A United States federal judge has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s request for a 10-day extension in the legal battle over the release of decades-old Department of Justice records relating to a heroin trafficking investigation, setting a firm deadline of August 21, 2026, for the documents to be produced. The case stems from a civil forfeiture…
Amid the tensions spurred by President Donald Trump’s proclaimed desire to annex Greenland, one Texas driller made plans to create an oil boom along the Danish territory’s sparsely populated east coast. But those aspirations are now facing repeated delays in the face of regulatory and community pushback. The first test well was slated to be…
…Describe His Legislative Service as Outstanding Igbere traditional rulers in Bende Local Government of Abia State have thrown their weight behind the 2027 bid of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu to return to the parliament. Speaking on behalf of the traditional rulers during Kalu’s courtesy call in…
Spain’s midfielder #16 Rodri kisses the Golden Ball Award during the award ceremony of the 2026 World Cup football tournament final match between Spain and Argentina at the New York/New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford on July 19, 2026. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) By Adegboyega Adeleye Real Madrid are preparing an offer worth…
A New York federal judge has denied Sony Music Entertainment‘s request to add 30,442 sound recordings to its copyright infringement lawsuit against AI music platform Udio. The ruling from Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, which you can read in full here, keeps the case at the 333 works that remain in the case. Sony filed the…
The Mechanical Licensing Collective has rejected Pandora‘s attempt to use a federal appeals court ruling on horse racing regulation to undermine the collective’s authority to sue the streaming service over mechanical royalties. In a filing on Wednesday (June 24) in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, the MLC called the cited…
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It’s official: Universal Music Group has rejected Bill Ackman’s takeover offer. UMG’s Board of Directors said today (May 29) that it has “unanimously determined that the unsolicited and non-binding proposal” it received from Pershing Square Capital Management on April 7, 2026, is “not in the best interests of UMG, its shareholders, artists, songwriters, employees and…
The road to Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election has begun to take shape — and for the All Progressives Congress (APC), the message from party faithful across the country was loud, coordinated, and unmistakable. From the bustling wards of Lagos to the remote corners of the North-East, millions of APC members turned out on Saturday,…
By Ozioruva Aliu The Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku on Wednesday won a third term bid to return to the house as he won the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of assembly for Owan West constituency. But it was not the same for his deputy, Osamwonyi Atu who lost his primary…
