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On a Boxing Day filled with adrenaline, cheers, and lights, 17-year-old Raheem “Badoo” Animashaun dazzled the crowd at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, with a knockout performance that secured him the N1 million Best Boxer prize and the coveted Mojisola Ogunsanya Memorial Trophy. The teenage boxing prodigy stunned fans in the …

MTN Nigeria has said that the lease revenue approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission for the spectrum lease agreement between MTN Nigeria Communications Plc and Natcom Development and Investment Limited will improve its 4th generation and 3rd generation services. Recall that MTN in a regulatory filling by the company secretary, …

The Chairman of Egor Local Government Council in Edo State, Eghe Ogbemudia, has been impeached by the Council’s Legislative arm. Also removed from office was the Vice Chairman, Mr. Frank Osawe. The impeachment took place on Friday afternoon during a plenary session at the Legislative Chambers, under the new leadership …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that President Bola Tinubu’s Monday media chat has confirmed the president’s Insensitivity and disconnection from Nigerians. The main opposition party blamed the president and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the widespread hardship and suffering being faced by Nigerians. In a …

Access Holdings Plc has announced the completion of its Rights Issue, receiving full regulatory approvals from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This was contained in the company’s notice to the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) seen by THE WHISTLER. The recently concluded offer …

Former spokesperson and Director-General of Peter Obi’s Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has stated that the South, not the North, should produce Nigeria’s president in 2027. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos, Okupe argued that geopolitical considerations make it unfair for the North to …

No fewer than 2,100 babies were delivered in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), in the outgoing year 2024. The tertiary health institution also attended to about 300,000 patients, performed about 6,300 surgeries across its different theatres, treated and discharged about 20,000 patients during the year under review. The …

Tade Makinwa, a digital creator and author, who has known Olori Naomi Silekunola, the embattled ex-wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II for over 16 years, has given reasons the highly respected traditional ruler won’t come to her aid. The former Queen and seven others are …

The Southern Governors Forum (SGF) has said its members are completely heartbroken over the death of Abdulwahab, the son of Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State just a day after the death of his grandmother. The SGF said this in a statement issued by its chairman, Governor Dapo Abiodun on …

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has signed into law Seven Hundred and Fifty Billion, Two Hundred and Eighty-Two Million, Two Hundred Thousand Naira (750, 282, 200, 000) only for the 2025 fiscal year. The Governor while assenting to the bill commended the Abia State House of Assembly lawmakers for …