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The biggest winners this past week at Cannes Lions were undoubtedly … the ice cream vendors. During a scorching week in the south of France, an estimated 13,000-plus Cannes Lions attendees hustled up and down the Croisette in Cannes for meetings, panels and pitches. The glacier carts and kiosks that dish out ice cream, soft serve and sorbets did brisk business all week. The sweet treats probably added to the general sense of optimism and excitement for the marketing, advertising, data and technology leaders who came to talk shop and compare notes at a time of massive transformation in virtually…

*Atiku: Ruling exposes Tinubu’s desperation to impose one-party system *ADC alleges coordinated attempt to weaken opposition parties *Falana warns against threat to multi-party democracy, says judge cannot reverse own judgment Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja, and Wale Igbintade in Lagos The decision of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, to set aside its earlier judgment recognising the Nigeria Democratic Coalition (NDC), yesterday continued to receive widespread condemnation.The presiding judge, Justice Isah Dashen, on Friday set aside the earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the NDC as a political party.…

The US has conducted new strikes on Iran, following a drone attack on a Panama-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.US Central Command (Centcom) said it hit multiple targets across Iran in direct response to “continued aggression” against commercial shipping.In retaliation, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it has launched missiles and drones at US infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain, in a statement shared to state media.Following the exchange of fire, the US and Iran accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement. Centcom said in a statement, “Iran was given a chance to honor the ceasefire…

Enrico Galliera has quit his role as chief marketing and commercial officer of Ferrari weeks after a backlash over the launch of the automaker’s first-ever electric car, the Luce. The firm announced this week that Galliera would leave the role he occupied for 16 years and will be replaced by Massimiliano Di Silvestre, former BMW Italy head in July. His role involved managing which clients could purchase the luxury car maker’s highly sought-after vehicles. Since taking the role in 2010, Galliera has been involved in many of the firm’s key events. Read also:Ferrari unveils first fully electric car worth $640,000…

Instagram users could soon see more ways to tune their content, according to a recent post from Instagram head Adam Mosseri. Specifically, Mosseri was showing off new ways that users might access Your Algorithm, a feature that allows them to specify which topics they want to see more of, and less of. Instagram launched Your Algorithm last year and has been introducing it to more areas of the app. “We want to evolve Your Algorithm from a setting to something that feels central to your experience on Instagram,” Mosseri said. He also noted, “Some of this is testing now, some…

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A student of an unnamed university in Delta State, South-south Nigeria, Jeremia Elele, has allegedly defrauded about 60 new students of the university of N15 million. The police spokesperson in Delta State, Bright Edafe, in a video clip uploaded on his X handle on Friday said Mr Elele separately collected monies from victims in order to help them pay their tuition fees.  Mr Edafe, a superintendent of police, said the students separately gave the suspect between N250,000 and N300,000 each to pay their tuition fees. PREMIUM TIMES understands that Mr Elele and most of the victims secured admission into the…

Yoane Wissa scored twice as DR Congo beat Uzbekistan 3-1 and qualified for the last 32 of the World Cup for the first time in their history. They will meet England after registering their first World Cup win.Eldor Shomurodov’s lob over Lionel Mpasi gave the Uzbeks a perfect start in Atlanta. But the Newcastle striker Wissa levelled from the penalty spot before Fiston Mayele’s goal sent the mainly Congolese crowd into a frenzy.Wissa rounded off a historic night for the Africans with a fine strike in stoppage time for his third goal of the tournament.Uzbekistan knew before kick-off they were…

Get ready to return to Barry’s Bay: “Every Year After” has been renewed for a second season at Amazon‘s Prime Video less than a month after its debut. Based on Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel “Every Summer After,” the first season of the drama tells the friends-to-lovers-to-second-chance-romance story of Percy Fraser (Sadie Soverall) and Sam Florek (Matt Cornett). The two reunite a decade after their breakup (a mysterious incident Percy blames herself for) when Percy returns to the lake town of Barry’s Bay (where Sam and his brother Charlie, played by Michael Bradway, grew up, and where Percy spent her childhood…

From medicine to boardrooms, from marathon tracks to the hallowed spaces of legacy-building, Dr. Awele Elumelu at 56 remains a gentle fire whose warmth touches everything and everyone within her orbit, writes Lanre Alfred To write about Dr. Awele Elumelu is to write about a woman who transcends categories. Physician. Entrepreneur. Philanthropist. Wellness advocate. Wife. Mother. Mentor. Each title tells only part of the story. Together, they reveal a life lived with uncommon intentionality and purpose. With unfaltering resolve and an abiding conviction that medicine must transcend diagnosis and treatment, Dr. Elumelu has devoted herself to restoring dignity to healthcare.…