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  A man named Michael Akinmolayan has been arrested for allegedly raping a female neighbour in the Sango-Ota area of Ogun State. Punch Metro gathered on Saturday that during the incident on Thursday, Akinmolayan allegedly struck the survivor on the ...

  President-elect Trump reacted to President Biden’s surprise decision to pardon his son Hunter on Sunday. Biden’s move to pardon – a decision he previously claimed he would not make – turned heads across the country. In a Truth Social ...

  Japheth Omojuwa who just landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, has narrated his airport experience, describing it has ‘scary and very unpleasant”, saying Nigeria deserves better. Sharing his not so pleasant experience on X, the writer narrated it thus; ”Post ...

  The Nigerian Navy has announced the arrest of three suspects by troops of Operation Delta Sanity for allegedly transporting 125 bags of industrial chemicals, 820 tubes of pethidine, and 22,800 bottles of codeine in a large wooden boat near ...

  Pepsi Nigeria has unveiled the revamped 60cl Long Throat Bottle, marking its return with a campaign themed “Big Big Tinz” to deliver “Big Refreshment, Big Value.” Pepsi said in a statement it partnered with Afrobeat singer Young Jonn to ...

  Verve International, Africa’s leading domestic payments card scheme and token brand, has announced that its cards are now accepted on AliExpress, one of the world’s largest online retail platforms. In a statement on Friday, the payment giant described the ...

  United Bank for Africa has signed a deal to commence full banking operations in France. In a statement late Thursday, the banking group said the landmark business cooperation agreement with the French Finance Minister, Antoine Armand, was part of ...

  A Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur, Justin Sun, recently followed through on his promise to consume the banana from the controversial artwork Comedian, a piece valued at $6.2 million (£4.9 million). The artwork, created by Maurizio Cattelan in 2019, features a ...

  Oil marketers have expressed diverse opinions on the recent demand by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, which stated that dealers must make advance payments before they can begin off-taking products from the Lekki-based refinery. This demand was advanced to marketers during ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria is reported to be preparing to retire approximately 1,000 employees as part of a strategic workforce realignment. A severance package worth over N50 billion was said to have been allocated as the payoff for ...

  The General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, MFM, Daniel Olukoya, has declared that Nigeria needs divine intervention through prayers. Olukoya said God is showing that man kind is helpless with the issue of insecurity in Nigeria. The ...

  Dozens of people have reportedly been k!lled in Guinea after a clash between football fans at a match turned violent. Unverified reports from N’Zerekore, Guinea’s second largest city, have claimed that around 100 people are de.ad and local hospitals ...

  A fire incident, which occured in the early hours of Monday razed shops and destroyed property worth millions of Naira at the Moniya Garage in Ibadan. Mr Yemi Akinyinka, the General Manager, Oyo State Fire Services Agency, made this ...

  Republicans accused President Biden of lying and corruption after the president’s stunning Sunday night reversal to pardon his son Hunter – but the deeper cut came from a prominent member of his own party. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a ...

  A fire broke out at Trademore Estate, a well-known neighborhood off the Umar Musa Yar’Adua/Airport Road in Abuja, early Monday morning. The cause of the fire is still unclear, but a resident named Joe reported being alerted to the ...

  Pastor Enoch Adeboye has spoken to his congregation about the importance of staying true to their faith. He shared a shocking story about a pastor who was arrested for using a common greeting. This incident showed how quickly the ...

  Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has alleged that only Lagos and Rivers states stand the chance of benefitting from President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform bills. The governor who appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said the ...

Human Rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju has accused Grammy-winning Nigerian artist Burna Boy of using oppressing Speed Darlington with his influence. Adeyanju raised these allegations while addressing the detention of Speed Darlington, who was reportedly arrested shortly after returning to Nigeria. ...

  Belgian s3x workers have gained the right to sick days, maternity pay and pension rights under the first law of its kind in the world. Lawmakers voted in May to give s3x workers the same employment protections as any ...

  President Bola Tinubu has said that Nigerians were living a “fake good life” prior to the removal of the fuel subsidy. Speaking at the 34th and 35th combined convocation ceremonies of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) in ...

  Wema Bank Emerges Overall Winner for the Third Time at Nigeria Bankers Game 2024 Wema Bank, Nigeria’s most innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has reaffirmed its dominance by emerging as the Overall Winner ...

  President Bola Tinubu is set to depart France on Monday for Cape Town, where he will co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. According to a statement on Sunday by Bayo ...

  The Lagos State Government has neither banned sachet water nor plans to do so, Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, clarified on Sunday. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Wahab responded to a viral video showing ...

  Former Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged Nigerian youths to embrace meritocracy and performance while rejecting tribalism and religious divides. Speaking as the keynote speaker at the 16th Annual Founder’s Day and 20th Anniversary of the ...

  The Federal Government has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of France aimed at enhancing and diversifying the critical mineral value chain in Nigeria’s solid minerals sector. This was revealed in a statement on Sunday ...