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On Monday night The Odyssey, ­Christopher Nolan’s three-hour epic about one man’s heroic quest, had its world premiere in London. And 24 hours later at Wimbledon, 15,000 fans on Centre Court witnessed a tennis equivalent. A ­rugged hero: Novak Djokovic. A mighty quest: the hunt for a record-breaking 25th grand slam title. There was an injury scare. Multiple shifts in momentum. And ­numerous times where the ­Centre Court crowd stood up and started punching the air at what they were watching.It amounted to pure box office. And after five hours and 15 ­minutes of extraordinary tennis, it was ­Djokovic who was again…

Grammy-winning producer Jermaine Dupri has filed a blistering lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment (SME), accusing the company of underpaying and concealing royalties tied to his work with artists including Mariah Carey, Usher, Kris Kross, Xscape, Bow Wow, and Da Brat. The Atlanta-based producer and songwriter, known for shaping the sound of Nineties hip-hop and R&B, claims Sony Music “knew that it was violating” contracts with him and his influential label, So So Def, but “never attempted to disclose its contemptuous accounting practices.” Dupri’s lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, is seeking at least $18 million in damages. “Given the systemic…

Indian benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty are likely to open sharply lower on Wednesday tracking a loss of over 150 points in GIFT Nifty. Renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East weighed on global risk sentiment, pushing crude oil prices higher and prompting weakness across global equity markets.GIFT Nifty was trading at 24,225 around 8:10 am, down 158.5 points or 0.65 percent, indicating a gap-down opening for the Nifty 50 after it closed at 24,398.7 on Tuesday. The negative indication follows a volatile session in the domestic market, where benchmark indices snapped a four-session winning streak. The Sensex fell 104.35…

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA— PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to conduct a thorough investigation into the activities of a “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council” (PFIPC) and all related matters. The President directed that the investigation be concluded and a comprehensive report submitted to him within 30 days. A statement by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, stated that the directive was occasioned by the discovery of the alleged fictitious PFIPC, which it said was never established by the Federal Government of Nigeria and has no basis in any law, presidential instrument,…

Robinson’s defence team, led by attorney Kathy Nester, has sought to exclude much of the evidence and argued to have the death penalty taken off the table.Nester spent much of Tuesday aiming to discredit key pieces of evidence being displayed by prosecutors.Under questioning from Nester on Tuesday, Hull acknowledged that at least one other weapon had been found on campus on the day of the shooting.Hull also said no shell casings were discovered on the rooftop near a suspected “sniper pad” – an impression in gravel discovered by another officer which appeared to indicate where a shooter was lying down…

***Foreign investments nose-dive ***We’re battling unprecedented cost pressures — Operators By Progress Godfrey Nigeria’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector recorded its first decline in Company Income Tax (CIT) in four years, reflecting a reversal of fortune in the sector. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Company Income Tax report showed that CIT from the ICT declined to N63.62 billion in the first quarter of 2026, Q1’26, from N65.52 billion in the corresponding period of 2025, ending a three-year streak of double-digit growth. Sector stakeholders disclosed that sector has been hit by rising operating costs, dwindling foreign investment, soaring energy costs, rising infrastructure expenses, rising borrowing costs, which,…

San Francisco’s AI boom has buyers spending unprecedented amounts of money on homes – much more than sellers are asking for.A new analysis from real-estate brokerage Compass, found that in the first half of 2026, more than 140 homes in the city sold for at least $1m above their asking price, 44 of them in June alone.The figure is a huge jump from January through July of last year, in which only eight homes sold for more than $1m, according to Compass data. Just six homes sold above that amount in the first six months of 2024.The skyrocketing demand for…

*Reveals president yet to contact Seyi Makinde since Oyo school abduction Sunday Ehigiator Presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Tinubu over his handling of school abductions and the worsening insecurity across the country, calling on him to either resign or refrain from seeking re-election. Obi made the remarks in a statement on X, following a visit to Ibadan, where he met with Seyi Makinde over the abduction of schoolchildren in Oyo State, whom he said had remained in captivity for more than 50 days. Describing the incident as a “Nigerian tragedy,” Obi…

A marine heatwave could reach “extreme” levels around parts of the UK later this week, according to the Met Office, raising concerns for marine life.Long periods of sea heat can trigger mass die-offs among some seagrasses, shellfish and other species, as well as encouraging greater numbers of warm-water creatures including octopus.The heatwave is currently strongest off the coasts of eastern and southern England, and sea temperatures could reach 4-5C above average in places. The marine heatwave has been fuelled by the “heat domes” that brought record-breaking air temperatures in May and June, on top of long-term ocean warming due to…

Gregor Kobel is Switzerland’s penalty hero, after pulling off a stunning shootout save from Colombia’s Cucho Hernandez to help set up a quarter-final clash with Argentina.