Interswitch showcases Quickteller Travel at AKWAABA African Travel Market
By Jimoh Babatunde Interswitch, Africa’s leading technology company, has reaffirmed its leadership in powering the continent’s travel and mobility ecosystem with the unveiling of Quickteller Travel at the recently concluded 21st AKWAABA African Travel Market, held last weekend in Lagos. Through its sponsorship and exhibition, the company demonstrated how Quickteller Travel is redefining the travel […]
Equities market recoups losses, investors gain N279bn
The stock market reversed losses by 0.31 per cent on Thursday, recording N279 billion gain for investors.
Technology can’t replace teachers, but enhance transformation – TETFund Scribe
Shina Abubakar, Osogbo OSOGBO – The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFund, Architect Sonny Echonno has disclosed that technology, as good as it is, cannot replace great teachers but could be a great transformational tool. Delivering the Lecture at the Osun State University 15th Convocation Lecture, titled, Digital Transformation in Higher Education; Building Skills […]
Man United agree deal to sign midfielder Cristian Orozco
Manchester United have reached an agreement to sign teenage midfielder Cristian Orozco.
Economic growth: We won’t leave any woman behind – Gov Adeleke
By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has disclosed that no woman in the state would be left behind in his administration’s strive to ensure inclusive economic growth. This is as the Springtime Development Foundation, an initiative of Dr Deji Adeleke trained 500 women from the state on organic poultry home farming. Speaking […]
Cooking gas price decline 21.42% to N16, 195.07 – NBS
The national average retail price of refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, otherwise known as cooking gas has dropped by 21.42 percent on a month-on-month, MoM basis, to N16,195.07 in August, 2025 from N20,609.48 in July.
Saudi freezes Riyadh rents for five years
Saudi authorities announced on Thursday a five-year freeze on rent for residential and commercial properties in Riyadh, where demand for housing has soared as the kingdom’s ambitious megaprojects draw workers to the city.
‘We live with the dead’: Displaced Gazans shelter in cemetery
Three children play with sand and pebbles among the tombstones in a southern Gaza cemetery, while a teenage boy, barefoot, carries two buckets of water through the graveyard before vanishing into a tent.
Afenifere, DAWN commission set for Southwest summit in Akure
The pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, in partnership with the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission, has announced a two-day regional stakeholders’ summit scheduled for October 9–10 in Akure, Ondo State.
‘Remain on site until you finish your job”, Wike charges Contractor
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has warned contractors handling Abuja projects against abandoning sites midway, insisting that any company awarded contracts must remain on site until full completion. Speaking on Thursday at the flag-off of the construction of Arterial Road N20 (Solomon Lar Way) linking Obafemi Awolowo […]
Lagos records 2,400 fire outbreaks out of 13,700 emergencies in 17 years
The Lagos State Government has disclosed that it has responded to more than 13,700 emergencies between 2008 and 2025, underscoring its strength and resilience in emergency management. Out of this figure, 2,400 were fire outbreaks.
