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By Luminous Jannamike, ABUJA The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has described President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 campaign council as a ‘rehabilitation centre’ for persons facing unresolved corruption allegations. Read Also: Full list of APC Presidential Campaign Council members The opposition party said the appointments raise a simple question: what happened to the corruption cases involving some of those being brought back into the political fold? In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC some inclusions, some persons had faced EFCC prosecution over alleged financial malpractices. “If they have been cleared, the government should show how and…

Worker bees normally serve as a colony’s first line of defense against contamination, filtering harmful substances before they can spread through the hive. But new research shows that queen bees also have a defense of their own. When honeybee queens are exposed to pesticides over time, some of those chemicals can accumulate in their bodies and then be transferred into their eggs. Researchers call this process maternal offloading. The findings, published in Current Biology, provide the first evidence in honeybees of how far a queen may go to reduce her own chemical burden. The research was led by the University…

Less than three weeks remain before the NFL season opens, and building a deep and talented roster capable of winning a Fantasy football championship takes a bit of luck and a whole lot of research. Injuries are inevitable in football, so having a reliable set of 2026 Fantasy football rankings for QBs, RBs, WRs, and TEs is essential to building depth at every position. Who should you target first, and when should you expect runs on each position on draft day?Sorting players into Fantasy football tiers can help you get maximum value out of every pick, and targeting favorites from…

GRAMADO, Brazil — “Seduction” (“Sedução”), a feature set in the Amazon Rainforest region and helmed by Zelito Viana and Marcos Palmeira, will have its world premiere on Sept. 11 at the 30th edition of the Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival in Miami. H2O is also releasing in local theaters Miguel Faria Jr.’s doc, “Tom Jobim – Esse Seu Olhar,” in the week of Jan. 25, which marks the celebration of the 100th birthday of the legendary composer of “The Girl From Ipanema,” who died in 1994, said Jorge Peregrino, member of the board of H2O Films, the distributor of both films.…

Although every culture craves something different in hot weather – chilled beetroot soup in Lithuania, cooling buttermilk drinks in India, gazpacho in Spain – what many of these dishes have in common is a certain soothing silkiness as they slide down the throat, plus a decent helping of salt. Japan’s zaru soba, which Namiko Hirasawa Chen of Just One Cookbook describes as her family’s “go-to meal when the summer heat and humidity soar”, is no exception. Cold, slippery noodles paired with a savoury dipping sauce, it’s a simple, satisfying dish that’s ready in 15 minutes, and can be accessorised with…

The burden of our survival can no longer be deferred to the next election cycle, or packaged into desperate prayers. It falls squarely on us. We must shed our fear. We must organise horizontally, build parallel networks of community security, fiercely interrogate every public official, and ensure that every single act of governance failure carries a severe, unbearable social and political cost for the perpetrator. For decades, Nigerians have worn resilience like a badge of honour. The world praises us for our unique capacity to absorb pain, to navigate systemic indignity, and to survive where others would break. But let…

CrossCountry has cancelled almost all of its train services in Great Britain after a power cut in Birmingham hit its control centre on Sunday.Most services have been cancelled until further notice, including routes from Glasgow to Edinburgh, Manchester to Birmingham, Cheltenham to Cardiff and Newcastle to Edinburgh.The train operator said it expected a “near normal service” between Peterborough, Cambridge and Stansted Airport, while a planned rail replacement bus service is running between Leicester and Peterborough.The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, told the Press Association: “I am concerned to hear about a power outage affecting CrossCountry rail services today, which I know…

asks SAMUEL AKPOBOME OROVWUJE Nigeria is once again entering the familiar theatre of political campaigns. Slogans will multiply, manifestos will be launched, rallies will fill public spaces, politicians will promise renewal, prosperity and transformation, and social media will become a battlefield of competing narratives. Yet beneath the excitement lies a more fundamental question: what happens to the Nigerian whose income can no longer keep pace with the cost of living? This is the question that should define Nigeria’s political conversation. The country cannot afford another election in which poverty, inflation, unemployment and insecurity are reduced to campaign slogans. Nigeria’s national…

More than 2,000 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the first case of this epidemic was recorded in May. The Guardian’s global health correspondent, Kat Lay, spoke to CDC Africa’s Yap Boum II to understand why health teams on the ground are struggling and what is being put in place to try to contain the spread

Two men have been arrested in connection with the death of former world boxing champion Zolani “Last Born” Tete in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, according to SABC News. The suspects, aged 30 and 22, were apprehended on Saturday in KuGompo City following an intelligence-driven operation involving several law enforcement units, police spokesperson Nobuntu Gantana said. Gantana said police could not provide further details because of the sensitive nature of the investigation. Tete, 38, was killed outside his home in Mdantsane township on Friday night. According to Reuters, the former champion was arriving at his residence when two armed men…