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Nonye Soludo, wife of Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra State, has clarified that Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), is not the godfather of any of her children. Daniel Ezeigwe, media aide to Nonye Soludo, issued the clarification on Saturday following remarks by Obi that he and his wife were godparents to the governor’s children. Obi made the comment on Friday while speaking at the Nigerian Guild of Editors’ 22nd Conference in Enugu. “People may not know, my wife and I are godparents to Soludo’s children. Yes, we are that close. So we are not quarrelling,…

The US government has formally moved to support Elon Musk’s legal challenge against a €120 million ($136.51 million) fine imposed by the European Union on his social media platform, X. The US Department of Justice said on Thursday it had filed an application to intervene in cases brought by X Corp, X Holdings and Musk before the EU’s General Court. The cases seek to annul the European Commission’s December 2025 decision that found X and Musk liable for violations of the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and imposed the €120 million penalty. The EU fine followed an investigation into X’s…

YouTube is set to launch an AI-powered editing tool that will allow creators to edit videos using natural-language instructions. The video-sharing platform announced the new feature on Wednesday during its ‘Made on YouTube’ event. The conversational editing tool will allow creators to use a chat interface to refine both long-form videos and YouTube Shorts. How YouTube’s AI editing tool works During a demonstration, YouTuber Happy Kelli provided footage of herself dancing in different outfits and asked the AI to select the best take for each outfit, then add music and transitions. “A one-hour shoot can be 10 hours or more…

Monday Okpebholo, governor of Edo, says petrol costs over N3,000 per litre in the United Kingdom (UK), noting that Nigeria is doing well at the current price. Okpebholo spoke in a viral video circulated on X on Friday, saying the country is in safe hands under President Bola Tinubu. “Nigeria is in a safe hand. When we complained about the cost of petrol, I was in London last week,” he said. “I told my friends, let’s go and buy fuel just to know the cost of fuel between Nigeria and England. Let me tell you. After conversion, it’s about N3,000-something…

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has called on world leaders to regulate artificial intelligence, end wars, tackle climate change and reform global institutions in his final address to the General Assembly. Guterres, whose second five-year term ends on December 31, delivered the address on Tuesday as nearly 130 world leaders gathered in New York for the 81st UN General Assembly. The outgoing UN chief warned that existing international institutions are struggling to respond effectively to growing global challenges. Guterres Demands Global AI Safeguards Guterres renewed his call for international oversight of artificial intelligence, urging countries leading the technology revolution…

The United Kingdom has removed Nigeria and Ghana from the list of countries whose teachers can apply directly for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in England. The UK Department for Education said the decision was linked to concerns over the use of public email addresses, including Gmail and Hotmail, for work history references submitted by applicants from the two countries. QTS is a legal requirement for teaching in several schools in England. The department disclosed the development in a statement published on its website, saying more than 70 per cent of applications from teachers in Nigeria and Ghana included work history…

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said US President Donald Trump has no right to govern or impose his will on other countries. Lula made the remarks in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour ahead of the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The Brazilian leader said Trump was elected to govern the United States and should respect the sovereignty of other nations. “President Trump was elected to be the US president. He has the right to govern the US, but he doesn’t have the right to govern other countries,” Lula said. “He doesn’t…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, has said the Dangote Refinery would not have survived without deregulation if the Federal Government had continued importing petrol and selling it below the market price. Lokpobiri made the statement while speaking on Politics Today, where he defended the government’s deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector. He said the policy had created room for private investment in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, particularly in the midstream and downstream sectors. “But for the policy of deregulation, Dangote Refinery wouldn’t have been the most attractive IPO in the continent. If government was…

The Federal Government plans to engage 4,000 social media influencers to showcase infrastructure projects and communicate the achievements of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to Nigerians. Minister of Works David Umahi disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja while receiving a report from the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) following its inspection of federal road projects in Kano, Jigawa, Kaduna and Sokoto states. Umahi said the proposed influencer network would strengthen the government’s presence on social media, particularly among young Nigerians, as the country approaches the 2027 general elections. “We have to fight this social media war. So, we have to…

Oyo State Governor and presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, has said the 2027 presidential election will be a contest between the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Nigerians, rather than a battle among political parties. Makinde made the declaration on Tuesday in Katsina at the APM North-West Zonal Town Hall Meeting organised ahead of the 2027 election. The engagement is part of the Makinde-Daura Campaign Organisation’s planned town hall meetings across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones. Makinde: 2027 poll will be APC vs Nigerians Makinde said his campaign would focus on issues and the party’s “Reset…