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Akwa United head coach, Paul Offor says that their target is to secure qualification into the next round of the President Federation Cup. The Promise Keepers will take on Wilbros FC in the Round of 64 of the competition in Aba. Offor said that his team will approach the game with determination. “The boys have been working really hard for this game. We have prepared very well for the game against Wilbros FC,” Offor told the club’s media. “Our target is to progress to the next round. We will take each round as it comes. “The Federation Cup is one…
A fresh crack has emerged in the downstream oil sector as members of the Jetties and Petroleum Tank Farm Owners of Nigeria distanced themselves from the position of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria on fuel importation, throwing their weight behind the Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s push to halt fresh petrol imports. The tank farm owners also called on the Federal Government and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to cancel existing import licences for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), insisting that local refining capacity can now meet domestic demand. The position was contained in a communiqué…
A dispatch rider has been feared dead after he was knocked down by a hit-and-run vehicle driving against traffic on the Magboro Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. PUNCH Metro correspondents who visited the scene of the accident on Wednesday gathered that the accident occurred at about 5pm when the unidentified driver collided with the rider and fled the scene immediately after the crash. Our correspondents observed that the victim’s body had already been moved from the middle of the road to the sidewalk and covered with a cloth for decency by sympathisers and residents in the area. It was also…
In 2024, on the diplomatic sidelines of the 9th Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, China pledged $50bn in investment and support to the three junta-led states of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, according to the Voice of America. The investment came despite an internationally supported raft of sanctions imposed on the junta countries as a result of unconstitutional coups. The staggering sum is impressive, especially as it sat alongside simultaneous Chinese offers of $10bn worth of support for export development in Africa, and a $10bn credit line for African SMEs. China’s largesse across Africa has long been implemented…
A lawyer and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Ademola Okeowo, on Tuesday stepped down his 2027 aspiration to represent the people of Ijebu North Constituency I in the Ogun State House of Assembly, in support of the party’s consensus candidate, Olatunbosun Ipaye. Okeowo disclosed this while addressing party members and the media at the Ijebu North Local Government APC secretariat, Ijebu Igbo, on Tuesday. He said his conviction that leadership must be anchored on service, integrity, competence, and genuine love for the people made him join the assembly race, but that since party leaders had spoken, he had decided…
Police authorities in the United States are continuing investigations into the killing of Nigerian middle-distance athlete and graduate student Oluwabukola Pereira, who was shot dead during an alleged robbery in Lockland, Ohio, days before she was due to complete her MBA studies, The PUNCH reports. The 30-year-old, who specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events, was killed on May 8 at the Arise Auto Center in the 500 block of North Wayne Avenue, where she worked. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said on X that the shooting triggered a temporary shelter-in-place order as officers secured the area and…
AI-powered crypto trading assistant Bankr said it disabled transactions after identifying an attacker who gained access to at least 14 wallets, with users reporting that as much as $150,000 in crypto was drained from some wallets. In an X post on Tuesday, Bankr said it was investigating reports that several wallets had been compromised and that transaction activity, including swaps, transfers and deployments, had been disabled “out of caution” while the investigation continues.“We’ve identified an attacker was able to access 14 Bankr wallets. We’ve temporarily locked things down while we work through the details. We will be reimbursing any and all…
Elon Musk’s ex Ashley St. Clair is opening up about her life as a single mom, revealing she felt as though she didn’t have a chance at marriage after having Musks’ 14th child. “At that point in my life, because I’m involved in MAGA and the right wing and I’m already a single mom. The chances of me getting married and the white picket fence and the white dress, I believed that was out the window for me because I was already ‘stained’ as a single mom,” the former conservative influencer, 27, said in a TikTok video uploaded on Friday,…
Nigerian Afrobeats singer Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has set a new record as the first African artiste to hit 11 billion streams on Spotify, marking another milestone in his global music career. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the announcement was made on Tuesday by music data handle @ChaftsAfrica on X, (formerly Twitter) naming him the first African artiste to reach the milestone. The post reads: “First African artists to reach major Spotify milestones: “1 billion — Wizkid, 2 billion — Wizkid,3 billion — Wizkid, 4 billion — Wizkid,5 billion — Wizkid, 6 billion — Wizkid,7…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has revealed that certain individuals attempted to pitch him against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu barely three months after the administration came into power. Shettima made the disclosure on Tuesday at the launch of “My Life of Duty and Allegiance,” the autobiography of former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon. Recounting the incident, he stated that some people allegedly told President Tinubu that he was plotting to assassinate him and take over power. He said, “Three months into our swearing-in, some people told Tinubu I was planning to kill him to take over power. The President had called me and…
