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Yoruba Nation agitators under the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination have vowed to stage a march on September 24 when President Muhammadu Buhari, will address the 76th Session of the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly at ...

Naira fell significantly against the U.S dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday, as the currency exchanged hands with the hard currency at N562.00 per $1. This implies a N5.00 or 0.90 devaluation from the N557.00 it traded on Tuesday. ...

FIFA President, Gianni Infantino is in Nigeria. He stormed the country for Aisha Buhari tournament holding in Lagos. Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu and his wife, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu were among dignitaries who watched the opening match of the ...

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in El Salvador, angry at the introduction of Bitcoin as its legal tender. President Nayib Bukele says the cryptocurrency will help Salvadorans working abroad to send money back home. But demonstrators fear ...

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has sued Kenya over his extradition to Nigeria. The pro-Biafra activist’s brother, Kingsley Kanunta, sued on his behalf, according to court papers obtained by Punch correspondent In his petition presented ...

About 3,000 health workers in France have been suspended because they have not been vaccinated against Covid-19. A new rule, which came into force on Wednesday, made vaccination mandatory for the country’s 2.7 million health, care home and fire service ...

  BBNaija season 6 housemate Saga has been given a punishment for disobeying Biggie’s orders.   Recall that Biggie gave Saga a secret task to pick a fight with Nini and avoid her till next diary session.   He told ...

Ugandan prosecutors on Wednesday slapped additional charges of terrorism as well as aiding and abetting terrorism on two opposition National Unity Party (NUP) MPs. The lawmakers – Mohammed Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana, who are allied to the opposition leader Bobi ...

The veteran actor stepped out wearing an outfit made with the Biafran flag design.    

Wendy Williams has tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19 and is taking time to recover. On Wednesday, The Wendy Williams Show announced that the 57-year-old talk show host is postponing the 13th season of her popular daytime talk ...

The 1992 iconic blockbuster “The Bodyguard,” starring the late Whitney Houston, is slated for a remake, according to Variety. Matthew López, a 2019 Tony nominee for his Broadway play “The Inheritance,” is working on the new version of the classic ...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has been listed as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people for 2021. Time Magazine’s annual list of 100 most influential people in the world accords recognition to “people whose ...

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh says she is the most controversial person on earth. Dikeh spoke in a video at the TEDx Ikenegbu programme titled “Leveraging on controversy’, which she posted on her official Instagram page. The programme is an annual ...

The Police Command in Kaduna State has arrested two suspects over the killing of pilot Abdulkarim Na’Allah, the eldest son of Sen. Bala Ibn Na’Allah, in Kaduna. Abdulkarim’s stolen car has also be found in Niger Republic. Na’Allah, the senior, ...

After superstar rapper Nicki Minaj questioned the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine in a post on Twitter this week, the White House confirmed on Wednesday that it had offered her a call with a doctor to answer questions about the ...

The Niger State Government on Wednesday said over 100 persons had died of cholera outbreak in the 25 local government areas of the state. The Commissioner for Health and Hospital Services, Dr Mohammed MakunSidi, in an interview with journalists at ...

Caleb University, Imota, Lagos State, has said its internal investigation and information obtained from chats between a missing student, Oluwanifemi Olajide, and his sister, Stella, showed that the student’s disappearance was planned. Punch Metro on Wednesday reported that the student’s ...

Tyson Fury believes he will never lose his unbeaten record, despite the looming threat of fights against dangerous punchers such as Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua. Fury defends his WBC belt against Wilder on October 9, which could finally set ...

Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two, MMA2, has rewarded Mr. Eluu Emmanuel for returning a bag containing bundles of local, foreign currencies, jewellery and other valuables worth millions of naira. The bag was ...

The Nigerian government says it will lift the ban on Twitter in a ‘few days.’ The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this while answering questions from State House journalists at the end of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting chaired ...

Bring Back Our Girls campaigner, Aisha Yesufu is in a celebratory mood as her son, Amir graduates from the Regent’s University, London. In a tweet, Yesufu said, “When you were told your son will not be able to go to ...

Mercy Aigbe has openly told Sola Sobowale that she is the reason she became an actress. The younger actress also spoke about how Liz Benson and Patience Ozokwo also inspired her. She shared a photo of Sobowale today, saying she ...

The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, popularly known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has narrated how a worshipper who tried to steal during a Shiloh programme ran mad. The cleric disclosed this while speaking at the ...

Finidi George is now the new head coach of Enyimba FC. The Nigeria Professional Football League club officially announced the appointment of the former Super Eagles winger, as their new head coach. The confirmation of the former Ajax and Real ...

Activists and revolutionists have announced plans to hold a nationwide protest on October 1 – Independence Day – in Nigeria. The protest is necessitated by nine demands, according to a statement by the Coalition for Revolution issued today. The statement, ...