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Airtel Africa has posted a strong financial performance for the first quarter of the 2025/2026 fiscal year, recording a pre-tax profit of $273 million for the three-month period ending June 30, 2025. This marks a staggering 269% increase compared to the same quarter last year. The Q1 earnings represent 41% of the group’s total pre-tax […]
Nigeria is set to bid for the Formula 1 Grand Prix hosting rights, with the National Sports Commission declaring the country’s interest in staging the prestigious event. The bid is being led by Opus Racing Promotions, which has been appointed as the official representative for the bid. The Chairman of the National Sports Commission, […]
The All Progressives Congress has rescheduled its National Executive Committee meeting, moving the venue to the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, set for Thursday, July 25 is not mentioned but rather July 24, 2025, will now begin at 2 pm. According to the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix […]
French media conglomerate Canal+ has officially secured full ownership of MultiChoice Group, the South African broadcasting giant behind DStv and GOtv, in a landmark deal worth $3 billion (approximately 55 billion rand). The final approval was granted by South Africa’s Competition Tribunal on Wednesday, July 23, paving the way for the transaction’s completion by October […]
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have successfully neutralized a top Boko Haram commander, Ibn Khalid, and several other terrorists, including their cameraman, in Borno State. The operation was part of a broader effort by the army to crack down on terrorist activities in remote communities across the state. The military operation led […]
Ahmed Idris the former Accountant General of Nigeria who illegally Kept wild animals has announced the escape of an African Rock Python from the enclosure in his personal residence endangering the life of other innocent residents of a densely populated suburban community in Kano. July 19th, 2025. Residents of Daneji, a densely populated area in […]
What was once anticipated as a reset for strained EU-China relations has now unfolded as a high-stakes diplomatic engagement clouded by strategic mistrust, trade friction, and discord over the Russia-Ukraine war. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday hosted European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa in Beijing for the […]
Mounting frustrations among petroleum marketers are shining a spotlight on the Dangote Refinery’s operational model, as stakeholders in Nigeria’s downstream oil sector decry what they call restrictive pricing strategies and port-related charges that undercut local competitiveness. At the recently concluded West African Refined Products Pricing and Market Development Conference in Abuja, industry leaders voiced concerns […]
A Nigerian researcher, Pelumi Oladipo, is making waves in global health circles with a breakthrough that could redefine how bacterial infections are diagnosed across Africa, promising faster, more accurate treatments and stronger responses to public health threats. Oladipo’s pioneering work introduces a suite of modern molecular and computational techniques designed to replace the slow and […]
Heightened security concerns gripped the outskirts of Abuja on Tuesday as gunmen abducted two women in a pre-dawn raid on Aco Mbawpe, a semi-rural community in the Federal Capital Territory. The incident, which occurred around 2:10 a.m., has prompted a coordinated manhunt by operatives of the FCT Police Command, local vigilantes, and anti-kidnapping units, who […]
