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    Court discharges ex-Edo deputy governor Godwins Omobayo of contempt

    Mr Omobayo was charged with allegedly refusing to vacate the deputy governorship position after a valid court judgment on July 17, 2024.

    Anti-Corruption

    Fast Lab Technologies

    U.S. court convicts Fast Lab Technologies COO for role in $500 million COVID-19 fraud

    Mr Seyhun admitted on Thursday that he masterminded the scheme and conspired with Fast Lab’s CEO and the laboratory’s medical director to carry it out.

    Rights

    Isreal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

    Gaza: Israel prevented genocide, didn’t commit it, says Netanyahu

    Mr Netanyahu says Israel has worked to prevent a genocide, denying claims that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, describing the accusation as “the greatest lie of the century”.

    OPINION

    What shall we do about South Africa?

    A mob is a failure of policing. A death in custody is the state performing the violence itself, in a building, on a record, with a docket number.

    What Nigeria loses as Tinubu skips UNGA yet again

    If Africa remains central to Nigeria’s foreign policy, the UN cannot be peripheral.

    Vice President Shettima’s United Nations General Assembly Speech (A Rejected Draft)

    For those of you who have approached me since I arrived to ask whether everything is alright with my president, let me assure you that all is well.

    Deaths that have become ordinary

    The citizens who died in Odigbo were not numbers. Neither were the 37 people who died in Niger.

    Tinubu finally solves his Chicago problem

    Sometimes, the best diplomatic strategy is simple: don’t show up.

    Can Nollywood embrace AI without losing its cultural identity?

    Culture is not an aesthetic preset. You cannot prompt your way into a lived experience.

    World

    University of Cambridge drops plans to investigate hiring of Jason Arday after suicide

    The University of Cambridge has aborted investigations seeking to probe its recruitment of Jason Arday, the Black professor who died by suicide last month.

    Africa

    26,000 Somalis face catastrophic hunger amid flood threat, says Save the Children

    Save the Children says more than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to face catastrophic levels of food insecurity between October and December amid flood threats.