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Ukraine has claimed that a top Russian general, Major General Andrey Sukhovetsky was on Wednesday killed by a sniper. According to Daily Mail UK, Sukhovetsky’s death has not been officially confirmed by Russia. However, a colleague of the General, Sergey ...

A Russian businessman has offered a $1 million bounty for Vladimir Putin’s arrest – by posting a ‘Wanted: Dead or Alive’ poster online. Alex Konanykhin said in posts on Facebook and LinkedIn that he would pay the money for the ...

The Delta State Police Command has nabbed the principal of Royal Children International School, Asaba, Mr. Emmanuel Okafor, for allegedly raping a six-year-old pupil at the school toilet in Asaba, the state capital. Sources told Punch correspondent that the principal ...

Three suspected robbers operating within the Upper Iweka axis of Onitsha, Anambra State met their Waterloo yesterday as angry mob lynched them for allegedly stealing a woman’s handbag which contained a mobile telephone among other items. The suspects were believed ...

Presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said Nigeria needs a competent leader who could unite the people, tackle insecurity and rejig the debilitating economy and as well benefit the masses this time around. Tinubu, who was in Ekiti State as ...

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Oyo State branch, has said it lost two of its members to Lassa Fever within 72 hours. Its Chairman, Ayotunde Fasunla, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Ibadan. Mr Fasunla said: “The ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Zamfara State Command has rescued an abandoned newborn baby. This was disclosed in a statement by the CDPRO Zamfara State Command, DSC Ikor Oche. According to the statement, the baby boy was ...

The Federal Government has blamed the erratic power supply in Abuja and some parts of the country on a reduction in hydro capacity owing to the dry season. The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, said this during the weekly ministerial ...

A suspected rapist standing trial before the Samuel Ilori Magistrate’s Court in the Agege area of Lagos State has escaped. Punch Metro gathered that the defendant was arraigned on Wednesday for allegedly raping a teenager. The court was said to ...

  An Osun State High Court on Thursday remanded in a correctional facility the owner of Hilton Royal Hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, and six others arrested in connection with the death of a Master’s degree student of Obafemi Awolowo ...

A Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos Island, Lagos has sentenced a former staff of Sterling Bank, Samuel Dare Arayode to 10 years imprisonment. He was sentenced for stealing the sum of N540,000 belonging to his employer and for forging a Lagos ...

Former senator for Kogi West, Dino Melaye appeared to have dumped his longtime pal, Bukola Saraki for Atiku Abubakar. In a trending video, Melaye spoke at an interaction between Atiku and some senators in Abuja, with Dino explaining why he ...

Russian troops slaughtered a Ukrainian policeman’s family, including his newborn baby and 6-year-old daughter — all while his brother heard it in a phone call, according to reports. Policeman Oleg Fedko, 30, was working in the Kherson region when his ...

  Andriy Shevchenko has issued a powerful statement calling for the end to a “real war” between Ukraine and Russia, with the AC Milan legend pointing out that “children are dying” and members of his own family remain in Kyiv. ...

The Nigeria Police and some other security agencies have arrested a suspected serial killer, Oluwatosin Ikuemehinlo, aka 4G. The suspect, who was arrested with 11 others, is said to have been responsible for the deaths of people in the Okitipupa ...

The Federal Government has approved the request by the government of the United States (US) to extradite Abba Kyari, the suspended Commander of the Intelligence Response Team and  Deputy Commissioner of Police. Recall that the US requested Abba Kyari’s extradition ...

A wife was left ‘shocked’ and ‘devastated’ after her husband suggested that he have s3x with her sister in an attempt to impregnate her amid the couple’s infertility issues. A Reddit user, 34 – whose name is unknown – revealed ...

  A contractor, Hakeem Oladimeji, has allegedly committed suicide after killing his yet-to-be-identified girlfriend in the Bariga area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that Oladimeji, who lived in Ogun State, was with his girlfriend in a rented apartment around ...

China has seemingly offered to mediate ceasefire negotiations between Ukraine and Russia amid its strongest comments yet over the conflict. A statement from Beijing yesterday said: ‘Ukraine is willing to strengthen communications with China and looks forward to China playing ...

A moving video appears to show a captured Russian soldier break down in tears as he sips tea and Ukrainians call his mother to tell her he’s OK. The unverified video shows the disheartened soldier after he apparently surrendered, surrounded ...

The Nigeria Police Force has said it has summoned a police officer seen carrying food for a female VIP at an even in Kwara State. The Force warned its operatives attached to Very Important Persons all over the country to ...

A 19-year old Ukrainian biathlete was killed in combat fighting off invading Russian forces, sports organizations said Wednesday. Yevhen Maylshev was killed Tuesday after taking up arms to defend his homeland against the Russian invasion, the Athletes of Ukraine and ...

A lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Dr Bilikis Babarinde, has asked a Grade A Customary Court, Iyaganku, Ibadan, to dissolve her marriage to her husband, Prof. Sikiru Babarinde. The plaintiff, who is a lecturer at the Department ...

Police in Russia’s second-biggest city St. Petersburg have arrested at least 350 anti-war protesters on Wednesday, according to local monitor site OVD-Info. Multiple videos show that police arrested an elderly woman holding anti-war and anti-nuclear signs while protesters cheered and ...

Two Ukrainian footballers have died defending their country following Russia’s invasion, Football’s global players association FIFPRO has announced. Fighting in Ukraine has entered a seventh day following Vladimir Putin’s call for a special operation to demilitarise and ‘denazify’ the country – ...