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Pension fund assets tied to Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) debt securities climbed by 16.9 per cent year-on-year to N16.925 trillion in February 2026. This figure stood at N14.468 trillion during the same period last year. The total net asset value of the pension industry grew by 28.7 per cent to N29.426 trillion over the…
The United States and Iran stand on the brink of renewed hostilities as the two-week ceasefire approaches its final hours. President Donald Trump has signalled a low probability of extending the truce, warning that “lots of bombs” will follow if negotiations fail. Vice President JD Vance is expected to depart for Islamabad to lead an…
The Nigeria Police Force has rescued the final 13 passengers kidnapped from a Benue Links bus near Otukpo on April 15. These individuals join five others previously recovered, bringing the total number of survivors to 18. Eight of the rescued victims were students travelling to sit for their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The operation took…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the scores for candidates who wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Monday, April 20. Students can now check their performance via the board’s established SMS channels. Sending the code “UTMERESULT” to 55019 or 66019 remains the primary method for retrieval. This applies only to those who…
West Africa’s $150 billion digital economy rests upon a dangerously brittle foundation. Aliyu Aboki, executive secretary of the West African Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA), warns that inadequate submarine cable resilience now threatens the region’s primary growth engine. The 2024 mass cable failure, which slashed bandwidth across the region, proved that sheer capacity means little without…
Nigerian MMA prospects David Samuel and Juliet Ukah secured impressive victories at the Professional Fighters League (PFL) event in Pretoria, South Africa. Samuel dominated his welterweight tournament bout, stopping Abdelrahman Mohammad with a first-round submission after showcasing sharp striking. Ukah, a Police Corporal known as “Golden Bones,” maintained her unbeaten record by earning a split…
Oil prices spiked on Monday after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, reversing a brief reopening of the vital waterway. This escalation follows a US-led blockade of Iranian ports and the seizure of an Iranian vessel by an American destroyer. Tehran now threatens to target any ship attempting to bypass its restrictions. The move casts…
The stark reality that more than half of Nigeria’s children sleep unprotected from malaria-carrying mosquitoes is drawing renewed focus as the nation prepares to mark the 2026 World Malaria Day. According to the Nigeria Malaria Indicator Survey (NMIS) 2025, just 44.9 per cent of children sleep inside an insecticide-treated net (ITN), while a troubling…
Hollywood honoured Eddie Murphy with the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dolby Theatre on Saturday. Peers and family gathered to celebrate his five-decade career in comedy and film. The 65-year-old icon appeared visibly moved as stars offered prolonged standing ovations. Spike Lee presented the award, noting Murphy’s profound influence on national morale….
A sophisticated wave of ransomware attacks has battered Nigerian government agencies and tier-1 financial institutions over the past three weeks, exposing deep fragilities in the nation’s digitising economy. Reports from the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) confirm that “coordinated and sophisticated” threat actors have breached critical infrastructure, causing…
