From Paper Plans to Smart Homes: How Technology Is Changing the Way Houses Are Built
A house can now exist on a computer screen before the first block is laid….
From Paper Plans to Smart Homes: How Technology Is Changing the Way Houses Are Built
A house can now exist on a computer screen before the first block is laid. Its rooms can be designed digitally, its structure viewed in three dimensions, its construction monitored by drones and, after completion, its lights, cameras and security systems controlled from a smartphone. For generations, building a house depended largely on manual measurements,…
CBN Cuts Benchmark Rate To 23% As Inflation Eases
The Central Bank of Nigeria has cut its benchmark interest rate to 23 per cent from 26.5 per cent, its sharpest move in more than two years, as the apex bank shifts towards loosening monetary policy on the back of steadily falling inflation. The Governor of the CBN, Olayemi Cardoso, announced the decision on…
Anambra Govt Asks Obi To Quit 2027 Race Over Debt Claim
The Anambra State Government has challenged former governor Peter Obi to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race, saying he broke two pledges he made in office on the state’s debt and the payment of workers’ salaries. The challenge came on Tuesday in a post on the official X account of the state’s New Media Office,…
258 Dead As Lassa Fever Fatality Rate Hits 24%
Nigeria has recorded 258 Lassa fever deaths so far in 2026, with the case fatality rate rising to 24 per cent, according to the latest situation report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, which covers epidemiological week 35 from 24 to 30 August, put confirmed cases for the year…
FG Defeats $400m Mambilla Demand, Says AGF
Nigeria has won a long running arbitration over the stalled Mambilla hydropower project, after a tribunal in Paris rejected a $400 million claim brought against the country by Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Limited and its principal, Leno Adesanya. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, announced the…
Tebas Hits Back At Real Madrid Ref Claims
La Liga president Javier Tebas has dismissed suggestions that referees are being directed against Real Madrid, calling the idea an excuse for the club’s poor start to the season rather than an honest reading of its problems on the pitch. Tebas made the remarks on Tuesday, 22 September 2026, responding on social media to…
Court To Rule On El-Rufai Case 26 October
The Federal High Court in Abuja has reserved ruling until 26 October on a no-case submission filed by former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, who is standing trial over the alleged unlawful interception of telephone communications belonging to the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. According to the court proceedings on Tuesday, both the prosecution…
Trump TV Debuts As Press Pool Coverage Stops
The White House has begun running its own round-the-clock video channel, “Trump TV: The Essentials Station,” on the same day three major news organisations sued the administration over their exclusion from the presidential complex and the networks that normally film the president suspended their shared coverage. The channel went live on Monday, 21 September,…
Unshaken on the Red Clay
Despite a 0-4 loss to Morocco in the Davis Cup World Group II, the Nigeria Tennis Federation vows to deepen grassroots reforms following a historic 30-year high. A thirty-year waiting game ended on the hard courts of Lagos in February 2026, when Nigeria’s national men’s tennis team achieved what an entire generation of players had…
Forest Forces Reshape Warfare
As 925 newly trained Borno State Forest Guards graduate from Buni Yadi, Operation Hadin Kai deploys local terrain experts to strip terrorists of their woodland hideouts and reshape regional counter-insurgency tactics. A fundamental shift is underway in the dense, treacherous woodlands of North-East Nigeria. For years, thick forest cover offered dangerous insurgents an ideal sanctuary,…