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More troubles have come the way of a Canada-based Nigerian, Amaka Patience Sunnberger, who vowed to kill her fellow Nigerians of Yoruba and Bini origin. This is apart from her arrest by the police in Toronto, Canada and announced arraignment in court for hate related speech on Monday. Informed sources …

Nigeria faces a potential fuel price hike as private depot prices for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), or petrol, have surged to N920-N950/litre. This development coincides with protests in Abuja demanding the removal of NNPC Group Managing Director Mele Kyari due to the persistent fuel scarcity. NNPC has alerted oil marketers …

Dada Yar’Adua, the esteemed mother of former President Umaru Yar’Adua and former Chief of Staff Shehu Yar’Adua, has passed away at the age of 102. According to reports, she died on Monday evening at the Federal Teaching Hospital in Katsina State. As a trailblazing matriarch, Dada Yar’Adua was revered for …

…Trains farmers on applications Determined to boost food production and enhance socio-economic development of its host communities, Dangote Cement, Ibese Plant has donated agricultural supplies to local farmers. This initiative is part of the company’s broader empowerment programme designed to ensure food security for the people. In what has become …

Business conditions in the Nigerian private sector were broadly stagnant in August. Although new orders returned to growth, the rate of expansion was only modest and insufficient to result in a rise in business activity, which fell fractionally. Employment continued to increase, however, as firms worked through outstanding business at …

The Toronto Police Service has said that it has arrested a suspected hate-motivated threatening woman, Amaka Sonnberger, who hails from South Eastern Nigeria. Sonnberger had threatened to kill some Yorubas and people from Benin living in the country. The police said it received a call for a threatening incident on …

The US government has ordered Mr Dozy Mmobuosi, the CEO of Tingo Group, to pay a fine of over $250 million, months after he was officially charged with securities fraud in New York. First charged in December 2023, he was accused of orchestrating a massive scheme to inflate the company’s …

Nigeria’s Letter of Credit payments in the first seven months of 2024 have dropped by 57.04 per cent to $391.91m compared to $912.35m in the same period of 2023. This is according to the weekly International Payments Data provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria on its website. A Letter …

Smart DNA, a leading DNA testing centre in Lagos, has released its comprehensive 2024 report on DNA testing trends in Nigeria, covering July 2023 to June 2024. The report unveils several astonishing findings that shed light on societal dynamics, economic factors, and changing family structures in Nigeria. The report, which …

Ailing music video director, Thankgod Omori, popularly known as TG Omori, has refuted claims made by controversial singer Portable regarding the lack of support from Nigerian celebrities during his ongoing health crisis. Portable had recently criticized Nigerian celebrities for not offering financial assistance or organ donations to TG Omori, who …