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Peer-to-peer Bitcoin platform, Paxful, with 1.5m users in Nigeria, has announced that it is shutting down its operations.This was disclosed by the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ray Youssef, in a blog post.He said, “Today, Paxful will be suspending its marketplace. We are not sure if it will come back.“This …

Singer Davido continues to record historical feats with his latest album ‘Timeless’.‘Timeless’ Davido’s fourth studio album achieved a groundbreaking milestone after just six days of its release. Timeless’, which previously tied with Burna Boy’s ‘Love, Damini’ as the only African albums to reach top 2 on US iTunes, has surpassed …

 A court in Kano has given a man till Friday to kill his cockerel following a neighbour’s complaint that the constant crowing deprives him of sleep.Magistrate Halima Wali issued the order against Malam Yusuf on Tuesday, declaring the bird a nuisance to the neighbourhood. Yusuf told the court that he …

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Osun Sector Command, has recovered N27.171, 400, and N21,900, at the scene of a fatal multiple car crash that claimed six lives on Tuesday morning, April 4, 2023. According to report, the collision involved a green Zafira Opel Saab with the licence plate GBA 440XA and a …

Nigeria has secured a World Bank facility worth $800 million.The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents on outcome of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja.The meeting was presided over by President Muhammmadu Buhari. Mrs Ahmed said …

 The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he is being pressured to leave the county with attacks against his person emanating from different quarters. Obi, who said this is in a statement on Wednesday night on his Twitter handle, also added that the leaked audio conversation …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Wednesday in Abuja sealed two shops for allegedly selling unapproved products to Nigerians.The shops are located in the Zuba Central motor park and Utako main market. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some of the unregistered products said …

Foreign investors ignored 27 states as the value of capital importation into Nigeria fell by 20.5 percent to $5.33 billion in 2022 from $6.70 billion in 2021. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed this in its latest Nigerian Capital Importation report for the four quarters of 2022. The publication …

Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App and former chief technology officer at Square, has been stabbed to death. He was stabbed to death, close to downtown San Francisco in the United States.Police were called to a stabbing report in the city’s Rincon Hill neighbourhood, in the 300 block of …

It was learnt that the gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, invaded the Kogi town on SundayJacob Wodi Hulobu, a resident pastor of the Living Faith Church in Aloko-Oganenigwu, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, has been reportedly killed by gunmen. According to a source, the pastor had escaped with …