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For many Nigerians, government is ultimately judged not by its promises but by what it delivers. While public service is often associated with inefficiency, bureaucracy and slow implementation, thousands of civil servants work quietly to keep institutions functioning and services running. Since 2022, the Aig-Imoukhuede Foundation’s Emily Aig-Imoukhuede Memorial Award has recognised more than 130 civil servants who exemplify excellence in service, while its Memorial Lecture promotes values-driven leadership and institutional reform. In this joint interview with James Emejo, Chairman, and Executive Vice-Chair of the Foundation, Aigboje and Ofovwe Aig-Imoukhuede discuss recognition, leadership, institutional culture and the need to make excellence…

By Mobolaji Sanusi “Empires always have the hubris to think they are indestructible, when in fact they are always unsustainable.”—Marianne Williamson(1952 till date). Nothing in life lasts forever. Not even human life is interminable. Through contractual arrangements, humans and nations have devised legal frameworks that outlive generations. However enduring such arrangements may seem, a day comes when they outlive their usefulness, either by operation of law or through force majeure. The world have seen this happen with colonial rule in colonies around the world. No matter how long colonial rule lasted, the affected colonies eventually secured their liberation at one…

Bennett Oghifo  Jetour Nigeria is set to showcase its flagship X90 Plus SUV at the Jetour Experience Abuja from September 22 to 24, 2026, as the automaker intensifies efforts to strengthen its presence in Nigeria’s premium SUV market. The three-day event in Abuja will give prospective buyers, auto enthusiasts and families the opportunity to experience the seven-seater X90 Plus through hands-on demonstrations and test drives, alongside other models in the Jetour range. The Abuja showcase follows the success of the brand’s earlier Jetour Experience in Lagos, where strong customer interest, inquiries and sales momentum reportedly encouraged the company to take…

India has extended its anti-spam regime to require caller-ID and call-management apps to share users’ spam reports with telecom operators, prompting spam-blocking app maker Truecaller to call the ruling anti-competitive. On Friday, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the country’s telecom regulator, amended rules governing commercial communications, making it mandatory for caller-ID and call-management apps that let users flag calls as spam or junk to send those reports to a blockchain-based platform maintained by telecom operators. The platform tracks commercial communications and enforces anti-spam rules. The change, TRAI said, is intended to broaden the pool of spam reports available…

Ugo Ugochukwu has become the first American driver to win the FIA Formula 3 Championship. The 19-year-old New Yorker talks to Al Jazeera’s Samantha Johnson about his road to the title, his Formula 1 ambitions, Nigerian heritage and meeting Lewis Hamilton.Published On 19 Sep 202619 Sep 2026Share Ugo Ugochukwu: Road to F1 on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

The questions1 10,935 metres is the answer to which question, posed by an Irving Berlin song?2 Which empire had its capital at Cusco?3 Who released her bestselling Workout fitness video in 1982?4 In which sport does Rhein Fire play the Alpine Rams?5 Greater mouse-eared is the UK’s largest and rarest species of which mammal?6 The David Bowie Centre is part of which museum?7 Giandujot and SuperCrema are the predecessors of which spread?8 Richard Moth was appointed to which religious post last year?What links:9 Cricket; crow; cuckoo; dik-dik; gecko; owl?10 Richmond and Charleston (Tudor); Raleigh and Columbia (Stuart); Atlanta (Hanover)?11 Chan;…

Harrods is seeking to recover the cost of the compensation paid to hundreds of women allegedly sexually abused by Mohamed Al Fayed from his estate, the Guardian understands.The luxury department store is seeking full indemnity from the late billionaire’s estate for any settlements it is required to pay, according to evidence seen by the Guardian.Survivors of Fayed’s alleged abuse said the retailer’s plan to recover its compensation costs was distressing and at odds with its public acceptance of responsibility.Lucy Traynor, a senior associate at KP Law, which represents the majority of known survivors, said: “Harrods publicly says that it accepts…

Statesmen, shysters, dictators. Over the years, the United Nations has seen all kinds of world leaders.But when he arrives in New York on Monday for the annual general assembly, Anthony Albanese will be looking for collaborators.Determined to rein in the power of social media giants harming the lives of children, the Australian prime minister believes only a concerted effort by countries around the world will be enough to force change.Attending the UN leaders week in September last year, Albanese hosted a stylish event in a room overlooking the East River, talking up Australia’s world-leading moves to ban children under 16…

A cross-party committee of MPs has urged the government to reject a £10bn takeover proposal from Thames Water’s creditors.The UK’s biggest water company owes roughly £20bn and has been working with creditors and government officials.A report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has now said the government should consider placing it into special administration, a form of temporary nationalisation.A Thames Water spokesperson said it needed to be “recapitalised and put on a firm financial footing”.Fears that the firm, which serves 16 million customers, could collapse first emerged three years ago.The committee said a takeover plan by a…

Chaotic vortices the wake of an aeroplane can contribute to aerodynamic drag.Credit: Photo12/UIG/GettyLast week, OpenAI stunned the world by claiming that its most advanced artificial-intelligence model had solved a Millennium Prize Problem: one of just a handful of notoriously tricky mathematical conundrums that each come with a US$1-million prize. The AI solution proved mathematically that there are instances in which the Navier–Stokes equations — famous, nineteenth-century formulae that model how fluids flow — produce a ‘singularity’, predicting physically impossible infinite speeds for gases or liquids.The news has opened up discussions about the blossoming mathematical abilities of AI, whether AI models…