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Nigerian musician David Adeleke, who is professionally known as Davido, has been given 21 days to emerge before the United States District Court for the South York District in Manhattan to handle accusations of theft of intellectual property. Four Nigerian musicians – Martin Chukwuka Emmanuel, Abel Great Umaru, Kelvin Ayodele Campbell, and David Ovhoghena Umaru – bombed this case, accused …

The president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu confirmed that his mandate as head of the Nigerian electoral body will end by the end of the year. Yakubu announced the announcement while he turns to his colleagues at the extraordinary general assembly of the Ecowas network of electoral commissions (ECONEC) in Banjul, La Gambia, Thursday, reports …

Experts say that African governments must act urgently to protect jobs and means of subsistence since climate change threaten 83 % of African and labor market works. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), stated in a declaration on its website. The experts spoke in a high -level collateral event of the eleventh session of the African regional forum …

The Federal Government and the State of Edo have jointly launched a fact-finding committee to investigate the murder of 16 North Mosquers in Uromi, Edo State, last month. This initiative was revealed on Thursday by the Monday Governor Okpebholo during a meeting with the Deputy Governor of the State Kano Aminu Gwarzo in Benin City. Deputy Governor Gwarzo led a …

Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola, the immediate past Minister of Works and Housing, has filed a petition to the acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, asking for an urgent probe of the allegations that he was involved in drafting the judgment for the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) judges. Fashola, in the petition addressed to the IG on Monday titled: …

The Socio-Economic and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), demanding a direct reversal from the recent prohibition on Nigeria Eedris Abdulkareem’s protest song, telling Your Papa. In a statement posted on the official platform X on Thursday, the group of civil rights condemned the prohibition as a violation …

Nigeria’s international, Paul Onuachu, will be evaluated in front of Southampton’s homemade clash with Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday, the interim chief Simon Rusk revealed. Onuachu has scored in consecutive games at St Mary’s, but was retired for the 3-1 defeat on Sunday in Tottenham with an ankle concern given as the official reason. Former Manager Ivan …

The signatures, seals and final allowances were reached on Wednesday, for the invitation tournament of the unit of this year that involves Nigeria, Jamaica, Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago to go ahead at the Stadium of the Gtech community of 17,250 capacity in Brentford, to the west of London in the last days of 2025. Rotimi Pedro, from Afrosport, said: …

By SilverNews. Everything is set for the long -awaited launch of the book Iloluu, entitled “I Lulu Na Akpaalaokwu Igbo”, which took place on Monday 21 April 2025. The event will be held at the Podium of Ahiara, Ahiara Technical School, in front of the Catholic Church of St. Brigid, Ekera, from 12:00. As part of the activities lined up …

Judge Isa Dachen from the Federal High Court, Lokoja, on Thursday ordered that the notification of the hearing be served to two applicants in a way that was replaced in the lawsuit on the withdrawal of the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The judge gave an order after giving an ex parte motion appointed by the plaintiff through their …