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For neighbours and shop owners around the building he lived in, an unpainted and unplastered storey building, David Erubure is a web developer and IT expert. The house, which has about four flats, is in Izomo Idum Area of Warri, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, southern Nigeria. Many of Mr Erubure’s social media followers probably believe that he runs a “successful” web hosting company. However, some of his actions became a subject of international investigation when many of the websites he hosted appeared in multiple fraudulent schemes. The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), in partnership with PREMIUM TIMES, carried out a…

Chidi Amuta (2025), Homage: Return to Familiar Places. Lagos: Wilson & Weizmann Associates. ISBN: 978-978-768-114-5. 496 pages Dr Chidi Amuta’s Homage to Familiar Places supports the common advice that young people should prioritise reading autobiographies and historical narratives. Homage to Familiar Places is an outstanding autobiography that fulfils the functions of good literature and the specific roles of autobiographies. As an expert has observed, “The ultimate function of good literature is to give you X-ray vision—the ability to see the hidden emotional currents beneath the surface of social interactions. The ultimate function of good biography is to give you telescopic…

I remember having a Spirograph as a kid and being obsessed with it. Its geometric patterns are hypnotic and gorgeous. I also love generative music composition. So bringing those two things together in a browser tab, I’m hooked. Musical Spirograph is a relatively simple concept. A set of points dash around the screen according to mathematical equations, generating hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. Those points pass through a series of concentric rings which trigger specific notes.Honestly, that alone is fun enough, but you can customize it quite a bit. There are six different virtual rotors to pick from, you can have up…

OLALEKAN ONI argues that the party has performed exceptionally well across off-cycle elections The outcome of the recently concluded Osun State governorship election offers an opportunity to undertake a broader empirical assessment of the electoral performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Rather than interpreting the Osun result as an isolated political event, the more meaningful approach is to examine it as part of a larger sequence of off-cycle elections conducted since the emergence of the Tinubu administration in May 2023 Sometimes, politics is best understood not by the noise around the ballot…

It is often said that we are nothing but the sum of our experiences. The accumulation of past experiences matters for economic behavior in any given moment: They can shape the objectives and goals we set, the perceived constraints around choices to be made, and they help form our attitudes and views of the world around us. A fast-growing literature in economics studies such experience effects, drawing together work in sociology, social psychology, and neuroscience, to understand how past experiences sink into memory, are recalled when making decisions, and compete with other relevant sources of information we might have, to…

Wales kick-off their campaign against South Africa at Cardiff Arms Park on 18 September before hosting USA on 26 September. They will then head out to Japan for two further Tests on 23 and 31 October.All three opponents are ranked above 12th-placed Wales, who have lost their last nine competitive fixtures.And despite a welcome victory over Barbarians in June, Lynn’s side know they are still lacking in a number of areas, notably fitness.It is a key focus for strength and conditioning coach Gareth Harris who is out on the main pitch encouraging the players through an intense set of interval…

It was the first time Davis had appeared at a public event since announcing on 11 August that she has stage four breast cancer. She said in that announcement that it had “metastasised” to her bones following a diagnosis a year-and-half-ago, meaning it was “too late” for chemotherapy.Davis signed autographs and posed for photographs before appearing on Saturday’s panel. Some fans posing questions told the actress “I love you so much”, but she was not asked directly about her health.The Shaun of the Dead director, Edgar Wright, and Simon Pegg, who played the film’s lead role were also on the…

In Faith Omole’s first solo exhibition, the simple mark morphs into a cryptic language of identity, memory and cultural inheritance. Okechukwu Uwaezuoke writes  Colour, in fact, does the main work here. Neon-like motifs—almost a kind of luminous calligraphy, evoking both Nsibidi writing and contemporary street-art scribble—seethe against the deep violet backdrop, leaving an impression of frenzied movement and heat. From this termite-dense, near-black field of Adinkra-like symbols, spirals and Uli-inspired motifs, human figures begin to resolve themselves, their forms becoming more distinct as the eye gets accustomed to the visual thicket. In all, 12 such motif-strewn works are on display, each inviting…

A radical overhaul of Victoria’s highest court, proposed by the Liberal party to increase sentences, has been criticised by legal and human rights groups who warn it would politicise the judiciary.The opposition leader, Jess Wilson, on Sunday announced that if elected in November the Coalition would split the court of appeal in two, creating a dedicated court of criminal appeal alongside a separate court of civil appeal.It would appoint additional judges with expertise in criminal law to the new court of criminal appeal.The overhaul would be introduced alongside tougher bail and sentencing laws, which the Coalition has committed to enacting…

Bola A. Akinterinwa International law and reimbursement of deportation bills is quite interesting a topic in intra-African relations for various reasons. First, there is no general rule regulating the need to reimburse countries that deport or repatriate unwanted people. Secondly, the politics of refund of deportation bills is not only creating a diplomatic row between and among Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana, but is also raising several questions about the future of continental unity and integration. Thirdly, in the absence of a regulating rule of law, it is either the deporting state accepts to fund the deportation as a result…