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  Nigerian Breweries aims to acquire an 80 per cent stake in Distell Wines & Spirits Nigeria Limited by the end of the first half of the year. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NB Plc, Hans Essaadi, revealed this ...

  First Bank of Nigeria Limited has appointed Olusegun Alebiosu as its acting Managing Director with effect from April 2024. The bank stated this in a statement signed and made available to PUNCH Online by its acting company secretary, Adewale ...

  The naira depreciated in its value against the United States dollar to N1,234 at the official foreign exchange market on Monday, according to data obtained from the FMDQ securities exchange. The exchange rate means the naira fell by N65 ...

The Nigerian Army, on Monday, said it has dismissed two soldiers, Corporal Innocent Joseph, and Lance Corporal Jacob Gani, accused of stealing armoured cables at the Dangote refinery on April 14, 2024. The soldiers entered the facility in an Acura ...

Six suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Kaduna State. The Commission in a statement on Sunday said the alleged fraudsters were arrested at Bafra Hotel, Alkali Road, Kaduna State. Their arrest ...

Another incident shook Australia, as a man got st3bbed in a busy shopping center. Just a week after the tragic Westfield Bondi Junction massacre, this st3bbing left shoppers horrified. The attack happened outside Seoul Garden Korean BBQ Buffet at Highpoint ...

A former senior policy advisor who worked for the Obama administration is facing serious charges of child s3x offences in a British court. Rahamim ‘Rami’ Shy, 46, is accused of arranging for child s3x and possessing indecent images of children. ...

The Kano Fire Service said a 60-year-old man, Malam Danjuma, popularly known as “Black”, his son, Ibrahim, 35, and one Aminu Gaye, also 35, have died while trying to recover a cellphone from a pit toilet at Yar’Gwanda Village in Tsanyawa ...

The Kenya Police Service has arrested fleeing Binance executive, Nadeem Anjarwalla, as the International Criminal Police Organisation moves to extradite him to Nigeria within the week. Government sources familiar with the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were ...

King Charles, 75, and Queen Camilla went to a church service near Balmoral, showing good spirits despite the king’s cancer treatment. Despite his illness, King Charles plans to attend the five-day Royal Ascot race this summer to honor the late ...

In an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, baby Sabreen Jouda was born moments after her mother, Sabreen al-Sakani, lost her life. The family, seeking shelter in Rafah, faced tragedy as Sabreen’s father, four-year-old sister, and mother were k!lled in the attack. ...

A police corporal who murd3red a businessman in Abia state over refusal to give him money has been arrested. His arrest was confirmed by Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Moureen Chinaka. She said appreciate disciplinary actions would soon be meted ...

The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of the proprietor of Uyo Cybercrime Training Centre, Ikemesit Edet ((a.k.a Hustle Kingdom HK). He was jailed on Wednesday April 17, 2024 after ...

Netflix reported a big profit increase this year, partly because of cracking down on password sharing. They gained 9.3 million new subscribers, reaching almost 270 million in total. Their profits rose to over $2.3 billion in the first quarter. Revenue ...

The discovery of a burnt body in the back garden of a home in Bradford has shocked the local community. The family living in the house, described as highly reclusive, had not been seen going out for years, leading neighbours ...

  -Declares a final dividend of 60kobo per share   Lagos, Nigeria, April 16, 2024: Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has released its 2023 full year Audited Financial Statements, reporting a 131.5% growth in Profit Before Tax to N ...

29 suspects arrested in connection with last Saturday’s invasion of the Oyo State House of Assembly and the Governor’s office have been arraigned in court. The suspects are standing trial before the Chief Magistrate Court for their involvement in the ...

A suspected thief has been electrocuted and d!ed while attempting to steal from the BEDC Electricity Plc’s transformer along Airport Road in Benin City, Edo State. Man electrocuted while stealing from BEDC transformer It was garnered that the deceased had ...

A nursery worker is on trial, accused of causing the de3th of a nine-month-old baby girl named Genevieve. The court heard that Kate Roughley, the nursery worker, left Genevieve strapped face down on a bean bag for over 90 minutes, ...

The management of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, has debunked allegations that its premises were being used as armoury by the Yoruba Nation agitators Yoruba Nation: UCH denies harbouring agitators The hospital through its Public Relations Officer, Mrs Funmi Adetuyibi, in a ...

After a thorough grilling to ensure fairness, the first six jurors for Donald Trump’s high-profile trial were chosen. Their selection comes after intense questioning about their social media activity, political beliefs, and personal lives. These six individuals are the initial ...

Barely a month after a businesswoman, identified as Risikat Oladokun, was abducted by gunmen in the Awa Ijebu area of Ogun State, her husband, Mathew Oladokun, has lamented the inability of the Nigeria Police to rescue her despite the payment ...

The words of Baba Vanga, a blind psychic who passed away in 1996, are sending shivers down spines as tensions rise between Iran and Israel as she had prophesied World War 3 for the year 2024. Amid escalating conflicts in ...

  Dr Richard Somiari, a forensic expert in the alleged murder trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, on Tuesday revealed that the DNA blood sample found on Chidinma’s red dress matched that of the victim, Michael Ataga, the late Super TV CEO Blood on ...

A 25-year-old British student, Fahad Uddin Ahmed, was arrested in Colombia for allegedly attempting to smuggle coc*ine disguised as powdered milk. He was caught at Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport in Cali while trying to board a flight to London. ...