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Twelve people have died and at least 8 injured after a SUV burst into flames when it hit a 22-seater Mercedes Benz bus. The head-on collision happened in South Africa’s northwestern province of Limpopo. A spokesman from the Limpopo Department ...

Argentina is currently the hottest place on planet earth. The country is facing a historic heat wave with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius (104°F), making the country for a while the hottest place on Earth. The heat wave has ...

Following the death of a former Head of the Interim Government, Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan, President Muhammadu Buhari, has directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast. The President gave the order in a statement on Tuesday night ...

  A consultant pathologist at the Military Hospital, Yaba, Chikodili Nwigwe, has said that due process was followed during Sylvester Oromoni’s second autopsy. Last week, the Lagos State Department of Public Prosecution DPP in its legal advice exonerated the five ...

Mr Ojonimi Ossai, an official of Shell Petroleum Development Company, has been killed by his abductors. Ossai was killed despite a N5million ransom raised by his family. Daily Trust learnt that late Ojonimi Ossai was on his way the burial ...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has warned men of God not to fight women, but run when members of the opposite s3x threatens to deal with them. Adeboye, who will ...

A court in Uganda on Tuesday charged a prominent author and government critic with “disturbing” the country’s President Yoweri Museveni and his son in unflattering social media posts. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was brought to court and charged with two counts of ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has asked schools not to allow in teachers and students with high temperature. In its latest COVID-19 situation report, the agency said the detection of the Omicron variant has intensified the need to ...

A district court in Rawalpindi, Pakistan has sentenced a Protestant pastor, Zafar Bhatti, 58, to death for blasphemy. Bhatti, who has been in prison since 2012, was accused of sending blasphemous SMS text messages., according to a report by Anglican ...

  A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Oreoluwa has reacted to the viral memes of Pastor Funmilayo Adebayo addressing where she is addressed as Mummy G.O. The clergyman said that the only Mummy G.O he recognises ...

  A Nigerian man has revealed one of the issues to contend with whenever one moves to any European country. He shared a video of himself freezing in snow and questioned Nigerians who have been indicating interest in relocating to ...

  The Nigerian Army has arrested a Lance Corporal allegedly involved in an assault on two traffic wardens in Oyo State. In a video which went viral on social media, the Lance Corporal and one of his colleagues could be ...

  A video which has gone viral on social media shows the moment a mentally unstable woman stopped a truck from moving in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. She stood in front of the truck and raised her hand, forcing the ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students in the South-West zone has condemned the Federal Government’s plan to introduce N10 per litre tax on carbonated drinks. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, recently announced the plan while ...

The United Kingdom Mission in Nigeria has announced a temporary suspension of the Flexi Appointment, known as the walk-in service, at its Visa Application Centres. In a statement on Monday, the mission noted that the move was to ensure the ...

China has locked down a city of five million people a day after detecting Omicron in the central Henan province, its second shut down in as many months, underscoring the nation’s commitment to eliminating Covid as two highly transmissible variants ...

Doctors in the US have transplanted a full, live pig heart into a human patient. In a landmark first-of-its kind surgery, doctors at the University of Maryland School of Medicine outside Washington DC have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig ...

A casino attendant, Jeremiah Benson, has been stabbed to death by suspected cultists in the Tolu area of Olodi-Apapa, Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that the assailants stormed Benson’s shop, used a rope to tie his hands to his back ...

Chief Ernest Shonekan, the former head of the Interim National Government that succeeded the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, is dead. Shonekan, a boardroom guru before his selection to head the Interim National Government, died in Lagos at the ...

Nigeria has announced eight deaths and 420 new COVID-19 cases, a sharp drop from recent logs. Data released by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that the country’s death toll has jumped to 3,085. Confirmed COVID cases have also ...

Gunmen have kidnapped Dorcas Vem, the wife of Silas Vem, the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plateau Government House. Dr. Samuel Audu, a Director in the Plateau State Ministry of Health was also kidnapped in a separate operation. The Punch ...

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has put his presidential ambition on ice for now, as he said he has not made up his mind whether to vie in 2023. Kalu stated this after the National ...

  Kano state govt bans underaged children from going to hotels, men And women from swimming in the same pool. The Kano State Task Force on Tourism Development Levy has made it illegal for children to visit hotels and for ...

  Nigerian man narrates how his aunt’s missing womb saved her life from the hands of suspected ritualists. A Nigerian guy known as @Santostheboss on Twitter recounted how her aunty’s missing womb saved her life from suspected ritualists in Lagos ...

  While a lot of people were in their homes, preparing for the festivities, or resting after a long year. EKSWAMA personnel’s were on the street. Cleaning, and clearing the pile of junk littered during the day. During the festive ...