September 09, 2026 - Page 12

[Vanguard] ABUJA — The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has declared a force majeure event on the 330kV Kainji-Birnin Kebbi transmission line following the collapse of a transmission tower along the corridor.

[Leadership] The Benue State Police Command has rescued 18 kidnapped victims, arrested 20 suspects and recovered three AK-47 rifles and other weapons in a series of intelligence-led operations across the state.

[Leadership] The federal government has endorsed the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in efforts to unlock the potential of Nigeria’s Orange Economy as a driver of job creation, entrepreneurship,

Schools in Lebanon are set to start on September 15, but many still host people displaced by Israel’s war.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The prolonged nurses’ strike is continuing to put pressure on Kenya’s public health system, with essential services facing disruption across the country.

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Police have arrested four Kenyans accused of harassing and extorting foreign nationals in Nairobi’s Nyamakima area, in an intensifying crackdown on exploitation of immigrants amid heightened scrutiny of

Since beginning his second term, the US president has said he wanted to use the word ‘America’ to rename a lake, a gulf and even a US state.

For decades, I had been haunted by paruresis, an inability to urinate in public toilets. But that day of nakedness suddenly, surprisingly, led me to shed my inhibitions For as long as

[WFP] Conflicts in the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea and the Black Sea are disrupting the movement of food, fuel and fertilizer, with devastating consequences across the world.

Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says Datacentres in the UK will create just a quarter of the jobs predicted by the tech sector, while