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The presidential candidate of Accord Party, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the “father of subsidy removal” in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, saying his recent reversal on fuel subsidy removal deserved an explanation and an apology to Nigerians. Hashim said he had consistently opposed the removal of subsidy on petroleum products and reiterated his position during an interview on Trust TV last week, where he advocated restoring subsidy on petroleum and other strategically important products as part of measures to protect citizens and productive sectors from excessive economic shocks. According to Hashim, the subsequent change of…

Los Lunas, New MexicoA company has started to build a fusion machine that it hopes will be the first to generate more energy than it consumes, thanks to the use of immense pulses of electricity to squeeze capsules of hydrogen fuel. The billion-dollar facility, which will sit down the road from a major US nuclear-weapons laboratory, could also be used for research on the country’s ageing stockpile of nuclear warheads.“It is going to be transformative for both fusion energy and defence applications,” says physicist Keith LeChien, who is chief technology officer and co-founder at the firm, Pacific Fusion.How the world’s…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers…PREMIER LEAGUEMikel Arteta is ready to make a £130m push to sign Julian Alvarez – but will demand assurances the Argentina star wants to move to Arsenal – Daily Mirror Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports’ Sam Blitz takes a closer look at the future of striker Julian Alvarez and where he may end up should he leave Atletico Madrid. Arsenal winger Gabriel Martinelli is closing on a £55m move to Al-Hilal – Daily Mail Chelsea have had three bids turned down for England midfielder Alex…

Veteran actor and screenwriter, Taiwo “Ogogo” Hassan, has died after battling stage-four cancer. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the actor’s daughters, Kira and Haleemah, disclosed that doctors diagnosed their father with cancer three weeks earlier. They appealed to Nigerians to help the family explore possible treatment options. Kira announced her father’s death during an Instagram Live session on Sunday. His colleague, Saidi Balogun, also confirmed the death in an Instagram post. Kira, who was visibly distressed and crying during the live session, said she wanted to return home after learning of her father’s death. “Help me call my sister, my…

Yinka Olatunbosun Veteran Nollywood actor and screenwriter, Alhaji Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, passed away at the age of 66 after a brief battle with stage four cancer. His passing was confirmed on Sunday by his daughter, Kira Taiwo, during an emotional Instagram Live broadcast, as well as by senior industry colleagues including actor-filmmaker Saheed Balogun. The tragic news comes just days after Ogogo’s daughters, Kira and Haleemah (Lima), went public regarding their father’s health condition. Diagnosed with advanced stage-four cancer, the family had recently appealed to medical experts and the public for alternative treatment options after doctors informed…

By ENEWARIDIDEKE EKANPOU The state of being swept into oblivion after a sacrificial engagement to free a people from developmental enslavement sounds retrogressive and meaningless. It sounds retrogressive and meaningless because it has no historical bequest to inspire and guide the next generations away from the path that once convulsed their entire existence like the deadly constrictions of a python. This is a state of being a vassal to obscurity – which is far beyond the contemplation of a true freedom fighter. Activist. Advocate. As a hawk would do to the children of a mother-hen, obscurity would have long swooped on…

Suwadi can barely see five metres in front of him when he steps outside his home in Indonesian Borneo.Each breath, he says, feels “like smoking a cigarette”.It has been like this for weeks in Kalimantan, the Indonesian side of Borneo island, where fires have raged across tens of thousands of acres of land, including ancient rainforest, triggering a trans-boundary haze now threatening Malaysia and Singapore.In West Kalimantan there has been a spike in emergency room visits, with about 5,000 people arriving with respiratory symptoms each week since July, compared with 500 per week in the first half of the year,…

Bitcoin closed in on the $80,000 mark on Tuesday, as renewed inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs and improving risk appetite extended the cryptocurrency’s recent rally. The flagship cryptocurrency jumped 3.1% to $79,739.The latest move extends a sharp rally that began last week, when bitcoin surged more than 20% in three days, its biggest three-day gain since 2023. The rally was fueled partly by a short squeeze, with more than $4 billion in bearish crypto positions liquidated as prices rose.The gains followed the U.S. Treasury’s announcement that it would double its purchases of longer-dated government bonds. The move briefly pushed yields…

Minister of State for Works, Bello Muhammad Goronyo, has urged Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the move would enable the state to align more closely with the Federal Government. Goronyo made the call on Monday during the flag-off of the dualisation of the Ibadan-Ijebu Road in Ogun State, where President Bola Tinubu was represented by Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun. Makinde, who is seeking to contest the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), was absent from the event. In his address, Goronyo commended Abiodun for his…

The Oyo State Government has accused the federal government of deliberately excluding Governor Seyi Makinde from the launching of the reconstruction and dualisation of the Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Road. The launching was held on Monday at Idi Ayunre in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State, with the state government describing the governor’s exclusion as politically motivated. Mr Makinde is the presidential candidate of the Allied People’s Movement seeking to challenge President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 presidential election. In a statement, the Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Dotun Oyelade, said the decision was difficult to…