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African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Ekiti State, has said it will not challenge the outcome of the 20 June governorship election at the Election Petition Tribunal. The party instead opted for ”constructive engagement” and grassroots repositioning ahead of the 2027 general elections. The decision was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the expanded State Executive Council (SEC), held in Ado Ekiti on Saturday, and presided over by the party’s state chairman, Bamidele Ekunola. According to the communiqué signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Olugboyega Aribisogan, ADC said that litigation would not serve the greater interests of its…
Every institutional framework has a history, even when it introduces something new. Ideas rarely emerge in complete isolation; they arise from deep, structural conversations that began long before us, evolving across generations as societies confront new realities, systemic shocks, and unanswered questions. The Sundiata Post Model is no exception. Although formally introduced in the previous essay as an institutional framework for media-based knowledge production, its intellectual roots extend much further back. They lie within a long tradition of journalism’s engagement with ideas and society, while simultaneously responding to a distinctly twenty-first-century challenge: the transformation of the newsroom in the age…
If you’re reading an Oura Ring 5 review at The Verge, you likely fall into one of two camps: newcomers looking for a smartwatch alternative, or Oura users pondering an upgrade. In the case of the former, this is a great casual health tracker and the best smart ring on the market — but not your best choice if you really sweat the fitness details. If you fall into the latter, you don’t need to upgrade.I say this because the Oura Ring 4 came out less than two years ago. The ceramic version, of which I am a big fan,…
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has died at age 71. “On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness,” his spokesperson said on Saturday. “Senator Graham’s family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period.” NBC News reported that emergency services personnel responded to a call for “cardiac arrest” at Graham’s Washington D.C. residence on Saturday night. Photos obtained by the outlet indicated that medics carried someone out of the residence on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance. (His cause of death has not…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for political parties to submit the list of their candidates for next year’s presidential and National Assembly elections. In a statement by its spokesperson, Mohammed Harun, INEC said the deadline has been extended from Saturday, 11 July, to Tuesday, 14 July, midnight. “The decision to extend was based on an appeal by the Inter-Party Advisory Council, on behalf of political parties who were unable to upload the names and personal particulars of their candidates within the scheduled timeline,” the statement said. Mr Haruna said it is committed to ensuring inclusivity…
When Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew walked into Phase III Section of the Federal Secretariat in Abuja with a forged letter and emerged with an office, signage, and a semblance of government legitimacy, he did not act alone. That is the uncomfortable truth of the “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council” saga. Adeyemi has been charged with eight counts of fraud and forgery. But the bigger scandal is not one man’s alleged audacity. It is how a non-existent agency got close to ₦1.3 billion in the 2026 budget, secured office space in the heart of government, hosted top government functionaries from Nigeria…
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the data center buildout, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here.Years before the AI boom threatened local power grids, a small group of protesters set the stage for the battles cropping up across communities today. In 2015, Apple announced plans to build a roughly $1 billion data center in the sleepy town of Athenry, Ireland. The data center’s 500-acre site would power Apple’s services in Europe, including…
Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) chairman Bilal bin Saqib has called for continued dialogue on the treatment of digital assets under Islamic law after meeting prominent scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani, who backed a ruling against purchases made with crypto.In a Saturday post, Saqib said the discussion covered blockchain technology, digital assets, stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), as well as the need to protect Pakistanis from fraud, exploitation and financial harm.Saqib said the different categories of digital assets merit “careful technical assessment alongside rigorous Shariah examination, rather than being viewed through a single lens.”The exchange highlights tension between Pakistan’s…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino paid tribute to the late Jayden Adams following the South African soccer player’s death at age 25. “It’s so incredibly sad to hear that South Africa midfielder Jayden Adams has passed away just weeks after featuring in his nation’s historic World Cup campaign,” Infantino, 56, said in a statement on Saturday, July 11. “My thoughts and condolences, as well as those of everyone at FIFA and the global football community, are with his family, friends and teammates.” The FIFA executive added, “The Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns star will be sorely missed. May he rest in…
If this process of systematic assimilation and integration of Nigerians from plural backgrounds into geo-economic zones becomes entrenched, the long term implication is that the Nigerian federation would have undergone a process of organic restructuring. The commercial cities of Aba and Onitsha will no longer be enclaves of Igbo traders but those of Nigerian entrepreneurs. Cattle breeding will no longer be Fulani but Nigerian… The unity, social cohesion and structural stability of the Nigerian federation are conditions precedent for its economic growth and development. There has to be a Nigerian nation before any form of progress can be achieved. Currently,…
