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Whisper it but perhaps that was the performance of a champion side. All week the talk had been about Wakefield Trinity and whether this could be the night they declared themselves as a Super League force in front of a sell-out crowd against Leeds Rhinos.In the end, they probably did that, despite the result. These two West Yorkshire rivals served up a classic under the Belle Vue lights but in the end, despite never leading until the 77th minute, Leeds mustered up all their strength and championship credentials to complete a comeback which began when they trailed by 16 points…

Music catalogue of the defunct P-Square group has recorded a resurgence on Nigeria’s Apple Music Albums Chart. According to music chart platform Album Talks HQ, the duo’s compilation album, Best of P-Square, climbed to number 100 on the Nigeria Apple Music Albums Chart, rising 87 places. The platform also reported that Get Squared and Game Over re-entered the chart at number 173 and number 182, respectively. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the renewed interest in the group’s catalogue comes amid renewed public attention surrounding the latest war of words between the P-Square duo-Peter and Paul. The lingering…

*CSOs flag 13 high-risk LGAs, appeal for police neutrality *Kudos, knocks trail Tinubu’s directive to unfreeze state’s account  *Police assure Nigerians of peaceful, credible governorship election Adedayo Akinwale, Sunday Aborisade and Linus Aleke in Abuja and Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo Ahead of the August 15 governorship election in Osun State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday expressed concern over the growing threat of vote buying, warning that the practice could undermine the credibility of the poll if not decisively checked by security agencies. This comes as Civil Society Concerns on Election Security in Osun urged the Nigeria Police Force…

poster for baahubali: the eternal warannapurna/mihiraEXCLUSIVE: India’s record-breaking Baahubali universe is expanding, and they’re joining forces with a familiar collaborator. Baahubali: The Eternal War, a new animated film based on the franchise, is using the A&M MoCap Lab at Hyderabad’s Annapurna Studios for previsualisation of its most complex sequences, marking a new chapter for both the IP and for a storied Indian studio facility.ForbesWhat’s So Special About India’s Hit Film ‘Baahubali’?By Rob CainWhat The A&M Motion Capture Lab DoesThe A&M MoCap Lab was announced in February this year, as a joint venture between Nagarjuna Akkineni’s Annapurna Studios, Baahubali producer Shobu…

The study identified 204 cases in all, but two did not have sufficient data to be included in the analysis. Of the 202 remaining cases, researchers found 145 (72 percent) were in male patients. The age of fly victims ranged from 12 to 93 years, but skewed toward older adults, with a mean of 61. Most of the myiasis cases (77 percent) were in patients with one or more underlying health conditions, most commonly diabetes, alcoholism, cancers, and skin conditions. When the flies infect humans, they seem to have the most success infesting the legs and feet, the study found;…

AFC is the largest military training establishment for under-19s in the UK and it receives all the Army’s 16-year-old recruits.North Yorkshire Police told the BBC in a response to a Freedom of Information Act request it had received 16 reports of sexual offences linked to the college in the year to June, including allegations of exposure, voyeurism and sexual assault.No information was included on whether the reports had led to prosecutions.A total of 176 complaints of inappropriate sexual behaviour at the college were made between January 2018 and June 2025, according to Ministry of Defence (MoD) data.The women, whose names…

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Maxx Crosby and Kirk Cousins engaged in an altercation during the Las Vegas Raiders’ training camp practice on Friday. Both players exchanged words before they were ultimately separated. The altercation began when Cousins took exception to Crosby hitting him on the arm twice during the team period. After the second hit, Cousins confronted Crosby and grabbed his jersey. The two players then exchanged words before being separated. Crosby said prior to training camp that he had been warned by the team’s new coaching staff about touching the quarterback during practice. He acknowledged at the time that his aggressiveness once led to his…

By Enitan Abdultawab Big Brother Naija Season 11 housemate, Gerard, has confronted his love interest, Kamsy, over her interactions with other male housemates, saying he was uncomfortable with what he saw as a breach of boundaries. Gerard expressed his displeasure after seeing Kamsy dancing with other men in the house, telling her that their relationship should come with certain limits. “See, I don’t mind if we are friends. You can’t identify with me and keep moving that way, that’s why I was like I can’t do that. Look at Goddessa’s moves, that’s boundaries,” he said. Gerard also appeared to acknowledge…

President Tinubu After the bishops’ recent closed‑door meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Cardinal John Onaiyekan made a striking claim: that presidential aides are shielding the President from the true suffering in the country, presenting a false “rosy picture,” and that Tinubu already appears desperate about winning the 2027 election. As a writer and observer of governance, I share that concern. A president who controls the instruments of state, commands a united party, and faces a divided opposition has little rational cause for electoral anxiety — unless overzealous handlers are manufacturing threats where few exist. The question therefore deserves to…