Last big weekend of prep horse races sets stage for Breeders' Cup

1 of 3 | Napoleon Solo wins Saturday's Champagne Stakes at Aqueduct. Phot by Cognianese Photography, courtesy of NYRA Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The last big weekend of Breeders' Cup prep races produced a mix of upsets and promising performances from France...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry jet to New York ahead of receiving award

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are on their way to New York to attend the World Mental Health Day Gala, organised by Project Healthy Minds. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to receive the nonprofit's Humanitarians of the Year Award on...

Nigeria’s Maiduguri still struggling a year after deadly floods displaced over 300,000

MAIDUGURI, Oct 9 — A year after the floodwaters crashed through the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the place where Maryam Jidda’s house used to stand is still an empty patch of mud. More than 300,000 residents were displaced and dozens...

Nigeria @ 65: Zulum Congratulates Tinubu, Says Peace Building, Recovery Efforts Succeeding

0 Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other Nigerians on Wednesday on the occasion of Nigeria’s 65th Independence Day Celebration. Marking the milestone, Governor Zulum acknowledged the...

Troost-Ekong, Iwobi, Bassey and Lookman in high spirits as they arrive Super Eagles camp in SA, video

Super Eagles players are beginning to arrive at the team's camp in Polokwane, South Africa, ahead of facing Lesotho Captain William Troost-Ekong leads the early arrivals, which include Alex Iwobi and Ademola Lookman Nigeria will play Lesotho in...

From Knysna to Shamwari: A continental clash of cycling titans

The men’s professional field for the inaugural Nedbank Gravel Burn is a gathering drawn from road, gravel and mountain biking in equal measure, with riders from many disciplines stepping across to test themselves in this relatively new format —...

Fresh violence, mass displacement test govt’s grip on security

• Residents flee Kwara community as insecurity worsens, 27 killed in Kogi • NBA Kebbi orders lawyers to avoid kidnapping hotspots, declares court boycott • Youth coalition, NBA demand action over worsening insecurity in Niger North • ADC accuses...

As Nigeria’s Forests Fall in the South, the Deserts Advance in the North

We want to tell a single story but follow three separate crises. One began deep in Cross River National Park, where a reporter HumAngle worked with walked into the reserve and found neat rows of cocoa where there should have been rainforest in...

AU Paralysis Fuelling Sudan's Humanitarian Catastrophe

Kim Heller|Published 2 hours ago 5min Kim Heller 'All Eyes on Gaza' has become a vociferous rallying call, as it should, for Gaza is a site of horrific inhumanity. At the same time, more eyes are needed on Sudan. The conflict-ravaged nation is a...

The war in Sudan is the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. Here’s how it started and the toll so far

The catastrophic conflict in Sudan, now into its third year, is one of the deadliest in the world today. The war has triggered the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. With famine already under way in some parts of the country, and with 25 million...

Lead anti-trafficking congressman praises Trump’s report calling out China, Cuba, Venezuela, Russia

Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., a longtime anti-human trafficking advocate, praised the Trump administration’s 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for exposing countries he said “are actively profiting” from modern slavery. “I wholeheartedly...

AFI Fest 2025 Unveils Full Lineup: ‘Song Sung Blue’ World Premiere, Plus ‘Christy,’ ‘The Plague,’ and More

AFI Fest is unique in the festival ecosystem for not being tied quite as directly into the awards season conversation as other fall festivals: Certainly, as always, there are many top Oscar contenders in the 2025 AFI Fest lineup, shared below —...

Year after Borno floods, survivors left ‘high and dry’

A year after the floodwaters crashed through the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the place where Maryam Jidda’s house used to stand is still an empty patch of mud. More than 300,000 residents were displaced and dozens killed when a dam...

Year after northern Nigeria floods, survivors left high and dry

A year after the floodwaters crashed through the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the place where Maryam Jidda's house used to stand is still an empty patch of mud. More than 300,000 residents were displaced and dozens killed when a dam...

Revamping Maiduguri’s Airport for International Operations

Chinedu Eze In June 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, renamed the Maiduguri airport to Muhammadu Buhari International Airport and designated it as international facility. The re-naming of the airport, according to industry stakeholders, will...

‘Made in Italy’, crafted in Nigeria: The hidden story behind your luxury leather bag

KANO, Oct 3 — Most Nigerian leather, often semi-finished, is exported to Europe and Asia and turned into luxury items bearing international brand labels, with zero trace of its origins. But with her homegrown brand, Isi Omiyi creates high-end...

Cameroon’s SONARA Refinery: Rising from the Ashes

CameroonOnline.ORG | Cameroon has launched the long-awaited reconstruction of its National Oil Refinery (SONARA) in Limbe, a facility that has been offline since a fire in 2019 crippled operations. The restart of the refinery, the only one in...

Biodiversity is our most sophisticated information network and must be protected (commentary)

Each species represents a unique library of evolutionary wisdom, encoded in DNA and refined over millions of years. In a new commentary prior to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) quadrennial conference this month, IUCN...

Who Is Mark Sanchez’s Wife? Meet ‘Shameless’ Alum Perry Mattfeld

Image Credit: Getty Images for Verizon Mark Sanchez and Perry Mattfeld found their happily ever after in each other. The husband and wife make quite the dynamic duo in the entertainment and sports worlds, with Mark being an ex-NFL quarterback and...

Nell Nolan: NOCHI 2025, Pi Beta Phi Sorority, Project Lazarus

NOCHI Niceties What a joy it was to enter a building that was abuzz with lively chatter and decorated with dozens of colorful balloons! Add Merry Antoinettes (all with têtes intact!) and a pair of chef-garbed stilt walkers, and the fun increased...