AN Area Court in Jos on Friday sentenced Bashir Abubakar to three months’ imprisonment for stealing two mobile phones valued at ₦157,000.Justice Shawomi Bokkos delivered the sentence after Abubakar pleaded guilty to the charge. However, the judge gave the convict an option to pay a ₦20,000 fine instead of serving …

Chelsea climbed to fourth place in the Premier League as Enzo Fernandez sealed a 1-0 win that piled pressure on beleaguered Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou on Thursday. Fernandez’s thumping header early in the second half settled a bruising London derby at Stamford Bridge. Manchester City and Newcastle had both won …

THE global artificial intelligence market is projected to reach $4.8 trillion — roughly the size of Germany’s economy — by 2033, the UN said Thursday, warning nearly half of jobs worldwide could be affected. While AI is transforming economies and creating vast opportunities, the technology also risks deepening existing inequalities, …

THE Nigerian stock market recorded mixed performances on Thursday, April 3, 2025, as the market capitalisation shed a marginal loss of N11 billion or 0.02 per cent to close at N66.155 trillion from N66.166 trillion recorded on Wednesday. The difference in the performance indices was due to the delisting of …

PRESIDENT of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has condemned the murder of 16 travellers in Edo State, describing it as a senseless act of violence, unacceptable, and having no place in our society. According to a release by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, Senator Akpabio said, “I am deeply …

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, April 3, 2025, including 27 or more sheltering at a school. Palestinian medical authorities confirmed the killings on Thursday. The bodies of 14 children and five women were recovered from the school in the Tuffah neighborhood of …

SENATE President Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, distanced himself from a planned solidarity rally in his hometown in Akwa Ibom. Akpabio said that he was not familiar with the organisers of the rally. The clarifications came in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media Matters, Jackson Udom. In the statement, …

AS part of its reorganisation, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) will today name a new Group Chief Operating Officer (GCOO), General Counsel/Company Secretary and two new Executive Vice Presidents (EVP) alongside a few other appointments expected to be announced before the close of business Friday, according to …

THE Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are being monitored. Newsextra24 reported that Trump, at an event he tagged ‘Liberation Day’, on Wednesday, slammed a 10% tariff on all goods coming into the United States from all countries of the world. According …

  THE High Court of Bayelsa State, sitting in Yenagoa, has issued an interim order restraining associates of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, from holding a planned rally in the state. The rally, which was scheduled to take place in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, on …