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Chuks Okocha in Abuja Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has declared that the conflicting accounts by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) over the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) accounts have exposed a government trapped by its own contradictions. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said the testimony presented by the Central Bank before the House of Representatives fundamentally contradicted the narrative earlier advanced by the Office of the Accountant-General, plunging the Tinubu administration into…

Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja The Franco-Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has announced the appointment of Group CEO JR Farms, Rotimi Opeyemi Olawale, as the inaugural President of the France-Nigeria Agribusiness Club. Olawale’s appointment was by unanimous vote of the club’s founding stakeholders and will serve a two-year term, with the option of renewal. The France-Nigeria Agribusiness Club, established to coordinate and grow agribusiness and agri-food collaboration between France and Nigeria, was officially unveiled in Lagos on July 9, 2016 by the Consul General of France, Laurent Favier, during the inaugural edition of the France-Nigeria Agribusiness Series. The Director General…

Alphabet investors have very publicly worried that the company’s massive AI spending isn’t worth the money. With the company’s latest earnings report, those investors should be able to relax a little. The takeaway: Google’s cloud business — driven largely by enterprise AI adoption — is booming. The search giant saw Google Cloud revenue spike 82% from where it was this time last year, climbing to $24.8 billion. That’s well above last quarter’s generous year-over-year growth, which showed a revenue jump of 63% to $20 billion — and it handily beats what Wall Street analysts expected for this quarter’s growth (the…

Bologna, Italy – Six minutes and 56 seconds. That is the length of the video capturing the final moments of Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan-born man who had lived in Bologna, northern Italy, for more than three decades.Filmed shortly after 12:30pm local time (10:30 GMT) on Sunday from the balcony of a nearby apartment block, the footage shows two Italian police officers and a civilian restraining Fakir on the ground. He repeatedly screams for help. Four Italian Red Cross volunteers, who arrived with an ambulance, stand nearby.For more than four minutes, Fakir cries out. Then he falls silent. His ankles…

Every seven minutes, a Nigerian woman is estimated to die from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth, making the country the global epicentre of maternal mortality. While postpartum haemorrhage remains the single biggest killer of mothers, a simple, low-cost intervention backed by the Gates Foundation is beginning to change that grim reality. From dramatically improving the early detection and treatment of excessive bleeding after childbirth to delivering encouraging results in Kano State, the E-MOTIVE initiative is emerging as a promising model in Nigeria’s fight to reduce preventable maternal deaths. This report examines how the evidence-based intervention is reshaping maternal healthcare…

The Red Sox won their 15th straight game to match a club record for the longest winning streak in team history from 80 years ago, beating the Orioles 6-3 in the opener of a doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon.

Nigerian content creators Habeeb Hamzat, popularly known as Peller, and Amadou Elizabeth, better known as Jarvis, have unveiled their pre-wedding photographs as they prepare to tie the knot on August 1. The couple shared the images on their Instagram pages on Wednesday, offering fans a glimpse of their journey to the altar. Accompanying the photographs was a heartfelt message expressing their excitement ahead of the ceremony. “These are more than just pictures—they’re memories before the big day. “Our hearts are full, our smiles are real, and we’re counting down to forever. See you at the wedding,” the post read. Ahead…

A wildfire in Spain’s Guadalajara region has burned 32,000 hectares, in one of the country’s largest recorded blazes.By Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 23 Jul 202623 Jul 2026Spain and France are at high risk of more wildfires in coming days, according to weather forecasters, while still fighting to contain deadly blazes that have already ignited amid soaring summer temperatures.Spanish weather agency AEMET warned on Wednesday that the danger of wildfires was “very high or extreme” across most of mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listWildfires have already burned more land this year in…

Transnational Corporation Plc, Africa’s leading listed conglomerate, has announced its half-year 2026 unaudited financial results, delivering resilient profitability and a strong balance sheet in the period while announcing 40k interim dividend. The financial highlights show that revenue stood at ₦241.5 billion in the first half of 2026, down from ₦279.0 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2025. Profit before tax declined to ₦75.9 billion from ₦85.7 billion, while profit after tax fell to ₦54.4 billion from ₦65.2 billion. Earnings per share also decreased to 323 kobo from 408 kobo in H1 2025. However, total equity increased to ₦367.8 billion…