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15 suspects have been arrested in connection with the looting of a warehouse in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja Recall hoodlums invaded the Agric Department Strategic food store located at Tasha, Abuja on Sunday and carted away food items ...

A 57-year-old man from Lake Oswego, Oregon, has been charged with multiple felonies for allegedly spiking smoothies with sedatives and serving them to his daughter’s 12-year-old friends during a sleepover Michael Meyden faces three felony counts each of causing another ...

President Bola Tinubu is back to Nigeria! He arrived Abuja today after a two-day official visit to the State of Qatar. The presidential jet, NAF 001, that conveyed the President landed at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International ...

The Ebonyi State Police have arraigned a 61-year-old man, Moses Nweze, for allegedly k!lling his elder brother’s wife Mrs Mary Nwomege, identified as his brother’s wife, was reportedly k!lled by Nweze on February 24, 2024. Following his arrest, Nweze was brought ...

Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, has named the 120km road leading to his refinery in Lagos after the late Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the project The announcement was made ...

Qatar Airways has partnered with Access Bank to offer the bank’s customers across Africa discounts on flights. In a statement made available to our correspondent on Friday, it was revealed that the airline would offer a 12 per cent discount ...

  The Managing Director of First City Monument Bank, Mrs Yemisi Edun, has urged accountants to make sustainability accounting the cornerstone of their practices, while calling for transparency. Edun stated this while delivering the keynote address at the Western Zone ...

Two humpback whales have been observed having s3x for the first time ever – and they’re both male Despite being extensively studied for decades, the sexual behaviour of humpback whales has remained mostly a mystery, even for whale experts. However, ...

A mother-of-two died after suddenly becoming sick aboard an American Airlines flight from the Dominican Republic to the US The 41-year-old woman was flying on Flight 2790 from Punta Cana to Charlotte, North Carolina, when she fell ill mid-flight and ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operating licenses of 4,173 Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators, citing non-compliance with regulation The CBN invoked its powers under the Bank and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2020, Act No. 5, ...

We’re not after your job, NLC replies Tinubu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has told President Bola Tinubu that members of the union are not interested in any political position including his office. The President during the inauguration of the Lagos Red Line Project ...

Thousands of Russians have defied fear to turn out to bid farewell to opposition leader Alexei Navalny President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic died in jail on 16 February. Authorities had warned any protest would be illegal. But police – ...

Inmates at the Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State protested on Friday over the plan to reduce their food ration They expressed dissatisfaction over the decision, a situation that forced the prison authorities to fire tear gas canisters and gunshots ...

The crypto trading platform Binance has been slammed with a $10 billion fine by the Federal Government over allegations of influencing the country’s forex crisis The special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this ...

A 49-year-old, Gbolahan Aina, has been reportedly crushed to death by a truck driver identified as Godwin Donatus around Henry Carr Street, Guinness Plc in Lagos State Punch Online gathered that the incident occurred at about 7:00 a.m. on Saturday. ...

One person has reportedly died in Temidire Atoyebi area along Ajaawa in Ogbomosho after a family of six allegedly ate poisoned cassava flour used to prepare Amala on Wednesday The family was said to have consisted of a grandmother identified ...

A star suspect in a case of ritual killings and sale of human parts in Ogun State, Adebayo Azeez, on Thursday, shared a chilling story of how he had used a dating app, “MyChat” to lure and brutally murder seven ...

The Nigeria Customs Service Area Controller, Oyo/Osun Area Command, Dr Ben Oramalugo, said the command intercepted fake pharmaceuticals comprising Augmentin tablets, Ampiclox and Amoxycillin capsules concealed in 53 sacks with a Duty Paid Value of N1,739,000,000.00 Oramalugo made the disclosure ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has said that foreign exchange backlogs have been cleared in all the banks except for five of them Cardoso said this on Thursday during an investor call facilitated by the ...

  The revenue of indigenous energy firm, Seplat Energy has appreciated by 11.5 per cent in the financial year 2023 to $1.06bn from $951m in the corresponding period of 2022. Based on the Audited results for the period ended December ...

  There was chaos at the Benin-Asaba Expressway, by Iguomo Junction on Wednesday evening, when a stray bullet allegedly fired from a police gun hit and killed a resident in the area. The yet-to-be-identified victim was said to have been ...

The European Union Deputy Head of Mission to Nigeria, Zissimos Vergos, has called for the elimination of the factors contributing to criminality in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. He stated that the EU would endorse inclusive community methods to tackle ...

  The Zamfara State Police Command said it has rescued one of the worshippers abducted in a mosque in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of the state. Bandits abducted scores of worshippers during morning prayer in the ...

Residents of Gonin-Gora in the troubled Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday barricaded the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway protesting the abduction of unspecified number of people in the area. They residents stormed the highway protesting and urging the government ...

  A huge fire at a residential building in London’s upscale South Kensington neighbourhood in the early hours of Friday has put 11 people in hospital and led to around 130 being evacuated, fire officials said. Fifteen fire engines and ...