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HGL Real Estate Limited, a company with no significant digital presence, linked to billionaire tycoon Oba Otudeko, has acquired a 14.1 per cent stake in Lagos-listed hospitality provider Ikeja Hotel. Ikeja Hotel “received notification from HGL Real Estate Limited, an affiliate of Honeywell Group Limited, that it has acquired 305,323,525 units of Ikeja Hotel Plc’s shares,” according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. Based on Thursday’s closing share price, the firm’s holding in Ikeja Hotel is valued at over N13.2 billion. The share purchase places HGL Real Estate among the top seven shareholders of the company, second only to Oma…

Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has announced another reduction in the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), marking its fourth price cut within a month as the company said it continues to pass lower production costs to consumers despite still processing crude oil purchased at significantly higher international prices. The latest N50 per litre reduction brings the cumulative decrease in the refinery’s PMS ex depot price to N200 per litre since May 30, 2026, reducing the gantry price to 1, 075. Over the same period, the refinery has reduced the ex-depot price of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) by N300…

Spotify has asked Kalshi and Polymarket to remove its logo and clarify that neither company has a partnership with the streaming service after it identified users manipulating rankings that are tied to prediction market bets.

Researchers have found a never-before-seen piece of macOS malware that combines a series of clever tradecraft to infect Macs with stealthy, custom-developed credential-stealing code. The malware is delivered in two stages. The first is distributed in a disk image that masquerades as Maccy, a clipboard manager for Macs. It’s compiled as AppleScript that is notable for the way it delivers the second stage. The malware is named PamStealer because the Rust-written infostealer uses the Pluggable Authentication Modules interface built into macOS to validate the target’s login password before sending it to an attacker-controlled server. A quieter execution chain The use…

ABUJA — The vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the 2027 general election, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with former Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, in Abuja. Although details of the meeting were not immediately disclosed, it comes amid ongoing political consultations ahead of the 2027 general elections. The meeting also followed the upload of the names of the ADC’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Amaechi, on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal as part of preparations for the 2027 elections. Amaechi was recently unveiled by the ADC as the…

Svalbard is warming faster than almost anywhere on Earth, but security concerns are tightening access to its glaciers, fjords, and sea floor

Miami Gardens, full of a huge Colombian diaspora, was bouncing last Saturday night when Colombia got the better of Portugal in a game that served as an exhilarating spectacle even though it ended goalless.There was not a great deal at stake. After wins over Uzbekistan and Congo DR, Colombia had already booked their place in the knockout stage of the 2026 World Cup.Losing to Portugal would have sent them to Toronto to face Croatia, while anything else would set up a clash with Ghana in Kansas City. Option No. 2 was preferable, but sufficiently so to take the risk of…

June 30 will now be known as Marla Gibbs Day in the City of Chicago following an official declaration from the city’s mayor to honor the veteran actor, best known for her roles in small-screen classics such as The Jeffersons and 227. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson confirmed the honor earlier this week as part of a release event held in Los Angeles for Gibbs’ memoir It’s Never Too Late. Speakers present at the event included Tiffany Haddish, Lil Rel Howery, Kim Fields, and Yvette Nicole Brown.  Born in Chicago, Gibbs moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s and earned her…

Ever since Taylor Swift announced her engagement to NFL star Travis Kelce via an Instagram post last August, fans have been gripped by a near year-long frenzy of sleuthing and speculation over the wedding plans.This week the couple will finally be tying the knot. With guests reportedly signing NDAs and dates flying around Reddit, the facts are scant – but it’s been reported that the couple have rented out Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden, an arena which can hold more than 19,000 people, for celebrations on July 2 and 3.For fashion observers though, there’s a more pressing matter: who will design…

Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, on Thursday defeated Tunisia 84-81 in a crucial Group C match of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 African Qualifiers in Luanda, Angola. The victory marked a winning start for newly appointed head coach, David Fizdale, who took charge of his first competitive game with the team. D’Tigers made a strong start, edging Tunisia 23-21 in the first quarter before the North Africans responded to claim the second quarter 23-20, leaving the teams level at halftime. Nigeria regained control in the third quarter, winning it 21-19, and held their nerve in the final period…