Gov Dauda Lawal@ 61: A functionalist in power, By Sulaiman Bala Idris
Premium Timesby Press Release2 Sept 2026
If I were asked, would I say it’s the same Dauda Lawal I knew five years ago? I would definitely answer with a capital letter NO.
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top 44%America's story intertwined with its military history, but a military-civilian disconnect persists
The Independentby Deepti Hajela2 Sept 2026
The soldiers. The sailors. The battles. The conflicts. There is no recounting of the U.S. story where its existence as a nation isn’t intertwined with its military history, from 1776 to now.
America's story intertwined with its military history, but a military-civilian disconnect persists
The Independentby Deepti Hajela2 Sept 2026
The realization brought Qwynn Galloway-Salazar to tears. She was looking for civilian work two decades ago after leaving the Army Reserves, but what she saw was the disconnect between her and the...
After fleeing Afghanistan to continue educating girls, SOLA opens a permanent school in Rwanda
The Independentby Glenn Gamboa2 Sept 2026
Shabana Basij-Rasikh smiles as she points to the sign in the middle of campus: School of Leadership of Afghanistan, SOLA, a home in Rwanda.
Tunisia’s civil society faces growing pressure as crackdown widens
Al Jazeeraby Ghaya Ben Mbarek2 Sept 2026
Tunis, Tunisia – Tunisia’s authorities have sharply intensified pressure on civil society, prosecuting activists and NGO workers, investigating groups’ finances and suspending dozens of...
Tunisia's rights defenders decry civil society crackdown
DW Englishby Jennifer Holleis2 Sept 2026
"Most civil society organizations are in a state of shock today," Messaoud Romdhani, a Tunisian human rights activist told DW.
63 Years Later, the Creepiest Episode of 'The Twilight Zone' is Still Nightmare Fuel
Polygon.comby Brian VanHooker2 Sept 2026
Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been a sucker for creepy doll stories. It probably started with R. L. Stine’s Goosebumps book Night of the Living Dummy.
Will Rahul Gandhi’s ‘smash the patriarchy’ call attract young, urban women to Congress?
Scroll.inby Divya Aslesha2 Sept 2026
Vaishnavi Patil, 26, was supposed to share the stage with Rahul Gandhi at a Congress party event for women in Pune last month.
Firelight may have sparked human storytelling by extending social hours
Phys.orgby University1 Sept 2026
Firelight may have sparked human storytelling by extending social hours New research from the University of St Andrews has developed a novel hypothesis of how firelight was critical to the...
Star Wars Zero Company Is the Andor Replacement No One Expected
Polygon.comby Giovanni Colantonio1 Sept 2026
I’ve never been what you would call a “Star Wars guy.” As much as I enjoy George Lucas’ original film trilogy, they always struck me as perfectly fun popcorn movies rather than masterpieces of...
Chiefs heiress Gracie Hunt wrestles the franchise's attention back from Taylor Swift with engagement party
FOX Newsby Sean Joseph1 Sept 2026
Move over Taylor Swift, Kansas City Chiefs heiress Gracie Hunt has some headlines of her own to make.
RSS chief continues to indicate moderate line
New Indian Expressby Express News Service1 Sept 2026
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent address at a Universal Oneness Celebration conference in New York was all about the spirit of moderation and inclusivity.
Integrating Cree worldview with western psychology: Q&A with a psychotherapist
The Conversation Canadaby The Conversation Canada, The Conversation1 Sept 2026
Behavioural scientist Louis Busch weaves Indigenous teachings from Knowledge Keepers across Turtle Island with western psychological practice.
Where people go shapes urban mixing more than where they live, research finds
Phys.orgby Cyrus Moulton1 Sept 2026
Where people go shapes urban mixing more than where they live, research finds For millennia, people have been drawn to cities for opportunities, jobs and the possibility of sharing a sidewalk with...
Dotun: The relentless storyteller, now the story told, By Semiu Okanlawon
Premium Timesby Ololade Bamidele1 Sept 2026
Why does his death heavily cast a pall on the Nigerian media industry? It is not only because Dotun’s journalism career took him in turns to Newswatch, The PUNCH, The Sun, The Nigerian Tribune and...
In tune with nature: Human speech follows a rhythm that is also found in the animal kingdom
Phys.orgby Fabienne Salfner1 Sept 2026
In tune with nature: Human speech follows a rhythm that is also found in the animal kingdom The temporal structure of speech rhythms resembles that of the communication signals of numerous animal...
Afrilition and the realisation of the human promise, By Adéwálé Àjàdí
Premium Timesby Adewale Ajadi1 Sept 2026
Afrilition builds forward on the foundation of African complexity, not reduction, knowing that it is in that variation of Africanness that humanity emerged.
A Puzzle Game About Using Your Head To Decapitate People Was Inspired By Dots But Plays More Like Catherine - Kotaku
Kotakuby Ash Parrish1 Sept 2026
I’ve had a lot of fun chopping off heads in my day, but Aerial Knight’s Mr. Freezy makes the celebrated video game pastime more…cerebral. Out now on PC and coming September 8th to PS5, Mr.
Net NPA under 1 percent, write-off 100 percent, recovery 35 percent
New Indian Expressby Shankkar Aiyar1 Sept 2026
On August 27, Vijay Mallya—a fugitive economic offender resident in Britain since 2016—trolled the system by posting a complaint on X.
Questions for Nepal and others
New Indian Expressby Namrata Sharma1 Sept 2026
The flash floods in Nepal have claimed at least 987 lives. At the time of writing, that’s the official count shared by Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority; 3,916...