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Local Stories

2023: Uncertainty trails Jonathan’s candidacy in APC

The consultation between former President Goodluck Jonathan and some leaders of the All Progressives Congress for Jonathan to emerge as the presidential candidate has been rejected by support groups working for some presidential aspirants of the party. Read more…

ASUU faults FG’s negotiation may continue strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the Federal Government’s handling of the negotiation on its demands and nonchalant attitude towards the ongoing strike. Read more…

2023: Group woos ex-Army chief with APC presidential nomination form

Political support and economic advocacy group, Fusion 774, has urged the former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, Ambassador Tukur Buratai, to join the 2023 presidential race. Read more…

Imo: Reps member dumps APC for PDP, seeks a second term

A former Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly and member representing Nkwerre/ Nwangele/Isu/Njaba Federal Constituency, Ugonna Ozurigbo, has left the All Progressives Congress for the Peoples Democratic Party. Read more…

Six injured as church collapses during service in Badagry

No fewer than six members of the Deeper Life Bible Church, located in the Iragbo community in Badagry, Lagos State, on  Sunday, sustained serious degrees of injuries when the building of the church collapsed during a heavy storm while the service was in progress. Read more…

International Stories

Beijing races to contain 'urgent and grim' Covid outbreak as Shanghai lockdown continues

Beijing is racing to track a Covid-19 outbreak that may have been spreading in the capital for a week, city authorities said over the weekend, raising the prospect more stringent restrictions could soon be implemented in line with other Chinese cities. Read more…

Emmanuel Macron wins France's presidential election

Emmanuel Macron has won France's presidential election, fending off a historic challenge from far-right candidate Marine Le Pen during Sunday's runoff vote. Read more….

Johnny Depp's defamation case against Amber Heard continues Monday. Here's a look at his testimony so far

Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are in a contentious defamation trial in a Virginia court, with proceedings set to resume on Monday. Read more….

Business Matters

Mobile money, vehicle for driving financial inclusion – Adenuga

Tech entrepreneur and founder of VTel, a digital service provider offering e-commerce and value-added services, Mr Eniola Adenuga, says mobile money remains a major vehicle for driving financial inclusion in Nigeria. Read more….

Wema Bank debunks money laundering, bribery allegations

Wema Bank says its attention has been drawn to recent reports in the media regarding money laundering and bribery allegations on a customer’s transaction. Read more…

Transcorp’s earnings hit N111.2bn in 2021

Transnational Corporation Plc’s earnings rose to N111.2bn in the 2021 financial period. A statement on Sunday said that this was disclosed during the Group’s 16th annual general meeting in Abuja. Read more…

NDE disburses N3.8m to 38 youths in Kogi

The National Directorate of Employment has disbursed N3.8m to 38 youths in Kogi State to enable them to embark on sustainable agriculture. Read more…

Tech Updates

The wave becomes the first non-telco, non-bank to get an e-money license in the WAEMU region

Wave Digital Finance, a Senegal-based fintech unicorn, has been granted an e-money license by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), a central bank serving the 8 francophone West African countries—Benin, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo—that form the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). Read more….

Metro

Rainstorm uproots trees, destroys vehicles, buildings in Lagos

An early morning rainstorm in some parts of Lagos State on Sunday left many residents counting their losses, as they bemoaned the destruction that followed the downpour. Read more…

'It wasn't racist': Netflix documentary charts the troubling rise of Abercrombie & Fitch

Abercrombie & Fitch's website is today, awash with Gen-Z-friendly nods to diversity and inclusion. Read more….

Banky W replies Samklef over royalties claims on Wizkid's 'Pakurumo'

EME record boss, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, has replied to music producer, Samklef's allegations that he took his name off as the composer of Wizkid's hit song, 'Pakurumo.' Read more….Read more

How Nollywood actors reacted to Alaafin of Oyo's death

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late Alaafin died on Friday night at the Afe Babalola Teaching Hospital Ado-Ekiti. Read more…

Quote of the Day

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 per cent."
—Arnold Schwarzenegger