OpenAI valuation hits $500bn
The valuation of ChatGPT developer OpenAI on Thursday, October 2, 2025, soared to a chart-topping $500 billion in a deal for employees to sell...
NCDC: Nigeria records 166 Lassa fever deaths as fatality rate surpasses...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 166 deaths from Lassa fever between January and September 2025, warning that the...
2 dead, many injured as car rams into pedestrians at Manchester...
No fewer than two people were killed after an assailant drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard near a synagogue in...
Bandit attack illegal mining site in Zamfara
Armed bandits struck an illegal mining site in Kokamba, Magami District of Gusau Local Government Area, Zamfara State, leaving one miner dead.
The attack occurred...
Court dismisses suit against Fubara’s suspension
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging President Bola Tinubu’s suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Delivering judgment on Thursday,...
Outrage as Israel stops 14 Gaza aid boats
Israeli forces have stopped 14 boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza.
Flotilla organisers disclosed this on Thursday, October 2, 2025, adding that...
15-year-old boy drowns in Jigawa pond
A 15-year-old boy, Sunusi Abubakar, has drowned in a pond in Jigawa State.
The spokesperson for the Jigawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and...
Philippines earthquake toll rises to 72
The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose to 72 on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
The bodies of the three latest...
Nigeria spends $2.86bn on external debt service in eight months –...
Nigeria spent $2.86 billion on servicing its external debt between January and August 2025, according to new figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria...
Police kill 2, arrest 400 in Morocco protests
Two people were killed when officers opened fire on a group of people attempting to "storm" a police station in Morocco on Wednesday, October...
