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• Says Oyinlola against his re-election out of jealousy, declares Friday work-free   •Osun is a test, don’t turn election into war, Atiku warns INEC, Tinubu • Senate Leader: voters, not federal might, will decide winner, urges peaceful poll  •Those inciting violence will end up in prison at The Hague, Olawepo-Hashim forewarns   •Accord appeals to EU to intervene in Osun poll over rising tension as ADC warns against planned arrest of Aregbesola Chuks Okocha, Michael Olugbode, Adedayo Akinwale, Sunday Aborisade, Kasim Sumaina in Abuja and Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has asked all workers in the…

Experts had urged eclipse watchers not to look directly at the Sun, warning that even brief exposure could cause lasting damage.Specialist glasses had sold out at many retailers, including those recommended by UK health officials, with Royal Museums Greenwich citing an “unprecedented volume” of demand.George Turrell, 20, from Letchworth, managed to find a pair and was on the heath with his partner Ebrielle Strickland, also 20, from Baldock, to see their first eclipse.He described the eclipse as “rather interesting” but admitted there had been a “panic” to try and find a pair of safety glasses in time.

The race to crown the 2026 FedExCup champion is officially on, as the PGA Tour’s three-week playoff journey begins on Thursday in Memphis, and the latest Polymarket referral code CBSSPORTS gives new users a $20 trading bonus after a $10 deposit. From there, the postseason heads to St. Louis for the BMW Championship before the season comes to a dramatic close at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, which will host the TOUR Championship under the current FedExCup Playoffs structure for the second-to-last time.No. 1-ranked Scottie Scheffler and No. 2-ranked Rory McIlroy headline the field of 70 players, and they are both two of…

Lilly Wachowski, who co-directed The Matrix franchise, is opening up about the struggle to get financing for her new film that features a “wall-to-wall trans cast.” During a recent interview on KCRW’s The Business podcast, the filmmaker acknowledged that it’s unfortunately “not the greatest time in the industry to be trying to make these kinds of things because all of these opportunities are dwindling for folks with those kinds of stories to tell,” specifically those with “underrepresented voices and marginalized points of view.” Wachowski used her next project, The Hunted, as an example, saying it’s been a challenge because when…

Katsina United have clarified the circumstances surrounding the medical emergency involving their player, Chinedu Ozor, after he collapsed during a pre-season game in Katsina on Tuesday. The PUNCH reports. Ozor was said to have collapsed during Katsina United’s match against Niger Tornadoes at the Gusau/Ahlan Pre-season Cup in Katsina and was subsequently rushed to a nearby hospital, where a doctor pronounced him dead. The club announced his passing through its official communication channels, but his former club, Heartland of Owerri, later reported that Ozor had been moved from the morgue and placed on oxygen after medical personnel noticed movements in…

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has deployed Ishyaku Mohammed, a deputy inspector-general of police (DIG), to coordinate security operations for the 15 August Osun governorship election. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, by the Force Public Relations Officer, Anitie Iniedu. Mr Disu said the deployment was part of operational measures of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to ensure a peaceful, secure, and credible electoral process in Osun State. “The DIG will coordinate the police component of the election-security arrangement and work closely with other security agencies under the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security…

Nigeria’s capital importation rose by 256.9 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to $2.82 billion in April 2026 from $0.79 billion in the corresponding period of 2025, indicating increased investor confidence in the economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said. However, capital importation declined by 26.7 per cent month-on-month (MoM) from $3.85 billion in March 2026 to $2.82 billion in April, largely due to declines in foreign portfolio investment (FPI), foreign direct investment (FDI) and other investments. In its latest Economic Report, the CBN said: “Total capital inflow of $2.82 billion was recorded in April, compared with $3.85 billion in…

If you’re looking for a mechanical keyboard that can give your desk a touch of retro flair, Amazon has 8BitDo’s Retro Mechanical Keyboard with Dual Super Buttons on sale for $69.99, one of the lowest prices we’ve seen for the bundle. The styling on this keyboard is thorough, with blocky retro legends on the rounded keycaps, and supplementary buttons and detailing to help match the theme.Despite how it looks on the outside, the internals on this keyboard are modern, with support for Bluetooth, 2.4GHz, and a USB wired connection, and compatibility with both Windows and Android. The 87-key setup is…

The Justice Department declined to appeal a court ruling that effectively dismantled longstanding restrictions on owning short-barreled guns and suppressors, bowing to pressure from Republicans and gun advocates.Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas had said that his order striking down the mandated permitting process under the National Firearms Act as unconstitutional would go into effect Thursday unless the Justice Department appealed it. Trump administration officials didn’t file an appeal to the court before 12:01 a.m. Thursday, according to publicly available court records.In effect, the Trump administration stepped aside, for now, and allowed the Prohibition-era gun control…

RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 12 August 2026 Electrical stimulation of the human brain is a promising strategy for slowing cognitive decline. The discovery of cell-type-specific gene programs that are induced in tandem with the activity of networks of neurons in the temporal cortex when it is stimulated could inform the development of therapeutic approaches using stimulation.