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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…
Tensions between Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike and Channels Television have escalated sharply following the minister’s public questioning of how the media organisation acquired its Abuja headquarters, reigniting debate about government allocations, media independence, and the relationship between political power and press institutions. The dispute erupted during a televised media interaction in…
Grammy Award winner Burna Boy has been officially confirmed as a featured artiste on “Dai Dai,” the official song for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The groundbreaking collaboration will see the Nigerian music superstar perform alongside Colombian pop icon Shakira on the tournament anthem. Shakira made the announcement herself, revealing that she will co-perform the…
A fragile truce between the United States and Iran came under severe pressure on Friday after Iranian forces launched attacks on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz, triggering US retaliatory strikes on Iranian military targets and raising fresh fears that weeks of painstaking diplomacy could unravel. Despite the exchanges of fire, US…
