IF you’ve recently spotted a light-blue circle in your WhatsApp app, you’re not alone. That new icon is the Meta AI assistant, now rolling out to users worldwide, including in the UK, South Africa, India, and Australia. Initially launched in the US and Canada…
THE African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), long considered the bedrock of US-Africa trade relations, is facing its biggest threat in 25 years. The sweeping new tariffs unveiled by US President Donald Trump this week have cast serious doubt over the future of…
AFRICA’S digital infrastructure is set for a major upgrade as Raxio Group, a leading sub-Saharan African data centre platform, has secured $100 million in financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group. The funding will accelerate…
THE National Counter-Terrorism Center (NCTC) has officially handed over the former Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Maharazu Tsiga (rtd) to the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. A family member of the General, Suleiman Tsiga, confirmed this…
UNITED States President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok to find a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban in the US. Trump gave TikTok 75 more days to find a buyer.. “My Administration has been working very…
OBA Abimbola Owoade has been crowned the 46th Alaafin of Oyo. Owoade succeeds the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who died on April 22, 2022, at the age of 83. The coronation event took place today (Saturday)…
THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has released N10 billion to the Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Trade, Mines and Agriculture (NDCCITMA) to stimulate entrepreneurship and economic growth in the region. The Managing Director of NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku,…
THE new Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL), Mr Bayo Ojulari, has officially taken over the reins of the company from his predecessor, Mr Mele Kyari. Following the appointment of the new GCEO…
A journalist and spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Tunde Oladunjoye, is dead. A report by Eagle Online cited available information that were confirmatory of Oladunjoye death in the United Kingdom. He reportedly died in a protracted illness, which…
Gov. Dapo Abiodun has described the death of All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesperson in Ogun, Tunde Oladunjoye, as a terrible loss to the state and the party. In a statement on Friday in Abeokuta, Abiodun said he received news of…
