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Nigel Farage has acknowledged the overseas donation row engulfing Reform UK “looks bad” for his party but denied it had ever taken foreign money in breach of electoral law.The Reform leader, who is battling to contain the fallout from the allegations, was asked to categorically rule out that foreign money had ever been funnelled to his party. He replied: “I can … never happened.”Farage was forced to suspend his close aide Dan Jukes and Reform’s head of policy, James Orr, on Friday after they were filmed in an undercover investigation apparently plotting to get around electoral laws on foreign donations.In…

The United States and Iran have escalated tit-for-tat attacks in the past 24 hours, with Washington targeting three Iranian oil tankers and Tehran hitting tankers and firing a ballistic missile towards US warships patrolling near the Strait of Hormuz.Experts have dubbed Iran’s targeting of the two US aircraft carriers a “calculated escalation”, as the months-long fighting is increasingly playing out at sea, with both sides trying to exert control over the strategic strait – a global chokepoint used by Tehran as leverage in the war.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe attacks on tankers come as the US claims…

The family of a 37-year-old Nigerian woman who travelled to Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday has raised concerns after she became unreachable shortly after arriving in the country. The woman, Saratu Jibo Yusuf, travelled from Lagos to Doha on Qatar Airways flight QR1408 on 1 September, according to her ticket, which PREMIUM TIMES saw. Her brother, Jonathan Jibo, told PREMIUM TIMES that the last communication he had with his sister was via WhatsApp while she was still on the aircraft, using its Wi-Fi, on Tuesday. He said a family friend who was expected to receive her at the airport was already…

An electric pizza oven with no flame and no need to rotate the pizza may seem sacrilegious to purists, but the Ninja Artisan electric outdoor pizza oven solves many of the hassles of outdoor pizza making. There’s no lighting or monitoring a flame, no need to keep adjusting the heat, and no need for a turning peel, bulky gas bottle or constant use of an infrared (IR) thermometer (although you may still want one – read on for details).Equipped with four presets – Artisan, Thin Crust, New York, Pan – plus a custom setting to enable you to bake your…

Datti Baba-Ahmed, the running mate to Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential election, has said Obi moved out of his political “comfort zone” against his advice ahead of the 2027 election. Baba-Ahmed made the remarks during an interview on MIC ON Podcast, while reaction to the question on what had changed in his perception of Obi since their 2023 presidential campaign. According to him, he personally advised Obi against joining the African Democratic Congress (ADC), warning that the party was not the right political platform for him. Baba-Ahmed said he even went ahead of Obi to the Yar’Adua Centre, where…

It is not just about coaching, it is what coaching represents.These are not retired players easing into the next phase, some are still in their early 20s trying to establish themselves.They are doing it while their own careers are happening, while the meetings, reviews, travel and pressure of professional rugby are still very real. Not afterwards but now, and not for the optics either.This is not some tidy little side hustle, it is not a story for Instagram. Most of them probably do not even want the attention. It is just a way of staying connected – to the village,…

The singer said he wanted something “extra” in his career and that he was “missing that buzz” with horse racing.”I’m quite tall for a jockey, I’m 5ft 9in (1.75m)… but I did struggle with my weight, so I got to the point where I was about 8st 9lb (55kg) which does seem light in hindsight, but it was quite heavy,” he added.”I was trying to keep my weight down all the time and struggling driving up to Scotland for one ride, and the opportunities weren’t there at the time.”He went on to try acting before deciding to join an online…

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has urged Nigerian youths to take control of the country’s governance. Adebayo made the call when he featured on Newsmen Personality Interview Series on Sunday in Abuja. He attributed ​‌‍‍‍‍⁠⁠‌‍‌⁠‍‍‍​‍‌​the call to the fact that young Nigerians constitute the country’s largest political and economic forces, stressing that they should play more active roles to fix the nation. “I don’t belong to those who want to give hope to youths. I want to tell them: You have to take over the governance of your country to give the nation hope,” he…

Nigeria has joined 163 other countries to endorse an African-led UN resolution seeking fairer world maps that accurately reflect Africa’s true geographical size.The UN General Assembly adopted the historic “Correct the Map” resolution by 164 votes to one, with six abstentions. The United States cast the sole opposing vote, while Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine abstained.The resolution is formally titled “Correct the Map: Rebalancing global cartographic representation and promoting equitable representation of the world’s regions, particularly Africa.” The African Union-backed campaign challenged centuries of cartographic representation that makes the African continent appear disproportionately small.Africa covers approximately 30 million…

Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida has been a success – but could a similar concept work in Abu Dhabi?MSMDisney’s theme parks are famous for being exported all over the world. However, its sprawling Walt Disney World complex in Orlando is home to one park which stands alone. At least for now.That park is Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which has earned a special place in fans’ hearts for showcasing animals in natural settings without using cages. Instead, steep ridges and cleverly hidden trenches keep the animals apart from each other (and from visitors) in enclosures that are so vast the perimeters can’t…