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A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Caretaker Working Committee, Bisi Kolawole, has said plans are underway to rebuild the fractured structure of the party and reposition it for future political success. Kolawole, who was the PDP governorship candidate in the Ekiti State in 2022, made the statement on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti during the state congress of the party. The congress, which was monitored by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security agencies produced Lanre Omolase, an ally of former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, as the party chairman while a former Commissioner in…

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 31: Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan celebrates her victory in the Women’s Singles Final against Aryna Sabalenka during day 14 of the 2026 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 31, 2026 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) Elena Rybakina continued her run against the best players in women’s tennis by defeating Elina Svitolina in the semifinals of the Indian Wells Open. Rybakina claimed a 7–5, 6–4 victory to book her place in the final, extending an impressive streak to 12 consecutive wins against Top 10 players. Her last loss to a Top 10 opponent…

Afrobeats star, Asake, was seen in a viral video struggling to get close enough to touch the Black Stone during a pilgrimage in Mecca. In the circulating clip, the singer, whose real name is Ololade Ahmed, was lifted by people around him in an attempt to reach the sacred stone embedded in the Kaaba. However, the effort appeared difficult due to the massive crowd of pilgrims gathered around the Kaaba, with many worshippers also attempting to get close to the sacred site. The video showed the music star surrounded by thousands of worshippers performing prayers and religious rites at the…

Cambodia said Friday it has drafted its first law targeting online scam centers, after vowing to shut them down by the end of April. Cambodia is a major hub for scam operations, which extort money from victims online through bogus investment schemes and feigned romances. Victims around the world are estimated to have been cheated out of tens of billions of dollars annually. At the same time, thousands of people, especially from other Asian nations, have been recruited with false job offers and then forced to work in scam centers in conditions of near-slavery. “This law is the most important legal instrument for Cambodia in combating scams…

After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, 12 jurors heard closing arguments before deciding whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children using their platforms. Closing statements in the trial began Thursday at the Spring Street Courthouse in Los Angeles. Lawyers representing the plaintiff, a 20-year-old woman, and those representing the two defendants, Meta and Google-owned YouTube, made their respective cases to the jurors. TikTok and Snap were also named defendants in the lawsuit, but they each settled before the trial began. The case, along with two others,…

 A new biography about Prince Harry which says Queen Camilla had allegedly remarked he had been brainwashed by his wife Meghan was ​described by his spokesperson on Saturday as a “deranged conspiracy”. Harry and Meghan ‌have been estranged from the British royal family since stepping away from official duties in 2020 and moving to California, but continue to attract huge interest both ​in Britain and abroad. In extracts from his new book published in ​the Times newspaper, author Tom Bower, who has written a ⁠number of biographies about the royals, said the couple began feuding ​with the other royals shortly after their…

Millions of Brazilians are expected to watch as movie stars enter the Dolby Theatre for the Oscars ceremony this Sunday, hoping to witness one of their own strike gold for the second year in a row. Brazil’s “The Secret Agent” has earned four Academy Award nominations, including the first-ever nod to a Brazilian for best actor for ​Wagner Moura, who won the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama this season. The recognition comes one year after “I’m Still Here” won the country’s first-ever Oscar for best international feature film, sparking pride and ‌excitement in the nation of 213…

 In mid-February, hundreds of students from Venezuela’s most prestigious university did the once unthinkable: their protest left the campus of the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas and spilled out into a nearby street. Before the U.S. military operation that captured Nicolas Maduro on January 3, student activism was a risky proposition in Venezuela. Remaining on campus had historically offered some protection; student protesters who took to the streets risked ​being beaten, detained, or worse. Bodies like the United Nations have denounced torture against detainees in Venezuela, including electric shocks, asphyxiation and sleep deprivation. So when the students, marching alongside…

An explosion lightly damaged a Jewish school in ​Amsterdam early on Saturday, in what the city’s mayor ‌described as “a deliberate attack against the Jewish community”. The explosion at the school in an upscale residential neighbourhood on the south side ​of Amsterdam damaged a rainpipe and charred an outer wall, ​and caused no injuries. “This is a cowardly act of aggression against ​the Jewish community,” Halsema said. “Jewish people in Amsterdam are increasingly confronted with antisemitism. This is unacceptable.” The school is the only one specifically ​for orthodox Jews in the Netherlands, and is largely ​fenced off by a pointed,…

When Paraguayan opposition lawmaker Leidy Galeano returned from an all-expenses-paid tour of six Chinese cities late last year, she was convinced Paraguay risked missing out on major economic gains by sticking with longtime ally Taiwan over Beijing – a message participants on the trip heard repeatedly from Chinese officials. “Everything I saw there, I wanted for my country,” said Galeano, a member of the newly-formed Yo Creo party whose senior ​figures have spoken favorably about China. This trip and others like it, which people familiar with the visits said were at the invitation of the Chinese consulate in Sao Paulo,…