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  British pharmaceutical group GSK said Wednesday it will invest $30 billion in the United States over the next five years, as drugmakers face pressure from US President Donald Trump to produce more in the country. The investments, announced on the first day of Trump’s state visit to Britain, will bolster GSK’s research and development […]

  The latest edition of the “FC” series of football video games set for release on Friday will seek to keep fans onside with polished moves as it faces new competition from rivals. While shedding its “FIFA” moniker in 2024 when its publisher parted ways with the global footballing body, “EA Sports FC 26” builds […]

  The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has filed two fundamental rights actions at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the Department for State Services (DSS), social media giants Meta (Facebook) and X Corp. According to a statement released by his legal team on Tuesday and […]

  The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed a five-count charge at the Federal High Court, Abuja, against the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore. It listed X Corp and Meta Inc. (Facebook) as defendants. A Director of Public Prosecutions at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Muhammed Abubakar, as well […]

  A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tonye Cole, has said that Siminalayi Fubara, who was suspended as Governor of Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu, will have ‘zero’ powers when his suspension is eventually lifted. Cole, who spoke on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Wednesday, said Fubara would find himself in […]

  Nearly 340 websites that allowed users to carry out phishing operations that stole at least 5,000 Microsoft user credentials have been seized, Microsoft Inc. said in a statement obtained by Channels Television. The statement signed by the Assistant General Counsel for Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, Steven Masada, on Tuesday, the company said it obtained […]

Hit FM, the leading radio station in Cross Rivers state, and organizers of Calabar Entertainment Conference (CEC) has announced First Bank of Nigeria Limited as official bank partners for the flagship youth engagement program in the Creative Sector.   CEC has held every year since 2017, and now in its 9th year, executive producer and […]

The United Bank of Africa (UBA) has cleared the air over the safety of its staff members and customers during a fire that broke out in a building that houses one of its branches on Tuesday.   Panic gripped Broad Street, Lagos Island, when smoke from a basement fire scare forced the evacuation of trapped […]

•As Lakurawa, bandits, kidnappers go on rampage in N-West •Village head, others flee Sokoto communities, as bandits, sack villages •Kogi govt vows to deal with youths aiding and abetting banditry •No nation grows when citizens live in perpetual fear —Peter Obi By Kingsley Omonobi, Boluwaji Obahopo, John Alechenu & Musa Ubandawaki A gang, led by […]

By Chioma Obinna The Chief Medical Director of the Federal University of Technology Akure,FUTA, Teaching Hospital, Professor Olusegun Ojo, has appointed Dr. Emmanuel Olaseinde Bello as the pioneer Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee, CMAC, of the hospital. The CMAC, which serves as the administrative head of the Directorate of Clinical Services, is one of […]

By Esther Onyegbula LAGOS—The Council of Ndi Eze Igbo has congratulated  Sunday Udeh on his emergence as President General of the Igbo-Speaking Community in Lagos, describing it as the dawn of a new era of peace and unity among Ndigbo in the state. The congratulatory message followed the peaceful handover by the former President General,  […]

By Nkiruka Nnorom, with agency report United States, US, President, Donald Trump, has filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, accusing the outlet of a ‘decades-long pattern’ of smears driven by feelings of ‘actual malice’. Trump, 79, has intensified his long-established hostility toward the media since his return to the White […]