INTERNATIONAL

Elon Musk has reinstated Donald Trump’s Twitter account after users on the social media platform voted by a slim majority to lift a ban on the former US president. Trump’s account was suspended in 2021 after the January 6 Capitol riot, for violating Twitter guidelines and…

World Cup organisers have banned the sale of alcohol around stadiums in Qatar after last-minute showdown talks, FIFA announced on Friday. FIFA confirmed that sales of alcoholic beverages would be banned at the stadiums except for zero-alcohol beer, Bud Zero. In a statement posted…

An Italian court on Thursday acquitted former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of bribing a witness in a 2013 underage prostitution case, giving a boost to the veteran politician weeks after his return to parliament. Berlusconi, 86, was charged with allegedly paying Italian singer…

THE United States (U.S.) Department of Justice (DoJ) announced today that it has repatriated more than $20.6 million worth of assets linked to former Head of State, the late Gen Sani Abacha and his associates. The DoJ said in a statement yesterday that…

A firm owned by a billionaire and former Nigerian Defence Minister, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma is suing Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), an ex-business partner that is at the centre of a London trial over an $11 billion arbitration award. Documents from the…

Ghana has disowned a security advisory issued on Wednesday, warning her citizens from travelling to Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Wednesday notice carried the name and logo of the Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. It indicated that Nigeria asked some hotels to…

Mixed martial arts superstar Israel Adesanya was arrested at JFK Airport Wednesday after allegedly trying to board a plane with brass knuckles, authorities said. The former UFC champion was attempting to walk through security around 2 p.m. when he was taken into custody…

A Nigerian lecturer based in Uganda, Dr. Lukman Abiodun, has been dismissed by the management of Kabale University, over allegation of sexual misconduct involving female students of the institution. Until Abiodun was sacked, he was the Head of the Department of Economics and…

Donald Trump pulled the trigger on a third White House run on Tuesday night, setting the stage for a bruising Republican nomination battle after a poor midterm election showing by his hand-picked candidates weakened his grip on the party. Trump officially launched a campaign…

Two Nigerian athletes, Emmanuel Ineh and Toluwani Adebakin, are on their way to jail in the United State of America for alleged Internet fraud crimes. Ineh and Adebakin who are founding members of Athletic Heat an online track and field publication are…