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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…

Team Nigeria continued its impressive athletics campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Saturday, winning two silver medals through long jumper Ruth Usoro and the men’s 4x100m relay team. The two podium finishes further strengthened Nigeria’s position as Africa’s highest-ranked nation on the medals table and capped another productive day for the country’s athletics team in Glasgow. Usoro produced one of her best performances of the season to claim silver in the women’s long jump. The Nigerian took an early lead with a season’s best leap of 6.87 metres on her opening attempt, immediately putting herself in contention for the…

The federal government has said it has no immediate plans to increase electricity tariffs, stressing that its priority is improving power supply, expanding metering and ensuring Nigerians pay only for the electricity they consume. The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclosed this on Friday during a media interactive session in Lagos. The clarification came amid concerns over rising electricity costs following previous tariff reviews, particularly for Band A customers, and growing calls for improved power supply before any further pricing adjustments. “There is no policy by this administration to increase electricity tariffs beyond its current level. “Our priority is not…

The chip also uses resistive RAM, or RRAM, a type of nonvolatile memory that Huang says is designed to make physical extraction of stored data more difficult than conventional flash memory. With flash memory, he says, “if you de-layer it down to the actual flash cells … you can just see the ones and zeros literally on these chips.” Huang is cautious, however, about overhyping the chip’s security capabilities. He estimates that it could withstand attacks involving tens of thousands of dollars in resources, but says an adversary with millions of dollars and a sophisticated hardware-analysis lab could likely defeat…

Lysosomal dysfunction is a well-recognized feature of aging. Here, we used a suite of tools for rapid lysosomal isolation to construct a multitissue atlas of the metabolite changes lysosomes undergo during aging. Aged lysosomes in brain, heart, muscle, …

Five-time All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins has joined Georgia Tech as assistant wide receivers coach, coach Brent Key announced Friday.Hopkins had also tested the waters for an NFL coaching role when he visited the New England Patriots last week before reaching a deal with the Yellow Jackets.”DeAndre is one of the greatest receivers of all-time, but his value to our program goes far beyond that,” Key said in a statement. “He has an exceptional knowledge of what we’re doing on offense due to his long relationship with [offensive coordinator] George Godsey and strong familiarity with the ACC, but most importantly,…