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Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and the only female candidate in the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) presidential election, has widened her lead in the race. When PREMIUM TIMES checked the live election results portal at 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, Mrs Badejo-Okusanya had polled 11,352 votes, representing 46.69 per cent of the 24,314 votes cast in the presidential election. She is followed by Lateef Omoyemi Akangbe, also a SAN, who had secured 7,415 votes (30.50 per cent), while Olumuyiwa Akinboro, also a SAN, polled 5,547 votes (22.81 per cent). The live results portal also showed that 24,384 of…

Organisers of the 1xCup grassroots football tournament have unveiled an expanded talent development programme for the 2026 edition, saying the competition is increasingly serving as a pathway to professional football after several former participants secured careers in Nigeria and abroad. At the launch of the fourth edition in Lagos on Friday, organisers announced that 100 grassroots clubs will compete for a ₦20 million prize package, while introducing new initiatives including digital player profiling, enhanced scouting, performance analysis and live streaming to improve players’ visibility to professional clubs. Since its launch in 2023, the tournament has grown into one of Lagos’…

It’s always funny when documentaries strategically pair a possibly boring topic with a famous face, just to sex them up. A History of NCP Car Parks By Tinie Tempah, say, or World’s Deadliest Sleep Disorders With Anna Maxwell Martin. So when I saw that Tom Hiddleston was hosting a National Geographic investigation into the destruction of Pompeii in AD79 (Disney+, from Thursday), there was no way I wasn’t watching.The actor has famously sauntered through life’s most vaunted way stations: Eton, Cambridge, Rada, Kong: Skull Island. Privilege and perceived smugness have long been sticks to beat him with. It’s harder to…

This summer, the inaugural faculty-led trip to Japan was jam-packed with new experiences for Montana State University students, helping instill valuable business and cultural knowledge about a unique …

In order to afford a last-minute ticket to the World Cup final at New York New Jersey Stadium — widely billed as the single most expensive sporting event ever played in the United States — you might have to be a millionaire, as the cost for a coveted seat at the venue crossed the $2m mark less than 24 hours before kickoff.As Lionel Messi’s Argentina face Spain and their teenage superstar Lamine Yamal, ticket prices have soared on the resale market.By Friday, nearly all tickets appeared to be sold, with a few listed on FIFA’s sales platform at about $32,000…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldLaw firms that struck deals with Donald Trump are heading for a second high-stakes conflict with the US president after the government demanded their leaders sit for depositions and hand over internal communications about the deals. In a move that one administration insider said was designed to show a “middle finger” to the legal industry, the Department of Justice has issued subpoenas and deposition demands to the law firms it targeted or threatened with executive orders at the start of Trump’s…

“This reprioritisation of public resource shows a change in direction towards improving everyday life and strengthening local economies over expensive national government schemes.”Plans for a digital ID scheme had initially been introduced by Sir Keir ahead of Labour’s conference last year. At the time, Starmer argued that mandatory digital ID for workers would make it easier to clamp down on immigrants working illegally and modernise the state.As well as tackling illegal immigration, Starmer said a digital ID system would enable citizens to prove identity to access key services quickly instead of having to hunt for utility bills.The Office for Budget…

Most genetic variants associated with complex traits are hypothesized to regulate gene expression. To understand the genetics underlying gene expression variability, we characterized 14,324 RNA-sequencing samples from the Trans-Omics for Precision …

Spain’s forward Lamine Yamal runs with the ball during the 2026 World Cup Group H football match between Spain and Cape Verde at the Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta on June 15, 2026. (Photo by Roberto SCHMIDT / AFP) Lionel Messi will become the oldest outfield player to appear in a World Cup final on Sunday as Spain’s Lamine Yamal seeks to join an elite group of teenage winners. The match at the MetLife Stadium will be the first meeting between Argentina’s Messi and the player who has succeeded him as Barcelona’s new homegrown idol. The only player to appear in…

Following the news that the FIFA World Cup final will feature its first halftime show in history, The Cure‘s Robert Smith took to social media to slam the announcement. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH… #Breadandcircuses #MUGWANK #pleasejustfuckoff,” Smith wrote on The Cure’s Instagram account. Curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin, performers will include Madonna, Justin Bieber, Shakira and BTS. In a statement, FIFA president Gianni Infantosser described the halftime special as a “groundbreaking spectacle” that will celebrate “football, music and our shared values, ensuring a legacy that transcends the final whistle.” A few hours after his initial post, Smith clarified in another post that he…