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Sitting next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Saturday cautiously weighed in on the Russia-Ukraine war, now in its fifth year.“If I may offer my humble opinion … perhaps it is time to freeze this conflict and ‌return to the Istanbul formula 2.0,” he told reporters in the ⁠Siberian city of Omsk.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listTokayev was referring to a botched agreement that envisaged an immediate suspension of hostilities along the existing front line and further talks brokered by Western powers.After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Moscow ally Tokayev dared to…

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Wasiu Olanrewaju-Smart as Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives). This was contained in a statement issued by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that Mr Olanrewaju-Smart replaced Ibrahim Olanrewaju, who had resigned from the position to contest an elective office in his home state. The statement described Mr Olanrewaju-Smart as a scholar and public policy expert, with a PhD in Educational Management from Lead City University and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University. “He is an Edward Mason Fellow in…

Live Leg-by-leg updates from the Betfred World Matchplay final in Blackpool, where defending champion Luke Littler and former world No 1 Gerwyn Price battle to win the Phil Taylor Trophy at the Winter Gardens; watch live on Sky Sports Action

Nigerian comedian and actor Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY, has questioned the role of the church after revealing that he was removed from participating in a church programme over concerns about public perception. In a video shared on his Instagram page, the comedian said he stepped away from church for a period, not because he had lost his faith in God, but because he was dealing with a difficult personal season following negative narratives about him online. AY explained that he later joined another church, where he was warmly received by the pastor, his family and members of the…

With Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya’s victory in the recent presidential election of the Nigerian Bar Association, aggrieved members should sheath their swords and help restore the association’s voice on the rule of law and good governance, Davidson Iriekpen writes The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) last weekend elected Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), as its next president after she polled the highest number of votes when voting officially ended last Sunday. Badejo-Okusanya, the only female among the three presidential candidates, polled 12,317 votes to emerge as the winner of the election, which was held through electronic voting.  She defeated her two male…

By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has announced a 276-member National Campaign Council and subcommittees for the Osun State governorship election scheduled for Saturday, August 15, 2026, with Imo State Governor and Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Senator Hope Uzodimma, named as Chairman of the Council. This is contained in a notice signed by the party’s National Secretary, Senator Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru, and made public via the party’s X handle on Sunday. According to the notice, the Council has Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni; Senate President Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio; and Speaker of the…

Democratic lawmaker Sheldon Whitehouse says the US is turning into one of the world’s ‘worst-behaved countries’.The Americans who voted for President Donald Trump are seeing a “wholesale violation” of his campaign promise to avoid unnecessary wars, especially the United States-Israel war on Iran, US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse argues.The Democrat tells host Steve Clemons that the Iran war has been “managed just spectacularly incompetently and dishonestly”.Other countries increasingly see the US as similar to “some of the worst-behaved countries they have to deal with, where bribe requests, side deals, personal favours and ulterior motives are really what’s going on,” Whitehouse says.He…

…says he has CCTV footage of Abacha’s final moments   Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to Sani Abacha, the late Head of State, has dismissed claims contained in a recently published memoir alleging that the former military ruler died during an intimate encounter with a woman, insisting he possesses CCTV footage of Abacha’s final moments.   Al-Mustapha made the remarks while speaking with journalists in Kaduna, describing the account by Dennis Amachree, retired Department of State Services (DSS) operative as false and politically motivated.   Abacha ruled Nigeria as military Head of State from November 1993 until his death…

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, the role AI is playing in it. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Tesla kicked off earnings season — at least for this sector — and the shareholder letter, along with Elon Musk’s remarks during the conference call, provided some pretty incredible disclosures I imagine have some investors concerned, or at least puzzled.  Tesla has backed off previous promises to reach “volume production” of the Cybercab, Tesla Semi, and Megapack 3 in 2026.…

Birthdays in Nigeria often come wrapped in champagne and confetti. Senator Gbenga Ashafa chose a different wrapping paper this year, one made of stethoscopes, eye charts and free prescription glasses. To mark his 71st birthday, the former Lagos East senator organised a Free Mega Medical and Eye Outreach at F’s Club in Yaba, Lagos. By the end of the day, 534 people had received consultations, medications and eye care they might otherwise have gone without. The eye services alone were extensive, covering vision assessments, glaucoma and cataract screening, and eye pressure checks. Eligible beneficiaries walked away with free prescription eyeglasses,…