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By Chioma Obinna The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on the Federal Government to suspend moves to concession the management of King’s College, Lagos, to the school’s Old Boys’ Association under a proposed Public-Private Partnership, PPP.HURIWA also demanded the immediate publication of the legal and contractual framework backing the proposed arrangement, insisting that Nigerians should know who would control the school, for how long and under what legal authority.The rights group, in a press statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko, said an alumni association could not automatically assume the role of proprietor or…

News » Premier League news » Arsenal newsSeptember 16, 2026 20:45 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin View Arsenal transfer targets Arsenal open to Gyokeres exit Arsenal are prepared to pursue a marquee striker to replace Viktor Gyokeres in either January or at the end of the season. The Gunners were open to parting ways with Gyokeres over the summer, and he was reportedly a target for Atletico Madrid.Atletico were open to signing Gyokeres in a player-plus-cash deal for Julian Alvarez, but the latter refused to join the Gunners.Gyokeres was happy to stay with the Gunners, but he has hardly played in the Premier League…

Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The National Health Insurance Authority has adopted Health Technology Assessment to guide healthcare spending and help ensure that limited resources are directed towards interventions that provide greater value to Nigerians. The Director-General of the NHIA, Dr Kelechi Ohiri, disclosed this in a presentation titled “Progress of Health Technology Assessment Institutionalisation in Nigeria” at the Inauguration of the HTA Steering Committee and Official Flag Off of HTA in Nigeria on Wednesday. The event was officially flagged off by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Ali Pate. Ohiri said the institutionalisation of HTA would strengthen evidence-based…

Image Source: Tenor There are many ways to get rich while working a 9–5 job. Getting millions of shares in the company you run is certainly one of the more interesting ones. Peter Ndegwa, Safaricom’s chief executive officer (CEO), and Dilip Pal, its chief financial officer (CFO), have received an additional 9.24 million shares in Kenya’s largest telecom company. The shares are worth KES 337.3 million ($2.6 million).  What happened? Ndegwa and Pal received the shares through Safaricom’s share-based compensation plan, which gives managers company stock as part of their pay. So, unlike a regular investor, they did not spend…

Dangote Refinery IPO has officially kicked off on NGX. NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE officially commenced on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Monday, September 14, 2026, marking a major milestone for Nigeria’s capital market.President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, sounded the closing gong at the NGX as the 700,000-barrel-per-day Dangote Refinery became the first refinery to be offered on the Nigerian stock market in the Exchange’s 66-year history.Speaking at the event, Dangote highlighted the refinery’s growing role in the international aviation fuel market, stating that the facility has become the…

By Dipo Olowookere The positive momentum witnessed on Customs Street continued on Wednesday, with further gains of 0.20 per cent, influenced by the dominance of the bulls. Analysis of data from the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited indicated that the insurance sector gained 1.56 per cent at midweek despite the energy counter losing 0.04 per cent to profit-taking. The Consumer goods index appreciated by 0.81 per cent, and the banking space rose by 0.20 per cent, while the industrial goods segment closed flat. At the close of business, the All-Share Index (ASI) soared by 487.28 points to 244,791.79 points from 244,304.51…

Chelsea have a new ownership structure after affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group acquired the ownership interests of Todd Boehly and Mark Walter, giving the US investment firm full control of the Premier League club. The club announced the change on Thursday, confirming that Mr Boehly has stepped down as chairman, while Swiss businessman Hansjörg Wyss will remain an important stakeholder in the ownership group. Clearlake said it intends to continue with the strategic direction established since the consortium acquired Chelsea in 2022. “There will be no changes to the day-to-day operations, leadership or strategy at the Club,” Chelsea said in…

The United States has barred officials of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization ahead of the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York. The State Department, in a media note on Wednesday, asserted that the PA, Palestine’s interim governing body, and the PLO “failed to live up” to their obligations. In its report to Congress, the Department cited the breach of the PLO Commitments Compliance Act of 1989 and the Middle East Peace Commitments Act of 2002. The U.S. further listed initiation and support for international actions that undermine and contradict prior pledges highlighted in Security Council Resolutions…

Former Akwa United player and Flying Eagles star Aniekeme Asuquo has joined Iraqi club Al-Kadhimiya SC, taking his career to a new chapter outside Nigeria. Asuquo is a versatile midfielder who can also operate from the flanks, giving his new club an additional attacking option. The Nigerian was part of the Flying Eagles squad at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland, where he was listed as a midfielder for Nigeria.  He started his professional career with Akwa United, joining the club from Akwa Starlet in 2018. He was part of the Akwa United team that competed in the…

“The current race towards ever more powerful AI is a step change towards greater existential risks to every aspect of our lives,” he wrote in an open letter.The High Commissioner’s message comes six days after a former researcher at Anthropic – the company behind the chatbot Claude – resigned from his position while warning that “the people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”Several recent incidents, including Jacob Coxon’s resignation and announcements by OpenAI and Anthropic that their models had broken out of testing environments, have intensified the global debate over…