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Unity Bank Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to youth empowerment by hosting a webinar focused on equipping Nigerian youths with digital skills, aiming to bridge the digital divide in the tech-driven economy. The webinar featured technology experts, including the Senior ...

Oando PLC says it has completed the acquisition of 100 per cent shares of Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited. The company made this known in a statement on Thursday, saying “Today marks a historic milestone for Oando PLC as we ...

  President Bola Tinubu is set to swear in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Chief Justice of Nigeria tomorrow. The swearing-in ceremony is billed to take place on August 23, 2024, at the State House Council Chambers. Kekere-Ekun will succeed ...

  A commercial bus driver, Adewale Oseni, is seeking justice after he was allegedly brutalised by a police officer identified simply as Supol Akeem attached to Makinde Police Station in Oshodi, Lagos. Oseni told Punch Metro on Tuesday that he was ...

  On Tuesday, former President Barack Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention and delivered a scathing critique of Donald Trump’s ego, specifically targeting his “weird obsession” with crowd sizes. With his signature wit, Obama likened Trump to ...

  A crocodile has k!lled a woman bathing in a river in eastern Indonesia, Indonesia is home to several species of crocodiles that regularly attack and k!ll humans. Halima Rahakbauw, 54, was swimming in a river in Wali village on ...

  The Kwara State Police Command has apprehended several suspects linked to the murder of Awesu Mojisola, a 21-year-old final-year student from the Kwara State College of Health Technology. Mojisola’s body was discovered at a refuse dump in Ilorin on ...

  A man was bitten on the t3sticles by a huge python in Thailand, leaving his bathroom sprayed in blood as he desperately beat it to death with a toilet brush. Horrifying pictures show the aftermath of Thanat Thangtewanon’s exchange with ...

  Yemi Osinbajo and Peter Obi attend US Forum Immediate former Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo and the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, were among the global leaders invited to participate in the 2024 International Leaders Forum held on the ...

  Divers have finally managed to access the master cabin of the the Bayesian in which British tech tycoon Mike Lynch is believed to have been staying before it suddenly sank in rough seas. The superyacht went under on Monday after ...

  Two bodies found in the wreckage of the sunken Bayesian yacht have been confirmed as those of Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah. Mike Lynch, 59, was travelling with his wife and 18-year-old daughter on the superyacht which was battered during intense storms off ...

  The Nigerian Navy has dismantled an illegal refinery along the Isaka/Ogoloma River in Rivers State capable of producing over two million litres of automotive gasoline oil (AGO) daily. The operation, carried out by the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, involved ...

  A grandmother-of-thirteen was forced to have both her legs amputated after she was bit by an insect in her garden. Josie Rowley, 69, was in her garden tending to her plants in September last year when she says an ...

  The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has declared that parents are the major actors aiding the menace of human trafficking in Oyo state. Head of NAPTIP Oyo State Office, Mr. Augustine Akanya made this declaration ...

  President Bola Tinubu has approved the reappointment of Prof. Yusuf Bara as Chief Medical Director of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi. In a statement on Wednesday, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s spokesman, said Bara’s appointment was ...

  The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has officially granted an operational licence to the Edo Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited, located in Ologbo, Edo State. This significant milestone was celebrated at a ceremony where NMDPRA’s CEO, ...

  Payment processing platform, eTranzact, has emerged as Africa’s Most Innovative Payment Services Company of the Year 2024 at the African Brands Innovators Forum. In a statement, it was noted that eTranzact won the category ahead of other fintech players. ...

  The Managing Director of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, Bello Hassan, has said that the adoption of an improved depositor payment methodology helped in the timely reimbursement of the depositors of the defunct Heritage Bank. Hassan said this on ...

  Financial institutions that have started raising capital have stated that they will allocate $1.20bn from the proceeds to invest in technology and bolster their cybersecurity infrastructure. This was indicated in the offer prospectus of five lenders that have commenced ...

  The prices of garri, a major staple food, and tomatoes, have dropped significantly in Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States, bringing some respite to many households in the area. A survey carried out by the News Agency of Nigeria in ...

  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that he has no plans to leave the Peoples Democratic Party, despite the ongoing internal crisis, adding that he will stay and fight. The immediate past Rivers State ...

  Hillary Clinton has spoken at the Democratic National Convention of her hope that Kamala Harris can finally break the “highest, hardest glass ceiling” in America by becoming the first female president. Ms Clinton said she had broken a glass ...

Traditional worshippers in Ondo State have urged governments to adopt traditional oath-taking for political officeholders in Nigeria They argued that traditional oath-taking by political leaders would help curb corruption and the arbitrary use of power. Speaking during the Isese Day celebration ...

  A commercial motorcyclist, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained was crushed to d3ath by a truck carrying sand in an accident in Osogbo, Osun State on Tuesday. The accident which occurred along East Bye pass in Oke Osun ...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, affirmed the lower court judgment that reinstated Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. The appellate court, while delivering judgment in the appeal brought before it by the Edo ...