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Canal+, the French media giat has acquired MultiChoice Group in a $3 billion deal. The acquisition gives Canal+ full control of MultiChoice, the parent company of pay-TV services DStv and GOtv. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Canal+, Maxime Saada confirmed the acquisition via a statement issued on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. The acquisition received the green light from South …

Ayo Aiyepeku, a photojournalist, was allegedly murdered by his colleague, Adebayo Pelumi, in a gruesome attack on Tuesday night in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.  The incident occurred in an office near the Government House/GRA area, where both men worked as photographers for an unnamed company. A source, who requested anonymity for safety reasons, disclosed that Pelumi struck Aiyepeku on …

25 students of Bayero University Kano (BUK) have been nabbed by the operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The commission made the disclosure via a statement issued on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. The anti-graft agency said the BUK students were apprehended in a sting operation on Monday, July 21. The commission …

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has criticised the Bola Tinubu administration for celebrating the recent rebasing of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), describing it as a misleading public relations stunt that masks the harsh economic realities facing Nigerians. In a strongly worded statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC labelled the fanfare around the new GDP …

Suspected drug dealers have killed an officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ondo State. The NDLEA officer was shot dead during a raid on an apartment in the Ita’nla area of Ondo town on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. The Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Lawal, confirmed the incident on Tuesday. Lawal disclosed that four suspects …