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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested a crypto billionaire, Linus Williams, popularly known as BLord. Blord was arrested in Abuja on Tuesday following allegations of cryptocurrency fraud, terrorism funding, and aiding internet fraud among others against his companies. Speaking in an interview with our correspondent, the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, said he was

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has described the recent Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to local government areas as a welcome development and relief to state governments. This is as he expressed concerns over its effective implementation as it relates to the ability of LGs to handle their financial responsibilities. Governor Eno made

Police were out in force in the centre of Kenya’s capital on Tuesday after calls for more demonstrations against the embattled government of President William Ruto. Activists led by young Gen-Z Kenyans launched peaceful rallies a month ago against deeply unpopular tax hikes but they descended into deadly violence last month, prompting Ruto to drop

A member of the House of Representatives representing Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency, Kaduna State, and Chairman House Committee on Sports, Ekene Adams, has passed on. He reportedly died in the early hours of Tuesday although the cause of his death has not been ascertained at the time of filing this report. Different sports groups in the

The Enugu State Government says it has begun the construction of a new International Motor Spare Parts and Allied Trades Market at 9th Mile, near Enugu, on the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway. The Managing Director, Enugu State Investment Development Authority, Dr Sam Ogbu-Nwobodo, disclosed this during a meeting with the leadership of the Enugu Motor Spare Parts

The organised labour unions in Ogun State on Tuesday threatened industrial action over the failure of the government to remit over N40bn contributory pensions deducted from the workers’ salaries in the last 15 years. The unions which include the Trade Union Congress, Nigeria Labour Congress and Joint Negotiation Council disclosed this in a letter written

Another 200 Kenyan police officers have left for Haiti under a UN-backed mission to try to quell rampant gang violence in the troubled Caribbean nation, senior police officers said Tuesday. “We have 200 police officers who left last night, they should land in their destination of Haiti this morning,” one senior officer told AFP. “They

The Federal Government has repatriated a total of 190 Nigerians from the United Arab Emirates. According to a statement released by the National Emergency Management Agency signed by its Director General, Director, North Central Zone, Bashir Garga, on Tuesday, the returnees arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja at 5:57 AM on Tuesday

The Chief Executive Officer,  Air Peace Limited, Allen Onyema, has urged Nigerians to embrace nationalism against ethnicity and religious dogma for the development of the country. Onyema stated this while delivering a lecture titled “Leading by Example: Instilling Trust and Confidence in Subordinates”,  for course participants of Senior Course 46 of the Armed Forces Command

Donald Trump received a hero’s welcome Monday as he entered the Republican National Convention arena with a bandaged right ear in his first public appearance since being wounded in a weekend assassination attempt. Hours after winning the formal nomination to be the Republican presidential candidate and announcing right-wing Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate,

One of the phone numbers linked to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has been compromised. The governor’s spokesman, Olawale Rasheed, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Rasheed urged the public to disregard any communications originating from the number, +234 803 365 7555. He said, “Please disregard any solicitation from +234 803 365 7555.

No fewer than 13 candidates scored 01 as the National Examination Council released the 2024 common entrance examination results for Unity schools. The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu made this known during a press briefing on Tuesday about the outcome of the examinations. Recall that a total of 71,291 candidates participated in

The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, on Monday, justified spending N1.5m to fuel six vehicles in her convoy on a trip to Anambra State. The minister made the statement when she featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. The development comes five days after her heated argument with members of the House

At least 17 people were killed while 34 were injured when a bus overturned in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday. This was disclosed by a local official on Tuesday. The accident occurred on a highway linking the capital Kabul to the north of the country Mustafa Hashemi, director of information and culture of Baghlan province, told

Rwandan President Paul Kagame was gearing up Tuesday for a fourth term in office after winning a thundering 99.15 per cent of the vote in an election where only two challengers were allowed to run against him. The outcome of Monday’s poll was never in doubt, with Kagame ruling the small African nation with an

There was pandemonium in Oko Oba, the Orile Agege area of Lagos, on Monday night as residents resisted an attack by gunmen. PUNCH Online gathered that four gun and cutlass-wielding men, after robbing a pharmacy store on Ogundele Street, attempted to abduct the owner of the store in his car. A resident in the area,

The Federal Government has signed an agreement with the government of the United Arab Emirates to resume visa issuance to Nigerians who wish to travel to the Middle Eastern country. The development sparked excitement among Nigerians on Monday. “I can tell you that the agreement has been reached and effective from today, Nigerian passport holders

President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump have both stressed “unity” in the wake of the stunning assassination attempt on the Republican presidential contender, but any shift to a more civil political discourse is likely to be short-lived. For months, the two campaigns have shredded the other’s candidate with a ferocity that exceeds the

The driver and 18 passengers of a Port Harcourt-bound Akwa Ibom State Transport Corporation bus were on Wednesday, last week, abducted by yet-to-be-identified gunmen, PUNCH Metro learnt on Monday. The incident, our correspondent gathered, occurred along the Azumini boundary between Akwa Ibom and Abia states. PUNCH Metro gathered that the bus had left its Uyo

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, said on Monday that elites in the country are frustrating the efforts of security agencies to arrest illegal miners. This was as the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals,  Jonathan Gbefwi, said the country was losing $9bn annually to illegal mining. They spoke

The Managing Director of the University of Uyo Printing Press and Digital Limited, Mr Kufre Paul, lamented the loss of identity and cultural heritage of African authors due to the lack of a digital platform to preserve their scholarly works. Paul raised the concern while speaking at the official inauguration of the University of Uyo

The Transition Committee set up by the Nigeria Labour Congress to oversee the national and state congresses of the Labour Party has described plans by the embattled National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, to hold a separate convention as disobedience to a court order. The transition committee warned members of the party not to

Nile University of Nigeria recently held its annual Project Exhibition Ceremony, showcasing the innovative talents of students from the Engineering and Computing faculties. The event provided students a platform to present their projects that have been transformed into workable and scalable models, capable of addressing real-world challenges. Delivering the opening remark at the event, the

Christianity has so overtaken and reshaped the lifestyle of the Igbo people of Nigeria that it is hard to say for certain what is originally Igbo and what is not. The fact that the Igbo – like many pre-colonial African societies – did not have an organised system of writing on paper and storing in

President Bola Tinubu will again meet with labour leaders on Thursday to reach a consensus on a new minimum wage just as the Association of Local Government of Nigeria demanded a new revenue formula in favour of the 774 local government areas in the country. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, told