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A 38-year-old married hunter, Joseph Ajegba, has narrated the event that led to his bossom friend’s demise in lkun-Akoko, in Akoko South West council area of Ondo state.

The suspect was paraded at the state police headquarters, Akure, on Wednesday, September 4.

He said he committed the crime after he caught the deceased ‘working out’ with his girlfriend in the house he rented for her.

He said that he had dropped a bush meat for his girlfriend earlier in the day and went out in the night for another round of game but was surprised by what he saw when he got to the house.

According to him, “I went out hunting after I have taken some bottles of beer, but I ran out of cartridges. I wanted to return to the house of my girlfriend to sleep there.

When I got there, I saw the door locked. I now went to the window and I opened it and saw a co-hunter ‘working out’ with my girlfriend. That was why I used the g¥n in my hand.”

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Nigerian singer, Harrysong, has clarified his sexuality after a gay admirer approached him.

An anonymous gay man has expressed his admiration for Harrysong during the singer’s recent interactive session with fans on Instagram.

The ‘Reggae Blues’ crooner clarified that he is straight.

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Matthew McConaughey's organic tequila brand is going national.

The news, announced Wednesday — that Pantalones Organic Tequila is expanding to liquor stores and bars nationwide — marks the latest development in the booze-and-celebrities business. The Oscar-winning actor, who co-founded the brand with his wife Camila, joins the ranks of stars lending their status to an alcohol brand.

Other luminaries have followed a similar blueprint: Use the fame to attract consumers, then look to cash in (or out) down the line.

Here are some of the other celebrities offering up stiff drinks: 

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Shares of health insurers lost ground Wednesday as executives at Centene (CNC) warned about a pullback in the number of people receiving Medicaid benefits.

Centene Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sarah London told the Wells Fargo 2024 Healthcare Conference in Everett, Mass., that the company is "still seeing pressure in Medicaid, largely driven by the unprecedented redeterminations process," referring to how recipient eligibility is determined.

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Drew Asher said Centene expects its Medicaid membership to be about 12.9 million to 13.0 million in 2024. That's down from the company's previous estimate of a low of 13.2 million, which it anticipated would climb to 13.6 million by the end of the year. Asher added that Centene's current-quarter Medicaid medical costs, as a percentage of premiums, would be higher than in the second quarter. 

According to the non-profit health research organization KFF, Medicaid enrollments have fallen by 25.1 million since March 2023, when states could begin "unwinding" their Medicaid rolls of those no longer qualified. Asher noted that while about 30% of those terminated eventually return to Centene, the gap in time negatively impacts the company's revenue. 

Shares of Centene and rivals Molina Healthcare (MOH) and Elevance (ELV) were among the biggest decliners in the S&P 500 today.

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Amazon (AMZN)-backed Anthropic released its latest artificial intelligence (AI) product Wednesday, Claude Enterprise, a version of its AI chatbot designed for businesses.

Anthropic said that early customers like GitLab and another AI venture, Midjourney, have used the service for a variety of tasks, from brainstorming to writing code, creating a variety of content for employees.

Employees will be able to upload documents to Claude to help the product better understand an organization's data and provide "deep, function-specific guidance," the company said. The price of Claude Enterprise will vary by company, depending on how much it's used and the number of employees with access, according to .

Anthropic said the service will collaborate with other previously released Claude features like Artifacts, which puts content like code or images created by the AI into a separate window and allows for minor edits and detailed feedback, making it an "end-to-end solution" for developing an idea into an end product.

Anthropic has received the backing of tech giants like Amazon and Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google as it has developed its Claude chatbot to compete with other popular AI products like OpenAI's ChatGPT, which is backed by Microsoft (MSFT).

The vast amount of money companies have spent on AI development has come under increasing scrutiny in recent quarters, with some analysts and investors looking for more detailed plans for how the projects will develop enough revenue to be profitable in the long run given the high operating costs.

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