Struggling voters deserve better than Burnham’s con tricks If our new PM really wanted to put more cash in our pockets, he’d cut the green levy on energy bills, not the VAT that saves just 86p a week ALLISON PEARSON Cutting the 5 per cent VAT on electricity (not gas) bills, as Prime Minister Burnham just…
Transcorp Hotels Plc, the hospitality subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc, has announced its unaudited results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, driven by disciplined cost management and continued operational excellence despite moderated revenue. The Company delivered ₦10.5 billion in profit after tax, a 21% increase from ₦8.7 billion in Q2 2025, while Profit…
A 46-year-old electrician, Stephen Kwasi Anim, has been remanded into prison custody by the Asante Abuakwa Circuit Court after being accused of defrauding six people under the guise of securing overseas employment opportunities. According to prosecutors, Anim, who is based in Adenta, allegedly used TikTok to advertise lucrative job opportunities in Austria and the Netherlands,…
Former Real Madrid star, Luis Figo, has named four players to be among those that will definitely compete for the 2026 Ballon d’Or. Figo believes Spain’s Rodri, Portugal’s Vitinha and France duo Kylian Mbappe and Desire Doue will contend for the prestigious individual prize. Speaking about the players to contend for the Ballon d’Or, the…
We’ve all been there: it’s minutes before the season finale of your favorite show or a major match and, suddenly, your screen goes blank. A few years back, that meant rushing to a service center or hunting for a physical scratch card to manually top up. Those days of long, stressful queues are now thankfully…
Prof. Ursula Ngozi Akanwa The Vice Chancellor Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Prof. Ursula Ngozi Akanwa has announced that students who paid their school fees before receiving the Federal Government’s Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) will be refunded. Prof. Akanwa who disclosed this during the inauguration andswearing in of the newly elected Students’…
