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On a sunny afternoon, I saw some men in shorts unfurling a banner with a clear message. There was a guy at a female colleague’s house, pleading with her to promote his film. Elsewhere, another man appeared in a staged clip at a female colleague’s house, pretending to steal a VIP invitation package. Next, I saw three women: one was showing her frustration about those sabotaging her creative efforts, another was trying to clear the air and defend her name against a damaging rumour. The third was an elderly woman in tears. A young guy was seen patting her on…

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has expressed appreciation to the people of the state for their overwhelming support, which culminated in his re-election in the June 20 governorship poll. The governor said he remained deeply grateful to Ekiti people for standing united to give him a renewed four-year mandate and for ensuring that the election was conducted peacefully and orderly across all 16 local government areas of the state. Oyebanji secured a landslide victory in the election, winning all 177 wards and the 16 local government areas. In a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Monday by his Special Adviser…

The African Continental Free Trade Area presents a major opportunity to boost Africa’s manufacturing, jobs and integration. However, experts say industrialisation requires infrastructure, strong institutions and policy consistency, lessons highlighted by China’s Shenzhen transformation, writes DAMILOLA AINA Africa’s ambition to transform the AfCFTA into a vehicle for industrial growth may ultimately depend on whether governments can replicate one of the most important lessons from China’s economic rise: infrastructure must come before incentives. As countries across the continent establish Special Economic Zones to position themselves for AfCFTA opportunities, historical evidence has warned that tax waivers and policy declarations alone will not…

Manchester United has taken a major step towards realising its ambitious plan to build a new world-class stadium, securing the majority of the land required for a 100,000-capacity arena near the iconic Old Trafford. According to a statement on the club’s official website, manutd.com, on Monday afternoon, Manchester United acquired a 25-acre site located approximately 350 metres north-west of the current stadium. The move clears a significant hurdle in the club’s long-term vision to transform the Old Trafford area into one of the most dynamic sporting and entertainment destinations in the world. The new stadium, expected to be the largest…

Nollywood actress and singer Angela Okorie has found herself at the centre of a social media backlash following a controversial video she shared on Sunday showing her burning the clothes she wore to the burial of her late colleague, Alexx Ekubo. The 40-year-old actor was laid to rest on Thursday, June 18, in Arochukwu, Abia State, after a battle with metastatic kidney cancer. Okorie took to her Instagram Story on Sunday to film the outfit on fire, explaining that the ritual was based on advice from a spiritual authority figure. “This is the outfit I wore to Alex’s burial,” the…

Will Cathcart, who led WhatsApp for the past seven years, is stepping down from his role as Meta appoints a new leader. On Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Facebook that Kunal Shah, the founder of an Indian fintech startup called Cred, is taking over as the head of WhatsApp.Cred is an app that allows people to manage their bills and receive rewards for making payments through the platform. As part of Shah’s appointment, Meta is investing $900 million into Cred, giving it a 20 percent stake in the startup, Bloomberg reports.Meanwhile, Shah will step down from his role…

Switzerland-based Web3 development platform Enso has launched a real-world asset (RWA) application offering access to more than 500 tokenized assets through integrations with xStocks, Ondo Finance and Anchorage Digital’s Porto.Through Enso’s execution layer, users can access tokenized stocks, ETFs, Treasurys, commodities and stablecoins. Ondo will provide tokenized equities, treasury products and capital markets infrastructure, while xStocks will enable access to tokenized equities and ETFs, according to a Monday announcement shared with Cointelegraph.Available assets include major US companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Tesla and SpaceX.Enso said bringing these assets under a unified distribution and execution layer would…

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A lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, on Monday, testified as the second prosecution witness in the alleged phone tapping case filed by the State Security Service (SSS) against former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Mr Adeyanju, who appeared before Judge Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja, testified after the recording was played that the video reflected what he witnessed during the 13 February programme in which Mr El-Rufai made claims about intercepting the phone call of the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu. The witness, who is know for commentaries on public issues, identified Mr El-Rufai as “a very…

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that the pursuit of personal wealth no longer drives him. The 69-year-old disclosed this during an interview posted on The School of Hard Rocks’ Instagram page on Friday night. In the interview, he discussed life beyond financial success, outlined his long-term vision for impact across Africa, and reflected on his legacy and broader contributions to economic development. He said, “I’ve actually passed the stage of just doing business to make money. It is to leave a legacy. In the first quarter of the year, we did about $10 billion.” “I want to be remembered as…