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Adelani Olawuyi writes from Obada/Odooba Ogooluwa LGA, Oyo State In the Yoruba nation, Agbaarin, Dioclea reflexa seeds are seeds that cannot stay on top of each other, hence the aphorism ‘Ajatuka ni ti agbaarin’: the fight between two of such seeds ends in a stalemate. In 2023, the lack of mutual understanding in the main opposition political party, the People’s Democratic Party, gave Tinubu the advantage of winning the presidential election. Everyone thought the entitlement mantra, ‘Emilokan’, was a mere abracadabra until the election was won. Yoruba still have a word for that, it is called ‘eedi’, the charm that…

Editor’s note: If you’d like to pinpoint the instant when the world entered the nuclear age, 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on 16 July 1945, is an excellent choice. That was the moment when human beings first unleashed the power of the nucleus in an immense, blinding ball of fire above a gloomy stretch of desert in the Jornada del Muerto basin in New Mexico. Emily Seyl’s Trinity: An Illustrated History of the World’s First Atomic Test (The University of Chicago Press) offers hundreds of startlingly vivid photographs of the Manhattan Project that emerged from a 20-year restoration effort. This…

The Permanent Secretary for Special Services in the Office of the Secretary to the Bauchi State Government, Shehu Yahaya Jalam, has died in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, while participating in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage. Jalam passed away in the early hours of Sunday after a brief illness. The deceased, who bore the traditional title of Turakin Dawakin Misau, was among the Bauchi State contingent that travelled to Saudi Arabia for the 2026 Hajj exercise when he took ill and died. The state government, in a statement signed on Sunday by Governor Bala Mohammed’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado,…

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By Edwin Philip, Lafia Speaker of Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Dr. Danladi Jatau, a member representing Wamba, Akwanga and Nasarawa Eggon in the House of Representative Hon. Jeremiah Umaru and Ali Abdul-Mumin Muhammad, member representing Nasarawa/ Toto federal Constituency have been defeated in the All Progressive Congress( APC) primaries conducted on the Saturday, 16, May 2026. Announcing the results on Sunday night, the chairman of the House of Representatives Primary Election Committee, Hon. Musa Shuaibu Guri, Chairman of the House of Representatives Primary Election Committee, who was the returning officer for the Nasarawa House of Representatives primary election held…

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, at the weekend, inspected various major road and other infrastructural projects executed by his administration preparatory to their inauguration in a matter of weeks. Projects he inspected include the 40km Owo-Ubahu-Amankanu-Umualor-Neke-Ikem dual carriageway, 14.5km Amechi Idodo-Oruku-Amagunze Road, the New Enugu Smart City, and the Enugu International Hospital on Rangers Avenue, Enugu. Mbah, who clocks three years as governor of Enugu State on 29th May, said the projects were part of the enablers being developed by his administration to power the state’s economy from a $4.4bn to a $30bn economy, as well as position the…

Vinicius Junior earned Real Madrid a 1-0 win at Sevilla on Sunday in La Liga in the penultimate round of fixtures, but results elsewhere mean the hosts have secured safety from relegation. Levante earned a vital 2-0 win over Mallorca, who are 19th and in grave danger, along with Girona, 18th after a 1-0 defeat at Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid will finish the season without a major trophy for the second year running, but produced a focussed display to beat Sevilla. After Kylian Mbappe complained midweek he had been told by coach Alvaro Arbeloa he was Madrid’s “fourth forward” after…

The Kano State Censorship Board has suspended two Kannywood actors over their appearance in a video alleged to contain content contrary to moral standards and public decency in the state. The board disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, stating that the action formed part of efforts to promote discipline, uphold good values, and ensure compliance with regulations guiding film production in Kano State. The statement, signed by Abdullahi Sulaiman on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the board, Abba El-Mustapha, identified the affected actors as Amina Uba Hassan and Adam Garba. According to the statement, the actors were…

“The humanitarian context in Somalia is worsening faster than we originally projected and expected,” said George Conway, the UN’s top aid official in Somalia, a situation made worse by the unresolved conflict in the Middle East and the ongoing global supply chain crisis that has resulted. “Children are paying the highest price. Nearly two million young children are acutely malnourished, meaning they’re dangerously undernourished and physically weakened, placing them at high risk of illness or death,” Mr. Conway stressed. “Almost half a million are so severely malnourished that they require urgent treatment to survive”, the veteran humanitarian added.Middle East war falloutThe…

Who says that Nigeria is not a behemoth on the world stage? Nigeria occupies a space of 923, 768 square kilometres. It is the 31st largest country in the world. “The giant of Africa” with a population of about 220 million, over the years has shown tremendous and robust achievements within the committee of nations, especially in the Area of soft power, precisely sports. The recent demolition of legendary Wrestlemania star Brock Lesnar by Nigerian Oba Femi has shown that Nigeria cannot decapitate when it matters most. On April 19, 2026, in Wrestlemania 42 staged at Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas,…