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  Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has denied reports that he travelled to Rome to meet President Bola Tinubu regarding an alleged ₦225 billion debt linked to Fidelity Bank.   In a statement released on Thursday, Obi described the report as part of a blackmail campaign aimed at ...

  President Bola Tinubu is committed to the $25bn gas pipeline project between Nigeria and Morocco, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, representing Nigeria at the executive session of the African Parliament Union, announced on Wednesday in Casablanca.   The senator stated that this gas initiative is at the forefront of the Nigerian ...

  A coroner has blamed inadequate safety measures for the death of a 15-year-old Nigerian boy, David Ejimofor, who drowned after jumping off a breakwater into the sea at Aberavon Beach, Neath Port Talbot, South Wales.   The incident occurred on the evening of June 19, 2023, shortly after 7pm. ...

  The officials of the Lagos Waste Management Authority and Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps have arrested a man, Ogunbadejo Olawale, seen dumping waste on the roadside in the Alapere area of the state.   The state Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a statement ...

  Epic Games’ blockbuster multiplayer shooter Fortnite is back on Apple’s U.S. App Store, marking the end of a nearly five-year ban and a significant victory for the video game company.   The return follows a lengthy legal battle that began in 2020, when Epic Games, backed by Chinese tech ...

  The Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, on Wednesday, said he is still on the wanted list of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.   Igboho lambasted a former director in President Bola Tinubu’s Presidential Campaign Council, Naja’atu Mohammed, for reportedly saying he was enjoying freedom of ...

  The Nigerian Correctional Service has announced a N5m cash reward for anyone who provides credible information leading to the recapture of inmates who escaped from the Medium Custodial Centre in Ilesha, Osun State.   The announcement was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Controller of Corrections and ...

  American actress and singer Jennifer Lopez is facing a $300,000 lawsuit for allegedly sharing copyrighted photographs from the 2025 Golden Globe Awards on her social media accounts without permission, Billboard reported on Tuesday.   On January 5, Lopez made a striking appearance on the red carpet in a flowing ...

  The acting Rector of First City Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Owoeye Michael, has called on newly admitted students to avoid drugs, cultism, sexual misconduct, bullying, and other social vices that could threaten their pursuit of academic excellence at the institution.   Owoeye emphasised that the polytechnic maintains a zero-tolerance ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria, Bauchi Branch, has donated a motorised fire caddy to the Federal Fire Service in Bauchi State as part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives.   Speaking at the handover ceremony of the mobile fire suppression system on Tuesday, the CBN Bauchi Branch Controller, James ...