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The founder of South Korean tech company Kakao was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of stock price manipulation. State media reported that a district court in Seoul issued an arrest warrant for Kim Beom Su. The decision was justified by the risk that the 58-year-old businessman could flee or destroy possible evidence. Kim and his company’s management are suspected of …

The Quick Response Team from the Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base, Bonny, as part of Operation Delta Sanity, was involved in a firefight with suspected crude oil thieves in Elem-Akrakama and Elem-Tombia, Rivers State. The suspects, armed and aboard two speedboats, attempted to flee to their camp, but were pursued by Navy personnel. Drone surveillance was activated, forcing the suspects …

The Lagos State Government said on Wednesday that the state’s Red Line Railway Public Transport (LRMT) will commence operations in September. The Managing Director of the Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo, disclosed this at a press conference organised by the Ministry of Transport and its agencies on Tuesday in Lagos. He said the Red Line …

In a major breakthrough, Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai has successfully rescued another Chibok girl from Sambisa Forest in Borno State. Theatre Commander, Major General Waheed Shuaibu, announced the rescue as he formally handed over the girl, Ehi Abdul, and her two sons to the Borno State government at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri on Monday, July 22. According to …

Less than 10 days to go. That is if the planned protests against hunger, poverty, bad governance, and so on actually happen. The protests are scheduled for August 1-10. The organizers have a name for it: Days of Rage. The protests are designed to happen simultaneously across the country for 10 days straight. Unless Nigeria changes, this project and especially …

The Bauchi State chapter of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) has rejected what it called an attempt by Governor Bala Mohammed’s administration to cover up its ‘shameless record’ in the state. The PRP in a statement issued on Tuesday by its Secretary in the state, Abdulazeez Haruna, accused Mohammed leads a government full of fraud, manipulation and disregard for democratic …

The Senate has approved a bill that seeks to amend the National Minimum Wage Act, 2019, to increase the National Minimum Wage from N30,000 upwards to the sum of N70,000 The Senate on Tuesday also approved a bill that, among other things, seeks to reduce the time for the periodic review of the national minimum wage from five (5) years …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has given his support to the planned EndBadGovernance protests scheduled to start from August 1 to 10. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a statement on his X account on Tuesday, said Nigerians have the right to protest the “hunger, anger and despair caused by the incompetence and ignorance of this …

Francis Ezenwa, the Senator representing Imo East Senatorial District, has officially switched allegiance from the Labour Party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The announcement of his defection was made during Tuesday’s plenary session by Senate Majority Leader Opeyemi Bamidele. Ezenwa’s decision was detailed in a letter in which he attributed the move to an internal crisis within the Labour …

The President of the United States of America, Mr. Joe Biden, has awarded the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (Worldwide), Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya, the US President’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Collins Edomaruse, press assistant to the recipient, said in a statement that Dr. Olukoya and his wife, Dr. Shade Olukoya, also received the President’s Volunteer Service …