INTERNATIONAL

A preliminary hearing for a group of former footballers taking legal action over brain injuries allegedly suffered during their careers has reached the High Court. The action is against the Football Association (FA), English Football League (EFL), Football Association of Wales (FAW) and…

The United Kingdom government has released a list of licensed companies and organisations that are approved to sponsor the relocation of skilled workers. According to the updated information on its website, the UK listed the licensed companies to sponsor skilled immigrants through the…

In a monumental stride toward party unification, the highly anticipated APC UK Chapter Congress transpired on Saturday, 13th January 2024. With an unequivocal commitment to mending factional divides, Congress facilitated increased participation, symbolizing a resolute step towards inclusivity in the political discourse. Esteemed…

A class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday against aircraft manufacturer Boeing on behalf of multiple passengers who were aboard an Alaska Airlines flight last week that was forced to make an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon, after a portion of the fuselage blew…

Adebayo Ogunlesi’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has been sold to American institutional investment company, BlackRock Inc. for $12.5 billion. The deal is expected to be finalized in Q3 2024, and it involves a payment of $3 billion in cash and approximately 12 million…

Cape Verde has become the third African nation to be declared malaria free, even as the disease continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people on the continent, the World Health Organization said Friday. The Atlantic archipelago of about 500,000 inhabitants follows Mauritius…

In a case that strikes at the heart of Israel’s national identity, South Africa formally accused the country of committing genocide against Palestinians and pleaded Thursday with the United Nations’ top court to order an immediate halt to Israeli military operations in…

An attorney who nodded off during a first degree murder trial violated a defendant’s constitutional right to counsel, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said in an opinion Thursday. “A defendant whose attorney is unconscious and thereby constructively absent for significant portions of the…

he United Kingdom (UK) chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to hold its congress on Saturday in London. The chairman of the chapter, Dr. Tunde Doherty, announced this while addressing reporters yesterday in Abuja after a group of the candidates picked…

French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed 34-year-old education minister Gabriel Attal as the country’s new prime minister. This is in a bid to seek to breathe new life into Macron’s second mandate ahead of European parliament elections. The move will not necessarily lead to…