Air pollution can be easy to ignore from day to day, but over the past decades, researchers have accumulated a compelling list of evidence that it can pose a major threat to human health—from mental health and childhood development to heart disease. Recent events like the East Palestine, Ohio, train disaster that spilled toxic chemicals into the air in early February, have put such risks under the spotlight, causing many across America to reconsider the safety of the air they breathe.

Many Nigerians woke up on the morning of May 29th to received a shocker after Nigeria’s new president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, during his inaugural speech, announced that the “fuel subsidy is gone” Tinubu said: “We commend the decision of the outgoing administration in phasing out the petrol subsidy regime, which has increasingly favoured the rich more than the poor. Subsidy can no longer justify its ever-increasing costs in the wake of drying resources.

Ahead of the 2023 general election, the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has appointed Abdulmumin Jibrin and Ladipo Johnson as his campaign council spokespersons. Naija News reports that the former Kano State governor made this known in a statement by his spokesperson, Ibrahim Adam. According to Kwankwaso, he appointed Jibrin and Johnson as spokespersons based on their high level of networking and in-depth understanding of the Nitty-Gritty of communication.

The Labour Party (LP) and the African Action Congress (AAC) have berated the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government for earmarking N3bn for the renovation of two luxury Abuja properties forfeited to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Naija News reports that the properties located in the Guzape and Mabushi areas of the Federal Capital Territory are part of several illegally acquired assets and proceeds of money laundering recovered by the EFCC.

According to a tweet from the Twitter account Shahrak Ekbatan, the five girls were first brought in and given a warning, then called again and detained for two days before being compelled to make a coerced confession. According to Fox News, Security forces started looking for the five girls soon after the video, which was filmed near Ekbatan, west of Tehran, gained popularity online. They weren't wearing headscarves, which are required for women in Iran, as the video was shared on International Women's Day.