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There was palpable tension at the secretariat of the Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abeokuta, on Friday, following the death of a member of the union, identified as Sunday Ogunjimi. Ogunjimi was among other workers ...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, has warned that any individual that blasphemes Jesus will taste the wrath of God. Adeboye, who spoke to his congregation at the RCCG monthly Holy Ghost Service ...

  Nigerian Twitter influencer and entrepreneur, Pamilerin Adegoke has gotten engaged to his hearthtrob, Motunrayo. He proposed to her with a uniquely organised set up which he executed with the help of friend. Pamilerin and his girlfriend have been dating ...

Big Brother Naija reality star Emmanuel has come out finally to render an unqualified apology to his fans and the general public. Recall that during the Big Brother Reunion was exposed by his former girlfriend Liquorose on how he disrespected ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service and three banks to immediately release details of David Ukpo to the detained former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu to defend himself in a ...

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has sentenced Senator representing Delta North District at the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi, to seven years imprisonment. Nwaoboshi was convicted on Friday 1st of June for money laundering. The court, citing Section ...

Supporters of Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have whipped Poju Oyemade, the lead pastor of Lagos-based church, The Covenant Nation, over a controversial tweet perceived to be against the former governor of Anambra State. Poju, who on his verified ...

  A father who shot his daughter dead in a suspected “honour killing” reportedly after catching her in a park with a boy, has admitted that he shot her but claims it was an accident and he was only trying ...

A member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Stephenie Se-Ember Terungwa, who was kidnapped and murdered in Abuja has been laid to rest. The 25-year-old corps member was laid to rest in her hometown, Mbakumbur, Mav-Ikyov in Ushongo Local ...

Russian citizens will from Friday, July 1, require a visa to enter Ukraine, as Kyiv scrapped a decade-long visa-free regime that facilitated travel across borders for citizens of both countries. The decision to end the visa-free regime was announced by ...

  At least 19 people, including one child, have died in overnight Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, Ukrainian officials say. The state emergency service, DSNS, says nearly all of the victims were in a nine-storey building hit ...

  The Executive Director , African Governance and Leadership Initiative Chris Kehinde Nwandu has graduated with a Bachelor of Law Degree from prestigious Leadcity University Ibadan. CKN as he is popularly known is also the Editor in Chief of one ...

Bandits have attacked a mining site in Niger State and reportedly killed security agents, civilians, and kidnapped four Chinese nationals. The attack was said to have occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Ajata, Aboki in Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government ...

Police in Bungoma County are holding a 25-year-old woman over the mysterious death of a Ford Kenya official, Moses Nabibya. Mr Nabibya, who was the Ford Kenya’s national organising secretary in Bungoma, was found dead in one of the guesthouses ...

  Catholic Priest, Rev Fr. Vitus Borogo, who was killed by bandits in Kaduna State, has been buried. Recall the incident happened on Saturday at the Prison Farm, Kujama, along Kaduna-Kachia Road, after a raid on the farm. Borogo was ...

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, appeared before the Uxbridge Magistrate court in the United Kingdom UK today June 30 over organ harvesting charges. At the hearing today, the prosecutor told the court that David Ukpo, who alleged that he was coerced to ...

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved a flat rate increase for all Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Standard routes. With the increase, a bus ride from Ikorodu – TBS will now cost N600 from N500 while Berger ...

Catholic priest, Fr. Kelvin Ugwu, has shared a think-piece about Jesus Christ and his true mission on earth. In a Facebook post, Ugwu stated that if Jesus came into the world to only heal the sick, then he failed woefully ...

The family of a 30-year-old man, Chinonso Omeh, who was allegedly killed in police custody, has demanded justice for him. Chinonso, who hailed from Umuogboagu community, Enugu Ezike, in the Igbo Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, died ...

A former cop has, on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, been arrested for impersonating police officers shortly after she attended a TV interview in a full police uniform. Monica Wamaitha Gitau was arrested while attending a live interview on Inooro TV. ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has started the demolition of over 100 buildings constructed on waterways at Dutse Makaranta, a populated suburb in Bwari Area Council. Mr Ikharo Attah, the Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection ...

Otto community, in the Ebute Meta area of Lagos State, has again been thrown into panic on Tuesday when a three-year-old boy, Faruq Saluhu, went missing. Punch Metro had reported in October 2021 that another three-year-old boy, Nohim Ishola, went ...

A joint task force commander and a resident of Sabon Gero community, New Millennium City Settlement, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State were killed when bandits stormed the area on Tuesday. The invasion of the bandits in ...

There is palpable tension in Enugu State capital as gunmen reportedly attacked a police checkpoint and allegedly killed two officers on duty and others, The Punch reports. The incident which happened this morning was said to have occurred at Gariki, ...

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has declared July 9 as Eid al-Adha. Also known as Sallah, Eid al-Adha will feature the slaughtering of ram during the period known as the “festival of sacrifice”. In a statement issued by ...