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The Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill said it has started reviewing memoranda and position papers submitted by Nigerians as part of the plan to incorporate public input into the proposed legislation. The proposed legislation will guide the creation of state police, a key security reform by the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The submissions, received during a nationwide consultation, are being analysed alongside the ongoing drafting of the bill, according to a statement issued Thursday evening by Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and chairperson of the working group. He said the exercise…

Eric KarabellAug 20, 2026, 06:37 AM ETCloseEric Karabell is a senior writer covering fantasy football, baseball and basketball at ESPN. Eric is a charter member of the FSWA Hall of Fame, a BBWAA baseball Hall of Fame voter and author of “The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments.”Multiple AuthorsFantasy football managers need all the help they can get with the frenetic pace of a draft and/or salary cap setting. Preparation is key, and one of the best ways to organize for success is to utilize a positional tiered system to find the so-called peaks and valleys of the available player list. Group…

The Killers frontman asks big questions on his third solo album, which takes a detour into country.

 ABDULLAHI MATO UMARU contends that the ADC Presidential candidate is committed to a restructured and economically modernised Nigeria For more than three decades, Atiku Abubakar has been a fixture of Nigerian public life – first as Vice President from 1999 to 2007, and since then as a presidential contender. Supporters point to his tenure under former President Olusegun Obasanjo as the period when Nigeria’s modern economic architecture was built, and argue that his record deserves closer attention as the country continues to wrestle with ill-conceived trial and error reforms. When Nigeria’s telecom sector opened to private competition in 2001, mobile phone…

Dike Onwuamaeze A report released by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has stated that the manufacturing sector has grown to become the largest contributor to industrial output, with its share rising significantly to 50.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2026 from 28.2 percent in 2010. The report, titled, “H1-2026 State of the Economy, Turning Potentials into Progress: Accelerating Nigeria’s Industrialisation for Economic Transformation and Inclusion,” stated that manufacturing has continued to lead in job creation within the industrial sector, accounting for 76.5 percent of total industrial employment in 2023, up from 73.2 per cent in 2017. The…

The chief executive of Catholic Schools New South Wales, Dallas McInerney, has been sacked after appearing at a watchdog inquiry into allegations of corruption in the state’s Liberal party.The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) is investigating the allegation that McInerney, who gave evidence to the inquiry this week and last week, arranged and approved illegal political donations from Catholic Schools NSW to lobbying companies controlled by conservative factional group the Reformers, under the guise of consultancy services.McInerney, whose Liberal party membership was suspended after the announcment of Icac’s inquiry, has insisted payments totalling $265,900 over four years were for…

By Udeme Akpan  Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals FZE, DPRP, has secured $1 billion in underwriting backing from Marob Strategies and Consulting DIFC Ltd and Lilium Capital Group ahead of its planned initial public offering, IPO. The $1 billion programme comprises a completed and funded $600 million private placement and a $400 million underwriting commitment for the planned IPO. Marob Strategies and Lilium Capital, appointed co-financial advisers and structuring agents for Global Africa, said the completion of the $600 million private placement marked the first phase of the underwriting programme. Pan-African Refinery Investment SPV, a subsidiary of Lilium Capital, is the…

After collaborating with 8BitDo on a gamepad two years ago, Genki launched the first controller the company designed from the ground up today. With an unorthodox design that positions its thumbsticks and buttons above a large 2.9-inch LCD screen, the Manta looks a lot chunkier than competing controllers. But what really sets it apart is a deeper focus on customizability with numerous settings that can be adjusted using the controller’s screen plus buttons and thumbsticks that can be tailored to each player’s preferences.The Genki Manta is launching today through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. The earliest backers can preorder the controller…

The government has announced investments of about 2.3 billion reais ($444.2m) to bolster its artificial intelligence ecosystem.Published On 21 Aug 202621 Aug 2026Brazil will invest about 2.3bn reais ($444.2m) to bolster its artificial intelligence ecosystem, splitting projects between United States and Chinese tech firms in a strategic move that underscores its efforts to balance ties with both superpowers.Just more than half the total, 1.3bn reais ($251m), will fund a supercomputing infrastructure project in Rio de Janeiro developed in partnership with China’s Huawei Technologies and iFlytek, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva‘s government said on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of…

BMW Championship – round one leaderboard-6 R McIlroy (NI), W Clark (US), C Gotterup (US), J.J. Spain (US), G Woodland (US); -5 R Hisatsune (Jpn)Selected others: -4 A Fitzpatrick (Eng), L Aberg (Swe), M Thorbjornsen (US); -3 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -2 R MacIntyre (Sco), A Rai (Eng); -1 T Fleetwood (Eng), J Rose (Eng)Full leaderboardRory McIlroy said a bit of “good work” with his team helped him rediscover his form and take a clubhouse lead in the first round of the BMW Championship.The world number two, who finished 66th at the St Jude Championship last weekend, finished six under par…