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Nigeria’s Supreme Court opened proceedings Thursday in the closely watched case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a Sufi Muslim musician sentenced to death by a sharia court in 2020 for alleged blasphemy....

In a significant policy shift that could reshape the music streaming landscape, Spotify announced comprehensive updates to its artificial intelligence content guidelines on Thursday, marking the platform's most decisive action...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas is set to speak to the United Nations by video on Thursday, as the United States weighs whether to push back against Israel’s threats to...

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday presented a bold reform agenda to the United Nations, cautioning that the global body risks fading into irrelevance if it fails to embrace structural change...

President Bola Tinubu has posthumously awarded the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) to four prominent Ogoni leaders, Albert Badey, Edward Kobani, Theophilus Orage, and...

All 23 gold miners trapped for two days in a collapsed shaft in Colombia were brought to safety on Wednesday, emerging mud-covered but largely unharmed to cheers from colleagues and...

French President Emmanuel Macron and US envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday urged Iran to act swiftly to avoid the reimposition of sweeping UN sanctions over its nuclear program. France, Britain,...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially declared the commencement of political campaigns ahead of the 2026 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections. The announcement was made on...

President Donald Trump laughed off an awkward moment on Tuesday when an escalator suddenly stopped while he and First Lady Melania Trump were riding it at United Nations headquarters in...

President Bola Tinubu has described Nigeria’s quest to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games as a “dream” that must be achieved, stressing that no African nation has ever hosted the multi-sport...