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The National Broadcasting Commission has filed an appeal against a Federal High Court ruling that temporarily barred it from enforcing controversial sections of the 6th Edition of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, escalating a legal battle that has placed press freedom at the centre of Nigeria’s regulatory debate. The commission filed its Notice of Appeal…
Nigeria’s Presidential Air Fleet received at least N4.24bn in government disbursements between June and December 2025, according to fresh data from GovSpend, a civic technology platform that monitors and analyses federal government expenditure. The disbursements, tracked across eight separate transactions and paid into the fleet’s naira transit account operated by the Presidential Air Fleet…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has called on Nigerian and Chadian authorities to urgently investigate separate airstrike incidents that reportedly killed scores of civilians, including fishermen and market traders. Turk made the demand in an official statement released on Wednesday, citing deeply troubling reports that Nigerian military airstrikes struck…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has formally challenged a N100 million defamation judgment delivered against it by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, filing an appeal at the Court of Appeal and simultaneously seeking a stay of execution pending the outcome of the case. In a statement issued on…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday declined a request to strike out a lawsuit challenging former President Goodluck Jonathan’s eligibility to contest the 2027 presidential election, after both the plaintiff and two key defendants failed to appear for scheduled proceedings. Jonathan’s counsel, Chief Chris Uche (SAN), urged Justice Peter Lifu to dismiss…
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella took the stand on Monday in Elon Musk’s closely watched lawsuit against OpenAI, offering testimony expected to shed light on how the world’s largest software company helped transform ChatGPT’s creator from a charitable organisation into one of the most valuable corporations on earth. Nadella’s appearance before a federal…
FC Barcelona were crowned champions of the 2025/2026 La Liga season on Sunday night after defeating fierce rivals Real Madrid 2-0 in a commanding El Clasico showdown at Camp Nou, clinching the club’s historic 29th Spanish league title with several matches still remaining in the campaign. Goals from Marcus Rashford and Ferran Torres sealed a…
A special repatriation flight carrying 20 British nationals evacuated from a hantavirus-struck cruise ship landed at Manchester Airport on Sunday, bringing home passengers caught in one of the most unusual public health emergencies to affect a civilian vessel in recent memory. Television footage showed the aircraft touching down at the northwest England airport after…
The last evacuation flight for passengers and crew of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will depart the Canary Islands on Monday, according to Spain’s Health Minister, Monica Garcia. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius, which has recorded three deaths, arrived at the small industrial port of Granadilla on Tenerife early Sunday in…
A retired Nigerian career diplomat, Ambassador Thompson Olufunso Olumoko, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to combine diplomatic engagement with urgent economic reforms at home, even as fresh xenophobic violence in South Africa continues to claim Nigerian lives. Olumoko, who served as Nigeria’s Ambassador to Thailand with concurrent accreditation to Myanmar, made the call in…
