By Ayomide Otitoju OPay has dismissed reports that it plans to suspend or discontinue its operations in Nigeria, saying the fintech remains fully operational. The company made the clarification during a town hall in Lagos on Wednesday, convened to address misinformation circulating on social media about its operations. The event brought together OPay’s senior management,…
By Ayomide Otitoju Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has raised concerns over reports that young Nigerians are selling their kidneys for as little as ₦1.7 million, describing the development as a disturbing consequence of the country’s worsening cost-of-living crisis. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), raised the concern in a statement…
By Ayomide Otitoju FirstBank, a leading financial institution in West Africa, will host the third-quarter edition of its SMEConnect Webinar on Tuesday, September 9, 2026, to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) strengthen their sales strategies and drive revenue growth. The webinar, themed “The SME Growth Blueprint: Practical Sales Strategies to Win Customers and Boost…
The biggest controversy of the summer transfer window unfolded on Deadline Day, involving Chelsea, Everton and Monaco and a chain of events surrounding forwards Folarin Balogun and midfielder Lamine Camara. Chelsea, Everton and Monaco were left frustrated after Balogun pulled out of a proposed move to Everton at the last minute, following Monaco’s earlier decision…
By Ayomide Otitoju United Nigeria Airlines has withdrawn one of its aircraft from service after it was involved in a bird strike at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. The airline said the decision was in line with its safety protocols as the aircraft undergoes further inspection and maintenance. In a statement posted on its…
The Nigerian Navy has uncovered three suspected illegal refining sites, six reservoirs and about 99,000 litres of products suspected to be stolen crude oil and illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) in separate operations. Director of Naval Information, Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, saying the discoveries were made by…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s deadliest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 3,000 people, according to the latest official figures released on Wednesday. The Congolese National Institute of Public Health said the outbreak, which has affected conflict-hit areas in the east and northeast, has infected 6,186 people and killed 3,007, giving a fatality rate of…
Russian drone attacks across Ukraine have killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others, as Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy exchanged threats over further escalation of the conflict. Ukrainian authorities reported attacks between Tuesday and Wednesday in Kyiv, the southern city of Odesa and Dnipro in the east, where a…
At least 987 people have died in Nepal following devastating floods along the China-Nepal border, taking the overall death toll from the disaster to more than 1,000. Chinese state media reported that 16 people were killed in Tibet, bringing the combined death toll to 1,003 after the disaster struck on Wednesday. Rescue operations entered their…
