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Jim Ovia retires as Zenith Bank Group Chairman 36 years after founding the institution
Jim Ovia retires as Zenith Bank Group Chairman 36 years after founding the institution

Zenith Bank has announced the retirement of its founder and group chairman, Jim Ovia, following…

IHS Towers
MTN Group proposes full acquisition of IHS Towers in $2.2 billion deal

MTN Group today announced a significant strategic move with a proposed offer to acquire 100%…

Cambodia's Lawmaker
Cambodia Passes Law to Strip Citizenship from People Convicted of Treason

Cambodia’s parliament has passed a sweeping new law that will allow the government to revoke…

Israel Military
Israel Ready to Reduce Forces in Lebanon if Beirut Acts on Hezbollah Disarmament

Israel has indicated it may reduce its military presence in southern Lebanon if the Lebanese…

Florence Akinyemi, Nigeria's Charge d'Affaires and acting ambassador to Japan; with Yoshikuni Watanabe, mayor of Kisarazu, receiving the certificate from the Japanese government naming Kisarazu the hometown of Nigerians
Japan Designates Kisarazu as Official Hometown for Nigerians in New Bilateral Initiative

The Japanese government has officially designated Kisarazu, a city in Chiba Prefecture, as the “hometown”…

NNPC Reports 79% Drop in July Profit to ₦185 Billion

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has reported a profit after tax of ₦185…

Senator Wadada
Senator Wadada Quits SDP Days After Meeting with Tinubu

Senator Ahmed Wadada, representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District, has formally resigned from the Social Democratic…

Trump Threatens Additional 10% Tariff on BRICS as Tinubu Calls for Global Fairness
U.S. Govt Says Nigeria’s N70,000 Minimum Wage Fails to Lift Citizens Out of Poverty

The United States government has stated that Nigeria’s newly increased minimum wage of ₦70,000 is…

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
Putin Open to Meeting Zelenskiy If Key Issues Are Resolved – Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly open to meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to discuss…

Uganda President
Uganda Confirms Deal with U.S. to Host Some Rejected Asylum Seekers

Uganda has confirmed a new agreement with the United States that will see it temporarily…

Death Toll Rises to 53,486 as Fresh Israeli Strikes Kill 44 in Gaza
Israel Intensifies Gaza Strikes Ahead of Potential Ground Offensive

Tensions continue to escalate in Gaza as the Israeli military intensifies its bombardment of Gaza…

27-year old Man imprisoned
Man Sentenced to Three Months in Prison for Impersonating White Woman in Online Fraud Scheme

A Lagos court has sentenced 27-year-old Salami Ponmile Bassit to three months in prison for…

Director General of Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom Alexei Likhachev
Russia Needs to Upgrade Nuclear Shield Due to ‘Colossal Threats’ -Russia’s Nuclear Chief

Russia must urgently bolster its nuclear deterrent in the face of mounting global threats, the…

Zelenskiy, Ukraine's president
Zelenskiy Urges U.S. to Respond Firmly If Putin Refuses Peace Talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged the United States to deliver a “strong reaction” if…

Prioritising leaders’ greed over Basic Welfare – by Peter Obi

The recent proposal by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase the…

Lisa Cook, Fed Governor
Trump Calls for Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s Resignation Amid Mortgage Fraud Allegations

U.S President Donald Trump on Wednesday publicly demanded the resignation of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa…

Emmanuel Macron, France President
Macron Slams Netanyahu’s Antisemitism Claim as ‘Abject’

French President Emmanuel Macron has forcefully rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that France’s…

Trump Administration Weighs 10% Intel Stake via CHIPS Act as SoftBank Invests $2B

Less than two weeks after President Donald Trump called for the resignation of Intel CEO…