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  Real estate firm, Afriland Properties Plc, has released a detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) following the tragic fire outbreak at Afriland Towers on Broad Street, Lagos Island, during the week. Separate statements released by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and United Capital Plc said the fire led to the death of […]

  Liverpool stretched their perfect Premier League start to maintain their stranglehold of the Merseyside derby with a 2-1 win over Everton and open up a six-point lead at the top of the table. Goals from Ryan Gravenberch and Hugo Ekitike were the defending champions’ reward for a dominant first half and enough for a […]

   President Bola Tinubu will join prominent Yoruba monarchs, political leaders, captains of industry, and thousands of Ibadan sons and daughters to celebrate the coronation of Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland.  Unveiling details of the coronation program at a press conference on Saturday, Chief Bayo Oyero, Chairman of the Planning […]

  Rescuers on Saturday recovered two bodies from an underground mine operated by Freeport Indonesia in Papua, a police official said, weeks after a landslide trapped seven workers. The landslide occurred on September 8 when material from an extraction point flowed at one of five sections of the Grasberg Block Cave underground gold and copper […]

  Many are feared to have lost their lives in an explosion that occurred at the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON)  factory located in the Kakuri Industrial area of Kaduna South local government, Kaduna State. The incident, which reportedly occurred at about 10 am on Saturday,  was said to have left many injured and […]

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that almost 1 billion people face mental health conditions, calling on governments to take decisive steps towards addressing them. The Director General of the Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, raised the alarm ahead of the High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health slated for September 25. He […]

  Russia on Saturday slammed the UN Security Council vote to reimpose economic sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme and warned of a risk of an “escalation of tensions”. “The Russian side has repeatedly pointed out the provocative and illegal nature of the actions of the European countries participating in the JCPOA,” the Russian […]

  Zenith Bank Plc has posted a profit before tax (PBT) of ₦625.63 billion for the half-year ended June 30, 2025. In a filing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX), the company’s board approved an interim dividend of ₦1.25 per share, representing a 25% increase from the ₦1.00 paid in H1 2024. Gross earnings rose […]

  President Donald Trump on Friday bashed US media coverage that he claimed was unduly negative and therefore “illegal,” stoking a debate over free speech following the suspension of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show by ABC. “They’ll take a great story and they’ll make it bad. See I think it’s really illegal, personally,” Trump, who […]

  Major European airports, including Brussels, Berlin, and London’s Heathrow, were Saturday hit by “cyber-related disruption” affecting check-in and baggage drop systems and causing delays, airport service provider Collins Aerospace told AFP. “We have become aware of a cyber-related disruption to our MUSE software in select airports,” the aerospace firm said, after at least three busy […]

  Triple Olympic heptathlon champion Nafissatou Thiam dropped out of the event after five of the seven disciplines at the world championships in Tokyo on Saturday, the Belgian’s agent told AFP. Her representative, Helena Van der Plaetsen, confirmed she would not carry on, and her coach, Michael Van Der Plaetsen, later told Belgian media: “It […]

  Guinea-Bissau’s opposition leader returned from exile on Friday to submit his candidacy for the country’s presidential election later this year, an AFP reporter said. Domingos Simoes Pereira, a former prime minister and leader of the PAIGC party that led the former Portuguese colony to independence, has spent nine months out of the country because […]