Joint Health Staff Union of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba in protest…Wednesday PHOTO: OSENI YUSUF

Taiwan's air force said Wednesday it has resumed flights of locally made Brave Eagle training jets, which were grounded for safety checks last month after one of them crashed. The jet went down after taking off from Chih Hang Air Base in southern Taitung county on February 15, with the pilot ejecting safely. The crash…

China set an ambitious annual growth target of around five percent on Wednesday, vowing to make domestic demand its main economic driver as an escalating trade war with the United States hit exports. Beijing also announced a rare hike in fiscal funding, allowing its budget deficit to reach four percent this year as it battles…

The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has intensified consultations and lobbying efforts to secure the creation of Gurara State, leveraging the House of Representatives’ recent decision to reopen submissions for new states. To strengthen its bid, SOKAPU has constituted a high-powered committee led by Mr Mark Jacob to fine-tune its proposal and engage key stakeholders…

A US judge on Tuesday denied Elon Musk's request to prevent OpenAI from becoming a for-profit business in a loss for the Tesla tycoon amid his feud with Sam Altman. US District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Musk and his xAI startup failed to prove an injunction against OpenAI was necessary as the…

An Islamic State operative who allegedly planned the 2021 suicide bombing outside Kabul airport during the chaotic US military withdrawal has been arrested, President Donald Trump said Tuesday. The bomber detonated a device among packed crowds as they tried to flee Afghanistan, killing 170 Afghans and 13 US troops securing the perimeter, days after the…