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France has seen 301 drownings since 19 June, a government minister has said, linking the sharp rise in deaths compared to last year to the prolonged heatwaves.Sports and Youth Minister Marina Ferrari told France Inter radio the number of deaths – a 14% hike on 2025 – was a “tragic toll”.France, Spain and Italy have been hit by heatwaves, which have triggered massive wildfires that scorched thousands of hectares of land.Ferrari said people have been taking risks by going into the water, adding: “Many deadly accidents have occurred in areas that are not authorised or supervised for swimming.”She said a…

Super Eagles winger Chidera Ejuke marked his return to the Sevilla spotlight in style, scoring his first goal of the season in their impressive 3-1 victory over Athletic Club at San Mamés on Saturday. Ejuke came off the bench to score Sevilla’s second goal as the visitors secured back-to-back victories to maintain their perfect start to the new LaLiga campaign. His goal was especially important given the uncertainty about his future during pre-season. The Nigerian winger was left out of Sevilla’s training camp in the Netherlands as the club worked on his situation and explored the possibility of a departure.…

Veteran actor Jide Kosoko has announced that the remains of his colleague, Taiwo “Ogogo” Hassan, will be buried in Ilaro, Ogun State, on Monday. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Kira, Ogogo’s daughter, announced her father’s death at age 66 during an Instagram Live session on Sunday after he battled stage-four cancer. Another colleague, Saidi Balogun, also confirmed the actor’s death in an Instagram post. In a statement posted on his Instagram page on Sunday, Kosoko said Ogogo’s remains will be taken to Ilaro on Sunday ahead of a special prayer session scheduled to hold at the Ilaro Pavilion at 11…

Of all the LED masks I’ve tested, the Shark CryoGlow feels like the most heavily marketed. Touted as a one-stop shop for anti-ageing, blemish-busting and undereye cooling, it’s trickled its way into countless influencer morning routines and post-work wind-downs, slowly but surely filling up my social media timeline.As an acne-prone woman whose work life revolves around beauty tech, the adverts are well placed. But that doesn’t negate the fact that, to the average consumer, LED therapy still reeks of pseudoscience. If my younger self got wind that I was strapping a glowing mask to my face every day, she would…

Our final destination is to be exactly like Christ. I did not know how ignorant I was until I met the Lord. I did not know that people go to university to become even more ignorant. God says: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the…

A woman has died while two other persons are receiving treatment following a road crash along IET New Horizons Road in the Old Airport Quarters area of Minna, Niger State. The crash occurred when a vehicle reportedly driven by the Registrar of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Danladi Mallam, suffered a tyre burst while in motion. According to eyewitness accounts, the vehicle lost control and veered off, hitting a woman standing beside a commercial motorcyclist. The woman was reportedly negotiating the fare for a trip with the motorcyclist when the vehicle crashed into them. The registrar’s brother was also…

Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives speaks during the CNBC CEO Council Summit in Washington D.C. on June 2, 2026.Aaron Clamage | CNBCDemocratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries met with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in recent weeks, signalling people close to the president may be preparing for at least one chamber of Congress to flip to Democratic control as the midterm elections loom. A person familiar with the meeting, who was granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter, confirmed the two men had met. The New York Times first reported the detente, which comes as…

Following several apparent video leaks of Grand Theft Auto VI, Take-Two Interactive has subpoenaed Microsoft and Discord over content that “infringes copyrights” held for the game, Kotaku reports. In the subpoenas, filed on Thursday, Take-Two says copyrighted material includes “audiovisual content, artwork, images, dialogue, or other creative elements” and it is looking to identify “alleged infringers at issue.” The subpoenas give Microsoft and Discord until September 4th to produce the requested information.The leaked clips have been watermarked by a person or group going by “CyberLeek,” and they have shown what appears to be GTA VI protagonist Jason Duval (one of…

Vice-presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has criticised the composition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council for the 2027 election, urging its Director-General, Abdul’aziz Yari, to reconsider his role. Kwankwaso, in a statement posted on X on Sunday, questioned the decision of Yari, a former Zamfara State governor and prominent APC figure, to lead the campaign for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election. He argued that the composition of the council showed that the ruling party was relying on political actors who had either supported or served in the present administration. According to Kwankwaso, this…

Atletico Madrid salvaged a 2-2 draw against Villarreal in La Liga on Sunday despite having defender Robin Le Normand sent off. Giuliano Simeone grabbed his team a draw after Gerard Moreno and Georges Mikautadze’s penalties put Villarreal in front following Marc Pubill’s 59th-minute opener. Atletico coach Diego Simeone brought Julian Alvarez on as a second-half substitute to a chorus of boos from home supporters. The forward walked down the tunnel at the end by himself while his team-mates were thanking the fans after securing their draw. “I think that we all have to be united, Julian is with us in…