Russia Withdraws From European Anti-Torture Convention
President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law to pull Russia out of a European anti-torture convention, as Moscow extricates itself from Western bodies it was kicked out of or quit over its offensive on Ukraine. Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe, an international human-rights monitor, in March 2022, though it had technically…
JUST IN: Court Stops PENGASSAN, Others From Cutting Gas Supply To Dangote
Justice Emmanuel Subilim of the National Industrial Court Abuja, has restrained the Petroleum, Natural Gas Workers Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) from embarking on its planned industrial action against Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE. Ruling on an ex parte application by Dangote Refinery, Justice Subilim restrained the defendants, which included Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd…
BREAKING!!! FIFA Sanctions South Africa, Deducts Three Points Over Ineligible Player
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the South African Football Association (SAFA) for fielding an ineligible player, Teboho Mokoena, during the 2026 FIFA World Cup preliminary qualifier between South Africa and Lesotho on March 21, 2025. According to FIFA, SAFA’s action breached Article 19 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code and Article 14 of the FIFA…
French Govt Bans Ajax Fans From Marseille For Champions League Game
The French government on Saturday banned Ajax fans from travelling to Marseille for next week’s Champions League match. The interior ministry decree prohibits all “individual or collective travel, by any means, of any person claiming to be an Ajax Amsterdam supporter … between French road, rail, port, and airport border points and the city of…
Protesters Demand Answers 11 Years After Mexican Students Vanished
Eleven years after her son vanished, Delfina de la Cruz vented frustration at the unsolved disappearances of 43 Mexican students who were allegedly kidnapped by drug traffickers while authorities turned a blind eye. The students from the Ayotzinapa teacher training college — whose members have a history of political activism — had commandeered buses to…
Suck-And-Die: Deadly Cheap Drug Turning Youngsters Into Zombies
Cheap, toxic and easily accessible, a ‘new’ street substance known as suck-and-die is fast gaining notoriety among the youth. Marketed in secrecy and inhaled for its fleeting high, the chemical solvent is turning teenagers and young adults into addicts while exposing them to grave health risks and sudden death. A print journalist, GODFREY GEORGE recently…
Breaking!!! Nigerian Marketers Announce Fuel Price Hike
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has announced that its members would effect a petrol price hike nationwide as Dangote Refinery suspended sales of petrol in Naira. The National President of IPMAN, Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed this in an interview on Saturday. He confirmed that the 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery, on Friday, sent an email to its…
US To Revoke Colombian President’s Visa Over ‘Incendiary Actions’
The US State Department said it would revoke the visa of Colombia’s leftist President Gustavo Petro for his “incendiary actions” during a pro-Palestinian street protest in New York. “Earlier today, Colombian president @petrogustavo stood on a NYC street and urged US soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence,” the State Department said in a post…
Liverpool Pays Out Diogo Jota’s Contract
Liverpool manager, Arne Slot, has confirmed that the club will pay out the remainder of late striker Diogo Jota’s contract to his family. Jota died in a car accident on July 3 alongside his brother, Andre Silva, in Northern Spain. The 28-year-old is survvived by his wife, Rute Cardoso, and three young children. Jota’s contract…
Coronation: Give Us Ibadan State — Olubadan Tells Tinubu
The 44th Olubadan, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, has made a public appeal for the creation of Ibadan State before Bola Tinubu on Friday. Speaking after his installation and receiving the Staff of Office from Governor Seyi Makinde, the new monarch urged Tinubu to make this a reality before 2027. Ladoja, speaking in Yoruba, the monarch…