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Former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke had no decisive authority to award major oil and gas contracts during her tenure and functioned merely as a “rubber stamp” for recommendations from senior civil servants, her defence counsel told jurors at Southwark Crown Court in London on Thursday. Jonathan Laidlaw, appearing for Alison-Madueke, rejected…
Senegal head coach Pape Bouna Thiaw has called on supporters to stop organising fundraising campaigns in his name following a five-match suspension and $100,000 fine imposed by the Confederation of African Football over incidents in the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 final. Thiaw led the Teranga Lions to a 1-0 extra-time…
FC Bayern Munich have officially confirmed that midfielder Leon Goretzka will leave the club at the end of the 2025/26 season when his current contract expires, ending an eight-year spell that has seen him lift multiple major trophies with the Bavarian giants. Sporting director Christoph Freund made the announcement, stressing that the 29-year-old Germany…
Global energy markets witnessed a dramatic convulsion yesterday as crude oil prices surged to new heights. Nigeria’s premium grade, Bonny Light, soared to $78 per barrel following intensified rhetoric from Washington. This price level represents the highest peak for the national crude grade since last August. Concurrently, the international benchmark, Brent crude, rallied by nearly…
Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a previous relationship, will appear before the Oslo District Court on Tuesday to face 38 criminal counts, including four allegations of rape, physical and psychological abuse of former partners, and drug-related offences. The charges, some dating as far back as 2018, represent the…
US President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS), accusing the agency of failing to protect his confidential tax records and causing significant reputational and financial damage. The lawsuit, filed on Thursday in a Miami federal court, was brought by Trump in his personal capacity alongside…
China’s rapid execution of 11 members of a notorious organised crime family operating along the China–Myanmar border underscores Beijing’s uncompromising stance on transnational crime, online fraud, and human trafficking. The executions followed death sentences handed down in September, and came as no surprise to observers familiar with China’s judicial system, which carries out more executions…
Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike on Thursday warned workers under the Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC) that disobeying a court order on their industrial action would attract consequences, stressing that filing a notice of appeal does not amount to a stay of execution. Speaking in Abuja while handing over 12 new ambulances to…
Nigeria’s telecommunications sector attracted over $1 billion in capital investment in 2025, driving the deployment of more than 2,850 new network sites nationwide, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The disclosure was made by the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, following the official release of the commission’s Fourth Quarter 2025…
British-Nigerian boxing star Anthony Joshua has spoken publicly for the first time following the fatal road accident that claimed the lives of two of his close friends in December 2025. In a heartfelt video shared on his official Instagram page on Thursday, the former heavyweight champion mourned Latif Ayodele, popularly known as Latz, and Gami…
