Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has approved the immediate disbursement of ₦1 million each to 31 verified returnees of Abia State origin who recently returned to Nigeria from South Africa. The intervention amounts to a total of ₦31 million and is aimed at supporting the returnees as they settle back into life in the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Accord Party and incumbent governor of Osun State, the winner of the 2026 Osun governorship election. Adeleke secured 511,067 votes to defeat his closest challenger, All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Bola Oyebamiji, who polled 444,815 votes. The result gives Adeleke another four-year…
Osun State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ademola Adeleke, has taken an early lead in the ongoing collation of results from the state’s governorship election. Adeleke has so far secured 177,572 votes based on results announced during the ongoing collation, putting him ahead at this stage of the process. The final outcome, however,…
Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor who recently resigned amid allegations of plagiarism and questions surrounding his academic record, has been found dead in Battersea, south London. He was 41. Emergency services were called to an address in Battersea on Friday afternoon, August 14, where a man was found unresponsive and pronounced dead…
The US government has reportedly urged Apple to stop plans to source memory chips from Chinese manufacturers, according to The Wall Street Journal, adding another layer of tension to the technology supply chain between Washington and Beijing. Apple has been testing memory chips produced by Chinese semiconductor companies CXMT and YMTC as the company looks…
Norway’s massive sovereign wealth fund has disclosed roughly $428 million in holdings of Strategy and BitMine, giving the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund indirect exposure to both Bitcoin and Ethereum. The investments were revealed through the fund’s latest holdings disclosures and highlight how major institutional investors can gain exposure to cryptocurrencies without directly purchasing the…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery is on track for a planned October initial public offering (IPO) in Nigeria, a move that could make it one of the largest public offerings in Africa and give Nigerian investors an opportunity to own a stake in the rapidly expanding business. The refinery’s Chief Executive Officer, David Bird, disclosed this in…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has significantly increased its investment in Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, making the technology giant the conglomerate’s third-largest publicly traded stock holding. In a regulatory filing released Friday, Berkshire disclosed that it owned nearly 106 million Alphabet shares worth approximately $37.8 billion as of June 30. That represents…
The United States Senate has opened an investigation into Roblox over concerns that the gaming platform may have prioritised revenue and user engagement over the safety of children. The bipartisan investigation was launched by Senators Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, and Dick Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, who lead the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and…
Luigi Mangione has pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges connected to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting in court that he tracked down and fatally shot the health insurance executive in Manhattan in December 2024. Mangione, 28, entered the guilty plea on Friday in a federal court in New York. During the hearing,…
