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A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited to pay Mrs. Joy Ezetah the sum of $5,906.50 in damages after it failed to allow her board a scheduled Lagos-London flight, an incident that disrupted her onward trip to Canada and caused her financial loss. Justice Ibrahim Kala in the judgement delivered on Monday, held that the airline was liable for the losses suffered by the claimant after she was denied boarding at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on 6 April 2024. The claimant had asked the court for N100m in general damages, arguing that she bought…

The Federal Road Safety Corps has arrested suspected members of a phone theft and “one chance” syndicate and recovered a stolen mobile phone during an operation in Ibadan, Oyo State. The development was disclosed in a statement published on the official Facebook page of FRSC Nigeria on Tuesday. According to the statement signed by the Corps Public Education Officer, Osondu Ohaeri, the suspects were intercepted by an FRSC patrol team conducting routine operations along the Babalegba–Eleyele–Ojoo corridor in the early hours of Monday, June 15. The Corps said officers became suspicious after noticing a motorcycle rider pursuing a Nissan Micra…

When the news filtered in that Major General Rabe Abubakar had been abducted alongside his wife, it jolted me in a manner that I still do not fully understand. Seeing him in a video in such a degraded condition in the kidnappers’ den pierced my heart. That was an Army General being treated in that manner. As if that was not enough, the announcement of his death came from the blues. I was shocked. His death in kidnappers’ captivity is a tragedy that should trouble every Nigerian. If a man who once rose to the highest ranks of the military…

The World Bank has projected continued volatility in global natural gas prices, warning that geopolitical tensions, supply disruptions and structural demand shifts will keep energy markets unstable in the near term. The forecast was outlined in an analysis based on the April 2026 Commodity Markets Outlook, which reviewed recent trends in global liquefied natural gas markets and assessed prospects through 2027. According to the report, global gas markets have been significantly affected by disruptions linked to conflict in the Middle East, particularly the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key transit route for LNG shipments from major producers such…

Nigeria defender Kenneth Omeruo has reflected on his first FIFA World Cup experience with Nigeria, describing the atmosphere and occasion as one of the most unforgettable moments of his career, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Speaking while on punditry duty with Sporty TV during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Omeruo recounted his emotions ahead of Nigeria’s opening game against Iran at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The 32-year-old was responding to a question on how players maintain focus during the tense moments before kickoff, revealing that the spectacle inside the stadium left a lasting impression on him. “During the warming…

Smart glasses are still a nascent category, but chipmaker Qualcomm is hard at work upgrading the silicon to power the next wave of XR devices: the Snapdragon Reality Elite.Although Qualcomm is announcing the chip today at Augmented World Expo, we’ve technically already gotten a hands-on with a device powered by the new chip at last month’s Google I/O: the forthcoming Aura glasses for Android XR. At the time, Xreal and Google were coy about the processor upgrades to the long-awaited spectacles. Turns out, it was the Reality Elite.Spec-wise, the new chip focuses on across-the-board performance upgrades. The GPU gets a…

Key takeaways:Bitcoin derivatives show weak conviction with 2% futures basis and elevated put options premium signaling caution.Institutional buying via $86 million ETF inflows plus Strategy’s (MSTR US) ongoing accumulation counters market fear.Bitcoin (BTC) jumped above $67,000 after US President Donald Trump announced a late Sunday ceasefire deal with Iran. Despite this short-term optimism, derivatives metrics show that crypto traders remain highly skeptical, raising concerns that this sudden rally could be a massive bull trap.Brent crude oil (left) vs. Nasdaq 100 Index (right). Source: TradingViewCrude Brent oil declined to a 100-day low on Monday, while the Nasdaq Index gained 3%. However,…

Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, is shedding light on her husband’s frontotemporal dementia diagnosis. “It’s called frontotemporal dementia. Or FTD for short. It affects the frontal lobe and the temporal lobes. This is executive decision, just your every day sort of functioning, language [and] compression. That’s in your temporal lobe. The variant, because there’s three different types of variants of FTD, the one that Bruce has affects language,” Heming, 47, explained on the Monday, June 15 episode of the “Bossticks” podcast. “But there’s another variant that will affect behavior and another one that could affect movement. So here’s three…

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday said it recorded 268,787 human rights complaints in May, an increase of 2,000 compared to April. It said the record makes May a devastating month for human rights in Nigeria. As in previous months, most complaints the NHRC received in May chiefly concerned discrimination and violations by law enforcement. Also, the NHRC’s observatory documented multiple abductions that violated the rights to education, movement, life, and freedom of religion. Tony Ojukwu, the NHRC’s executive secretary, said the May dashboard presentation reflects Nigeria’s challenge in securing human rights for its citizens. May’s Dashboard Mr…

France made a winning start in Group I of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a 3-1 victory over Senegal in a match that came alive in the second half. The opening 45 minutes ended goalless, but it was far from dull. Senegal created several chances through Ismaïla Sarr, Nicolas Jackson and Sadio Mané, while France threatened through Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olise and Désiré Doué. Despite the attacking efforts from both sides, neither team could find the breakthrough before halftime. France returned to the field in the second half with greater purpose and began to take control of the game.…