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*Author says he was inspired by paucity of academic works Chuks Okocha in Abuja Four new books were unveiled over the weekend in Abuja, adding intellectual and academic works to bookshelves and the Nigerian society.Aside from the launch of the books, there was also the official unveiling of a website at the ceremony.Authored by Dr Chris Onyemaechi Okobah, the four titles, namely Maritime Law in Nigeria, Nigerian Property Management, Nigerian Risk Management, and Arbitration in Nigeria, were, according to the author, necessitated by the paucity of intellectual and academic works in the country and the need to revive the reading…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Reform UK has vowed to cut £50bn from the welfare bill by slashing benefits for foreign nationals and people with disabilities if it wins the next general election. Nigel Farage’s populist rightwing party said, if it was in government, it would replace the disability benefits system and ban all foreign nationals from claiming “almost all forms of welfare”. Robert Jenrick, Reform’s Treasury spokesperson, will on Monday call for urgent cuts to the UK’s ballooning welfare bill, which was £334bn for the 2025/26…

Stripe has finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter, according to a new report in Bloomberg. OpenRouter helps customers to select different AI models to perform different tasks, depending on their specific needs and budget. The company announced in May that it had raised a $113 million Series B, at a reported $1.3 billion valuation. (Investors include Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, and Alphabet’s Capital G.) At the time, OpenRouter CEO Alex Atallah described the company as the equivalent of Stripe for AI, because it provides customers with a single access point for different systems and prevents lock-in. The startup also…

It is the latest announcement ahead of a speech on Monday by Reform’s shadow chancellor Robert Jenrick to formally unveil the party’s welfare plans.”Forcing British workers to pay for the benefits of foreigners is not just economically illiterate but plain immoral,” Jenrick said in a statement.”People are more than happy to support their neighbours in hard times, but the British taxpayer cannot afford to subsidise everyone on the planet, especially those who have not paid in.”This year the government expects, external to spend a total of £322bn on welfare in Great Britain, or 10.6% of GDP, just over half of…

Last Saturday, angry students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, attacked and stripped an unidentified lecturer in the Department of Chinese Studies over an allegation of attempted sexual molestation of a female student. NAU, a federal university in Anambra State, is popularly known as UNIZIK. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the incident happened after the female student came out of the lecturer’s office with his clothes, claiming that the lecturer attempted to sexually assault her in the office. This newspaper cited a video clip, which has gone viral, showing at least six men, believed to be students, hitting and stomping on…

The FedEx St. Jude Championship will conclude Sunday.Scottie Scheffler started the day atop the leaderboard entering the fourth round with a 13-under mark, including a course-tying 61 on Friday. Sungjae Im and Sam Burns trail him by just two shots, however, with Jake Knapp and Tommy Fleetwood tied for fourth place at 8 under.Will Scheffler hold on? Here are the best shots and highlights from Sunday at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee.

By Adetutu Audu Actress and producer, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has donated all producer earnings, from her recent film, Mother’s Love, to Slum2School Africa, a charitable organization. She revealed the commitment through a video statement, detailing the film’s financial performance and the subsequent charitable transfer. The production garnered over N103 million at the box office before industry deductions. Once exhibitors, distributors, print costs, advertising expenses and various taxes, including entertainment and withholding taxes were factored in, the amount retained by the production team totaled just over N22 million. Jalade confirmed that this entire sum, consistent with Red Hot Concepts’ original pledge, went…

‘Wearing yellow spreads a bit of love’Andrew Geldart, 65, retired engineer, CornwallFor 30 years as a civil engineer I wore conventional grey and navy, then I retired at 55, moved down to Bude in Cornwall with my wife, Lynn, and the sun came out. Bude is a positive place, where you can be yourself. Everyone is friendly; it’s paradise.I first started down the yellow route 10 years ago when we moved to Bude with a camper van called Primrose. People gave me yellow accessories for it and the seed was sown – I thought I might wear yellow myself. Now…

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has congratulated Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State on his election for a second term in office, describing the poll as a testament to democratic maturity. The Returning Officer for the Osun governorship election, Joshua Ogunwole, who announced the results at the INEC Collation Centre in Osogbo early Sunday, said Mr Adeleke of the Accord Party secured 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 444,815 votes. Najeem Salaam of the African Democratic Congress came a distant third with 17,180 votes. Mr Otti, in a congratulatory…

Military authorities said up to 80% of soldiers have already been deployed to the many battle fronts against terrorists and bandits. Now, on oil company has decided to help at the home front with support to wives of soldiers. This is said to be as a way of supporting men of the Nigerian Army in the constitutional role of protecting the nation. Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Limited (SEEPCO) has thus considered it a necessity to empower their wives to enable them hold the home front. This is to strengthen their economic base and give succour to their home,…