The British and the United States governments have warned their citizens of terrorist groups’ threat to carry out bomb attacks in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, during the Yuletide.
In its latest foreign travel advice to British...
A cross-section of football fans in Abuja on Friday expressed satisfaction with the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup draw, adding that Nigeria got “a fair deal’’.
Nigeria on Friday in Moscow drew Argentina for the fifth time in Super Eagles’...
At least 235 people have been killed and dozens more
injured after a suspected Islamic State bomb and gun attack on a mosque in
Egypt.
The country's government has declared three days of
mourning following the assault on al-Rawdah mosque,...
Robert Mugabe resigned as president of Zimbabwe Tuesday, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda announced, bringing the curtain down on a 37-year reign. Mugabe was swept from power as his autocratic rule crumbled within days of a military takeover.
“I...
Three persons are feared dead at Abbatoir area of Agege, Lagos
when a train derailed this morning.
Lagos State police spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, who
confirmed the incident noted that the train rammed into a trailer, injuring
many...
Zimbabwe’s military appeared to be in control of the country Wednesday as generals denied staging a coup but used state television to vow to target “criminals” close to President Robert Mugabe.
Mugabe’s decades-long grip on power was...
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A badoo cult
group member who was caught in the early hours of today, June 30, 2017, was
reportedly burnt to death by angry residents of Igbo-Oluwo, Ikorodu, at Jumofak
junction.
It was
gathered that the deceased who was caught...
A June 27 ruling from a European
human rights court is forcing the English parents of a gravely ill baby to make
their last, painful goodbyes to their son.
Chris Gard and Connie Yates have
been in a legal battle over potentially life-saving...
Real Madrid and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused by prosecutors in Spain of defrauding Spanish authorities of $16.4 million in tax between 2011 and 2014.
In a statement, the prosecutor's office said Ronaldo, a four-time...
CCTV footage of the Zenith Bank, Owerri, robbery attack that left 5 dead, surfaces.The video of the robbery attack on Wednesday, February 23, 2017, at Zenith Bank, Owerri, Imo state, that left 5 people dead and several injured, has been released. ..The robbers had trailed a customer who came in to deposit a huge sum of money to the Zenith bank branch...
A Ghanaian Soldier attached to the 5th
Infantry Battalion (5BN) at Burma Camp in Accra, Captain Maxwell Mahama has
been lynched to death in Denkyira, Diaso where he was recently deployed to.
Eyewitness account has it that...
There is anger at the Chapel of Christ the Light,
Alausa, Lagos State, after the Presiding Chaplain, Venerable Femi Taiwo, was
sacked by the Governing Council allegedly on the order of the state Governor,
Akinwunmi Ambode.
PUNCH Metro...
A British politician and former
military officer, Eric Stuart Joyce has condoled with Nigeria over the reported
death of their president, Muhammadu Buhari. Eric Joyce, who is also a former
member of parliament for Falkirk West and Falkirk...
Nollywood
actress, Moji Olaiya has sadly passed away. The 42-year-old actress who
delivered a baby girl in March died in a Canada hospital last night from
possible complications from her child birth.
In March,
the very popular...
A popular
Nollywood actor, Samuel Adesanya, popularly called Pastor Ajidara, is dead.
Mr. Ajidara,
62, died of kidney failure in the early hours of Sunday.
His wife,
Atinuke Adesanya, who confirmed the death, said the actor died...
Current Boxing heavy weight champion of the world who defeated vladimir klitschko in an interview spoke some Yoruba and reveals his best Nigerian food.
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The internet is already “broken” with excitement as 2 of Nigeria’s brightest stars have announced that they are getting married!
Adesua Etomi and Banky W have acted as lovers in a music video and a blockbuster movie, now...
Workers at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington have
been on a sit-in, paralysing activities at the mission in the United States.
The workers said they have not been paid salaries for
the past five months, forcing them to embark on the...
A section of the palace of Oba of Lagos, Rilwan
Akiolu, in the Iga Iduganran area of Lagos Island has been gutted by fire.
It was learnt that the fire started from an air
condition in an apartment inside the palace, destroying furniture...
Undefeated heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua
proved that his power and chin are resilient on Sat., April 29,
2017, when he took on Wladimir Klitschko for the IBF, vacant WBA (Super) and
IBO heavyweight titles live on Showtime...
No fewer than 50 persons were feared killed,
yesterday, following a raid on another Akwa Ibom State community, Akpa-Mfrukim,
in Akan Obio, a fishing settlement in Uruan Local Government Area of the state
by armed youths suspected to be...
There was panic today (Monday) at the mortuary of
Plateau Specialist Hospital in Jos, when the corpse of a man being prepared for
burial suddenly grabbed his living brother’s hand.
The incident happened as the deceased, identified...
LG showroom and Bedmate furniture building located
at the New Road, Cheveron Drive, in the Lekki-Ajah area of Lagos, was late on
Thursday, engulfed by fire at about 3pm and reportedly didn't stop till about
10pm.
As at the...
This video showing the Oba of Lagos giving the Ooni of
Ife the 'Keep to yourself' sign has gone viral. The video shows the Oba of
Lagos clearly refusing to greet and acknowledge the Ooni of Ife as he attempted
to greet him, thereby sparking rumours that all is not well between the two
monarch...
The High Federal Court of Abuja has ordered the
release of controversial director of Radio Biafra, Nammadi Kanu. He was
arrested in October by the the state security service (DSS) on charges of
criminal conspiracy and belonging to an unlawful...
Residents of Solar Power Drive, Igbo Olomu, in the
Ikorodu area of Lagos State, are in shock after a landlord in the community,
Omolaja Sodipo, allegedly stabbed his wife, Titilayo, killing her.
Sympathisers, friends and family members...
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