As growing inflation renders them costly in a nation where more than half of the 200 million people struggle to make ends meet, Nigerian businesses have an inventory of unsold goods that is approaching Covid-19 epidemic proportions. Bloomberg, which quoted the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, said the value of unsold goods held by Nigerian producers […]

Neuralink, a tech startup co-founded by Elon Musk, has received approval from the United States’ Food and Drug Administration to test its brain implant on human beings. This was announced in a statement shared via the company’s official Twitter page on Thursday. “We are excited to share that we have received the FDA’s approval to […]

The former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kaduna State chapter, Ibrahim Yaro Suleiman, is reportedly dead. Suleiman was said to have died of protracted illness. In a condolence message signed and made available to pressmen by the state’s Publicity Secretary of the party, Abraham Catoh, commiserated with the deceased’s family. The statement read, “The […]

The National Assembly is a bicameral legislature consisting of 109 members of the Senate and 360 members of the House of Representatives. While the Senate is headed by the Senate President, the House of Reps is headed by the Speaker. The 10th National Assembly has 59 senators from the APC, PDP 36, LP 8, SDP […]

Multiple award-winning filmmaker, Elvis Chucks, has described as surreal the recognition of his movie, Jewel, as the Best Movie Southern Africa at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, thanking his fans and vowing to continually strive to do better. The PUNCH reports that the AMVCA was held on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at Balmoral Convention […]

An aviation expert and analyst, Captain Ado Sanusi, has countered the Federal Government’s claim that the controversial Nigeria Air will begin operation before the inauguration of the new administration scheduled to hold May 29. Sanusi, who is also Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, said this while featuring on Channels TV Sunrise Daily programme on […]

Fast-rising singer, Habeeb Okikiola, better known as Portable, on Friday, lamented that organisers of the Tinubu inauguration concert offered him N5 million instead of N10m for his performance. According to him, that was the reason why he failed to perform at the concert held to celebrate the inauguration of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, in Abuja […]

The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation have released a new file detailing an assassination attempt on the late Queen Elizabeth II, during her visit to California in 1983. The monarch was preparing to undertake an official visit to the United States with her late husband, Prince Philip, when the FBI got wind of the […]

The African Union force says members of the insurgent group, Al-Shabaab, attacked its military base in Somalia on Friday. For more than 15 years, the terrorist group has been waging a jihadist insurgency against the central government in the fragile Horn of Africa nation. The army base in Bulo Marer, 120 kilometres (75 miles) South-West […]

The Buhari Media Organisation has praised the regime of the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for its significant achievements in the power sector, including the commissioning of the Kashimbilla and Dadin Kowa Hydropower Plants, as well as the completion of the 700MW Zungeru Hydro Power Plant, which cost $1.3 billion. According to a statement […]