By Ayomide Otitoju The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has declined to respond to a 48-hour ultimatum issued by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, over the conferment of a chieftaincy title on Ibadan businessman, Dotun Sanusi. In a statement posted on Tuesday, the Ooni’s spokesperson, Moses Olafare, said the monarch had directed…
By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Tinubu has commissioned a 40,000 cubic metres (CBM) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) carrier, MT Iyaloja (Lagos), owned by WAGL Energy Limited, a joint venture between NNPC Limited and Sahara Group. The commissioning ceremony took place in Ulsan, South Korea, with the President represented by the Minister of State for Petroleum…
Japan’s SoftBank Group said Tuesday it will invest $2 billion in Intel, as Washington reportedly considers taking a 10 percent stake in the struggling US chipmaker. The announcement marks the latest in a string of US-focused investments by SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, who has stepped up engagement with President Donald Trump since his return to…
By Ayomide Otitoju MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has announced the appointment of Dr. Karl Toriola as Vice President for Francophone Africa at MTN Group Limited. In a regulatory filing with the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), the company said Toriola will oversee MTN’s operations in Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Benin, and Congo Brazzaville. He previously served as…
By Ayomide Otitoju Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has dismissed suggestions that Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the party’s leader and former Kano governor, could ally with President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Galadima accused the Tinubu administration of working…
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least 14 people on Monday, authorities said, just hours before President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington for talks with US President Donald Trump. In Kharkiv, a drone strike destroyed part of a five-storey apartment block, leaving several floors ablaze, regional governor Oleg Synegubov said. Rescuers pulled survivors from the…
Burkina Faso’s military junta on Monday declared the United Nations’ top representative in the country, Carol Flore-Smereczniak, “persona non grata” over a report alleging the recruitment of children in the country’s jihadist conflict. The March UN report, titled Children and Armed Conflict in Burkina Faso, documented grave violations against minors, including child recruitment, sexual violence,…
Former US President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to lead a “movement” against mail-in voting, escalating his long-running attacks on a system used by nearly a third of Americans in the 2024 elections. Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he planned to issue an executive order targeting both mail-in ballots and electronic voting…
By Ayomide Otitoju Nigeria has maintained crude oil production above the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) assigned quota for two consecutive months, according to the group’s August 2025 Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR). The report showed that the country’s average daily crude output rose to 1.505 million barrels per day (mbpd) in June…
