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Wireless festival cancelled after Kanye West barred from UK

This year’s Wireless Festival has been called off after headliner Kanye West was barred from entering the United Kingdom. Authorities denied West — now known as Ye — permission to enter the UK following backlash over his scheduled performance at this summer’s London festival. In recent years, the rapper has sparked widespread outrage over a […]

Anthropic gives Claude AI power to end conversations
Tech

Anthropic partners Google, Broadcom for additional computing resources

Anthropic said on Monday it has signed a new agreement with Google and Broadcom to secure additional processing power to support its Claude AI models, as demand for its systems continues to surge. The revised arrangement will expand Anthropic’s use of Google Cloud’s tensor processing units, the company’s specialised AI chips, building on an October […]

News

Bill Gates to testify before Epstein probe committee June 10

Billionaire Bill Gates is to testify on June 10 before a congressional committee investigating the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, a source close to the matter told AFP on Tuesday. The Microsoft co-founder is among the prominent names appearing in documents released by the US Justice Department that revealed […]

JAPA: Overstay your visa, face permanent ban, US warns Nigerians
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44 countries offering Nigerians visa-free access

For Nigerian passport holders looking to explore the world without the hassle of extensive visa fees or long application processes, there is good news. According to recent reports, Nigerian citizens can travel to at least 44 destinations where entry is allowed either visa-free, with a visa on arrival at no extra cost, or via an […]

World

FG presents credence letters to three ambassador-designates

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has presented Letters of Credence to three ambassadors-designate, authorising them to represent Nigeria in their respective postings. The recipients are Ambassador Aminu Dalhatu for the United Kingdom, Ambassador Ayodele Oke for France, and Senator Jimoh Ibrahim as Permanent Representative-designate to the United Nations in New York. Presenting […]

Travel

Nigeria, Jamaica face UK visa ban threat from British party

Several African and Caribbean countries, including Nigeria and Jamaica, could face visa restrictions to the United Kingdom if Reform UK wins the next general election. The proposed policy targets nations that formally demand reparations for slavery. As reported by the Daily Mail on Monday, the party’s home affairs spokesperson, Zia Yusuf, defended the plan, saying: […]

NAFDAC cuts licensing fees by 65%
Food

NAFDAC moves to slash excess salt in packaged foods nationwide

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Mojisola Adeyeye, on Tuesday warned Nigerians against excessive sodium consumption, linking it to the rising burden of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Adeyeye gave the warning during a stakeholders’ engagement on the draft Reduction of Sodium in Pre-Packaged […]

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NARD suspends strike, Ibadan UCH doctors to resume Wednesday

The Association of Resident Doctors at University College Hospital will return to work by 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday after the nationwide strike was suspended by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors. ARD UCH President, Dr Uthman Adedeji, confirmed the development on Tuesday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan, saying the chapter […]

Tech

Google launches offline-first iOS dictation app

Google on Monday launched a new offline-first dictation app for iOS, called Google AI Edge Eloquent, aimed at competing with apps like Wispr Flow, SuperWhisper, and Willow. The app is free to download. Once you install it and download its Gemma-based automatic speech recognition models, you can start dictating directly on your phone. The app […]

Banking

Zenith Bank posts N1.26tn pre-tax profit in 2025

Zenith Bank Plc has announced its audited results for 2025, posting a pre-tax profit of N1.26 trillion, down 4.78 per cent from the previous year. The slight decline was offset by robust top-line growth, as interest income rose to N3.6 trillion from N2.7 trillion in 2024. Loans and advances remained the main driver, contributing N1.8 […]

Court dismisses MAN’s lawsuit against electricity tariff hike
Electricity

Gencos urge NERC to review tariffs after gas price hike

Electricity generation companies have called on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to urgently review electricity tariffs following the Federal Government’s recent increase in the domestic base price of gas, warning that delays could worsen liquidity challenges and distortions across the power sector. The Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Power Generation Companies, Joy Ogaji, […]