ‘extraordinary’ growthChalmers was asked about a fall in house prices across the country as major tax changes begin to bite.The treasurer said it’s “not uncommon” to see prices fall as they have been following periods of ‘extraordinary growth’, pointing to similar declines in 2022 at the beginning of the rate hiking cycle and between 2017 and 2019.He told RN: double quotation markInvestment in housing is a long-term investment. People don’t make investments in housing from day to day or week to week, month to month. And so, from time…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Travel & leisure industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Sales of Bacardi’s St-Germain liqueur are growing faster than Campari’s Aperol this summer as the “Hugo” elderflower spritz trend takes hold in the US, challenging the Italian group’s dominance of the aperitif market.Demand for the elderflower liqueur in the US soared 40 per cent in the past three months as spritz drinkers switched away from the lurid orange Aperol, which fell 4 per cent in the same period, according to NielsenIQ.Ed Mundy, analyst at Jefferies, said that until the group…