Oando secures $650m Afreximbank loan to finance Agip acquisition
Africa Export Import Bank (Afreximbank), has announced that it provided a $650 million lending facility to Oando Plc as part of the $783 million acquisition of Nigerian Agip Oil Company…
Kidnappers force Lagos heavily pregnant woman to travel 334km to deliver ransom
Detectives in Lagos have continued to unleash terror on kidnappers and have carried out several onslaughts against their deadly activities by making several arrests. Notably, a major victory was…
Emir of Ningi dies after 46 years on the throne
The Emir of Ningi in Bauchi State, Alhaji Yunusa Muhammadu Danyaya, is dead. Emir Danyaya was aged 88. He was said to have died Sunday morning at the Expert…
How security agents killed suspected kidnapper, rescued 20 medical students
More details emerged on Saturday about how security agents rescued the 20 abducted medical students and seven others in Benue State. Sunday PUNCH gathered that one of the suspected…
DSS detains ex-BBC editor Adejuwon Soyinka
The Department of State Services (DSS) has reportedly detained Adejuwon Soyinka, a journalist and West African regional editor of The Conversation Africa. Soyinka, a former pioneer editor of the…
Ahmed Abubakar, NIA DG, resigns
Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), has resigned. Abubakar tendered his resignation letter to President Bola Tinubu on Saturday. Speaking to State House correspondents, Abubakar…
‘I’m not an ex-convict’ — Bobrisky vows to spray money again
Bobrisky, the controversial crossdresser, has opened up on her experience at the Kirikiri correctional centre. Born Idris Okuneye, Bobrisky was sentenced to six months in prison on April 12…
Shock as lady flogs, strips friend naked for sleeping with boyfriend
In a shocking incident in Cross River State, a young woman known as Pretty Goddess has been accused of luring her friend, identified as Debit Queen, to a hotel…
Telegram CEO arrested in France
Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder and CEO of Telegram, was reportedly detained at Bourget Airport near Paris on Saturday evening, according to French news outlets TF1 and BFM TV.…
NDPC fines Fidelity Bank N555m for violating data privacy laws
The National Data Protection Commission (NDPC) says it imposed a N555.8 million fine on Fidelity Bank for violating data privacy laws. Vincent Olatunji, the national commissioner of NDPC, spoke…
