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Sep

11

2025

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By Felix Duru Mbah

Elon Musk Dethroned As World’s Richest Man (FIND OUT WHO DID AND NET WORTH,INSIDE)

News

For the first time ever, Larry Ellison has climbed to the very top of the billionaire leaderboard—overtaking Elon Musk, who had ruled the number one spot for nearly a year. Ellison’s net worth skyrocketed after Oracle, the software giant he co-founded back in the ’70s, smashed Wall Street expectations with its latest earnings. By mid-morning in New York, his fortune had jumped a record-breaking $101 billion in a single day—bringing his total wealth to $393 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Musk now trails in second with $385 billion. It’s not just a new personal milestone for Ellison, who’s 81…

Sep

11

2025

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Oyo Glitters Like A Million Stars At Continental Investment Stage

Economy

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State government has showcased its investment potentials at the ongoing Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2025) in Algiers, Algeria, joining other Nigerian states in projecting the nation’s economic strengths at the continental level. A statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, on Wednesday, explained that the Commissioner for Investment, Trade, Cooperatives, and Industry, Hon. Adeniyi Adebisi, who led the Oyo State delegation to the trade fair, reiterated the government’s commitment to creating an enabling environment for business and investment. He explained that Oyo State was determined to leverage the African Continental…

Sep

11

2025

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South Africa Reopens Steve Biko Inquest Tomorrow, 48 Years After Death In Police Custody

Foreign

*His Killing Shook World At The Time In a warning to serving public officers to steer clear of impunity, abuse of office and other illegalities, for nemesis may come calling under a different government in their old age, South Africa will tomorrow, Friday, September 12, reopen an inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist, Steve Biko, in police custody, 48 years after the incident. Biko, the founder of South Africa’s Black Consciousness Movement, died in a prison cell in 1977 aged just 30, after being beaten into a coma by white police officers who had arrested him nearly a month…

Sep

10

2025

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WCQ: Though Ahead On Points, Close To Qualifying, Fear Still Grips S/Africa Over Nigeria (READ WHY INSIDE)

Sports

By Felix Durumbah There is concern, even some fear, in South Africa over the national football team, Bafana Bafana's possible ill-fate in the final run-in to 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification. Bafana sit on 17 points atop the Group C pile, which includes,among others, Nigeria's Super Eagles (who are third), but South Africans keep looking over their shoulders at the star-studded Nigerians due to FIFA's seeming silence on Bafana's use of an ineligible player, Teboho Mokoena, in the March 0-2 away win versus Lesotho. Mokoena should have been suspended for that match. Now, panic has gripped South Africans over the…

Sep

10

2025

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2026 FIFA World Cup: Who Has Qualified, Who At Risk

Sports

*Tunisia Yet To Concede In 8 Qualifiers, Morocco, Have Qualified By Louise Taylor Forty-eight teams will participate in next summer’s World Cup, with the hosts, Canada, Mexico and the United States (US), granted automatic entry. A further 43 places are determined by qualifying competitions from the six global confederations and the remaining two will be decided at March’s six-team intercontinental playoffs in Monterrey and Guadalajara. After this month’s internationals, 18 counties have places booked. The draw is due to take place on December 5 this year at Washington’s Kennedy Center. Africa The winners of the nine qualifying groups gain automatic…

Sep

10

2025

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I Suffered Greatly As Vice-President Under Biden -Kamala Harris Explodes

Foreign

*Describes His Move At Re-election ‘Reckless' All is not well between the two top leaders in the immediate past government of the United States (US) as Kamala Harris has opened up on her time under then President Joe Biden. She set the ball rolling by terming Biden’s decision to seek re-election in 2024 as “recklessness” in her new memoir. Harris questions the former president’s judgment while revealing her own frustrations about being marginalized within the administration. In passages published by The Atlantic today, September 10, from 107 Days, her memoir chronicling her presidential campaign, Harris breaks on certain points from…

Sep

10

2025

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Unstable Electricity: Again, National Grid Collapses (See Effects On Businesses, Individuals)

News

By our reporter The national electricity grid collapsed today, sparking widespread economic panic as blackout hit many businesses, homes and offices in what appears,like the raging insecurity, another unresolved problem by government. Data from the Independent System Operator (ISO) indicated that power generation dropped sharply from 2,917.83 megawatts (mw) to a mere 1.5mw between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm. Recall that last year alone, by December 11, the grid had collapsed 12 times. Recall too that National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had stated that there was no grid collapse throughout the first quarter of this year (2025). Nigeria is presently…

Sep

10

2025

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Changing The Narrative From Partisanship To Performance I. The Peter Mba Way

BREAKING, PoliticsPolitics

In less than three years in office, Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has emerged as one of Nigeria’s most visionary and results-oriented State leaders. Through a blend of innovation, technology, fiscal discipline, and bold reforms, Mbah is steadily transforming Enugu State from a once “civil service economy” into a thriving hub of productivity, smart economy driven by technology, and inclusive growth. His leadership style which is rooted in measurable goals, performance-driven governance, and technological disruption of the status quo has redefined what it means to govern in the 21st century. A Governor with a Vision and a Plan From the onset,…

Sep

10

2025

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UPDATE! Man Who Allegedly Killed American Dream-seeking Female Ukrainian Refugee Faces Death Penalty

Foreign

The US Justice Department on Tuesday, September 9, charged a man accused of fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train last month with a federal crime that could carry the death penalty. The federal charge comes amid growing questions about why Decarlos Brown Jr was on the street despite 14 prior criminal arrests before he was accused of pulling out a knife and killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in an apparently random attack captured on video. The case has become latest flashpoint in the debate over whether cities such as Charlotte are adequately addressing violent crime, mental…

Sep

10

2025

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CAPPA Lauds FG Health Tax Policy

Health

*Again, Urges Higher Excise Duty On Sugary Drinks By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu A body, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has commended the Federal Government (FG)'s decision to develop a draft policy to earmark revenues from excise taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) for health financing. In a statement signed by its Media and Communication Officer, Robert Egbe, CAPPA described the decision as a decisive opportunity for the President Bola Tinubu administration to leave a legacy of sustainable funding for Nigeria’s fragile healthcare system and to protect the health of Nigerian citizens. Speaking at a recent national…