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  Financial services firm, OPay, has called on its customers to complete the regularisation of their accounts by linking their Bank Verification Numbers or their National Identity Numbers as mandated by the Central Bank of Nigeria. In a December 1 ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission has said telecommunication companies that fail to comply with the directive to block Subscriber Identity Module cards not linked to National Identification Numbers will face sanctions. The Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Reuben Mouka, told The PUNCH on ...

A fake National Youth Service Corps member, Ogeh Bethel Chibuife, has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command for illegal entry into the Magaji Dan Yumusa Orientation Camp, Keffi, the state capital This was disclosed in a statement released ...

A man was discovered by police at his home in Germany after his pet dog “about the size of a Jack Russel” had “bitten his p3nis off and eaten it” Neighbours alerted the police early on Tuesday morning on account ...

Kellogg’s CEO Gary Pilnick faces backlash, suggesting poor families opt for ‘cereal for dinner’ amid rising food prices Despite being worth nearly $16 million, Pilnick insists cereal is an affordable and trendy choice for struggling families. Addressing concerns about increased ...

The Federal Government has allegedly detained two senior executives of Binance, a crypto currency exchange company According to a report by Financial Times, both executives flew into Nigeria last week following a ban on their website and were arrested by ...

According to a recent Reuters poll, Canada’s housing market is poised for further growth in 2024 and 2025, buoyed by strong demand and limited supply Despite expectations of delayed interest rate cuts, home prices in Canada  are on an upward ...

Ghana to begin jailing LGBTQ+ members Ghana’s parliament has passed a tough new bill that imposes a prison sentence of up to three years for anyone convicted of identifying as LGBTQ+. It also imposes a maximum five-year jail term for ...

Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said the state will immortalise the late Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings, Dr. Herbert Wigwe Speaking at a night of tributes organised on Tuesday by the Port Harcourt City One Love Family to reflect on ...

President Bola Tinubu is set to inaugurate the Lagos State Red Line Rail project Tinubu, who arrived in Lagos on Wednesday from Ondo State, will take-off to Qatar after inaugurating the Lagos Red Line train. The Red Line project, which ...

Senator Sani Shehu, has blamed former President Muhammadu Buhari for the current economic hardship in the country   Sani said that some of the economic policies that President Bola Tinubu is implementing now which triggered the economic hardship should have ...

No fewer than nine people have died of Lassa fever in Benue State in the past two months The State Epidemiologist, Dr Sam Ngishe, disclosed this to journalists in a telephone chat on Thursday. This comes after the Nigeria Centre ...

At least 31 people have died after a bus ploughed off a bridge when the driver reportedly lost control in Mali, west Africa The bus had been travelling from to Kenieba to nearby town of Burkina Faso when the crash ...

  In a shocking turn of events, Vasily Dubkov, the lawyer who represented the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, was arrested in Moscow on Tuesday. The arrest comes shortly after Dubkov accompanied Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, in her appeal ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, says himself and his team are not responsible for the current economic woes in the country He stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) ...

Suspected hoodlums have killed a 33-year-old freelance photographer, Zacchaeus Salawadeen, after stabbing him many times in the presence of his three children The hoodlums were said to have trailed Salawadeen to his house in Tundun Fulani Area of Minna, Niger ...

The family of the late Herbert Wigwe, the former group chief executive officer (GCEO) of Access Holdings Plc, has announced arrangements for him, wife and son’s burial ceremony Earlier this month, Wigwe was involved in a chopper crash in the ...

The Imo State Police Command has arrested one Chinenye Nwaneri, for allegedly killing his lover, Chienyenwa Nnodua   Parading the suspect at the command’s headquarters in Owerri, the state capital on Tuesday, the police spokesperson, Henry Okoye, disclosed that the ...

Meningitis has k!lled 20 students in Yobe At least 20 students of some boarding public schools in Potiskum, Fika, and Fune local government areas of Yobe State have died from a suspected Meningitis outbreak. It was learnt that the deaths ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated its directive to telecom operators to bar telephone subscribers not linked to their National Identification Numbers (NIN) on or before February 28, 2024 The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Dr Aminu Maida, spoke ...

A 40-year-old man, Habu Ibrahim has been arrested by the Jigawa State Police Command after he laced his wife’s coke and meat with poison, to kill her in order to inherit her wealth The State Commissioner of Police, CP AT ...

Blackout hits Abuja as TCN tower is vandalized Parts of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, are experiencing blackout and drop in power supply on Wednesday over the vandalization of Transmission Company of Nigeria’s tower 70 along the 33kV Gwagwalada-Katampe line. Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s ...

Mazi Simon Ekpa has announced that Biafrans have voted to establish Biafra digital currency, known as Biafracoin, amid the Naira crisis The Finnish-based lawyer, Ekpa, disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement through his official X handle. The adoption of ...

  Real estate firm, Wemabod, has completed the signing of its ‘Wemabod Financing SPV Limited N50bn Bond Issuance Programme’. Speaking at the signing ceremony, which was held in Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer of Wemabod, Yemi Ejidiran, said the funds ...

  The African Export-Import Bank on Wednesday, disclosed that it has become the largest financier of oil and gas projects in Africa. The bank disclosed investing $30bn in industry projects, with Nigeria receiving 60 per cent despite reduced global funding ...