In a move that is set to reshape the African entertainment landscape, French media giant Canal+ has successfully acquired South Africa-based MultiChoice Group in a $3 billion deal, gaining full control of popular pay-TV services DStv and GOtv. The acquisition received the green light from South Africa’s Competition Tribunal on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 after…
Officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday morning, caused a momentary travel scare as they seized the international passport of suspended Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on her way to board a British Airways flight to London. Eyewitnesses at the airport said the Senator arrived at…
A yet-to-be-identified electricity vandal has met his waterloo in Ezillo, Ebonyi State, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said. TCN said the vandal was electrocuted while trying to tamper with Tower 34 along the Nkalagu-Abakaliki 132kV transmission line. According to the transmission company, security operatives informed the TCN about the incident on July 19,…
The World Bank says it is working with Nigeria to provide digital broadband access across the country. Speaking during a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on Wednesday, Anshula Kant, managing director and chief financial officer of the World Bank Group, said the global financial institution has a “very large programme” with Nigeria…
A faction of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo has urged Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to abandon any plans of contesting the 2027 presidential election and instead support President Bola Tinubu’s second-term bid. In a statement on Wednesday, the group’s Deputy President-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said the South-East cannot produce a president on its own…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, met with two All Progressives Congress, APC, governors. Wike met with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State and Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State in Abuja in the early hours of Thursday. Their meeting was disclosed by Wike’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, via his Facebook…
The Islamic Development Bank has expressed its readiness to partner the federal government to address critical infrastructure gaps in Nigeria’s power sector. This was disclosed in a statement by Bolaji Tunji, spokesman for the power minister, on Wednesday. Tunji stated that officials of the Jeddah-based financial institution, led by Alagi Gaye, made the offer during…
The Nigerian passport has recorded its highest ranking in five years, rising to 88th place out of 199 in the latest Henley Passport Index released on July 18. The index is updated regularly based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Authority (IATA) and expert analysis on the latest shifts in passport power. Nigeria…
The House of Representatives has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request for an additional $347 million loan under the Federal Government’s 2025–2026 External Borrowing (Rolling) Plan. This followed the consideration and adoption of a report presented by the House Committee on Aids, Loans, and Debt Management, chaired by Abubakar Nalaraba (APC, Nasarawa), during Wednesday’s plenary session….
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered and sealed a warehouse in Kano stocked with 88,560 litres of controlled chemicals, including sulphuric and nitric acid substances commonly used in the production of explosives. NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed the development on Wednesday while briefing journalists at the sealed…