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South Africa's top court on Thursday rejected an attempt to overturn a previous decision that found former president Jacob Zuma should go back to jail after being released early on medical parole. The Constitutional Court ruling could send Zuma back to prison, two…

Hospital doctors in England on Thursday staged the biggest walkout in the history of the UK’s state-funded National Health Service, prompting fears for patient safety. The unprecedented five-day stoppage over pay and staff retention is the latest in eight months of industrial action…

Elon Musk on Wednesday launched his own artificial intelligence company, xAI, as he seeks to compete with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT — a program he accuses of being politically biased and irresponsible. The xAI website said the Tesla tycoon would run the…

Jacob Olalekan Ponle popularly known as Mr Woodberry, the ally of convicted fraudster, Hushpuppi has bagged an eight-year and three months jail term by a US court for coordinating a multimillion-dollar fraud. Mr Woodberry was sentenced on July 11 by Judge Robert Gettleman…

Questions regarding Aretha Franklin's estate will finally be answered thanks to a handwritten will found under a sofa cushion. The legendary singer died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76 on Aug. 16, 2018. Franklin was without a will at the time of death, leaving her…

The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has ruled that the Nigerian government must pay N60 million as compensation to Sunday Ayodeji, a man who was shot by a police officer in Kaduna State, North-west Nigeria, and lost one of his legs…

Double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya on Tuesday won her appeal to the European Court of Human Rights to challenge whether her rights had been infringed in terms of requiring women with high testosterone to reduce those levels through drugs. South African Semenya,…

The Kremlin said Monday that President Vladimir Putin had met with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin days after the mercenary group attempted to topple Russia’s military leadership. The meeting in the Kremlin took place on June 29, several days after the short-lived rebellion. “Indeed, the…

The Republic of Seychelles has placed a ban on Nigerian passport holders applying for short-term visa or holiday purposes. Seychelles confirmed this in a rejection mail it sent to a travel content creator. The content creator shared a screenshot of the mail via Twitter…

Former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi continues to make news even in death. The billionaire turned politician has willed €100m (£85.4m) to his partner, Marta Fascina. Also as part of handwritten will and he left the control of the family holding company, Fininvest,…