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Tinubu spoke on Tuesday as he returned to Lagos from Paris , France, where he had spent the final part of his extended European vacation. Asked how the vacation was, the President said, “I enjoyed myself. Fantastic.” Tinubu was also asked about concerns raised by some Nigerians, including some of his well-wishers, towards the end of his stay in Europe over his health. “Ready to kick, ready to walk. There’s nothing wrong,” he said. The President added, “Rumour will always be emanating from politics, but the facts remain, I’m here. Healthy, sound, and ready to go.” Tinubu departed Abuja on August 30 for what the Presidency initially described as a three-week annual vacation, with London as his first destination. After spending about a week in London, he proceeded to Paris, where the vacation included a number of official engagements. In France, Tinubu held a private dinner with President Emmanuel Macron and met business leaders, including Vincent Bolloré of th...

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Oil prices settled slightly higher on Monday on worries about ongoing supply ​disruptions as Qatari mediators pledged to hold talks with the US and Iran in hopes of finding a peace deal to reopen the Strait of ‌Hormuz. Prices jumped over $4 a barrel in early trade after US President Donald Trump  rejected a  proposal  from Iran that would have reopened the strait. Oil then pared gains on expectations Qatari mediators would hold talks with both sides. Brent futures settled up 96 cents, or 0.9%, at settle at $105.28 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 19 cents, or 0.2%, to settle at $92.60. Qatari mediators  are expected to hold separate talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas ​Araqchi in New York and with the US side on Monday or Tuesday, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters. The talks are expected to focus on ​an amended version of a seven-day proposal that Iran presented last week on the s...

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Manchester City used "sham" commercial contracts as part of schemes to inflate revenue and understate costs by more than £900 million over nearly a decade, the Premier League said on Tuesday after an independent commission ruled the club guilty of serious breaches of ​financial rules. The commission found City guilty of all charges relating to breaches of the league's financial rules over nine seasons, between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 campaigns, as well as ‌three of four charges concerning their failure to co-operate with the investigation. The club, which denies wrongdoing, said in a statement it would appeal "on the basis that the opinion contains clear material errors, of law, principle and fact, and is unsafe". No sanction has yet been imposed, leaving unresolved the potential consequences for a club that has dominated English football over the past decade. A significant punishment could affect past and future title rac...

Andy Burnham has promised that Labour will fight the next general election on a pledge to change the UK's voting system. In his first party conference speech as prime minister, he announced plans for a national commission to explore options for electoral reform. He invited other parties to work with the commission to ensure "everyone's vote counts, and everyone's voice is heard". He has previously supported moves towards a proportional representation (PR) model, telling last year's conference that "PR's time has come". Westminster's first-past-the-post system, under which candidates with the most votes in each seat are elected, has been called into question as the UK political landscape has fragmented in recent years. Debate over the system has intensified since Labour amassed a huge parliamentary majority with a 34% vote share in 2024. Around 100 Labour MPs recently supported a parliamentary amendment in favour of setting up a co...

LAMU, Kenya, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Dangote Group said a Kenyan court ruling on a land rights claim would not halt the ​groundbreaking ceremony for its planned 700,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) oil refinery in Lamu  on Wednesday, but ‌that it may affect some site activities. The Malindi Environment and Land Court order said that the "status quo prevailing" on the land should be maintained until a hearing on October 14. The court order ​was dated September 25 but only made public on Monday. The lawsuit was filed ​by 133 residents of Chandavai, an area in Lamu County, who say ⁠the land where the refinery will be built is their ancestral heritage and ​that their families have lived and farmed there for generations. Dangote Group, the business conglomerate  owned by ​Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote, said in a statement: "The court has not halted the groundbreaking ceremony of the refinery at this stage. However, activities at the site may be affected...

WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump predicted on Saturday that the US and Cuba will reach an ​agreement and that he does not think military action will ‌be necessary. "I would say that Cuba and us will make a deal. I don't think we'll need the military," Trump told reporters at ​the White House. The Trump administration has openly stated that ​its goal is to change Cuba's government. A US-imposed ⁠oil blockade implemented earlier this year has put the country ​under severe strain as it contends with fuel shortages and ​blackouts exacerbated by failing infrastructure. "We want to help Cuba," Trump said before departing for Tennessee. "We want to open Cuba up to our people." In an ​address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump called Cuba  ​a failed state and said "freedom will be coming" to the island nation. ‌The ⁠Cuban delegation walked out of the hall during that speech. ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that ​he had spoken this week with Venezuela's interim ‌President Delcy Rodriguez about elections. "I did," Trump told reporters at the White House. "I spoke about elections." Rodriguez briefly met ​with Trump on the sidelines of the UN ​General Assembly on Tuesday and praised him ⁠for restarting dialogue with Venezuela. It was her first ​visit to the US since American forces captured then-President ​Nicolas Maduro in a January raid. In her speech ‌to ⁠the United Nations General Assembly, Rodriguez said elections would be held  as part of a transition to "full democracy." She left with photographs of herself alongside Trump but ​no firm ​election date ⁠has been announced. Rodriguez came to power after Maduro's capture. For nine months, Rodriguez has ​avoided giving signals about an election ​while US ⁠officials have tempered expectations by saying it would take t...