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Zenith Bank Plc has notified the Nigerian Exchange Limited and the investing public that it has submitted its Audited Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2025 to the Central Bank of Nigeria for final regulatory approval. The bank stated that there may be a delay in the release of the approved audited financial statements as it awaits the completion of outstanding regulatory processes. It disclosed that it has formally communicated the development to both the Securities and Exchange Commission and NGX, and has obtained approval for an extension of time within which to publish the results. According to…

•Make Nigerians safe, tackle corruption, end polarisation By Matilda Ikediobi On Wednesday, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, expressed dismay over the worsening socio-economic and political challenges in the country and called on government to take urgent action.Specifically, the bishops decried persistent insecurity and loss of lives, socio-economic sabotage, and poor leadership as major causes of these afflictions. The bishops lamented the situation in a communiqué issued at the end of their First Plenary Meeting, held from February 19 to 26, 2026, and signed by Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji of Owerri, outgoing CBCN President, and Bishop Donatus Ogun of…

The Nigerian Army says troops have killed a suspected member of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and arrested two others during a battle in a hideout belonging to the separatist group. The army, in a statement posted on Facebook on Friday, said the operation was conducted on Thursday in collaboration with other security operatives in Mother Valley in Nkwere. It said the operation was conducted by troops of Operation Udo Ka which comprises soldiers, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps. The army said the Mother Valley in Nkwere, where the…

Sports gaming platform PunterClash has launched in Nigeria, introducing a skill-based contest format it says is designed to reward prediction ability rather than chance, marking what the company described as a new direction in the country’s digital sports entertainment space. The platform’s flagship product, OddScore, allows users to compete against one another in match prediction contests tied to structured prize pools, with the company emphasising fairness, transparency and competitive integrity as its core principles. Users can participate in free-to-play and sponsored contests by predicting match outcomes and performance metrics, with the platform blending strategy, sports knowledge and community interaction as…

Two male social media celebrities have narrated how they were allegedly sexually abused by older women at childhood as controversy surrounding old tweets by singer Simisola Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, continues to generate debate on social media. They lamented what they described as the alarming rate of molestation of male children by adult women. Skit maker, Olamide Ogunleye, aka Oluwadolarz, narrated how he was allegedly sexually abused at age six by a female neighbour he identified as Aunty Ramota. File Copy: Skitmaker Oluwadolarz In a video shared on his Instagram page, Oluwadolarz said he was mistreated every time he…

Argentina’s Senate on Friday approved a labor reform backed by President Javier Milei, giving it final clearance to become law and landing the libertarian leader one of his most significant legislative wins. Milei’s administration argues the reform, which passed with 42 votes in favor, 28 against, and two abstentions, will spur investment and create formal jobs, while labor unions contend it weakens worker protections, including the right to strike The reform is expected to bolster investor confidence in Milei’s market-driven reforms. Passage of the bill is seen by analysts as a signal that Milei has the political backing to advance…

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has debunked claims that he paid tribute to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Bola Tinubu. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘I did not pay tribute to Tinubu- Soyinka’, issued by his spokesman, Abiola Owoaje, on Friday. A tribute titled, ‘Prof Wole Soyinka’s tribute to Sen Asiwaju Tinubu’, purportedly written by Soyinka eulogising Tinubu on his political accomplishments, had gone viral on various WhatsApp platforms shortly after he emerged as the presidential flagbearer of the APC. The elder statesman had, earlier in the year, also dismissed a social media post…

Recently, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Chief Bianca Ojukwu, met with a senior official of the Economic Community of West African States’ Commission.  The ECOWAS Commission is the administrative mechanism, the coordinating body for the operations of member states. It has a president and other political appointees called commissioners. Under them are the bureaucrats, equivalent of members of a nation’s civil service.  The meeting that the honourable minister had reportedly focused on the commission’s agenda and how aligned it was with member states’ objectives. That tells me something straightaway: Ojukwu decided to check very closely if what the…

The past two weeks have been defined by a clash between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as the two battle over the military’s use of AI.  Anthropic refuses to allow its AI models to be used for mass surveillance of Americans or for fully autonomous weapons that conduct strikes without human input. At the same time, Secretary Hegseth has argued the Department of Defense shouldn’t be limited by the rules of a vendor, arguing any “lawful use” of the technology should be permitted. On Thursday, Amodei publicly signaled that Anthropic isn’t backing down — despite threats…

The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Friday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress, bringing to an end months of speculation over his political future. In a 14-minute statewide broadcast from his new governor’s office, the governor announced that he had decamped with his entire cabinet and all PDP officials, stating that his decision was in the developmental interest of the people of Adamawa State. Immediately after the broadcast, Peoples Democratic Party flags were dismantled in the governor’s office and across the Government House. He said, “Fellow citizens of Adamawa State, I address you…