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Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, will spend both the Christmas and New Year Day celebrations behind bars after his application for bail was refused at the Central Criminal Court a.k.a. Old Bailey yesterday. His application for “dismissal of charges” of conspiracy to…

Germany handed over 20 looted artefacts back to Nigeria on Tuesday, saying it was to “right a wrong” more than 100 years after they were stolen by British colonial troops. Thousands of 16th to 18th century metal plaques, sculptures and objects — hailed…

Former Hollywood couple, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, have decided to settle their highly-televised defamation suit out of court. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor had sued his ex-wife to the tune of $50 million for an op-ed she wrote a year after…

Ghana on Monday suspended payments on most of its external debt, effectively defaulting as the country struggles to plug its cavernous balance of payments deficit. Its finance ministry said it will not service debts including its Eurobonds, commercial loans and most bilateral…

Pragmatic, wealthy and ambitious Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected leader of South Africa’s ruling party, African National Congress, on Monday, despite being badly damaged by a cash-heist scandal that had dogged him for months. Ascendancy to the helm of the ANC in power for…

About 150 years after the end of slavery in its former colonies, the Netherlands on Monday said it will officially apologise for the injustice. Prime Minister Mark Rutte plans to give a speech on slavery at the National Archives in The Hague later…

The Super League’s claim that UEFA’s governance of European football constitutes an illegal monopoly under EU competition law has been rejected by the European Court of Justice’s advocate general. The non-binding opinion from advocate general Athanasios Rantos was published on Thursday ahead of…

United States President, Joe Biden, hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for his efforts to deepen democracy not only in Nigeria, but also in Africa. Biden spoke in Washington, while meeting with leaders of six African countries billed to have elections in 2023, on the…

Elon Musk, the billionaire owner and chief executive officer of Twitter, says he is pursuing a legal action against Jack Sweeney, the owner of an account on the microblogging platform dedicated to tracking his private jet. Twitter already suspended the account on…

Lawmakers of the United States Senate have introduced a bill to ban the use of the popular social media platform, Tiktok, in the country. One of the bill’s sponsors, Republican Senator Marco Rubio of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated that the app was…