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China says it recorded at least 60,000 COVID-related deaths between December 8 and January 12. This was disclosed by the country’s national health commission on Saturday. According to the South China Morning Post, the recent figures are the first official toll to be released since the country lifted restrictions. On January […]

The police command in Kwara state has arrested Awoleye Oluwatofunmi, a suspected internet fraudster, for allegedly luring Vonapolouis Moss, an American citizen, to Nigeria. The police said Oluwatofunmi allegedly defrauded the American citizen(pictured) of $1,000. The suspected internet fraudster was paraded on Friday at the Kwara police headquarters in Ilorin, the state […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has, again, accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of masterminding a plot to postpone the forthcoming general election. In a statement on Friday, Debo Ologunagba, PDP’s national publicity secretary, alleged that the APC planned to take advantage of insecurity to “impose an undemocratic situation on our country”. […]

MTN Group, Africa’s largest telecommunications provider, says it “strongly disputes” the $773 million back-tax bill, penalties and interest charges received by its subsidiary in Ghana.  The company, in a statement on Friday, disapproved of the bill by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), claiming it does not have a reliable revenue. According to […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says official drilling operations for the first oil well in Nasarawa will commence in March 2023. Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer (GCEO), NNPC Limited, disclosed this on Friday during a visit by a delegation of prominent Nasarawa indigenes, led by Abdullahi Sule, the state governor. […]

Bola Tinubu, standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says there’s nothing bad in the country having a budget deficit. Tinubu said this on Friday at a presidential dialogue organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG). President Muhammadu Buhari recently signed the N21.83 trillion 2023 appropriation bill into law, with a […]

A high court sitting in Akure, the Ondo state capital, has granted a garnishee order directing the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to freeze the account of Polaris Bank over a judgment debt of N2.16 billion. A garnishee order is one of the options open to a judgment creditor to enforce a judgment that […]

Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi, says Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is a “president in waiting”. Bello said this on Friday while taking questions from state house correspondents in Abuja, after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.  “Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu has 21 governors — APC […]

Access Holdings says it will not continue with its proposed acquisition of a controlling stake in Sidian Bank Limited, headquartered in Kenya. The financial institution made this known on Thursday in a corporate filing signed by Sunday Ekwochi, its company secretary. In June 2022, Access Holdings entered into an agreement to acquire […]