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A mother-of-two died after suddenly becoming sick aboard an American Airlines flight from the Dominican Republic to the US The 41-year-old woman was flying on Flight 2790 from Punta Cana to Charlotte, North Carolina, when she fell ill mid-flight and ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operating licenses of 4,173 Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators, citing non-compliance with regulation The CBN invoked its powers under the Bank and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2020, Act No. 5, ...

We’re not after your job, NLC replies Tinubu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has told President Bola Tinubu that members of the union are not interested in any political position including his office. The President during the inauguration of the Lagos Red Line Project ...

Thousands of Russians have defied fear to turn out to bid farewell to opposition leader Alexei Navalny President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic died in jail on 16 February. Authorities had warned any protest would be illegal. But police – ...

Inmates at the Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State protested on Friday over the plan to reduce their food ration They expressed dissatisfaction over the decision, a situation that forced the prison authorities to fire tear gas canisters and gunshots ...

The crypto trading platform Binance has been slammed with a $10 billion fine by the Federal Government over allegations of influencing the country’s forex crisis The special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this ...

A 49-year-old, Gbolahan Aina, has been reportedly crushed to death by a truck driver identified as Godwin Donatus around Henry Carr Street, Guinness Plc in Lagos State Punch Online gathered that the incident occurred at about 7:00 a.m. on Saturday. ...

One person has reportedly died in Temidire Atoyebi area along Ajaawa in Ogbomosho after a family of six allegedly ate poisoned cassava flour used to prepare Amala on Wednesday The family was said to have consisted of a grandmother identified ...

A star suspect in a case of ritual killings and sale of human parts in Ogun State, Adebayo Azeez, on Thursday, shared a chilling story of how he had used a dating app, “MyChat” to lure and brutally murder seven ...

The Nigeria Customs Service Area Controller, Oyo/Osun Area Command, Dr Ben Oramalugo, said the command intercepted fake pharmaceuticals comprising Augmentin tablets, Ampiclox and Amoxycillin capsules concealed in 53 sacks with a Duty Paid Value of N1,739,000,000.00 Oramalugo made the disclosure ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has said that foreign exchange backlogs have been cleared in all the banks except for five of them Cardoso said this on Thursday during an investor call facilitated by the ...

  The revenue of indigenous energy firm, Seplat Energy has appreciated by 11.5 per cent in the financial year 2023 to $1.06bn from $951m in the corresponding period of 2022. Based on the Audited results for the period ended December ...

  There was chaos at the Benin-Asaba Expressway, by Iguomo Junction on Wednesday evening, when a stray bullet allegedly fired from a police gun hit and killed a resident in the area. The yet-to-be-identified victim was said to have been ...

The European Union Deputy Head of Mission to Nigeria, Zissimos Vergos, has called for the elimination of the factors contributing to criminality in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. He stated that the EU would endorse inclusive community methods to tackle ...

  The Zamfara State Police Command said it has rescued one of the worshippers abducted in a mosque in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of the state. Bandits abducted scores of worshippers during morning prayer in the ...

Residents of Gonin-Gora in the troubled Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday barricaded the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway protesting the abduction of unspecified number of people in the area. They residents stormed the highway protesting and urging the government ...

  A huge fire at a residential building in London’s upscale South Kensington neighbourhood in the early hours of Friday has put 11 people in hospital and led to around 130 being evacuated, fire officials said. Fifteen fire engines and ...

  Financial services firm, OPay, has called on its customers to complete the regularisation of their accounts by linking their Bank Verification Numbers or their National Identity Numbers as mandated by the Central Bank of Nigeria. In a December 1 ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission has said telecommunication companies that fail to comply with the directive to block Subscriber Identity Module cards not linked to National Identification Numbers will face sanctions. The Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Reuben Mouka, told The PUNCH on ...

A fake National Youth Service Corps member, Ogeh Bethel Chibuife, has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command for illegal entry into the Magaji Dan Yumusa Orientation Camp, Keffi, the state capital This was disclosed in a statement released ...

A man was discovered by police at his home in Germany after his pet dog “about the size of a Jack Russel” had “bitten his p3nis off and eaten it” Neighbours alerted the police early on Tuesday morning on account ...

Kellogg’s CEO Gary Pilnick faces backlash, suggesting poor families opt for ‘cereal for dinner’ amid rising food prices Despite being worth nearly $16 million, Pilnick insists cereal is an affordable and trendy choice for struggling families. Addressing concerns about increased ...

The Federal Government has allegedly detained two senior executives of Binance, a crypto currency exchange company According to a report by Financial Times, both executives flew into Nigeria last week following a ban on their website and were arrested by ...

According to a recent Reuters poll, Canada’s housing market is poised for further growth in 2024 and 2025, buoyed by strong demand and limited supply Despite expectations of delayed interest rate cuts, home prices in Canada  are on an upward ...

Ghana to begin jailing LGBTQ+ members Ghana’s parliament has passed a tough new bill that imposes a prison sentence of up to three years for anyone convicted of identifying as LGBTQ+. It also imposes a maximum five-year jail term for ...