Bendel Insurance have completed the signing of forward, Chidi Akuneto, DAILY POST reports. Akuneto joined the Benin Arsenals as a free agent. He previously played for Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, giants Enyimba. Akuneto made 128 appearances, and scored 34 goals in the NPFL. His arrival will help improve the 2023 President Federation Cup champions’ attack. The 28-year-old once represented Nigeria at the U-23 level.
The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested three men allegedly linked to a kidnapping operation in Shanga Local Government Area. The police also recovered locally made weapons in the process, according to the spokesperson of the police, Bashir Usman, In a statement on Friday, Usman identified the suspects as Abubakar Muhammadu, Abdullahi Majo, and Ali Alhaji Jemu , were picked up at Bagudo Market after police acted on what they described as “credible intelligence.” He said the trio had been connected to the abduction of a 55-year-old man from Bani Koso Village. “Two locally made firearms, a cartridge and three…
Commuters plying the Oyo-Ogbomoso axis of the Ibadan-Oyo-Ogbomoso-Ilorin Expressway have lamented what they described as the worsening condition of the road and the slow pace of its reconstruction, saying the situation has turned daily travel into a nightmare. The deplorable state of the expressway has forced many motorists travelling from Oyo to divert to the old route, a narrow and dangerous path. When Saturday PUNCH passed through the old road on Wednesday, thick bushes lined the corridor and there were no streetlights, making the route unsafe, especially at night. Two fallen trailers and a 20-foot container were sighted at different…
Digital payments in Nigeria have recorded a 276 per cent increase in transaction volume over the past five years, underscoring rapid adoption of electronic channels, even as cash continues to play a critical role in the economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria has said. This was disclosed at the Committee on Bank Operations Annual Conference on Friday, where the Governor, Mr Olayemi Cardoso, delivered the keynote address through his Special Adviser, Fatai Kareem. In his address, the CBN governor highlighted the need for a balanced payment ecosystem in which digital innovation and physical cash coexist rather than compete. According to…
Nigeria’s hopes of Olympic basketball success could receive a boost, with Orlando Magic’s Desmond Bane saying he wants to “make something happen” and recruit fellow NBA stars to D’Tigers’ cause. Bane is officially listed as American by the NBA but has Nigerian heritage and is yet to represent any nation on the international stage. Having qualified for their first Olympics at London 2012, Nigeria’s basketball team went on to also compete at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, but missed out on the 2024 Games in Paris. “I would for sure,” said the shooting guard when asked about the possibility of…
Actress and fashion entrepreneur, Omobewaji Oyediji, popularly known as Mo Bewa, has said women who earn more than their partners should be able to contribute financially to their households. Speaking in an interview with Saturday Beats, Oyediji stressed that marriage and family life should be viewed as a partnership rather than a competition. “A home is not a competition; it’s a partnership. If a woman earns more, she should be able to support the family without feeling guilty or being judged, because the goal is to build stability together. In the same way a man would do it naturally, a…
GameStop has transferred its entire Bitcoin holdings to Coinbase’s institutional trading platform, sparking speculation that the video game retailer may be reconsidering its Bitcoin treasury strategy.“GameStop throws in the towel?” blockchain intelligence platform CryptoQuant asked in a post to X on Friday after noticing that GameStop moved its entire 4,710 Bitcoin (BTC) stash worth more than $422 million to Coinbase Prime.CryptoQuant said the transfer was “likely to sell” the holdings, noting that a sale with Bitcoin at $90,800 would mean GameStop realizing around $76 million in losses from its Bitcoin bet.GameStop accumulated 4,710 Bitcoin across several investments in May at…
Influencer Halley Kate McGookin showed off a massive engagement ring from boyfriend Reed Williams. Halley, 24, shared a glimpse of the stunning sparkler, featuring a marquise-shaped diamond set on a gold band, while taking to social media on Friday, January 23, to announce that she and Reed were engaged after more than two years of dating. In a subsequent post, Halley shared the video of Reed getting down on one knee as they stood in a park in Switzerland. After popping the question, he stood back up and gave her a kiss. “He ate with the 💍,” Halley captioned the…
John Okafor, a parliamentary security officer, was on routine patrol at the National Assembly Arcade at about 5 p.m. sometime in June last year when he witnessed an unusual scene. A Nigerian Army major-general, accompanied by military officers, was meting out punishments on three men, who appeared to be in their early 40s. The men were ordered to kneel, raise their hands, hold their ears, and perform frog jumps around the Arcade. The men, Mr Okafor later learned, were being punished for allegedly duping the military officer by disguising themselves as journalists covering the National Assembly. They had reportedly collected…
Workers of the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) have suspended their strike following an agreement reached between the company’s management and labour unions. The suspension of the industrial action followed a meeting held on Friday, January 23, 2026, at the Kano State Ministry of Power, involving KEDCO and the electricity workers’ unions namely the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) and the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE). Under the agreement, KEDCO committed to paying outstanding arrears of the 13th-month salary for 2019, estimated at about N150 million. The company also pledged to pay the 2025 13th-month…
