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China’s Foreign Ministry has acknowledged an apology issued by French football star Kylian Mbappé over comments referring to a “Chinese dictator,” as the controversy continues to affect his commercial partnerships and the broadcasting of Real Madrid matches in China. The controversy erupted after Mbappé referred to a meme depicting him as Mao Zedong, the founding […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has blamed some of its registration officers for introducing suspected artificial intelligence-generated photographs and other irregularities into the preliminary register of voters ahead of the 2027 general elections, assuring Nigerians that the affected records will be removed before the final register is released on December 15, 2026. INEC’s Director […]

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association has told Professor Pat Utomi that the deepest problem in Nigerian law is not corruption but uncertainty, and that a country which rewrites its electoral statute before every election cannot expect its courts to look consistent. Augustine Oyarekhua Alegeh, SAN, CON, FCIArb, the 27th President of the […]

The Rivers State House of Assembly has reversed its earlier decision declaring the seats of three lawmakers aligned with Governor Siminalayi Fubara vacant, following appeals by the affected legislators. The lawmakers are Victor Oko-Jumbo, Sokari Goodboy Sokari and Orubienimigha Timothy, whose seats were declared vacant on October 15, 2025, after they failed to attend legislative […]

The Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba on Wednesday granted bail to four defendants standing trial over the fatal shooting of Oghenemi “Mine” Ogidi in Effurun, Delta State, while the first defendant, ASP Usman Nuhu, popularly known as “Ogbegbe,” remains in custody. The development followed the closure of the defence cases by all five […]

President Bola Tinubu is expected to present the 2027 federal budget to the National Assembly before the end of December 2026, the Minister of State for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, has disclosed. The minister made this known on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided […]

*Upholds 41 Of Governorship Petitions, Rejects 28 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has removed the names of some candidates earlier published for the 2027 general elections while approving the inclusion of others following a review of 130 petitions submitted by political parties over alleged irregularities in the nomination process. The commission said the decisions […]

More than 100 students from several secondary schools in Ijebu-Ode, Ago-Iwoye and Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State, were hospitalised on Wednesday after inhaling an offensive gaseous substance in what authorities have linked to underground methane emissions previously recorded in parts of Ijebu land. The affected students were taken to the State Hospital, Ijebu-Ode, the General Hospital, Ijebu-Igbo, […]

Governments and companies around the world are racing to secure websites and online services after the discovery of two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, the widely used programming language that powers a substantial portion of the internet. The security flaws, identified as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, can allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute code on vulnerable […]

Elon Musk has broken his silence over recent disruptions to Ukraine’s satellite communications, saying SpaceX restricted the use of its Starlink service after discovering what he described as violations of the platform’s terms through its alleged use in offensive drone operations. Musk said Ukraine had used Starlink, which he described as a civilian commercial service, […]

President Bola Tinubu has explained that the Federal Government removed universities from the requirement to obtain recruitment waivers and from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System in order to strengthen institutional autonomy and make the university system more efficient, responsive and competitive. Tinubu stated this at the maiden convocation ceremony of the Federal University […]

Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Life Bencher, Joe-Kyari Gadzama, SAN, has marked 40 years since his call to the Nigerian Bar, reflecting on four decades of legal practice, service to the profession, administration of justice, national development and mentorship of younger lawyers. Gadzama, who was called to the Bar on October 16, 1986, commemorated the […]