Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to prioritise strengthening the regional judicial system to promote economic integration. Sanwo-Olu, made the call in his welcome address at the opening ceremony of the Sensitisation Outreach and External Court Sessions of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice held…
The mending of political fences between Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been warmly welcomed by a prominent figure in the APC diaspora community, who says the development bodes well for both Lagos and the nation at large. Bola Babarinde, a former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in…
A cyberattack led to widespread disruptions at the Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRK on Monday, according to media reports. The online Russian newspaper Gazeta.Ru reported that a pro-Ukrainian hacker group named “sudo rm -RF” was responsible for the attack, citing Russian intelligence officials. Gazeta.Ru said that the attack affected the online broadcast of the programme, internal…
Nestlé Nigeria has reported a 61 per cent revenue growth of N294.9 billion in first quarter of 2025. This is compared to N183.5 billion reported for the first quarter of 2024. The company disclosed this in a corporate disclosure sent to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. on Wednesday. Its operating profit grew to N74.1 billion, representing…
The minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun, says the Nigerian economy is experiencing consistent growth within the context of global developments and ongoing domestic reform programmes. Mr Edun said this at a news conference to provide an update on the economy in Abuja on Thursday. He said that Nigeria’s…
Chinese lawmakers said that they are reviewing a draft law on medical insurance that is expected to improve the country’s universal basic medical insurance system. The draft law was submitted on Tuesday to the ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the national legislature, for its first reading. According to Zhang…
A Chinese research team from Guangxi University has successfully decoded the genome of the modern cultivated sugarcane variety Xintaitang No. 22 (XTT22). It sheds light on the highly complex allopolyploid genome of sugarcane and its evolutionary mechanisms. Sugarcane plays a vital role in the production of sugar, alcohol, and bioenergy, offering substantial economic and agricultural…
Whitesands School, Lekki, Lagos, on Tuesday unveiled Nigeria’s first electromagnetic goal-line technology at the 2025 World Robotic Olympiad (WRO). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that students, Chinonso Chimereucheya, Okwu Chiyem, Emukpieruo Reginald, Oshioke Williams and Okpala Michael, developed the cost-effective innovation. The 2025 WRO National Competition was sponsored by Arc Lights Foundation (ALF),…
The Dele Shittu Foundation has sponsored over 1,000 indigent students for the 2025 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination in Kwara. Dr Lanre Shittu, the Chairman of the foundation made this known on Monday in Ilorin while speaking at a news conference organised to mark the 1st year anniversary of the organisation. Shittu said…
Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State says it took him a year to decide to join the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in 2013. Soludo disclosed this on Wednesday in Awka while welcoming 15,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra, who defected to APGA. He said: “The first political party I joined…
