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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has formally moved to list its shares on the United States stock market, setting the stage for what analysts and financial observers are describing as the largest initial public offering in Wall Street history, one that could fundamentally reshape the global wealth landscape and crown Musk as the world’s first trillionaire….
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde on Wednesday signed into law Executive Order 001 of 2026, a sweeping regulatory instrument mandating the formal registration and monitoring of all associations, groups and organisations offering security and allied services across the state. The signing ceremony, held in Ibadan, marks a significant shift in how Oyo State intends…
European football’s governing body is set to fundamentally reshape how nations earn their places at major tournaments, with UEFA drawing up plans to replace its traditional group-based qualification system with a format modelled after the UEFA Champions League’s “Swiss system” structure. The proposed reform, reported by the Economic Times on Thursday, would affect qualification…
A colonel standing trial alongside 35 other military officers on charges of mutiny and alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu has filed a preliminary objection challenging the legal competence of the military tribunal hearing the case, raising fundamental questions about the limits of court martial jurisdiction under Nigerian law. Colonel Mohammed Ma’aji, listed as…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has issued a stinging indictment of Nigeria’s political culture, declaring that the country stands alone in Africa as a nation where thuggery has evolved into a recognised and rewarding profession, warning that the trend poses a direct threat to democratic governance. Jonathan made the remarks on Wednesday at the opening…
A Federal High Court in Calabar has thrown out a fundamental rights enforcement suit brought by alleged illegal medicine dealers against the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, delivering a significant legal victory to the two regulatory and security agencies. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of Federal High Court 1,…
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has declared that Nigerians possess a constitutionally guaranteed right to defend themselves against violent attackers, including through the use of lethal weapons, even as he maintained that the federal government remains committed to tackling the country’s worsening insecurity crisis. Bwala made the remarks during…
Nigeria’s Central Bank has opted to hold its benchmark lending rate steady at 26.5 per cent, resisting pressure from a fresh uptick in inflation and global economic uncertainty that analysts say tilted the policy balance firmly toward caution. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso announced the decision on Wednesday at the conclusion of the 305th meeting of…
The World Health Organisation has assessed the risk of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s escalating Ebola outbreak as high at both national and regional levels, even as the United Nations health agency stopped short of declaring it a global pandemic emergency. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the assessment public on Wednesday, confirming…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has moved to reassure travellers and aviation stakeholders that comprehensive preventive measures are now active across all international airports in the country, following a recent Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in parts of Central Africa. In a statement issued on Wednesday by its Director of Public Affairs and Consumer…
