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  Police in Uganda are hunting for an Arsenal football fan after he allegedly ass@ulted a Manchester United fan, leading to his de@th. The sad incident occurred on Sunday, October 27, at Kyobugombe Trading Centre in Kaharo Sub County of Kabale district after Arsenal was held to 2-2 by Liverpool. According to TV47.digital, when Liverpool's Mo Salah scored a late goal against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, Manchester United supporter Benjamin Okello burst into celebration. He threw popcorn at the Arsenal as he celebrated. This escalated into an argument, and after the match ended, the two got into a scuffle and the Arsenal fan hit Benjamin Okello with a stick, leading to his death. Confirming the incident, the kaharo Sub County Chairperson narrated, "I received information. Yesterday morning (Monday), two men fought on Sunday night in Kyobugombe trading centre, and one of them was rushed to Bukinda Health Centre for treatment and was referred to Rugarama Regional Referral Hosp

  The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), on Sunday, urged South-East residents to upgrade their pre-paid meters before Nov. 24. The EEDC Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Emeka Ezeh, told newsmen in Enugu. “This is due to the Token Identifier (TID) rollover, an exercise that affects all Standard Transfer Specification (STS) compliant prepaid meters across the globe,” Eze said. It would be recalled that EEDC had in its various engagements and enlightenment programmes notified South-East residents that all STS prepaid meters would cease to accept credit tokens by Nov. 24 unless they are upgraded. Ezeh said that the EEDC successfully cut over to its newly acquired vending system, “SuperEdge”, as part of its preparation for a smooth upgrade. According to him, prepaid meters not upgraded will no longer accept new tokens, though they will still be functional till the energy credits already loaded in them are used up. “Consequently, customers who have not recharged their prepai

  Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has seen his wealth more than double to $28 billion following the long-awaited opening of his Nigerian oil refinery, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The refinery is the world’s largest single-train facility, capable of processing a broad range of global crude types. It represents a monumental investment for Dangote, who has financed the $20 billion project largely through his own fortune. The 67-year-old Nigerian industrialist now presides over one of Africa’s most ambitious private ventures, a refinery that promises to alter Nigeria’s energy landscape. By producing refined petroleum products domestically, the facility could eliminate the country’s dependence on fuel imports, a reliance that has hamstrung its economy despite Nigeria being Africa’s largest crude oil producer. Yet Dangote, whose primary fortune was built on cement, is quick to acknowledge the challenges. “I didn’t know what we were building was a monster,” he said in

  Nigerian rapper Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has given cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, 12 hours to apologise and retract defamatory statements made against him. This ultimatum was conveyed through a letter dated October 14, 2024 and signed by Olorunfemi Akinyemi, Esq., and Taiwo E. Olawanle, Esq., of Falana and Falana's Chambers. The letter demands that Bobrisky not only retract his statements but also issue a written apology, which must be prominently published on all platforms where the defamatory remarks were shared. Failure to comply will prompt the Falz to seek legal remedies, including monetary damages. This development comes after Bobrisky alleged that Falz had offered to secure a presidential pardon through his father, renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, for N10 million. However, Falz's legal team has vehemently denied these claims, stating that Bobrisky had initiated contact seeking financial assistance, which Falz refused. Fal

  The World Bank has announced a 500-million-dollar grant to support Nigeria’s recovery efforts from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund will be utilised through the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme was launched in 2021 to aid poor and vulnerable households and micro-small enterprises affected by the pandemic. Dr Lire Ersado, the World Bank Task Team Leader for NG-CARES, revealed these at the end of a two-day Peer Learning and Experience Sharing meeting in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. The meeting was organised by the Federal Cares Support Unit, under the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning. Ersado, represented by Prof. Foluso Okumadewa, an official with NG-CARES, said that the grant would also assist Nigeria’s broader economic recovery initiatives. He added that “the World Bank will continue to support NG-CARES for the next three years, and this support ma

  Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 32.7 percent in September, reversing a two-month consecutive decline to 32.15% in August. The reversal was driven by a surge in the month-on-month Food Inflation to 2.64% from 2.37%. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index, CPI Report for September. The Bureau said: “In September 2024, the Headline inflation rate was 32.70% relative to the August 2024 headline inflation rate of 32.15%. Looking at the movement, the September 2024 Headline inflation rate showed an increase of 0.55% compared to the August 2024 Headline inflation rate. “On a year-on-year basis, the Headline inflation rate was 5.98% points higher compared to the rate recorded in September 2023 (26.72%). “This shows that the Headline inflation rate (year-on-year basis) increased in September 2024 when compared to the same month in the preceding year (i.e., September 2023). “Furthermore, on a month-on-month basis, the Headline inflation rate in Sept

  Nigeria has once again plunged into a nationwide blackout following the collapse of its national grid system. This marks the sixth grid collapse in 2024. Checks by Nairametrics confirmed that all distribution companies are currently receiving no power from the grid, leaving their feeders without electricity. The Eko Electricity Distribution Company also addressed the situation with a statement to its customers on X (formerly Twitter), confirming the disruption in power supply. "Dear Valued Customer, "Kindly be informed there was a system collapse at 18:48hrs which has resulted to a loss of power supply across our network. "We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as power supply is restored. Kindly bear with us,"Eko DisCo said.

 T-Pain, the nickname, popularised on social media, symbolises the growing discontent with the Nigerian government's performance under President Bola Tinubu. Nigerians on X (formerly Twitter) have vowed to continue referring to President Bola Tinubu as "T-Pain" if his administration fails to address the growing hardship in the country.   T-Pain, the nickname, popularised on social media, symbolises the growing discontent with the Nigerian government's performance under President Bola Tinubu. The nickname for President Tinubu came from a satirical remix of T-Pain’s track ‘Buy U A Drank’ by Nigerian satirist Bello Galadanci, best known by his stage name Dan Bello. ‘Buy U A Drank’ was released in 2007 by American singer and songwriter Faheem Rashad Najm, known professionally as T-Pain. But unlike the original version, Dan Bello’s remix titled ‘Nigerians, I Go Make You Poor,’ is about the economic hardship caused by the policies of President Tinubu’s administration, inclu

  Brazilian authorities on Friday began closing down more than 2,000 betting sites, including those that sponsor popular football team Corinthians and other first-division clubs, as part of a push to regulate online gambling. Latin America’s biggest economy is struggling with what Finance Minister Fernando Haddad has called a betting “pandemic,” prompting the government to tighten the screws on the sector. Since 2018, when Brazil legalized sports betting sites, online gambling has operated in a regulatory free-for-all, subject to virtually no rules or taxes. Some of the most popular sites take bets on sporting fixtures, but Brazilians have also become hooked on gambling games like Aviator, where players gamble on the flight of a virtual airplane, or the online casino game Fortune Tiger. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government has called time on sites that failed to sign up to new regulations due to take effect in January. The new rules seek to combat fraud and money laundering