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Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, has been declared the winner of the country’s presidential election. According to official results announced by the Constitutional Council on Monday, October 27, 2025, Biya, 92, secured 53.66% of the vote. More details to come shortly

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has disclosed that 60 million Nigerians engage daily in gambling activities, spending an estimated $5.5 million every day. The SEC stated that three million Nigerians invested in the capital market, adding that over $50 billion worth of cryptocurrency transactions flowed through Nigeria between July 2023 and June 2024. The SEC made this known via …

The 2025 edition of the Indian Cup Golf Tournament will tee off on Monday, October 27, 2025, at the Golf Section of Ikoyi Club 1938, Lagos, marking the start of a weeklong celebration of golf, friendship, and community spirit.According to Keshab Vaswani, Chairman of the Organizing Committee, the tournament will feature about  500 golfers across various categories, with a rich …

Amid a rise in golf enrolment and facility development, the operators of Lakowe Lakes Golf Estate have been commended for their deliberate grooming of local expertise to deliver excellence at the world-class Lakowe Lakes Golf Club in Lagos. Kelvin Alonzo, a passionate golfer and leading member of the club, noted that after the contract of the global management firm, IMG …

L-R: Olayinka Ijabiyi, Acting Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, First Bank; Gbenga Omotosho, Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy; Samuel Egube, Lagos State Deputy Chief of Staff & LOC Chairman, E1 Lagos GP; Chiamaka Okachie, Senior Brand Manager, Celebr-8 Lyfe; Ifeoluwapo Odedere, Category Lead, Guinness, during the E1 Lagos GP Stakeholder Immersion session held in Lagos, recently In …

Russia has officially announced that a domestically developed personalized mRNA cancer vaccine is ready for clinical use and will be distributed free of charge to cancer patients. The vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center, targets tumor-specific neoantigens tailored to each patient’s genetic profile and is expected to launch treatment for patients starting in September-October 2025.The cancer vaccine has …

Elon Musk, owner of X and other tech companies was visibly absent as United States President Donald Trump hosted tech leaders in a rare dinner at the White House on Thursday, September 4, 2025. At the dinner were heads of major tech companies, including Google-parent Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, and artificial intelligence star OpenAI.Some of those at the dinner had attended …

A Court at Päiǰät-Häme District in Finland has sentenced Nigerian-born Simon Ekpa to six years imprisonment after finding him guilty of multiple terrorism-related and financial offences.Court documents obtained on Monday, September 1, 2025, disclosed that the 40-year-old former Lahti municipal politician was convicted of participating in the activities of a terrorist group, inciting the public to commit crimes for terrorist …

Ahead of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has appointed co-founder of Giants of Africa and Zaria Group and former Vice-Chairman and President of the Toronto Raptors, Masai Ujiri, as a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Advocate. Ujiri, joins a distinguished group of influential leaders and changemakers who support the secretary-general in raising …

Lisa Cook President Donald Trump has sacked Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over alleged improprieties in obtaining mortgage loans.Trump announced Cook’s removal on Monday, August 25, 2025. The president, in a letter to Cook, the first African-American woman to serve as head of the Federal Reserve’s governing body, said he had “sufficient cause to remove you from your position” because …