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A United States-based Nigerian researcher, Kemi Busari, has urged media owners to focus on merit-based factors when recruiting new reporters in the newsroom. Busari, a doctoral student at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, USA, said studies on hiring criteria were limited in the journalism literature. He maintained that the perspectives of media owners were notably absent from debates on who qualifies as a journalist. The scholar stated this in an article titled, ‘Beyond the degree: Entry criteria and the influence of journalism education in Nigerian news organizations’ hiring practices.’ Busari clarified that, despite this gap, some…

Super Eagles duo Taiwo Awoniyi and Frank Onyeka were both in action for Coventry City as they suffered a 3-0 defeat to Arsenal in their opening game of the 2026-27 English Premier League season, Soccernet.ng reports. Awoniyi completed a £9 million move to the Sky Blues earlier this week from Nottingham Forest. Meanwhile, Onyeka’s permanent transfer was completed earlier in the summer after he enjoyed an impressive loan spell at the club during the second half of last season and helped them secure promotion to the Premier League. However, Coventry faced a daunting task on their return to the top flight and were given…

Citing unhygienic conditions and the risk of contamination, nutrition experts have asked Nigerians to stop having vegetables sliced in open markets without first washing them. Apart from increasing the risk of food poisoning, the nutritionists warned that slicing vegetables in open markets before washing them could lead to the loss of vital nutrients and introduce harmful microorganisms into the body due to poor hygiene. The food safety experts explained that vegetables should be washed under running water before being cut and handled with the utmost care, from the point of harvest to the consumer’s plate. It is common to see…

By Fawzi Kehinde A 41-year-old caterer and mother of three, Omolade Bolaji, is fighting for her life as kidney failure pushes her family to beg Nigerians for N40m to fund a transplant that doctors say is now her only hope. Bolaji, who runs a restaurant in Ikorodu, Lagos State, first developed constant headaches in 2025. She was shuttled between five hospitals that treated her for typhoid before doctors traced the problem to her kidneys. Her husband, Olaleye Tubi, a driver, narrated the family’s ordeal to our correspondent on Friday. “All the hospitals were telling us she had typhoid. So we…

A single trial readout just doubled a company’s market value in one session. Perplexity AI predicts the rerating continues, and the price prediction places Moderna at $180 to $240 by the end of 2026 with a $210 bullish base case.The catalyst is Intismeran, the personalized mRNA cancer vaccine. Perplexity calls it the dominant valuation driver going forward. The Phase 3 INTerpath-001 melanoma trial met both primary endpoints. Recurrence-free survival and distant-metastasis-free survival both cleared alongside Keytruda.That is the first late-stage validation of Moderna’s oncology platform. Perplexity frames it as potentially supporting a major melanoma-market opportunity.Source: Perplexity AI Moderna Price PredictionTwo…

Championship side West Ham United have joined Italian club Atalanta and German giants Bayer Leverkusen in the race to sign Super Eagles defender Emmanuel Fernandez this summer, Soccernet.ng reports. Fernandez’s future has been uncertain throughout the summer, although no deal has been finalized yet and he has started the new season with Rangers as they look to end Celtic’s dominance of Scottish football. The 25-year-old has already featured in six games across all competitions this season. However, he has struggled to reproduce the form that made him one of Rangers’ standout players last term and has come under scrutiny for some of his performances. Derek…

The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the 2027 election, Atiku Abubakar, has urged the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation to release, where legally permissible, records relating to President Bola Tinubu. He said Nigerians have a democratic right to information about the history and character of the man seeking to retain the country’s highest elective office. Atiku, in a statement issued on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, said the FBI could protect sensitive law-enforcement information without withholding records that could legitimately be disclosed in the public interest. The former vice president…

Super Eagles defender Semi Ajayi has written his name into Hull City history after scoring the club’s first Premier League goal in more than nine years, Soccernet.ng reports. Ajayi struck for Hull City in their Premier League return this afternoon, ending an extraordinary wait that had stretched back to May 21, 2017, after which they were relegated to the EFL Championship. The Nigerian defender’s goal came against Manchester United, giving Hull their first goal in the English top flight since the final day of the 2016/17 Premier League season. Semi Ajayi of Hull City celebrates after scoring against Manchester United.…

Jose Mourinho’s second spell in charge of Real Madrid began with a last-gasp 2-1 victory at Espanyol in La Liga on Saturday, with substitute Carlos Espi pouncing in the 90th minute to grab the winner. Jude Bellingham opened the scoring in Los Blancos’ opening fixture of the season, and new signing Espi secured the points at the death after Alex Calatrava had levelled against Mourinho’s star-studded team. Back in charge of Madrid 13 years after leaving, Portuguese veteran Mourinho must bring the dressing room under control after the chaos of last season, and end Spanish champions Barcelona’s domestic dominance. Mourinho…

By Dennis Naku Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has stressed that his administration places a premium on quality healthcare delivery and has taken deliberate steps to provide medical facilities that would ensure easy access by the people. Fubara asserted on Friday while unveiling the remodelled and fully furnished 105-bed Zonal Hospital in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the state. The governor said the importance attached to the project was driven by the understanding that while lost wealth could potentially be recovered, lost health was more difficult to regain. “If you lose wealth, you have lost nothing, because so long…