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A 101-year-old woman, Esther Ogunmabo, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly selling cannabis in Ilisan, Ogun State. The centenarian was apprehended on Saturday, August 15, 2026, with 90 grammes of skunk, a form of cannabis, which was reportedly packaged in small quantities for sale. According to the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, Ogunmabo admitted that she sold the substance to people in the community. Babafemi said the suspect told investigators that she became involved in the illicit trade after a fire destroyed her provisions store. He added that the woman claimed one…

After Luigi Mangione admitted in Manhattan federal court that he killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, most experts believe that the state murder case against is highly unlikely to proceed – though some still see a slim possibility that it may yet happen.Mangione, who pleaded guilty on 14 August to two federal stalking counts, was scheduled for a New York state trial on 8 September for murder and weapons charges in the December 2024 killing. In the wake of Mangione’s surprise plea, legal experts said New York’s state-level double jeopardy law – which means someone cannot be tried twice for the…

• Insists operators must maintain local presence, resident chief executives The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a new regulatory framework for Nigeria’s digital asset industry, prescribing registration fees of N30 million and minimum capital requirements of up to N2 billion for operators in the rapidly expanding market. Under the proposed Rules on Digital and Virtual Asset Operations, Custody and Markets, Digital Asset Exchanges (DAXs), Digital Asset Custodians (DACs), Digital Asset Platform Operators (DAPOs), Digital Asset Offering Platforms (DAOPs) and Real World Asset Tokenisation Platforms (RATOPs) would each be required to pay a registration fee of N30 million. The…

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on GTA VI and the state of the video game industry, follow Andrew Webster. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here.Four years ago, fans got a long-awaited look at Grand Theft Auto VI with a huge cache of videos that showed off Rockstar’s latest open-world epic. There were 90 videos in total, providing a glimpse at the next-generation take on Vice City, introducing the game’s new dual protagonists, and generally showing off the…

Astronomers have found that some of the largest galaxies in the early universe contained many more small stars than scientists previously realized. That hidden population means these ancient galaxies may have been significantly more massive than earlier estimates indicated. The discovery, made by an international team that included Penn State researchers, adds to a growing challenge for theories about how the first galaxies formed and evolved. The findings were published in Nature Astronomy. JWST Uncovers Faint Stars in Ancient Galaxies Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers examined nine massive, mature galaxies that stopped producing new stars billions of…

Week 2 of the NFL preseason is wrapping up as there’s only one game on Sunday, and the Fantasy football ADP continues to solidify for what is another big Fantasy draft weekend. Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson, Ja’Marr Chase, Puka Nacua and Jonathan Taylor are the players going off the board first on average. Texans running back David Montgomery has been one of the biggest ADP risers in the past week, moving from around pick No. 60 to No. 53 as Fantasy players are intrigued by his upside as the lead back after splitting carries with Jahmyr Gibbs in previous seasons. Who…

Nostalgia, like ecstasy, is a hell of a drug and Kieron J. Walsh’s warm-hearted, hot-headed “Skintown” is buzzing on both. A more polite brother to the “Kneecap” boys and a more cautious cousin to those “Derry Girls” still, the Fermanagh-set friendship comedy sends fizzy, sweetly chemical energy coursing through a rave-romanticizing riff on the coming-of-age […]

At least 13 firefighters and residents were injured after a powerful explosion erupted during firefighting operations at a waste collection site in Tainan, Taiwan.Published On 23 Aug 202623 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Talks between the United States and Canada failed late Friday to head off steep new tariffs on Canadian goods, prompting Canada to promise “dollar for dollar” retaliation.Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said he had suspended the talks because the American side had introduced last-minute terms that were “unfair, uneconomic and called into question the reliability of any deal.” Then on Saturday, in a powerful speech to Canadians, Mr. Carney said Canada was under attack by President Trump’s tariffs and was “at war” with the United States.Didn’t President Trump say there was a deal?He did, twice. On Tuesday, he said…

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – MAY 04: Max Scherzer #31 of the Toronto Blue Jays takes the field prior to the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Monday, May 4, 2026 in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Alex Zadorozny/MLB Photos via Getty Images)MLB Photos via Getty ImagesThe Toronto Blue Jays have leaned heavily on Max Scherzer’s experience throughout this season and last, even when the veteran right-hander has been dealing with health issues or struggling to find his best form on the mound.That value extends beyond what Scherzer can provide on the…