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Martin Aghaji, personal doctor to Nnamdi Kanu, has been arrested by Nigeria’s security operatives, Aloy Ejimakor, Mr Kanu’s lawyer said in an X post on Saturday. Mr Kanu is the convicted leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). He is serving life imprisonment in Sokoto State after a federal high court in Abuja convicted him in November for terrorism. Mr Ejimakor said in the X post that Mr Aghaji, a retired professor, was arrested at his residence in Enugu State on Friday. The lawyer did not specifically say which operatives arrested the medical doctor, although he suggested that…

EasyJet passenger aircraft on the tarmac at London Southend Airport in Southend-on-Sea, U.K., on May 3, 2024.Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEasyJet shares took off in early dealmaking Monday after the U.K. low-cost carrier agreed in principle to a £5.5 billion ($7.3 billion) takeover bid from U.S. private equity manager Castlelake.The budget airline was up 10.5% shortly after 8:15 a.m. in London (3:15 a.m. E.T.), hitting a new 52-week high.Castlelake’s improved plan to take EasyJet private, which was agreed on Sunday, comes after the carrier last month rejected a £4.93 billion proposal from the private equity firm. Castlelake has made five bids…

Before Keurig, the coffee in your office was almost certainly terrible. Old, burned, made by someone who would rather poorly eyeball than properly measure. Just altogether gross. After Keurig? You could make your own coffee, a cup at a time, exactly when you needed it. The single-cup brewer was an elegant solution to an extremely common problem. At least, that’s how it started.On this episode of Version History, we dig into the history of the Keurig and the ways in which the idea got vastly bigger than anyone expected. K-Cups and Keurig machines became ubiquitous in offices all across the…

•It’s a family affair, being addressed – Party By Omeiza Ajayi A storm is brewing within the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its revised list of National Assembly candidates submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as aggrieved aspirants drag the party to court, stakeholders demand fresh representation, and a chieftain warns of simmering anger within the party’s ranks ahead of the 2027 general elections. The development, nonetheless, the APC said it is an internal process which is being addressed internally.  Former senator representing Ekiti North, Ayo Arise, disclosed in an interview that he had approached the court to challenge…

Curaçao’s team physician hands out ice-pack jackets to help players cool down during a men’s football World Cup 2026 match in Kansas City, Missouri.Credit: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/GettyTwice each game, the World Cup 2026 hits pause. Drinks appear, adverts go up and fans boo. The football governing body FIFA says that these ‘hydration breaks’ are about player welfare: a response to rising temperatures and the growing risk of heat exhaustion. But right now, FIFA is missing the mark, and risks turning a sound idea into a poor example.To save lives in heatwaves, focus on how human bodies workI say this as…

Former Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp on Monday slammed FIFA’s decision to overturn US striker Folarin Balogun’s suspension, which reportedly took place after an intervention from US President Donald Trump. Balogun was set to miss Monday’s last-16 knockout clash with Belgium having picked up a red card in his previous match, but FIFA on Sunday suspended the ban for a year, making the forward eligible to play. Sources told AFP Trump personally called FIFA President Gianni Infantino, asking him to review Balogun’s punishment. Former Liverpool manager Klopp, who is set to become the next Germany manager after Julian Nagelsmann’s resignation on…

ITV is selling its media and entertainment divisions to Sky in a £1.6bn deal that the companies say will create a strong rival to global streaming giants.The sale includes ITV’s broadcast channels and its ITVX streaming service, and Sky chief executive Dana Strong called it “a defining moment for British media”.It is one of the biggest takeovers in British media history, with American-owned Comcast – which owns Sky – having started takeover talks in November last year.ITV’s studio arm, which makes popular programmes such as Love Island and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here, is not included in…

Why did soldiers from the Nigerian Army Depot in Osogbo, Osun State, leave their base to behave like criminals by invading the off-campus hostels housing students of the University of Osun (UNIOSUN)? This is one question Army authorities have to answer when they conclude their investigation on the issue. According to the school authorities, the incident occurred last Monday night. The soldiers also allegedly abused the students and carted away mobile phones belonging to the students. The spokesperson of the university, Ademola Adesoji, alleged that more than 20 students were directly affected during the criminal invasion, claiming the soldiers assaulted…

Aubriana Ortiz of Las Vegas, N.M., has been elected to membership in Phi Kappa Phi at New Mexico Highlands University.

From listening to the ideologues of the Trump administration go on about how unfair America’s place in the world is today, you would be forgiven for thinking up an image of a United States of America that is plagued on all sides by those who would do it in. An economy: so previously poorly run that it is now the butt of all who would take advantage of it – and from which sorry fate only Donald Trump’s genius may save it; engaged in endless wars in which the absence of purpose has given way to drift and creep; whose…