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  Cuba had scrapped the maximum age limit of 60 for its presidential candidates as part of a constitutional reform approved on Friday by parliament.   The communist-ruled island’s restriction of two five-year presidential terms and minimum age of 35 for candidates were left unchanged.   The measure, approved by ...

  A legal practitioner, Funmi Adedoyin, has decried the “delayed trial” of some former domestic workers of ex-First Lady Patience Jonathan, who remain in detention at the Okaka Custodial Centre in Bayelsa State over stolen jewellery.   She said the case was recently adjourned twice—on 25 and 26 June—due to ...

  The digital age has brought incredible opportunities and new forms of danger.   One such threat is sextortion, a form of blackmail where someone threatens to release another person’s nude or explicit photos unless their demands are met, often involving money or more images.   In Nigeria, where laws ...

  Wema Bank’s Digital Bank, ALAT, Emerges Nigeria’s Best Digital Bank at Euromoney Awards 202     In recognition of its position as a digital pioneer in the African banking landscape, Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, a trailblazing digital platform pioneered by Nigeria’s oldest indigenous and most innovative bank, ...

  The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced the arrival of its new Consul General in Lagos, Rick Swart.   Swart, who arrived on Wednesday, will represent the US government across 17 states in southern Nigeria.   This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday ...

  The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaete Obot, on Friday, announced the release of 123 inmates, including an 18-year-old mentally challenged girl said to have been eating foam and other objects while in custody.   Obot granted freedom to the inmates during the second quarter of 2025 ...

  Political heavyweights and captains of industry have applauded the appointment of a former Minister of Works, Senator Adedayo Adeyeye, as Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Ports Authority by President Bola Tinubu.   They paid tributes to the ex-minister at an event held in his honour in Abuja ...

  President Bola Tinubu on Friday received Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.   The meeting, which took place behind closed doors, underscores ongoing consultations between the President and state governors across the country.   Eno, who is the ...

  Russian drone and bomb fire killed at least six people across Ukraine’s east and south, local authorities said Friday, as Russia resists US President Donald Trump’s call to halt its invasion.   Moscow has escalated long-range aerial attacks on Ukraine’s towns and cities as well as frontline assaults and ...

  Snoop Dogg has become co-owner of Championship side Swansea City in an unlikely alliance between the world of rap and football, the Welsh club announced.   The 53-year-old American star joins former Real Madrid stalwart and Croatia World Cup finalist Luka Modric in the club’s ownership structure.   Snoop ...