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Prince Harry, his wife Meghan, and their children are moving back to Britain in the upcoming weeks, six years after moving to the United States amid a clash with other members of the royal family, according to two people familiar with his decision. King Charles was informed of the decision on Sunday, one of the people said, adding that the family’s move was not discussed when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited Britain and met with the king earlier this summer. There will be no change in Harry and Meghan’s status as non-working royals, and they will remain as…

By Innocent Anaba The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has revoked the license  of Universal Insurance Plc and appointed a receiver/provisional liquidator to commence the process of winding up the company’s affairs. The cancellation, which took effect on August 14, 2026, followed the company’s alleged failure to meet the prescribed Minimum Capital Requirement (MCR) applicable to its category of licence within the stipulated compliance period. In a notice dated August 13, 2026, and addressed to the Chairman of Universal Insurance’s Board of Directors, NAICOM said the action was taken pursuant to powers conferred on it by the Nigerian Insurance Industry Reform Act…

During the 1990s, a new strata of independent film studios and distributors revitalised the Hollywood movie machine. The likes of Miramax, New Line Cinema and October Films challenged the ageing behemoths of the industry and pushed forward offbeat directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Darren Aronofsky and Jane Campion. The decade is widely considered an artistic high point for western cinema after the bloated mainstream excesses of the 1980s. Could something similar now be happening in games?Certainly, we have a comparable setup. The big players of the games business are in various states of creative disarray: Electronic Arts (EA) has been…

Forcing teenagers who fail GCSEs into multiple resits has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research to be published as pupils receive their grades on Thursday.The study by academics at University College London (UCL) compared the mental wellbeing of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland who failed to reach a grade 4 or equivalent in maths or English GCSEs – and found that only those in England, where resits are mandatory, showed significantly lower wellbeing.Robbie Maris, a research fellow at UCL and one of the authors, said the dent to teenagers’ self-confidence when faced with resits…

The Universal Archaivar Elders (UAE) of the Kegites Club (Ẹgbẹ́ Àgbà Ẹlẹ́mù) has successfully concluded the inaugural UAE Table Tennis Tournament 2026 and Community Medical Outreach (COMO 2), marking another milestone in the organisation’s commitment to sports, healthy living, unity and humanitarian service.The two-day event, held at the Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba, Ibadan, commemorated the Centenary Celebration of Table Tennis as a global sport while providing free healthcare services to hundreds of beneficiaries.The historic occasion was graced by HRM Oba Dr. Mukaila Akanbi Salako, the Adokun of Igan Okoto Kingdom, and HRM Oba Nojeemdeen Osuolale Afolabi, Tukuru II, the…

In this interview, Etim William, Director of the Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought Management Department of the Federal Ministry of Environment, the factors contributing to the degradation of Nigeria’s rangelands and how desertification, land degradation and drought are worsening farmer-herder conflicts and threatening food security across major agricultural hubs in the country. Excerpt: PT: What does your department do? Mr William: Going by the name of the department — Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought Management — our mandate is to combat desertification, address land degradation by restoring degraded lands, and manage drought. Those are the mandates of the department. PT:…

NFL teams are becoming more comfortable extending the contracts of first-round picks at the earliest possible instance, in what is now an emerging trend. Draft-pick contracts can’t be renegotiated until the conclusion of a player’s third NFL regular season. Teams have an option for a fifth year with first-round picks that must be exercised by May 1 after their third season. The extra contract year hasn’t been an impediment to new deals in recent years. For the third straight year, a record number of first-round picks received extensions after playing three seasons. The number has reached double digits for the first time,…

The results of a court hearing today in Oakland may be a little to close for comfort for Paramount and David Ellison. Additionally, the findings of a report submitted to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors may prove very scary in terms of potential job losses and more if the $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery goes through. As fellow billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s META faces 29 states down the street in California court over potentially trillions in penalties and allegations that his social media platforms violated child privacy laws and are constructed to be addictive, lawyers for CEO Ellison…

Halima Kazaure, former wife of Bashir El-Rufai, son of ex-Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has opened up about the end of their marriage, revealing that the union ended in 2024 when their twin sons were two years old. PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that her ex-husband said she made advances towards him and eventually proposed to him. He said he divorced Halima because he had no time to deal with “Gen Z problems”. In a deeply personal essay titled “Memoirs of a Single Nigerian Twin Mum with ADHD”, published on her Substack on Wednesday, Ms Kazaure reflected on divorce, single motherhood,…

Linus Aleke in Abuja The retired military personnel on Wednesday protested against delayed in the implementation of consequential pension adjustments, while security operatives comprising military and police personnel barricaded the Ministry of Defence in Abuja to prevent military pensioners from assembling for a the protest. The military pensioners, who planned to converge in front of the ministry, were stopped from gathering at the location as security personnel were deployed to the area. The retirees are demanding the implementation of pension adjustments arising from salary increases approved for serving military personnel, arguing that the corresponding adjustments should also reflect in the…