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Popular content creators Hamzat Habeeb Adelaja, known as Peller, and Amadou Elizabeth Aminata, better known as Jarvis, on Saturday held their traditional wedding in a colourful ceremony in Lekki, Lagos State. The couple completed traditional marriage rites before family members, friends and several celebrities after weeks of anticipation surrounding their wedding. They later shared photos from the ceremony on Instagram, showing their traditional Benin attire and celebrating the start of their married life. “Today, we become one. Two tribes, one love. Two families, one forever. A new chapter begins, and forever starts now,” they wrote in a joint post. On…

Police in Peru report that 13 people, among them foreign tourists, have been killed in a plane crash in southern Peru, near the Nazca Lines.Local authorities in Nazca confirmed that 11 tourists and two pilots died when the Cessna Grand Caravan crashed in Pueblo Viejo, approximately 4 miles (6km) from the city of Nazca and roughly 12km from the Nazca Lines site.The passengers were identified as seven Italians, two Germans – believed to be a couple – and two Spanish people. The pilot and copilot were named as Americo Salazar Cuellar and Irenka Del Carpio respectively.The plane had departed the…

Spain says the crisis in its North African enclave Ceuta is back under control, with most of the more than 50,000 migrants who stormed across its borders over recent days choosing to voluntarily go back to Morocco.Tens of thousands of people crossed into Ceuta on Thursday and continued arriving overnight into Friday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listMost came by sea, swimming or in small boats, to get around the border fence. Some rushed border crossing points in such numbers that the guards were overwhelmed. Others tried to climb the breakwater that holds the border fence. At least 67…

The future arrived for IndyCar at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Saturday, and it left driver Alexander Rossi feeling like a child on Christmas morning.Rossi was the first driver to take the new IR-28 Indy car that will begin competition in 2028 onto the track at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Rossi, the winner of the 100th Indianapolis 500 in 2016, took the new car on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile IMS Road Course for its maiden validation test.“Everyone is pumped,” Rossi said. “Everyone is really excited. All drivers, as well as fans and teams and sponsors and you guys (the media) have been waiting…

The team also worked with flies genetically engineered so light could switch their olfactory neurons on directly, in both antennae at once. When scientists swapped real odor for a beam of 660-nanometer red light, the insects tracked the edge of this light plume flawlessly. The real surprise, though, came when the team took a close look at what the flies were doing when there was no smell at all to guide them. Olfactory memories When the researchers made a plume vanish while a fly was outside it, the insect kept heading back to where the edge should have been. Rather…

By Egufe Yafugborhi The National Anthem had just ended inside the PTI Conference Centre Hall, Effurun, last Sunday. Outside, at the bar and barbecue joint behind, bottles were already flying. By the time the echoes died, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Protocol, Simon Mudi, better known as Temple, lay dripping in blood, his head smashed repeatedly with bottles. Uvwie Local Government (LG) Chairman, Tony Ofoni and Commissioner for Works, Rueben Izeze, were also caught in the melee. Scores of APC faithful left with injuries. The meeting was convened to heal the party but at the end, the feud between…

The 23rd Commonwealth Games are taking place in Glasgow between 23 July and 2 August. There are 74 Commonwealth Games Associations eligible to compete, all of whom are expected to send athletes to the championships.Medals will be available in 215 events, spread across 10 sports. Six of them include Para sport competition: 3×3 basketball, athletics, bowls, cycling, swimming and weightlifting. The other four sports are artistic gymnastics, boxing, judo and netball.Australia topped the medal table in Birmingham four years ago, thanks to a 179-medal haul that included 67 golds. They were followed by England, Canada, India and New Zealand in…

Savannah Guthrie shared another emotional message Saturday morning, marking six months since her mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing, as authorities continue to search for answers in the case. Her post came after the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released two ransom notes allegedly sent by her kidnappers shortly after Nancy’s disappearance in hopes of generating new leads. Guthrie shared a photo of her mother, 84, alongside a lengthy caption, writing, “Six months ago, someone took her out of her bed in the dead of night. We have lived every moment, every breath, and every heartbeat in agony and despair ever since.…

Ogori maidens As Ogori prepares to celebrate its New Year on Thursday, 6 August, the second Ebina, this article examines the indigenous four-day calendar through which generations of our people have reckoned with time, organised economic life and coordinated communal obligations. Beyond the annual celebration and the much-anticipated Ewe-eji market, the Ogori New Year offers an important window into an indigenous knowledge system that has survived alongside the Gregorian calendar and deserves deliberate documentation and transmission to future generations. Introduction Across Africa, communities developed indigenous systems for measuring time and organising social and economic life long before the widespread adoption…

Those killed included 11 passengers and two pilots flying over the famous archeological site, recognised by UNESCO.Published On 1 Aug 20261 Aug 2026At least 13 people have been killed in a small plane that crashed in Peru, according to police.The crash on Saturday came as the plane was carrying passengers, described by authorities as mostly tourists, to view the famous Nazca Lines, a series of archeological sites comprised of monumental geoglyphs carved into the soil.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“We have information that 11 passengers and two crew members have died,” Police Major Jorge Andrade told reporters from…