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Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi and Femi Gbajabiamila Thanks to scientific advancement in the form of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing, it is now possible to determine a child’s paternity with a 99.99 per cent certainty. In the light of recent events that have left our collective jaws on the floor, Nigerians are beginning to wish that a governance/public administration version of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test were possible to help them ascertain the paternity of an administrative child of yet indeterminate pedigree — the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC).  Without the level of certainty that only science can guarantee, there may…

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the first to be co-hosted by three nations, with the tournament being staged across North America in the United States, Canada and Mexico.Each country is different from the other, with football culture also having unique characteristics across each border. So how have the U.S., Canada and Mexico embraced the tournament, and what is different about the World Cup in each nation?Mark Ogden has been to three cities in the three host countries to find out.June 12: U.S. 4-1 ParaguayLOS ANGELES — There are two televisions in the Sushi Hanashi restaurant on Lincoln Boulevard in…

‘But is it theatre?” you might keep asking as you experience the latest offering from Silent Uproar. It’s theatrical; there’s a set and lighting design. There’s an atmospheric sound design by Eddi Pickard and a singular central performance. There’s a script and a director.The question arises from the form: The Night of the Werewolves involves the audience playing a version of the game Mafia (or whatever you call the game on which the BBC’s The Traitors is based). The performance begins with Alex Mitchell welcoming us, setting parameters and talking a lot about consent; the game is rated 18+ and…

With the passing of Olaseinde Odimayo, Nigerian art has lost one of its indispensable behind-the-scenes builders, a man who devoted a lifetime to connecting artists with collectors, vision with patronage, and talent with opportunity. Okechukwu Uwaezuoke writes  Who among those gathered last December to celebrate Olaseinde Odimayo’s 75th birthday could have imagined that the occasion would feel, only a few months later, like a farewell? The gathering brought together collectors, gallery owners, artists, curators, friends and admirers, all paying tribute to a man whose influence on Nigerian art was immense, even if much of his work happened behind the scenes. Odimayo was…

Education DeskLast Updated: 05 Jul 2026, 12:12 pm ISTStay updated with the major global and national developments for your morning school assembly on July 3, 2026. Read on for the full breakdown of top national and international news. Representational imageGood morning everyone. Moving on to today’s top national updates, India and Japan have forged a major milestone by signing a new defence and economic pact. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education is evaluating a landmark reform to give 50% weightage to school board exams for NEET and JEE admissions, aiming to ease competitive pressure on students. In space tech, Skyroot Aerospace has…

Carlos Giménez, a Republican congressman from Florida, broke with the Trump administration on Sunday, calling on the White House to reconsider its push to eliminate temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitian migrants.Returning some 350,000 Haitians to their chaotic, dangerous homeland following the US supreme court’s ruling that the Trump administration can cut off temporary legal protections, would be a grave error, Giménez said.“Haiti is a failed state, and I think that deporting Haitians that are under TPS right now, back to Haiti, would be a huge mistake,” he told CBS News. Giménez also called for the re-instatement of TPS status…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was among those who had demanded the decision be reviewed.Asked about the USA’s World Cup performance during a news conference, Rubio said: “It was great. They got screwed with that red card. “There needs to be an appeal process for that. It’s probably too late for that.”More broadly in the US, there has been much disquiet from fans about the red card for one of their star players. Many media outlets have questioned the decision and the way football applies its rules – in terms of having to leave the field of play after…

The “Olodo Syndrome” is a deep-seated systemic choice to reward short-term appearance over long-term structural integrity. When a society systematically separates rewards from actual performance, mediocrity stops being an accident and becomes a rational survival strategy. When structure is treated as a scam, individuals stop building for scale and begin optimising for transactional “vibes” and internal extraction. This essay explores the sequential, self-reinforcing downward spiral of this cognitive inversion—from the highest layers of national governance down to the micro-family unit. Pillar 1: Macro Governance & Financial Stagnation The structural decay begins at the absolute top, where the fundamental rules of…

Researchers at the Zaragoza School of Advanced Studies (FES Zaragoza) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) have identified a new fossil species of axolotl in the state of Hidalgo.Named Ambystoma quetzalcoatli, it is the first fossil salamander species to be formally described in Mexico and the oldest known record of the genus Ambystoma ever documented in the country. According to the researchers, the discovery provides an important new piece of the puzzle for understanding the origin and evolution of the biodiversity that characterizes modern Mexican fauna.The fossils were discovered in the municipality of Atotonilco el Grande, in Hidalgo,…

The Society for Family Health (SFH) has identified shortages of essential commodities, service delivery tools, and provider training resources as major challenges limiting the quality of family planning services in Abia and Akwa Ibom states. The Project Coordinator of SFH, Eze Nwokoma, said this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, following facility assessments conducted by the organisation in the two states. Mr Nwokoma said the assessments revealed urgent needs for critical commodities and resources, emphasising that addressing the deficiencies was essential to strengthening family planning services and improving reproductive health outcomes. “These included the need for additional service…