Taylor Swift is having another good year — just months after her lavish wedding to Travis Kelce, the pop superstar on Sunday made history by becoming the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 36-year-old Swift had been even with Beyoncé for the most Moonman statuettes with …
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Oil prices spiked with bond yields Monday as Donald Trump’s rejection of an Iranian offer of a seven-day truce stoked inflation concerns, while stocks were mixed as traders look ahead to the release of key US data. Tehran last week set out a plan at the UN General Assembly for …
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Serbia’s long-time populist President Aleksandar Vucic has resigned to run for prime minister in October snap elections after nearly two years of student-led protests that had been pressing for just such a poll. Vucic delivered his resignation speech from the presidential palace in Belgrade on Sunday, where supporters gathered outside …
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The Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State, has voided the election of the former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, as the 2027 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Presiding judge Justice Amina Aliyu delivered the judgment on Thursday, September 24, 2026, ordering …
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Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to “continue to grant” petroleum products import licences to three major oil marketers—Matrix Energy, AA Rano, and AYM Shafa—in line with relevant laws. Delivering Judgment, Justice Ekwo held that …
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has returned to Nigeria after representing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications (Office of The Vice President), Stanley Nkwocha, …
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The Rivers House of Assembly on Monday endorsed the Constitution (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, seeking to provide a constitutional framework for establishing State Police Services. All 25 members of the Assembly voted in favour of the bill during plenary, following consultations with their constituents. The Speaker, Mr Martins Amaewhule, commended …
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Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have exceeded 8,000, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) warning that the outbreak remains extensive and continues to spread geographically. The latest government situation report released on Monday said the country had recorded 8,067 confirmed cases as of Saturday, …
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The European Union has imposed sanctions on those responsible for excluding the anti-war Yabloko party from Russia’s parliamentary election. Ten people were added on Monday to the EU’s lengthy list of individuals and organisations that have been hit with asset freezes and travel bans over their support for the Kremlin. …
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Troops of the Nigerian Army have within the last 24 hours rescued no fewer than 24 kidnapped victims, arrested 14 suspects and recovered about 800 rustled cattle in separate operations nationwide. An operational report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja on Monday, said the troops also …
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