The mother of deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday she felt vindicated by a European assessment that her son died of poisoning and called for “justice”, as his supporters marked two years since his death in prison.

The Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Ayo Omotayo, has disclosed that 105 participants of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) 48 are awaiting a security clearance report from the Department of State Services, even as 98 participants have been certified medically fit for the programme.

Iran said Monday that the US position on Tehran’s nuclear programme “has moved towards a more realistic one” ahead of a second round of talks.

“No fewer than 30 suspects are currently in custody, while 20 will be charged to court upon the conclusion of ongoing investigations.

Nigerian rapper and songwriter Vector Tha Viper, real name Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, has explained that he no longer attends church because he does not see it as a physical building but as a spiritual reality rooted in the individual.

The Kremlin has firmly rejected accusations that Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny was poisoned in a prison camp two years ago.

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has stopped working in what appears to be a major global outage.

The Premier League and English Football League (EFL) will resume their Ramadan procedures this week, with matches pausing briefly to allow Muslim players to break their fast.

TV producer Dana Eden, who co-created the hit Israeli spy thriller series “Tehran”, has been found dead in a hotel room in central Athens, Greek police told AFP on Monday.

Nigeria’s headline inflation eased slightly to 15.10 per cent in January, down from 15.15 per cent recorded in December, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.