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Tramatch, a Nigerian-founded dating app that connects lovers, has announced its beta launch on mobile to democratize how people connect with potential partners. The cofounder and product manager, Ani Okono, made the announcement in a press release forwarded to Ripples Nigeria on Thursday, August 17, 2023. Founded in 2023, Tramatch.com, according to Ani, is on a mission to address “the …

The ex-wife of a Microsoft executive who was gunned down in what the US police said was a ‘targeted ambush’ last year, has been charged with his murder. The suspect, Shanna Gardner who was arrested on Thursday in West Richland, Washington, has been indicted for first-degree murder of her husband, Jared Bridegan, in what Florida prosecutors called the “cold, calculated …

The three tiers of government on Friday shared a total sum of N1.088.783 trillion as revenue allocation for November. The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disclosed this in a communiqué issued at the end of its meeting in Abuja. According to the committee, the distributable revenue comprised statutory revenue of N376.306 billion, Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N335.656 billion, …

African and international investors are set to meet with tech founders and budding innovators in Nigeria to discuss how stakeholders can build radical solutions to the continent’s most pressing problems. Between 2015 to 2022, the Nigerian tech sector raised $2.06 billion from deep-pocket investors globally to fund their operations. However, these funds and the existing tech innovations are not enough …

Governor Seyi Makinde on Friday in Iseyin has said the vacant stool of Alaafin of Oyo is not for sale. The governor made this known while speaking at the commissioning of the Iseyin campus of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Governor Makinde said all those that allegedly collected money from contestants to the Alaafin’s stool to without wasting time …

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused state governor Ademola Adeleke of refusing to distribute bags of rice that the federal government had provided as a palliative to ease the effects of the removal of fuel subsidies on the populace. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday, by APC state Chairman, Tajudeen Lawal. …

  Governor Senator Douye Diri of Bayelsa state weekend continued his re-election campaigns in Ekeremor local government area of the state with a promise to provide more developmental projects in the area. A statement by the chief press secretary, Daniel.Alabirah, said Governor Diri  made the promise as his campaign trail visited 14 communities in the three Ekeremor constituencies. The areas …

Justice Musa Datijo Muhammed will retire from the Supreme Court on Friday. The Supreme Court’s Director of Press and Information, Festus Akande, confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola, would preside over the valedictory session for the jurist. Muhammed’s exit reduced the number of justices in the apex …

Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal hugging There will be no Rafael Nadal-Carlos Alcaraz dream team on home soil later this year after Spain were knocked out of the Davis Cup Finals by Novak Djokovic and Serbia. Hosts Spain were robbed of a Nadal-Alcaraz partnership at the Davis Cup Finals group stage in Valencia this week as the former is still …

A Justice of the Supreme Court, Musa Dattijo Muhammad, will on Friday, October 27, 2023 bowed out of the bench. With his retirement, justices on the bench of the Supreme Court has again depleted to 10. The retirement notice served on the court’s management by Justice Dattijo will lapse on the date when a befitting special valedictory court session will …