Ibadan-based businessman, Mr Omololu Akinyosoye, tells Punch that he has been told that one needs to lobby to get the result of coronavirus test Why did you go for a COVID-19 test? I had a friend who died of COVID-19 ...

Billionaire Philanthropist, Ned Nwoko has revealed that he got married to all his six wives including Regina Daniels as virgins. He made the disclosure in an interview with Punch. Ned Nwoko also talked about falling for Regina the first day ...

YouTube star Nicole Thea has died along with her unborn son, according to a statement on her Instagram account. The news was announced to the popular dancer’s 105,000 followers on Sunday afternoon. The soon to be mum, who lived in ...

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old man, Badmus Folarin, for burning the buttocks of a 10-year- old boy, Sunday David, for allegedly licking from a tin of tea. Folarin allegedly used a hot knife to ...

Police operatives have rescued a citizen of the United States of America who was allegedly confined to a Lagos hotel against her wish for over one year. The victim, who came from Washington DC, arrived in Nigeria on February 13, ...

Nigeria, on Sunday recorded 571 new cases of Coronavirus and 16 deaths, with Lagos and Ebonyi taking huge lead. The new cases put the nation’s total coronavirus figures at 32,558 and 740 deaths. In the figures released by the Nigerian ...

Nina welcomed a son with her husband Tony in the United States.The excited father shared the news of their baby’s arrival on his instagram page disclosing that they named their son Denzel Kelechukwu. Tony wrote; ”Sometimes the smallest things take ...

A cloud of mourning has swept over Kaumoni village in Matungulu, Machakos County, Kenya after bodies of two lovers were found hanging side by side just days after eloping from the capital city. Eyewitnesses said that the duo has been ...

Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South Africa’s anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has died. She died in Johannesburg on Monday morning aged 59. The death has been confirmed by a family source, SABC reports. She was the South ...

Will Smith isn’t known for foul language but had no problem dropping the f-bomb on 50 Cent after the rapper took shots at his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The “Power” producer, 45, posted a private message between himself and the ...

Germany’s prost!tutes demonstrated in Hamburg’s red light district late on Saturday evening demanding that the brothels be allowed to reopen after months of closure to curb the spread of coronavirus. With shops, restaurants and bars all open again in Germany, ...

Former Miss World and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her 8-year-old daughter tested positive for the Coronavirus on Sunday. Her status became known a day after her father-in-law and top Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan and her husband and actor ...

Singer, Abolore Adigun, aka 9ice, has said that contrary to popular opinion, he never promised fans to win a Grammy award for them. In an interview with Sunday Scoop, he said, “People are getting it wrong. I didn’t promise anyone ...

Doctors employed by the Lagos State Government will on Monday begin a three-day warning strike, The Punch has learnt. The Chairman of the Medical Guild, Lagos, Dr Oluwajimi Sodipo, at a briefing on Sunday, said the doctors were embarking on ...

The immediate past acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Gbene Joi Nunieh, has denied that the agency spent N22.6billion under her stewardship, just as she alleged that the Niger Delta Minister, Senator Godswill Akpabio, threatened ...

Another building has partially collapsed in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. The one-storey building was said to house nine shops and 15 rooms. Fortunately, there were no lives lost or injuries recorded. According to the Director-General of the Lagos ...

The death toll of the two-day violent protests in Mali’s capital Bamako has increased to three. At least 74 others were injured. Xinhua, quoting local hospital authorities, also reported significant material damage, especially to the National Assembly, which was looted ...

Ogun State government on Saturday arrested 128 environmental offenders and prosecuted them for engaging in acts that obstruct waterways and leading to flooding in the state. The offenders were arrested by the state Environmental Health Personnel and the Nigeria Police, ...

The stock of Nigerians in the UFC rose again early on Sunday morning as Kamaru Usman defeated Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal to retain his crown as the undisputed welterweight champion at UFC 251. The three judges for the night unanimously found ...

With 664 new infections, the number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has risen to 31,987. The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a tweet on Saturday night. According to the agency, the new infections were recorded in ...

Ekiti State Government has sealed off Victory College, Ilawe Ekiti, in Ekiti South West Local Government Area of Ekiti State for violating its directive on school closure. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Foluso Daramola, disclosed that his ...

These dramatic photos taken in South Africa show a lion capturing a 144lb hyena before ripping it apart. Photographer Chad Cocking, 36, from Johannesburg, spotted the incredible scene in Tanda Tula Safari Camp in Greater Kruger Park. The 418lb lion ...

Emirates Airlines has cut a tenth of its workforce during the novel coronavirus pandemic in layoffs that could rise to 15 percent, or 9,000 jobs, its president said, according to a report today. The Middle East’s largest carrier, which operates ...

Senator Ben Bruce yesterday joined other family members to bury his brother-in-law, Robert Hargett who was the elder brother to his late wife. Recall just in March, 2020, the senator lost his wife of many years. Announcing the demise of ...

A report by the Presidential Probe Panel has revealed details of how the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, allegedly used a cleric to launder funds abroad. Magu is currently being interrogated by ...