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Beth Chamberlin, who played her on-screen mother in the US soap opera Guiding Light for three years, described her as “the most brilliant child actor I’ve ever seen”.”The things she could do, the way she could remember 20+ pages of dialogue, day after day,” she posted online, external.”Even on days where the director would come out between dress [rehearsal] and tape and make huge cuts to the scenes, Hayden, never once forgot a line or missed her blocking. The adults would, but not Hayden.”I felt blessed to work with her. And always perfect in her playing of the scene.”Panettiere’s final…

 Oluchi Chibuzor inDrive, a global mobility and delivery services platform, has revealed that clothing and footwear emerged as the most frequently delivered items through its courier service in Nigeria during the first half of 2026. The data, drawn from approximately 5,000 inDrive.Courier on orders placed across Nigeria between January and June 2026 show that clothing and footwear accounted for 39.5 per cent of classified deliveries, ahead of food and drinks at 27.8 per cent. The findings also showed increasing demand for deliveries across other lifestyle categories. While cosmetics, beauty products, and eyewear accounted for 10 per cent of deliveries, electronics…

The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has resigned from office amid moves by some lawmakers to remove him from the position. Read Also: Why I resigned as Edo Speaker – Agbebaku Agbebaku’s resignation took effect on Monday, throwing the state legislature into a fresh leadership crisis as lawmakers prepare to determine his successor. The development was confirmed by his media aide, Ivy Adodo-Ebojele, in a post on Facebook. Adodo-Ebojele announced the resignation in a brief statement, saying further details on the circumstances surrounding the Speaker’s decision would be made public later. “EDO ASSEMBLY SPEAKER RT…

The idea behind the trial is that if scientists can predict the areas of the atmosphere where contrails are likely to form, aircraft could avoid them.Google will use satellite images and flight data to identify where planes have previously produced contrails.This is then combined with weather patterns to forecast where the conditions for new contrails are likely to occur.The information will be passed to NATS, where air traffic controllers can direct pilots to avoid those areas. Rather than dramatically changing the route of a flight, the trial will mostly involve changing an aircraft’s altitude by around 2,000ft. This is something…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has directed members of the technical crew of the Super Falcons to step down from their positions with immediate effect. The directive was issued by the NFF Executive Committee on Monday, following a disappointing run for the nine-time African champions. “The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation has asked members of the technical crew of the @NGSuper_Falcons to step down with immediate effect,” NFF tweeted. Nigeria’s Super Falcons are fresh off their worst outing at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, having been knocked out of the competition in the quarter-finals for the first…

Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko split in 2018, but it was always clear that there remained love and respect between the two. Such was the case tonight when former heavyweight champion Klitschko spoke out for the first time about the untimely death of the 36-year-old Heroes actress, with whom he shared daughter Kaya. “Hayden’s tragic death saddens me deeply,” wrote Klitschko, who lives in Ukraine, in a social media post. “She left this world far too soon. Hayden was, although no longer my partner, an important part of my life and the mother of our daughter, Kaya. She built an…

Sporting Lagos head coach Jeffery Buter believes his side have shown they are ready to compete in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) after securing the ValueJet Pre-Season title in Ikenne. The Lagos-based club defeated reigning champions Remo Stars 2-1 in the final, with second-half goals from Aliyu Baba and Sodiq Ayoade completing a memorable campaign. Taiwo Oyetunde scored Remo Stars’ only goal. Sporting Lagos went through the tournament unbeaten, recording victories over Abia Warriors, Shooting Stars and Remo Stars, while playing out a goalless draw against Rivers United. The impressive run provided Buter with the kind of competitive test…

By Peter Egwuatu  HBM Nigeria Plc, formerly Lafarge Africa Plc, has declared a Profit After Tax (PAT) of N208billion representing a 57% growth for the first half of 2026, H1’26, against N132.677 billion in the corresponding period of last year, H1’25. According to the result released on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX, the company’s net sales grew by 31% in H1’26, driven by an 11% volume growth, enhanced operational stability and improvement in distribution efficiency. Operating profit during the period grew by 51% to close at N291billion from N192.270 billion in H1’25 and was supported by sustained efficiency gains across the…

More than half of the states in the US have joined together in an unprecedented lawsuit against Meta that goes to trial on Tuesday, accusing the parent company of Instagram and Facebook of deliberately designing addictive products that lured in young people and caused them harm.The jury trial is taking place in federal court in Oakland, California, and is expected to last between six and eight weeks. The jury is expected to hear from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri and employee turned whistleblower Arturo Béjar.“Meta designed a dangerous product for young users, knew it to be dangerous,…

Governor Ademola Adeleke’s elder brother Deji Adeleke has said he was convinced his younger sibling would be re-elected despite the weight of the challengers for the governorship seat. Governor Adeleke was declared winner of the Osun gubernatorial election on Sunday. In a video recorded at Adeleke’s victory celebration on Sunday night, Adeleke said his confidence in his brother’s victory before results were called came from prayer. “I don’t discuss with anybody. I do it in the corner of my room. I do this every day. So, I was not worried. I had no doubt in my mind that Ademola will…