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Chinese authorities have moved to outlaw the practice of using residential apartments as makeshift burial spaces for cremated remains, as rising funeral costs and a struggling property market drove grieving families toward an unconventional and increasingly popular alternative. New regulations that came into force on Monday explicitly ban “the use of residential dwellings specifically…
Nigeria faces fresh scrutiny over alleged breaches of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and failure to implement Economic Community of West African States excise tax directives, according to findings presented at a stakeholder engagement in Abuja. The Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance, with support from Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, released…
A Cambodian appeals court has upheld 14-year prison sentences handed to two journalists convicted of treason for posting a photograph taken in a military-restricted zone during the deadly Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, deepening concerns over press freedom in the Southeast Asian nation. Pheap Phara, a reporter with TSP 68 TV Online, and Phorn Sopheap, a journalist…
The terrorism trial of nine suspects charged in connection with the 2025 Yelwata massacre was abruptly suspended on Tuesday after one of the defendants collapsed inside the courtroom, forcing an adjournment. Proceedings had barely commenced around 10 a.m. when Alhaji Haruna Abdullahi, the third defendant, suddenly slumped in court. Prison officials attempted to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has presented a revised draft of its 2026 Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties, inviting contributions from party stakeholders to strengthen electoral processes before the 2027 general elections. At a consultative meeting with political party leaders in Abuja on Tuesday, INEC Chairman Prof. Joash Amupitan said the new regulations…
Iraq has become dangerously entangled in the widening Middle East conflict, with an air strike killing 15 members of a former paramilitary coalition in the deadliest attack on the group since the Iran war began, while separate missile fire claimed the lives of six Kurdish security personnel elsewhere in the country. The Hashed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentencing of Chukwunyere Anamekwe Nwabuoku, a former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, who was handed 72 years imprisonment for money laundering involving N868.46 million. The Federal High Court in Abuja delivered the judgment following Nwabuoku’s prosecution on nine amended counts of money laundering. The…
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has confirmed that Lenacapavir, Nigeria’s newly introduced long-acting HIV prevention injection, will not be administered to pregnant women due to the absence of sufficient clinical evidence on its effects during pregnancy. Temitope Ilori, Director-General of NACA, disclosed this restriction during a media parley organised by the…
The Guinean Football Federation has dismissed as false reports that it lodged an appeal with the Confederation of African Football seeking to overturn Morocco’s victory at the 1976 Africa Cup of Nations tournament held in Ethiopia. The denial comes amid widespread social media circulation of claims that Guinea demanded the 1976 AFCON trophy be…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has been awarded Central Bank of the Year by London-based Central Banking magazine, following a series of monetary reforms credited with stabilising the Nigerian economy after years of macroeconomic distortions. The recognition centres on policy changes introduced under Governor Olayemi Cardoso, who assumed office in October 2023 amid mounting…
