Finnish telecommunications equipment giant Nokia reported on Thursday an 89 percent rise in net profit for 2024, with sales surging in India and North America in the final three months of the year.

The former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, has responded to President Bola Tinubu's special adviser, Daniel Bwala, who criticised him for his recent comment on the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). El-Rufai was reported to have slammed the APC, saying the political party has abandoned its ideals. Speaking at a national conference…

Henrik Johan Ibsen, the renowned Norwegian playwright and theatre director, is often heralded as the father of realism in drama. He profoundly altered the trajectory of theatrical writing by focusing on the ethical dilemmas and moral conflicts faced by lower-middle-class characters. Ibsen broke away from the traditional narratives that romanticised the lives of nobility and…

Victor-Marie Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and essayist, died more than two centuries ago, but some of his immortal thoughts still resonate today. In 1885, he postulated, and I quote: “There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.” Hugo’s thoughts bear a…

British energy giant Shell on Thursday announced a 17-percent drop in annual net profit owing to weaker oil and gas prices as well as asset write-offs.