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An Australian woman, who murdered three of her in-laws by feeding them a beef wellington laced with deadly mushrooms, also allegedly tried to poison her estranged husband on multiple occasions, a court has heard.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has raised a red flag over what it describes as the systematic sabotage of telecommunications infrastructure nationwide. Over 1,000 fibre optic cable cuts, 545 access denials, and nearly 100 theft cases are recorded weekly across the country. Speaking in Lagos at an event themed “Critical National ICT Infrastructure and Industry […]
PalmPay has partnered with the Federal Ministry of Youth Development to launch the Youth Data Protection Awareness and Training (YDPAT) Programme, which equips over 1,000,000 Nigerian youths digitally over three years. It said the training programme, started last week at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, was part of its commitment to data protection […]
Indigenous airline operators have cautioned that implementing the newly signed Nigerian Tax Reform Act 2025 could cause their operations to collapse within 48 hours. The vice president of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Dr. Allen Onyema, warned that the Act’s provisions—particularly the introduction of Customs duty and a 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) […]
The federal government has unveiled the YouthCred programme, even as it encouraged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to take advantage of the initiative. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja while flagging off the scheme at the orientation camp for NYSC Batch B Stream 1 members, minister of youth development, Ayodele Olawande, described it as a […]
WhatsApp has announced new measures to combat the rising tide of sophisticated messaging scams. The platform revealed that it has shut down millions of accounts linked to criminal scam centres and is introducing fresh in-app safety features designed to enhance user security worldwide. In a statement issued to journalists yesterday in Abuja by the vice […]
The final journey of the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, began on Thursday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, as dignitaries gathered to pay their last respects at a solemn lying-in-state ceremony held at the historic Mapo Hall. Speaking, the special adviser to Governor Seyi Makinde on Interfaith Affairs, Rev. Femi Ibikunle, described […]
Ekiti State governor Biodun Oyebanji disclosed that his government has spent over N50 billion in agribusiness since its inception. He says his vision is to turn the state into the nation’s food basket. The governor reiterated his administration’s determination to ensure unbridled distribution chains of major food items to the state’s citizens all year round. […]
The Ondo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hon. Idowu Ajanaku, has assured journalists that he will implement an open-door policy as the state’s primary information manager. Ajanaku made the statement while receiving members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ondo State Council, led by their Chairman, Comrade Tosin Ajuwon, […]
Amid speculations and expectations from many quarters in Kebbi State that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, may collapse its structure to join the coalition being led by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the state chairman of PDP, Usman Bello Suru, on Wednesday, while addressing journalists in Birnin Kebbi distanced the party from the coalition. […]