There is something both absurd and heartbreaking about the idea of a person waking up one morning to discover that the internet has announced their death, and that quietly grieving strangers have already sent love and prayers to a family that is not in mourning. That is what happened to veteran Tamil actress Vadivukkarasi, a beloved figure in Tamil cinema for more than four decades. A wave of unconfirmed reports swept through social media, claiming that the veteran performer had fallen seriously ill, and then, even more shockingly, that she had passed away. Those rumours, repeated in anxious messages and…

Paragraph 1 In the complex and high-stakes world of international pilgrimage, few things are more sensitive than the allocation of the limited slots that allow Nigerian Muslims to fulfill the sacred journey of Hajj. The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has stepped forward to address a storm of controversy that has been brewing over the distribution of these slots for the 2027 pilgrimage season. The commission is firing back at what it calls a wave of “misinformation,” firmly rejecting allegations that it diverted a significant number of slots away from licensed private tour operators. At the heart of this…