Turkish Airlines has officially opened its first-ever European lounge outside its İstanbul hub at Edinburgh Airport, bringing a new dimension of its world-renowned hospitality to travellers in Scotland and further strengthening Edinburgh’s status as an international gateway. According to a…

The Tether-backed data centre operator Northern Data reportedly sold its Bitcoin mining business, Peak Mining, to three companies run by Tether executives.Northern Data was sold for up to $200 million to Highland Group Mining, Appalachian Energy, and an Alberta-based company,…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria recorded 131 cases of infrastructure vandalism across its network in 2025, even as it achieved a historic milestone in electricity transmission, the company has said. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of TCN, Sule…

A group of 18 bipartisan US House lawmakers is pushing the country’s tax agency to review its rules on crypto staking taxes before the start of 2026. In a letter sent to Internal Revenue Service acting commissioner Scott Bessent on Friday,…

In what has been described as an endorsement of Nigeria’s growing automotive manufacturing sector, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, has conducted an extensive tour of Elizade JAC Autoland’s facilities in Lagos, including the company’s headquarters…

The US Federal Reserve is requesting public input on its proposed “payment account,” dubbed a “skinny master account” which fintechs and crypto firms are drawn to as it would allow access to the central bank without needing the typical approvals. “These…

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has commenced nationwide sales of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) at a pump price of N739 per litre across all MRS Oil Nigeria Plc filling stations, marking a significant milestone in the refinery’s mission to deliver affordable fuel…

Finance platforms racing to add prediction markets are doing so at the cost of accelerated “casino-like” user churn, says venture capital firm Inversion Capital founder and CEO, Santiago Roel Santos.Santos argued in a blog post on Saturday that while he…

The Federal Government is considering modernising 50 per cent of Nigeria’s operational textile capacity with state-of-the-art equipment within five years as part of a broader revitalisation agenda. This follows a recent report by The PUNCH that textile imports rose to…

Africa Law Practice International Group (ALPi Group), a Pan-African corporate and commercial law firm, has announced the opening of a new office in Luanda, Angola, marking its first entry into a Lusophone African jurisdiction and a major milestone in its…

The highly-anticipated Uniswap protocol fee switch, dubbed “UNIfication,” is set to pass and go live later this week, having reached the 40 million vote threshold needed to trigger one of the biggest upgrades in the decentralized exchange protocol’s seven-year history.As…

The Federal Government has announced plans to tap into Nigeria’s largely informal vehicle recycling market, projecting annual revenues of over N150bn from 2026, as part of sweeping reforms to modernise the country’s automotive industry. The National Automotive Design and Development…

Tokenization will transform the financial industry faster than digital technology disrupted legacy media, such as print newspapers, physical copies of music and other analog formats, according to Keith Grossman, president of crypto payments company MoonPay.“While many feared digitization would destroy…

Migrating Bitcoin (BTC) to post-quantum standards will take at least 5-10 years, according to Bitcoin core developer and co-founder of crypto custody company Casa, Jameson Lopp, who weighed in on the ongoing quantum computer debate.Lopp agreed with Adam Back, the…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has clarified that increases in transport fares during the yuletide period are not unlawful in themselves, warning, however, that exploitative or unfair practices by road transport operators will attract regulatory sanctions. The clarification…