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In a significant development nearly three decades after the tragic murder of legendary hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur, Las Vegas police have charged Duane "Keffe D" Davis with his murder. The rapper was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996, and the identity of his killer has remained a mystery until now.…
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A former senator who represented Kogi West in the 9th National Assembly, Smart Adeyemi, has rejected the advice of the Supreme Court to withdraw his petition.
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A has arrested Mr Felix Maiva, a wanted wildlife smuggler who, according to the agency, has been on the run since 2021. Maiva's arrest is a fallout of intense investigation and surveillance that followed the discovery of a 20 foot container found to contain 4,752kg of…
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As the United Nations General Assembly High-Level week proceeded last week, the idea of Africa as the next business frontier of the world resounded with glaring ardour. Even the very fact that New York where all of the world’s attention is turned to about this time every year is led by an African American is…
News
4 hours ago
The Nigerian Navy has arrested six impostors impersonating as Nigerian Navy personnel to engage in fraudulent activities.
4 hours ago
The Delta Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Asaba on Friday affirmed Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected governor of Delta.
5 hours ago
A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered the Kano State Government to pay the Incorporated Trustees of Eid Grand Shop Owners N30 billion as compensation for the unlawful demolition of their properties. The huge fine was to cover the unlawful demolition of the shops without following due processes laid down by law. The court…
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Leaders and Elders Forum of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta have commended President Bola Tinubu over subsidy removal palliatives to the state and Nigeria at large. This is contained in a communique jointly signed by the forum’s Chairman, Chief Godwin Ogbetuo, and others at the end of its meeting on Friday in Asaba.…
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Scores of Kogi indigenes, on Friday night, called on President Bola Tinubu and Governor Yahaya Bello to immediately put machineries in motion to curtail the excesses of thugs allegedly loyal to the Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the state, Muritala Yakubu, accusing them of being behind the gruesome killing of a supporter of the All Progressives Congress in Kotonkarfe and many cases of violence recorded lately in the state.
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The Special Military Taskforce, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Bauchi and Kaduna States, have arrested suspected killers of Na’aman Stephen, a Catholic seminarian. Capt. James Oya, the Media Officer of OPSH disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that gunmen…
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The wife of Gabon's ousted president Ali Bongo Ondimba has been charged with "money laundering" and other offences, the public prosecutor said Friday, a month after a coup toppled her husband. Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, who is Franco-Gabonese, and one of the couple's sons have been accused by the coup leader of having pulled the…
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More and more children are contacting criminal gangs in Sweden to offer their services as contract killers, the country's police chief said Friday, after three people were murdered in 24 hours. The Scandinavian country has in recent years been in the grip of a bloody conflict between gangs fighting over arms and drug trafficking. That…
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.Says commission secured 5,473 convictions in less than 2yrs .Inducts 332 Detective Assistant Cadet Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Abdulkarim Ckukkol Friday offered an insight into how the anti-graft agency has managed to erase the odious image of Nigeria as a 419 hub. Chukkol gave the explanation on the occasion of the…
Guardian TV
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Ile Ife is the cultural center of Nigeria's Yoruba people. Our guide is the leader of the Yoruba king's personal band.
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The French diplomat left the capital Niamey for Chad early Wednesday, Paris said. The military junta had ordered his expulsion some weeks ago.
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Republicans in the US House of Representatives have launched a formal impeachment hearing against President Joe Biden. Day one of the hearing served as a review of evidence that Republicans have gathered so far.
Sports
10 hours ago
The excitement that pervades the return of International Pairs Golf Championship to Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital climaxed on Sunday with the pair of Usenobong Akpabio, Edidiong Idiong emerging winners of the 2023 edition of the annual competition. Playing like a team infused with the winning bug, the duo carded 77-stable points over 36-holes to…
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Former Super Eagles captain Sunday Oliseh has advised Victor Osimhen to leave Napoli as soon as possible. Oliseh said this following the current state of affairs between Osimhen and Napoli. After missing a penalty in Napoli’s 0-0 draw away to Bologna at the weekend, a video mocking Osimhen was posted on Napoli’s TikTok account. This…
17 hours ago
There are indications that some top officials of various sports federations participating in the ongoing 7th National Youth Games (NYG) in Asaba, Delta State, are under pressure not to send disqualified overaged athletes away from their various camps.
18 hours ago
One of West Africa’s biggest golf draws with start today with top stars from across the region in the battle for the prizes on offer. Led by United States-based Senegalese professional golfer, Samba Niang...
18 hours ago
GSS Apo ‘Apo Raptors’ emerged winners in the boys category of this year’s Power Forward event concluded at the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. GSS Zone 3 ‘Wuse Fever’ were crowned champions in the girls category.
18 hours ago
The most anticipated football championship is finally here with us. It is the 2023/24 Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL), which will kick off in 20 centres across the country this weekend after many postponements.
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43 mins ago
In a significant development nearly three decades after the tragic murder of legendary hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur, Las Vegas police have charged Duane "Keffe D" Davis with his murder. The rapper was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996, and the identity of his killer has remained a mystery until now.…
2 hours ago
A former senator who represented Kogi West in the 9th National Assembly, Smart Adeyemi, has rejected the advice of the Supreme Court to withdraw his petition.
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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that the military will flush out bandits and terrorists from the country.
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A has arrested Mr Felix Maiva, a wanted wildlife smuggler who, according to the agency, has been on the run since 2021. Maiva's arrest is a fallout of intense investigation and surveillance that followed the discovery of a 20 foot container found to contain 4,752kg of…
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Editorial
1 day ago
Public attention being drawn on the efficacy of democracy as a system of government desirable or preferable to any other such as monarchical or military, is a necessary subject, going by recent happenings in neighbouring Niger Republic and Gabon, where soldiers have toppled democratically elected governments. Not a few other African countries are running under…
Features
18 hours ago
The African Cashew Alliance (ACA) has called on President of the Consultative International Cashew Council (CICC) to create an African Cashew Development Fund, which will help develop a system where Raw Cashew Nuts (RCN) are processed in Africa instead of shipping them to Vietnam and India.
Editor's Pick
19 hours ago
World airlines have marked the first 20 years of the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) at the IATA World Safety and Operations Conference in Hanoi, Vietnam.
18 hours ago
Domestic transactions on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) fell by 45.3 per cent within a 16-year period, from N3.6 trillion in 2007 to N1.9 trillion in 2022, the latest Domestic and Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) report has shown.
20 hours ago
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and other African leaders, yesterday, brainstormed on issues of democracy and crises on the African continent, with a view to boosting development.
Business
17 hours ago
The Taiwo Oyedele’s Tax Reform Committee collected N5 billion from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FRIS) to fund its operations, the immediate past executive chairman of the Service, Muhammad Nami, disclosed yesterday.
17 hours ago
Telecommunications operators are considering jettisoning uniform tariffs, especially on voice services in the country. The implication of the move, if implemented, is that subscribers would be charged differently for telephony services depending on their locations.
Columnists
17 hours ago
Our youths are restive. We cannot pretend to be ignorant about this. Still, our political leaders choose to pretend about it and the danger it portends for the country and its future. Youths are potent forces for change – both positive and negative. When their anger boils over, it turns into a tsunami. The youths…
18 hours ago
In the contemporary global system, digital economy has emerged as a key driver of growth and development. Countries across the world are harnessing the power of technology to spur economic advancement, job creation, and innovation.
19 hours ago
From the 1990s to the millennium era, another milestone in the growth of the record label industry in Nigeria was visible. New entrepreneurs, nouveaux riches, and budding Nigerian artistes in the diaspora combined forces with dynamic, industrious, educated, and tech-savvy home-based young Nigerians ......
Guardian Life
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Following the series of inquiries over the death of Nigerian musician Mohbad, SamLarry whose name has since popped up has alleged "I know nothing about how the musician died". Lagos socialite Balogun Olamilekan Eletu popularly known as SamLarry was picked up by the Nigerian Police in their ongoing investigation into the death of Mohbad a…
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Dudu Emmanuel’s solo exhibition, which opens at Nomadic Art Gallery, Victoria Island, on September 30, is bound to evoke strong emotions judging by the multi-faceted approaches he has employed.
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On September 27, 2023, police reportedly visited Britney Spears' home in Thousand Oaks to conduct a wellness checkup, after receiving a call about a "disturbance." The call came after Spears posted a video on social media of herself dancing with knives. In the video, Spears is seen spinning and twirling two large knives, seemingly unaware…
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Nigerian actress Linda Osifo has revealed that she contemplated bleaching her skin while living in Canada because of the racial slurs she was subjected to. Osifo, who is known for her roles in popular Nollywood films such as "Tanwa Savage" and "Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons," made the revelation in a recent interview with…
Technology
2 days ago
The Executive Vice Chairman, the Federal Compettion and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera, has urged financial technology providers to embrace regulations to ensure that they are protected from bad people that infiltrate their system.
2 days ago
United States of America’s Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Wally Adeyemo, said Nigeria has so much potential, hence the U.S. intends to partner with the Nigerian government to remove certain barriers to Nigerian investors’ ability to access the U.S. market.
2 days ago
Partner at Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG) and founder of WorkNigeria, Christian Idiodi has stressed the need for the government to provide the necessary infrastructure that would support technology and enhance the growth of business in Africa.
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Electronic commerce platform, Konga is set to pioneer a 24-hour Buyers and Sellers TV, which is set to launch in October to celebrate Nigeria’s 63rd independence anniversary.
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In line with the resolve of the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy to build a robust framework for the training of one million technical talents over the next three years and the Presidency's goal of creating two million digital jobs.
4 days ago
Google, have announced a series of updates to Bard that will give Chatbot access to Google’s full suite of tools including YouTube, Google Drive, Google Flights and others to assist users in a wider variety of tasks.