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Amid the trees clustered with jackfruit and the boda boda motorcycles weaving precariously around Kampala’s congested roads earlier this year was a campaign poster for Katongole Singh, an immaculately coiffed candidate who positively beamed alongside the president, Yoweri Museveni.With a Sikh Indian surname and an indigenous Ugandan first name, Singh is no rarity in the Ugandan capital, where people of Indian descent have lived for more than 125 years. Many people here boast a multi-hyphenated “African Indian” identity – as indeed does the Zohran Kwame Mamdani, the 33-year-old running for mayor of New York City.Mamdani – who made shock waves…

308 In a powerful signal of renewed global confidence, Nigeria’s stock market is buzzing with activity, fueled by a massive surge in foreign portfolio transactions. Latest figures from the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) reveal that foreign transactions have hit a whopping N1.281 trillion in the first seven months of 2025. This impressive figure is a staggering 369.2% increase from the N273.16 billion recorded during the same period in 2022. The numbers don’t lie: investors, both local and international, are flocking to Nigeria’s capital market. The NGX’s domestic and foreign transactions report shows a dramatic shift in market dynamics. Foreign portfolio…

“I think what we’re seeing is … an evolution of Netanyahu’s descent into insanity.”The “brazen activities” of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are a way to “redraw the Middle East map”, says Professor Mehran Kamrava from Georgetown University.Published On 10 Sep 202510 Sep 2025

“I go to football every week, all my life. Home, away, England away, all of it,” says Roman Kemp. “And there is something about it that is transcendent. It almost feels like religion to me. Like if you go on holiday and you go into a church, even if it’s empty, you can feel the energy it’s got in there. A football stadium is the same.”Kemp, the kind of Gooner who performs his own statistical analysis of Arsenal’s season (“I look at the league and I do a side-by-side comparison of points gained, points lost”), brings to his passion for…

Two former Meta safety researchers told a US Senate committee on Tuesday that the social media giant covered up potential harms to children stemming from its virtual reality (VR) products.”Meta has chosen to ignore the problems they created and bury evidence of users’ negative experiences,” said Jason Sattizahn.The hearing comes a day after the Washington Post reported the whistleblowers’ allegations that Meta lawyers intervened to shape internal research that could have flagged risks.Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, denies the allegations and in a statement referred to the “claims at the heart” of the hearing as “nonsense.”Mr…

Before Charlie Sheen makes his first appearance in Netflix’s new two-part, three-hour docuseries aka Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men star Jon Cryer pours more than a few grains of salt upon the entire endeavor. “I had some trepidation about participating in this, partially because part of the cycle of Charlie Sheen’s life has been that he messes up terribly, he hits rock bottom and then he gets things going again — he brings a lot of positivity into his life and that’s when he burns himself out again. He just can’t help but set that house on fire,”…

Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted US President Donald Trump’s dinner at a restaurant in Washington DC.

Taiwo Oyedele, the chair of the Presidential Fiscal Policy & Tax Reforms Committee clarifies Nigeria’s five percent surcharge on fuel & Presidential Fiscal Policy & Tax Reforms Committee This note seeks to clarify matters arising regarding the 5% surcharge on fuel in the new tax laws. The charge is not a new tax introduced by the current administration. The provision already exists under the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (Amendment) Act, 2007. Its restatement in the new Tax Act is for harmonisation and transparency rather than immediate implementation. We outline the frequently asked questions below and provide clarifying explanations. Frequently Asked…

Fergus WalshMedical Editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesMore than 1,000 people across the UK with suspected dementia are to be offered a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease which it is hoped could revolutionise diagnosis of the disease.The blood test can detect biomarkers for rogue proteins which accumulate in the brains of patients with the condition and will be used in addition to pen and paper cognitive tests, which often misdiagnose it in its early stages.Scientists leading the trial at University College London believe the blood test will improve the accuracy of diagnosis from 70% to more than 90% and want to see…

Published On 10 Sep 202510 Sep 2025Portugal earned a 3-2 victory at Hungary in their UEFA World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, with Joao Cancelo scoring a late winner, two minutes after the hosts had equalised, to put them in control at the top of Group F with two away wins from two.The visitors came from behind to lead thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty, but almost let the three points slip when conceding late on before Cancelo’s goal rescued the win to add to their 5-0 success in Armenia on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listHungary took the lead in…