By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Tinubu has expressed deep sympathy to former world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, following a tragic road accident on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway that claimed two lives and left the boxer injured. In a statement shared on his official X handle, President Tinubu said the incident had cast a shadow over…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has accused Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, of being the mastermind behind the ongoing crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike made the allegation during his end-of-year media chat at his residence in Port Harcourt, where he dismissed claims by Makinde…
China will on January 1 launch an “action plan” for boosting management and operations of its digital currency, a deputy governor of the country’s central bank said Monday.“The future digital yuan will be a modern digital payment and circulation means issued and circulated within the financial system,” People’s Bank of China (PBoC) Deputy Governor Lu…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has refuted claims that the surge in domestic airfares in December was due to government taxes, attributing the rise instead to market forces driven by festive travel demand. Michael Achimugu, Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the NCAA, clarified the position in a post…
North Korea test-fired two long-range cruise missiles on Sunday, state media reported Monday, describing the exercise as a demonstration of “combat readiness” against foreign threats. The drill, staged over the Yellow Sea to the west of the Korean Peninsula, was overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, who called for “unlimited and sustained” development of North…
By Ayomide Otitoju The $2.8 billion Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline is set to begin export operations in early 2026, the Group CEO of NNPC Ltd, Bashir Ojulari, has announced. The update followed a site tour of the project by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, accompanied by Ojulari and NNPC’s Executive Vice…
Chinese automaker BYD is set to overtake Tesla as the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer in annual sales, according to industry analysts, as both companies prepare to release their final 2025 figures. As of the end of November, Shenzhen-based BYD, which also produces hybrid vehicles, had sold 2.07 million EVs this year. In comparison,…
By Ayomide Otitoju Anambra State has emerged as Nigeria’s leading sub-national investor in education, with the state allocating 46.9 per cent of its ₦757 billion 2026 budget to the sector, a move described as evidence of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s long-term development vision. The Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, disclosed this in a statement…
By Ayomide Otitoju US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he believed the leaders of Ukraine and Russia were serious about pursuing peace, as he held separate talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin in what he described as the final stages of his efforts to end the war. Trump, who…
