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The United Kingdom Metropolitan Police has confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with the stabbing to death of a British-Nigerian singer, Mark Orabiyi, in the garden of a property in nearby Rayleigh Road. PUNCH Metro learnt from a statement obtained on the Met Police website on Monday that the incident happened on Friday. The police said upon receiving information, detectives stormed the crime scene and found Orabiyi with stab wounds, but despite the efforts of paramedics, he was pronounced dead at the scene. “Officers attended with the London Ambulance Service and found a 35-year-old man with stab wounds…
MTN Nigeria said it invested N900bn in network expansion and maintenance in 2025 and plans to spend more than N1tn in 2026. The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, argued that the recent tariff increase was necessary to prevent the telecommunications company and the wider industry from slipping into insolvency. Toriola disclosed this during the company’s recent stakeholder engagement on internet data spending, themed ‘Data on Trial’, held in Lagos. The event featured a law court-style debate session hosted by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and attended by content creators, MTN subscribers and regulators. Speaking on the rationale for the tariff…
Super Falcons defender Rofiat Imuran could soon share a dressing room with two-time Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas after the Barcelona legend reportedly agreed personal terms with Women’s Super League side London City Lionesses, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Putellas left Barcelona at the end of the season after bringing the curtain down on a 14-year spell with her childhood club, during which she established herself as one of the greatest players in women’s football. If the deal is completed, Imuran will become the second Super Falcons player to play alongside Putellas after six-time CAF Women’s Player of the Year Asisat…
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has proposed allowing some authorized investment funds to hold up to a 10% allocation of crypto exchange-traded notes, closing a regulatory gap between retail investors and funds.The FCA floated the idea in a quarterly consultation paper on Friday, which would allow retail-focused funds called undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities, or UCITS funds, and some non-UCITS funds to gain exposure to crypto.The regulator said it wanted authorized funds to “remain contemporary and consistent with the demands of investors” while ensuring consumers “are adequately protected and markets function well.”The proposal seeks to align rules on…
Real Housewives of Miami star Lenny Hochstein is addressing the sexual assault allegations being made against him in a new lawsuit. “I’ve never drugged or raped anyone in my life.” Hochstein, 59, claimed to Us Weekly on Monday, June 8. “I know who this girl is. She is a girl I met over a year ago and I have a video of her leaving my house the next morning smiling and dancing.” Hochstein admitted that he and the woman did participate in sexual activity but he vehemently denied that it was rape. “I absolutely did not drug anyone,” he told…
Iran and Israel have halted strikes against each other’s territories after hours of dramatic exchanges of strikes. Both countries announced the suspension of strikes after US President Donald Trump reportedly called for an “immediate” end to the violence. Iranian authorities first declared that they were pausing their military operation, after which Prime Minister Netanyahu said that his country’s “fire is on hold for now” but warned that it would not hesitate to respond forcefully if strikes resume. Tehran also issued a similar warning in its announcement on Monday. The country’s top military command, Khatam al-Anbiya central headquarters, said Iran would…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, June 8, 2026, brought two individuals and a company before the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over an alleged N560 million theft case. Those arraigned are Olivia Dike and Azeez Muniru Siyanbola, alongside Eniafelamo Global Seven Nigeria Limited. They were docked before Justice R.O. Oshodi on a three-count charge bordering on stealing. The EFCC alleged in a statement that the defendants dishonestly converted a total sum of N560,000,000 (Five Hundred and Sixty Million Naira) belonging to Peachland West Africa Limited and Lyke Stephen Okpaji.…
Members of the David Mark-led National Working Committee, NWC, of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, have staged a protest at the the Federal High Court in Abuja, urging the judiciary not to allow itself to be used to stifle opposition parties in Nigeria. The demonstration is coming amid the ongoing legal battle between the David Mark-led ADC and the faction headed by Nafiu Bala. The protesters alleged that the lawsuit filed by Bala, which the Supreme Court referred back to the Federal High Court, is a ploy to distract the opposition political party. DAILY POST recalls that in April, the…
The Federal Government has given civil servants performing human resource functions across ministries, departments and agencies a one-year deadline to obtain approved professional certifications as part of efforts to professionalise human resource management in the Federal Civil Service. An exclusive circular obtained by The PUNCH from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation on Monday showed that officers currently serving in HR-related roles have been granted a 12-month moratorium to acquire recognised certifications or risk becoming ineligible for deployment to key personnel management positions. The circular, addressed to all ministers, permanent secretaries, and heads of…
Family members of the murdered Ajiran prince, Ademola Akinloye, and rights activists have condemned calls for the release of a murder suspect standing trial over the alleged killing of two residents of the Ajiran community in Lagos, warning against attempts to undermine the judicial process. Their position was made known during a press conference organised by the Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights at the International Press Centre, Ogba, Lagos, on Monday. Speaking on behalf of the family, Mrs Adeola Ogundimu-Akinloye, younger sister of the late Ademola Akinloye, described her brother’s death as a painful loss that the family was…
