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TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria Plc has announced that it has graduated 79 youths in its 2023 Skill Acquisition Programme batch in Koko, Delta State. According to a statement issued by TotalEnergies, the event marked a significant milestone in the company’s commitment ...

  Unilever Nigeria Plc has reported a 61 per cent increase in its profit after tax for the first half of 2024, reaching N4.4bn compared to N2.8bn in the same period last year. The growth was attributed to a revenue ...

  A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has called for an independent audit of why the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited capped its investment in the Dangote Petroleum Refinery at 7.2 per cent instead of the planned 20 per ...

The Federal Government has scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday (today) morning in response to a planned nationwide protest slated for August 1. This comes after President Bola Tinubu pleaded with the organisers to shelve the protests and give his ...

The five corps members abducted four days ago by 15 suspected gunmen in lfon community, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, have gained their freedom, after coughing out N5 million ransom They include three females and two male corps members. Recall ...

The Federal Government has stepped in to resolve the ongoing dispute between Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) over the Dangote Refinery project in Lagos. The controversy centers on the alleged ...

A forty-five-year-old man, Taiwo Ojo of Ojido Street, Ado Ekiti has been arrested by the police for allegedly having intercourse with his thirteen-year-old daughter. The suspect who is a council worker was arrested after a tip-off by some members of ...

The Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly arrested Aliyu Sanusi, a young Nigerian in Sokoto State, for allegedly printing and distributing materials for the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest. The arrest was disclosed by human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, who also demanded ...

Operatives of Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have arrested 10 suspected illegal miners in Ogbomoso, Oyo State A statement by EFCC Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale claimed that the suspects were arrested with six ...

A Max Air commercial flight carrying 113 passengers and 6 crew members faced a serious issue with its rear landing gear as it took off from Yola Airport. The Boeing 737-300 aircraft, registered as 5N-ADB, was scheduled to fly to ...

Nigerian individual, Babajide Isreal Adebanjo, has achieved a Guinness World Record for the longest duration of twerking, lasting 3 hours and 30 minutes. This feat was achieved in Lagos on January 14, 2024. Babajide aimed to push beyond his comfort ...

The Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC) announced on Sunday that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged victorious in the local council elections held on Saturday. Chairman Jossey Eze declared that the APC secured all 13 chairmanship seats and ...

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr. Fola David on achieving the Guinness World Record for the largest drawing ever made. The president took to his Instagram story to praise Dr. David’s remarkable achievement, stating: “Congratulations to Dr. Fola David for ...

Police in Ogun State have arrested Dada Taiwo, 35, for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend’s brother, Damilola Momoh, 34, with a broken bottle in Agbado, Ifo local government area. The incident occurred during an argument over a phone that Damilola had ...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld the conviction of a Dane National, Peter Nielsen who was sentenced to d3ath in 2022 for k!lling his Nigerian wife, Zainab and their daughter, Petra. The appellate court dismissed the appeal filed ...

In the 2024 Top 1000 World Banks’ Rankings, released by The Banker Magazine, Zenith Bank Plc has maintained its leadership by Tier-1 capital for the fifteenth year in a row. According to the report published in the July 2024 edition ...

The CEO of Tesla and Space X, Elon Musk, has said he was “tricked” into granting permission for his child to undergo puberty blockers. Musk made the disclosure in a live interview with psychologist Jordan Peterson on X on Monday. ...

Israeli forces reportedly killed five Palestinians, including two women, during an early morning operation in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. The incident happened when Israeli troops entered the Tulkarem camp in the northern part of ...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a new Minimum Wage bill to the House of Representatives for them to review and pass into law. This bill aims to make the recently agreed N70,000 minimum wage legal. This wage was decided ...

A ‘war veteran’ k!lled his mother before opening fire on elderly residents and staff at a nursing home in Croatia. The gunman killed at least five people, state media reported, in a rare instance of gun violence in the Balkan country. ...

Kenyan President William Ruto has urged an end to the ongoing protests, promising to protect the nation, life, property, and maintain peace and stability. He emphasized that democracy allows for resolving issues through peaceful means. Despite his administration’s concessions, including ...

A 300-level Linguistics student of Adekunle Ajasin University, simply known as Emmanuel, was on Sunday, shot and k!lled by gunmen in one of the private student hostels in Akungba Akoko. A student who pleaded anonymity disclosed to Punch correspondent that the ...

Democrats have poured $81m (£62m) in donations into Vice-President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday. It is the largest 24-hour period of campaign funding in presidential history with more than 888,000 donors ...

One year after a coup in Niger, ousted president Mohamed Bazoum is still being held under strict detention in Niamey by the ruling military — and the prospect of a looming trial worries those close to him. Bazoum was overthrown on ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Kaduna Zonal Command, has arraigned a “fake content creator”, Audu Ishida, also known as Baddie Kylemilli, over allegations of internet fraud. In a post on its X page on Tuesday, the antigraft agency said Ishida is facing ...