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Multi-Choice Stumbles To $45.13m Loss As Shocks, Regulatory Heat Intensify In Nigeria

12.06.2025

MultiChoice Group, the Johannesburg-based pay television behemoth, has plunged into a headline loss of 800 million Rand, about $45.13 million, for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025—an abrupt reversal from the 1.3 billion rand ($73.37 million) in profit posted a year earlier. The loss, disclosed in its latest earnings statement on Wednesday, underscores the...

Environment Ministry, Wind Energy Council Launch Youth-Led Clean Energy Initiative

12.06.2025

The Federal Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Nigeria Wind Energy Council (NWEC), has officially launched the Youth for Wind, Climate and Innovation (YWCI) initiative — a groundbreaking programme aimed at empowering Nigerian youth to lead the country’s clean energy transition through wind energy innovation, policy engagement, and grassroots action. The launch event, held...

Tinubu Harps On Harnessing Tourism’s Potential

12.06.2025

President Bola Tinubu has emphasized the importance of harnessing the potential of tourism as a key driver of sustainable development in Africa. He said the sector holds significant promise in boosting economic growth, reducing poverty, and preserving the continent’s rich cultural heritage and natural resources. The President, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima,...

AI Is Compressing Nigeria’s Drug-Discovery Timeline – Researcher

12.06.2025

What once demanded a decade of lab trials and millions of naira in reagents can now be sketched out in a matter of months, thanks to a wave of artificial-intelligence tools reshaping pharmaceutical R&D in Nigeria. Speaking at the faculty of pharmacy public lecture at the University of Uyo, pharmacognosist Dr Enema Onojah John described...

ASCON Holds Retreat To Align Staff With Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda

12.06.2025

The Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), Badagry Chapter, has organised a three-day Change and Strategic Management Retreat aimed at aligning its staff with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The retreat, held in collaboration with Innovators Beyond Borders and themed “Rebranding for Transformation”, brought together senior and mid-level managers for intensive sessions focused on...

Tinubu Govt Afraid Of Coalition -Atiku Aide

12.06.2025

Paul Ibe, a media aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, stated that President Tinubu’s administration is afraid of an opposition coalition aimed at unseating him in 2027. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television Politics Today Program, Ibe urged Nigerians to be focused and work hard towards voting Tinubu out of power...

Hotel Registration: NIHOTOUR, HOMAL On Collision Course Over Registration Of Businesses

12.06.2025

Crisis is brewing in the Nigerian tourism sector as the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) and the Hotel Owners and Managers Association of Lagos (HOMAL) are on collision course over the attempt by NIHOTOUR to register hotels and personnel operating in the hospitality industry in Lagos. Director-General Abisoye Fagade, had on assumption of...

Tea, Berries, Apples Linked To Longer Life Span –Study

12.06.2025

New research has found that those who consume a diverse range of foods rich in flavonoids, such as tea, berries, dark chocolate, and apples, could lower their risk of developing serious health conditions and have the potential to live longer. Findings of the study are published in the journal ‘Nature Food’. According to the study,...

Anambra Guber: LP, APC Protest As Soludo’s Govt Imposes N50m Campaign Permit Fee

12.06.2025

The Labour Party (LP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday protested against the Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency’s (ANSAA) imposition of N50 million on the16 parties participating in the governorship poll for outdoor advertising. This came as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) gave the parties the go-ahead to begin campaigns for the...

Onunkwo To Institute Humphrey Nwosu Lecture Series

12.06.2025

As Nigeria marks 2025 Democracy Day, frontline Anambra South Senatorial aspirant under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Chairman/CEO of Seahorse Lubricant Industries Ltd., Ebuka Onunkwo, has described the late Prof. Humphrey Nwosu as a true patriot who risked his life in defense of democracy and electoral integrity. To honor his legacy, Onunkwo announced...