A Paraguayan lawmaker’s “racist and dehumanising” remarks about France’s football World Cup star Kylian Mbappe were “despicable”, but regrettably not isolated, the United Nations said Tuesday.

The adjournment followed the failure of some of the parties to file and exchange the necessary processes in time.

Lionel Messi’s Argentina face Egypt for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday as the maestro looks to reclaim the lead in a fiercely contested Golden Boot race.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced a self-service online voter registration platform for eligible first-time voters as part of efforts to improve accessibility, service delivery and citizens’ participation in the electoral process.

Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has spoken candidly about the secret behind her youthful appearance, her relationship with talent manager Paul Okoye.

“Mere refereeing errors or irregularities, even if they are numerous or repeated over time, do not constitute, on their own, sufficient evidence of the existence of the scheme alleged by the applicants,” said the judgement. “Therefore, such speculative connections or assumptions were made by the applicants and conveyed to the wider public without a minimal factual basis.”

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has cautioned newly appointed judges of the lower courts against accepting unsolicited gifts, warning that doing so could land them in trouble.

The Senate on Tuesday rejected calls to nationalise South African-owned businesses, including MTN and DStv, in retaliation for the ongoing xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, even as it strongly condemned the violence and urged the Federal Government to intensify diplomatic efforts to protect Nigerians in the country.

“Talking about evil, evil does not have a face. It comes in different forms, and what we are experiencing in Nigeria is terrorism and kidnapping.

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has rejected the selection of new leadership of the Student Union Government by the outgoing executive at Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State.