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Senior lawyer Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya is on course to become president of the Nigerian Bar Association after taking a commanding lead in the association’s presidential election. Results displayed on the live dashboard of the Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association and seen on Saturday showed Badejo-Okusanya polling 12,317 votes, representing 47.18 per cent of the votes cast. Her closest rival, Lateef Akangbe, had secured 7,934 votes (30.39 per cent), while Olumuyiwa Akinboro polled 5,855 votes (22.43 per cent). The ECNBA dashboard indicated that 26,106 votes were cast out of 82,172 registered voters, representing a voter turnout of 31.86 per cent.…
Taylor Frankie Paul acknowledged that she is not “mother of the year” while fiercely defending herself amid her custody battle against exes Dakota Mortensen and Tate Paul. “Last night I studied that ‘long suffering’ trains us to eventually thrive in it and it’s safe to say I’m starting to understand exactly what that means,” Taylor, 32, wrote alongside a lengthy vlog about her legal troubles on Saturday, July 18. Taylor spoke in depth about her separate custody battles against Mortensen, 33, and Tate while applying makeup in a “Get Ready With Me” video. (She shares daughter Indy, 8, and son…
The US on Saturday night continued its strikes on Iran, hours after confirming the death of two American soldiers in Iranian strikes on a US base in Jordan. The strikes on Saturday night marked the eighth consecutive night of American strikes on Iran, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. CENTCOM announced on X that the strikes were “designed to degrade further Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.” It later announced that the strikes targeted “Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites.” Al Jazeera quotes Iranian media…
Radical social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested Saturday in Miami, the US Marshals Service told AFP, as Britain seeks their extradition to face new charges of rape, sex trafficking and assault. Marshals confirmed the arrest of 39-year-old Andrew Tate, a self-professed misogynist, and his younger brother, but said that because the arrest warrant was sealed, “we are not able to disclose the charges.” US news outlet TMZ posted video of law enforcement officers placing the men in handcuffs and escorting them into waiting vehicles. Asked by an onlooker if he had something to say, Tristan…
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way alum Armando Niedermeier-Rubio is asking fans to keep his 13-year-old daughter, Hannah, in their prayers after she was airlifted to an ICU in Arizona with blood on her brain. Armando revealed via Instagram on July 14, 2026, that Hannah’s condition had rapidly deteriorated at home in Mexico before she was transported to the United States for treatment. Fans first met Armando and his husband, Kenny Niedermeier during season 2 of 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way in 2019, two years before the couple got married. (Kenny is Hannah’s stepfather after Armando previously welcomed his…
The French Football Federation (FFF) has paid a heartfelt tribute to Didier Deschamps following the end of his remarkable tenure as head coach of the French national team, hailing him as one of the greatest figures in the country’s football history. In an emotional statement released on its official X account, the federation celebrated Deschamps’ extraordinary contribution to Les Bleus, bringing the curtain down on a 14-year spell that restored France to the summit of world football. “The FFF salutes and thanks the national team coach Didier Deschamps for the exceptional work accomplished at the helm of @equipedefrance since 2012,”…
Spain head coach Luis de la Fuente has promised an unforgettable FIFA World Cup 2026 final, describing Sunday’s showdown with Argentina as a meeting of two exceptional teams capable of producing football at its very best. Speaking alongside captain Rodri during the pre-match press conference ahead of the title decider at the New York New Jersey Stadium, De la Fuente said the stage was set for a spectacular contest between two nations that have earned their place in the final after an outstanding tournament in North America. “I think tomorrow (Sunday) is going to be an incredible show,” De la…
One of the teachers rescued after spending 56 days in the custody of kidnappers in Oyo State, Zacchaeus Olatunde, has claimed that he and the other captives were released by their abductors before security personnel eventually escorted them home. Olatunde made the claim during a telephone interview with Nigeria Info FM aired on Friday while recounting the ordeal of teachers and pupils abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. According to him, the captives were permanently blindfolded throughout their captivity and were unable to determine where they had been taken. “It is difficult to say on…
The Cure’s lead singer Robert Smith blasted FIFA’s World Cup Final Halftime Show, set to feature music from Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber and more. “The point is not really about who is curating or performing, it is about the #mugwank ideas of a football World Cup final half time show,” Smith, 67, vented via Instagram on Thursday, July 16. Ahead of the heavily-anticipated Sunday, July 9, match between Argentina and Spain at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey, the musician mocked a FIFA press statement that described the Halftime Show as a “groundbreaking spectacle” that will “celebrate football, music and our…
The police command in Bayelsa has arrested three civil servants over the alleged theft of government equipment valued at about N500 million. The command’s spokesman, Musa Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Bayelsa on Saturday. Mr Mohammed said the suspects allegedly conspired to steal several government-owned assets from the Bayelsa Ministry of Labour, Empowerment and Productivity. The stolen items allegedly included a 110 KVA Perkins generator, forklift, lathe machines, electric filling machines and other equipment. He said the investigation followed a petition submitted to the commissioner of police after officials discovered missing assets during an…
