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A lawyer, Chidi Anselm, has raised concerns over a planned special sitting of the Court of Appeal in Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau State, alleging that the event could amount to an abuse of judicial authority. The concerns were contained in a statement circulated on X ahead of a special sitting scheduled for Saturday as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary of the Court of Appeal. According to Mr Anselm, the court’s president, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, issued a notice for the sitting to hold in Ngootuguut, Shendam Local Government Area, which he claimed is not an official seat…
She fled North on a ship to Portsmouth. An angry President Washington began a relentless search and attempts to get her back. Two days after her escape, his steward, Frederick Kitt, placed an advertisement in the Philadelphia Gazette, which stated: “Absconded from the household of the President of the United States. Oney Judge, a light mulatto girl, much freckled, with very black eyes and bushy black hair, she is of middle stature, slender, and delicately, about 20 years of age. She has many changes of good clothes, of all sorts…” Stories like that of David and Goliath teach moral lessons,…
As the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off Thursday in North America, the ache of Nigeria’s absence is the kind that sits in the chest and refuses to leave. The questions come in waves; why aren’t we there? Who do we blame? But I have learned by now that blame is a dead end. It changes nothing and builds nothing. So instead, I let my mind wander to a more hopeful place: why can’t the Super Eagles make it all the way to the final of the next FIFA World Cup, to be held across Morocco, Spain, and Portugal in…
A former Commissioner for Works in Ondo State and Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Elders Forum in the state, Chief Erastus Akeju, is dead. Akeju reportedly died at the age of 88 after a brief illness. His death was announced in a statement issued on Saturday by the facilitator of the Ondo State APC Elders Forum, Chief Demola Ijabiyi. Reacting to the development, the Senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District, Olajide Ipinsagba, described the late Akeju as a leader of exceptional character and unwavering commitment to public service. In a statement, Ipinsagba said the deceased made significant contributions to…
I turned off Siri on the Mac years ago and never looked back. Similarly, I found Apple Intelligence so fruitless I never engage with it. But the new Siri AI coming to macOS 27 Golden Gate has at least got me slightly rethinking things.I’m still early in testing Siri AI, as I’ve only had access to it in the macOS 27 developer beta for little more than 24 hours. It’s also in an early preview state on the dev beta, so there should be lots of runway for improvements before it releases later this year. I don’t even know if…
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, defended the company’s recent Bitcoin sale, saying the ability to sell the asset is necessary to continue issuing “digital credit.”Strategy disclosed its first reported Bitcoin sale since 2022 in a June 1 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, offloading 32 BTC in a move that appeared at odds with Saylor’s long-running “never sell your Bitcoin” mantra.In an interview with Cointelegraph at the BTC Prague conference, Saylor said that Bitcoin treasury companies must retain the ability to sell holdings when necessary to support dividend-paying securities and other Bitcoin-backed credit products. “If the company’s policy…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! I spent a week exploring the ritziest neighborhoods in London, all overflowing with rich moms. Whether walking at the park, eating brunch or sipping coffee in a cafe, these ladies had incredibly similar styles. Their formula consisted of a neutral top and tailored-looking jeans, and I found 11 chic pairs that nail the aesthetic! Not only are they much classier than wide legs, but straight legs can be much more flattering, making your silhouette appear longer and leaner without even…
The Borno State Government has reintegrated 720 former Boko Haram fighters into their communities after they completed a rehabilitation and deradicalisation programme. The development brought the total number of ex-insurgents processed under the initiative to nearly 10,000, officials said on Friday. The former fighters were reintegrated alongside 992 women and 2,050 children after undergoing rehabilitation at the Hajj Camp in Maiduguri, where surrendered insurgents are profiled, deradicalised and trained in vocational skills before being returned to society. Speaking at the reintegration ceremony on Friday, the Special Adviser to Governor Babagana Zulum on Security, Abdullahi Ishaq, a retired brigadier general, said…
The Defence Headquarters on Saturday mourned the death of a former Director of Defence Information, Major General Rabe Abubakar (retd.), who was abducted and later died in captivity. The military high command also vowed to intensify ongoing operations aimed at tracking down those responsible and other criminal elements across the country. Abubakar was reportedly kidnapped alongside his wife in May while travelling through Katsina State. A video later surfaced on June 6 showing the retired general and his wife appealing to the Katsina State Government for the release of detained bandits and livestock. In a statement issued in Abuja by…
Ghana said on Saturday it has formally lodged a protest over Canada’s refusal to issue a visa for the World Cup to player Thomas Partey, who is facing trial in Britain on rape charges. Foreign Minister Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, in a statement, said Ghana had problems with “the high-handed and extremely unfair decision” to reject a visa application by Partey, “a key member of Ghana’s senior national team”. “Ghana has dispatched an official note of protest” to Canada, said the statement, adding that the “note also requested that Canada review its unfortunate decision”. The Villarreal midfielder, who previously played for…
