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Donald Trump clashed repeatedly with a judge and defended his family’s business as he testified in a civil fraud trial in New York. During almost four hours on the witness stand, the former president disputed claims that he deceived banks and ...

An Italian judge has ordered the seizure of €779.5m ($835.5m; £676.8m) from short-term rental giant Airbnb, over alleged tax evasion. Prosecutors say the firm failed to collect a tax from landlords on around €3.7bn of rental income. Landlords in Italy ...

Chinese people have expressed alarm online after another gymnasium collapsed in the north-eastern province of Heilongjiang, the second in months The cave-in on Monday night killed three people and came after days of unseasonably cold weather and snowfall. The victims’ ...

Parts of South Korea fighting bedbugs South Korean authorities are working to contain bedbug infestations that have caused concern across the country. At least 17 outbreaks have been reported in the capital of Seoul and in the cities of Busan ...

Students at Adamawa State Polytechnic went wild on Monday over the alleged theft of private parts from six male students Witnesses claimed that two strangers visited the polytechnic and shook hands with the students, after which the private parts of ...

Technical issues caused by storms leave thousands without water in UK Thousands of people have been left without water after Storm Ciarán caused technical problems at a treatment works in Surrey, in Southwest London. This was disclosed by Thames Water ...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has accepted the judgment of the Supreme Court which affirmed the election of President Bola Tinubu. Obi, however, said the judgment would not signify the end of the Obidient movement. The former Anambra state governor ...

Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has lost his father, Pa Simeon Nwankwo Soludo Pa Soludo was 92. Press secretary to the governor, Mr Christian Aburime said he died in the early hours of Monday, November 6, 2023. Pa Soludo is ...

  Owning a car was among the many lists of achievements for a typical Nigerian. The celebration that hits the air when one is bought knows no bounds. Parents, relatives and friends are gathered, and the gin is used to render ...

A Radio broadcaster has been shot dead on air in what Philippine, President has said is unacceptable Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered the police to conduct a thorough investigation after a radio broadcaster was shot dead on air, the ...

RCCG unveils football club; Dove FC, to bring youths out of crime   As part of the church’s evangelism campaign to bring the youth out of criminality, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor E.A. ...

Bandits k!ll 20, abduct many during Maulud celebration in Katsina Armed bandits late Sunday killed no fewer than 20 people and abducted many when they attacked some Muslim faithful celebrating Maulud in Kusa, a community in Musawa Local Government Area ...

Fire guts Canadian embassy building in Abuja Parts of the building of the High Commission of Canada in Nigeria, situated at 13010G, Palm Close, Diplomatic Drive, Central Business District in Abuja have reportedly caught fire. Vanguard reports that the cause of ...

Nine dead during jailbreak in Guinea to free ex-dictator Camara At least nine people were killed during a weekend jailbreak in Guinea that saw armed commandos briefly pluck ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara from prison, officials said on Monday. Heavily armed ...

Appeal court sacks Kwankwaso, upholds Datti’s election The Court of Appeal in Abuja has sacked Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso of the All Progressives Congress and reinstated Yusuf Umar Datti of the New Nigeria People’s Party in the Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam Federal Constituency ...

Peter Obi to address world press conference Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party at the last election, will today, November 6, host an international press conference. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the ...

A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke has asked Nigerians to pray for her over the multi-million-pound allegations and charges of bribery and corruption instituted against her by the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA). “I need prayers. Please pray for ...

  President Bola Tinubu will travel to Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, over the next few days in what has been termed an aggressive push to promote Nigeria and attract foreign direct investment. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who briefed State ...

Nigerian soldiers operating under 81 Division NA have rescued a woman, one Mrs Francesca Spark who attempted committing suicide The woman had plunged into the Lagos Lagoon around 81 Division Officers’ Mess, Marina Lagos in an attempt to take her own life. ...

  LAUTECH students SUE Governor Makinde Some students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, have dragged Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, alongside three others to court for relocating the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences to the newly established Faculty of ...

Tinubu, Atiku, Obi should unite for Nigeria’s progress – Oba Akiolu The Oba of Lagos, Riliwan Akiolu, has urged President Bola Tinubu and his rivals in the 2023 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, among others, to come together and move Nigeria forward. Oba ...

Scarcity of Liquefied Petroleum Gas also known as cooking gas has hit Lagos and some other states in the country   The other affected states, according to findings by Punch correspondents are: Katsina, Sokoto, Delta, Kaduna and Kano. The rise ...

Lightning has killed three Senior Secondary School students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra on Saturday An eyewitness told NAN that the lightning struck nine male students who were playing football with their peers on the school’s pitch ...

The Lagos State Government in collaboration with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, and the State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences on Sunday sealed the Ogba City Mall in Ikeja, and Ajah Market, in Eti-Osa, Lagos State ...

Alabama Mayor k!lls self after BLOG says he wears women’s clothes as hobby An Alabama pastor and mayor has died by suicide. He died by suicide on Friday after a conservative blog wrote a story about him wearing women’s clothing as a ...