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  OAU LOSSES STAFF TO LION ATTACK The management, staff, students and the entire campus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have been thrown into mourning following the untimely death of Mr. Olabode Olawuyi. A release by the ...

The family of Alexei Navalny, the Putin critic who died in a Russian prison, have reportedly been told his body will not be released for two weeks. His mother was informed it was being held for “chemical analysis”, a representative for Navalny ...

Guinea’s military junta, which seized power in a coup in September 2021, has dissolved the government The announcement was made through a presidential decree read on state TV on Monday by the presidency’s Secretary General, Brig Gen Amara Camara. Mr ...

  FIRSTBANK SET TO REWARD CUSTOMERS WITH 36 MILLION NAIRA IN THE SECOND SEASON OF ITS FIRSTMOBILE CASH-OUT PROMO   Lagos, 29 January 2024 FirstBank has launched the second season of its Cash Out promo designed to reward users of ...

Mali captain Hamari Traore has been handed a four-match ban after being found guilty of unsporting conduct towards a referee. The 32-year-old defender was sent off straight after the final whistle following his side’s quarter-final defeat by Ivory Coast at the 2023 Africa Cup ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has sealed the Priesthood Orphanage in Karon Majigi Village, Abuja after 23 children between the ages of one and 14 were rescued from the orphanage The children were believed to have been allegedly trafficked ...

A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others, in a report released ...

  Nigeria’s leading financial technology company, OPay, has revolutionised customer service by prioritising user satisfaction and implementing cutting-edge solutions to enhance customer experiences. OPay is pioneering a customer service revolution built on convenience and efficiency. Recognising the diverse needs of its ...

  The House of Representatives has resolved to stop sports betting in the country and urged the National Lottery Regulatory Commission to comply with the Lottery Regulatory Commission Act, 2005. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Kelechi ...

The Olu of Owode in Obafemi/Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Kolawole Sowemimo, has been suspended for two months without pay   A viral video in early January showed the royal father decorating a popular fuji musician, Wasiu ...

Armed thugs have invaded Lushville Hotel and Suites, Gapiona Avenue, Government Reservation Area (GRA), Benin, the collation centre of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the governorship direct primary election   They disrupted the collation exercise and attacked some stakeholders, ...

The Governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum has urged citizens of the state to fast and offer special prayers on Monday, as done in the past, for divine intervention over the current hardship caused by inflation. Zulum, in his broadcast to the ...

  The immediate past Chief Executive Officer of Wema Bank Plc, Mr Ademola Adebise, has unveiled his memoir titled ‘The Transformational Leader: The Journey of a Tech Bro Turned Bank CEO’ in Lagos. At the launch on Tuesday, dignitaries praised ...

  Activities at the headquarters of Access Holdings continued as usual on Monday, the first working day after the death of its Group Chief Executive, Herbert Wigwe, in a plane crash in the United States of America. A visit by ...

  Dutch brewer Heineken on Wednesday reported a drop in annual profits as beer volumes declined in “challenging market conditions” including high inflation. The world’s second-biggest brewer after AB InBev said its net profits in 2023 came in at 2.3 ...

  First Bank  of Nigeria has launched the second season of its Cash Out promo meant to reward users of FirstMobile, its mobile banking solution. The FirstBank Cash Out Promo 2.0 scheduled to run till  March15 2024, is open to ...

  The naira suffered a fresh slide both at the official and parallel foreign exchange markets on Friday. The national currency depreciated to on Friday N1,670/$ from N1,600/$ recorded at the close of trading activity on Thursday at the parallel ...

  Nigeria’s economic scene is currently wrestling with unprecedented challenges as the cost of living skyrockets to levels previously unseen. A recent report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has put the nation’s inflation rate at a staggering 29.90%, ...

  Many Glo subscribers in Abuja, Warri and Lagos were overjoyed when the digital solutions provider presented them with business class return tickets to Europe (Lagos-Paris-London-Lagos). According to a statement sent to Saturday Beats, Glo subscribers only have to recharge ...

The Nigerian Customs Service, through its joint border patrol team, Sector 4 has seized another consignment of sex enhancement drugs with the duty paid value of N19.6m The drugs were intercepted at the Kajiji area along Sokoto-Jega Road. Also intercepted ...

A Pakistan politician who won a seat in last week’s controversial national elections has given it up because he says the vote was rigged in his favour. Pakistan election winner says vote was rigged in his favour; Gives up seat Hafiz Naeem ur ...

Singer Teniola Apata famously known as Teni has gushed over herself In a post on her page on Instagram, she gushed over her beauty. She says the only person she’s in competition with is herself. In her words: “People wey fine ...

A 50 kilograms bag of cement in the Federal Capital Territory has surged to between N10,000 and N15,000, Daily Post claims. A market survey conducted today by the news medium in Gwarimpa, Area 10, Kubwa, Lugbe and Dawaki showed that a ...

The Ogun Police Command has arrested a seven-man gang that specialised in trading inhuman parts for rituals The Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Olamutu, said that a human heart and two kegs filled with human bodies were parts of exhibits ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, arrested 14 individuals suspected of internet fraud at a “Yahoo Academy” in Makurdi According to a statement on the agency’s X account, acting on intelligence, operatives from the Makurdi Zonal Command ...