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Dystroglycan (DG) is an extracellular matrix receptor crucial for tissue development and pathogen entry. DG harbors a long, complex glycan called matriglycan. Loss of matriglycan or reduction in its length disrupts DG function, causing …

Shooting Stars Sports Club have appointed former Super Eagles coach Salisu Yusuf as their new Technical Adviser ahead of the 2026/27 Nigeria Premier Football League season. The Ibadan-based club announced Yusuf’s appointment in a statement, describing the experienced tactician as a valuable addition to its technical setup as the Oluyole Warriors prepare for a new campaign that will include continental football. Yusuf returns to the NPFL after ending his spell with Benin Republic club Coton FC in June. He joined the club in August 2025 and guided them to a second-place finish in the Beninese top flight before both parties…

One of the most consequential storylines of this Emmy season involves the ones who say, “Action!” Black women hold five directing nominations across three categories this year, the most the Television Academy has ever recognized in a single cycle. Salli Richardson-Whitfield is nominated twice in drama directing, for HBO Max’s “The Gilded Age” and “Task,” alongside Hanelle Culpepper for the Hulu dystopian thriller “Paradise.” Ricki Hughes earned a nod for helming the variety special “Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable,” and Alexandria Stapleton is nominated for the documentary series “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” both from Netflix. To understand why five is a…

The police in Anambra State say they have arrested a suspected female drug dealer and six other crime suspects when operatives separately raided criminal hideouts in the state. Police spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga stated on Friday that the operations were conducted in accordance with the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, and the Command’s operational strategy against violent crimes, cultism, and illicit drug activities. Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said one of the suspects, Ifeanyi Ogbuagbo, was believed to be a member of an unnamed separatist group in the state. “Acting on credible intelligence in the evening of 13…

Bulldozers have begun plowing up ground at the mouth of Big Bend national park’s famed Santa Elena Canyon as part of the Trump administration’s multibillion-dollar “smart wall” expansion on the US-Mexico border, according to new footage taken by activists who have been monitoring the site.Tensions have run high since the Trump administration announced plans to erect new border security infrastructure in the roughly 500-mile Big Bend region of south-west Texas, which includes the Lone Star State’s largest and most-visited national park.Since last week, activists have shared video footage that appeared to show heavy machinery laying the groundwork for new border…

Nigel Farage, Britain’s leading right-wing politician, faced a dilemma last month.What do you do when the inquiries and accusations are piling up? The police are looking into one of your donors. You are being investigated for potentially breaking Parliament’s rules because you didn’t report a £5 million gift. The news media are publishing new allegations almost daily.For Mr. Farage, the leader of the Reform U.K. party, the answer appears to have been clear: Attack your critics, undermine the regulatory or judicial processes by labeling them illegitimate before they conclude, and seek pre-emptive absolution from “the people” — your most loyal…

Insecurity is emerging as a major operational risk to Kaduna State’s efforts to expand agricultural production and attract agro-industrial investment, after at least nine farmers were killed and several others abducted in an attack on farmland in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area. The July 4 attack occurred around Kakangi as farmers worked on their fields during the wet-season farming period. Security information cited in reports on the incident recorded at least nine deaths, while several people were also reported abducted. The incident came as the Kaduna government intensified agricultural support, with Governor Uba Sani flagging off the distribution of 500…

Dutch officials have warned that a high-severity macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code is under active exploitation. “The NCSC has received a notification indicating that active abuse of this vulnerability has been observed on multiple systems on which port 5900 was accessible from the Internet,” the Netherlands National Cyber Security Centrum warned earlier this week. “In all these cases, root had been accessed on the affected system and a Monero crypto miner had been placed.” Do you know if your screen sharing is on? The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-65400, received a patch from Apple last week for…

Women are believed to be half of the population of West Africa and should normally get half of everything, but the reality is that they do not get half the position at the table where things have been decided. Stakeholders including women in the sub-region recently came together in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja to discuss the issue. Michael Olugbode reports. There are moments that redefine the trajectory of a region. For the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the gathering of ministers, parliamentarians, electoral commissioners, development partners and women leaders in Abuja may prove to be one of those moments.…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has begun strengthening regulatory oversight of blood and blood products in Nigeria to improve their quality, safety and availability. The move, announced in a statement issued on Friday, followed the support of the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, and is in line with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommendation that national regulatory authorities oversee blood and blood products as medicines. NAFDAC said blood and blood products are classified as essential medicines and should be consistently available, with their quality, safety and affordability assured. The agency said…