Court stops VIO from seizing vehicles, imposing fines on motorists
The Federal High Court in Abuja has barred the Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) from stopping and impounding vehicles, as well as imposing fines on motorists. The ruling was delivered on Wednesday by Evelyn Maha, the presiding judge, in a suit filed by human rights lawyer, Marshal Abubakar…
Senators outraged by Guo election bid
SENATORS expressed outrage on Saturday over the possibility that dismissed Bamban mayor Alice Guo might seek reelection next year despite being stripped of her title and being charged with serious crimes, including human trafficking. “It seems that Alice Guo has not stopped defrauding the people, even though she is in jail,” said Sen…SCAPR Reports $1.05 Billion in 2023 Royalties Collections Amid Double-Digit Public Performance and TV Growth
SCAPR has announced 8.5% performer royalties growth for 2023, when its members brought in a cumulative $1.05 billion (€955 million) thanks in part to a double-digit expansion on the public performance side. The Societies’ Council for the Collective Management of Performers’ Rights (SCAPR), now counting as members 61 collective management organizations from 45 countries…
EU court says Romania ‘infringed on trans man’s rights’
BUCHAREST – Romanian authorities’ refusal to recognise the gender identity of a British-Romanian transgender man infringed on his rights and contravened European law, the European Union’s top court has ruled…
Janine Niépce photo exhibition puts women’s work – and emancipation – in the spotlight
French photographer Janine Niépce was one of the country’s first female photojournalists. A new exhibition of her photos, some of which are being shown for the first time, looks at the rise of the working woman against the backdrop of the women’s rights movement in the second half of the twentieth century. …
Blue Origin to debut 2nd human-rated New Shepard rocket on Oct. 7 launch (photo)
Blue Origin will debut its second human-rated New Shepard vehicle on an uncrewed launch Monday morning (Oct. 7), if all goes according to plan…
Gaelic football’s greatest players of all time ranked in every position – from goalkeeper to left corner-forward
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”…
Joker: Folie à Deux’s Twist Ending Is a Lot Like Lightyear, in a Way
Turns out we were watching the origin story of the human that the Joker is based on…
Israel Targets Hezbollah as Khamenei, Iran’s Leader, Warns of Retaliation
Israel is drastically widening its fight against the Lebanese militant group that is backed by Iran, whose supreme leader said that “any strike on the Zionist regime is a service to humanity.”…