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The suspended former Head of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has appeared before the Special Investigation Panel, headed by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in-charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department, Joseph Egbunike. Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, ...

  Kim Jong-Un’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, has given a stark warning to the US and South Korea over their planned military drills later this month.   She has said North Korea will be watching closely to see if the annual ...

Armed robbers on Tuesday attacked a shopping mall, Raycom Telecommunications, at Akpodiete junction, along Isoko road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. A yet-to-be identified man was shot in the stomach as the men robbed shop owners ...

  A 15-year-old has tragically died after “passing out” while having sex with an older man in a car in Brazil. Gabrielly Dickson Alves Nascimento was rushed to hospital on July 29 but died the next morning. A unnamed 26-year-old ...

The Federal Government has again raised the alarm over what it described as incessant unauthorised disclosure of official documents on social media and other platforms. It has therefore threatened to henceforth dismiss officials caught doing so. The Head of the ...

The United Arab Emirates, UAE, will on Thursday lift a ban on transit flights from Nigeria, India and Pakistan. The National Emergency and Crisis Management Authority (NCEMA) said on Tuesday in a post via their Twitter handle. NCEMA said that ...

Saudi Arabia ramped up executions in the first half of 2021 following a drop during its term as G20 president in 2020, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. According to the rights group, the kingdom executed at least 40 people between ...

Founder of popular Abuja-based human rights radio, ‘Ordinary’ Ahmed Isa, says Abba Kyari, the police officer fingered in the multimillion-dollar Internet fraud with Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas, has done a lot of good to be prosecuted for fraud. Speaking on his ...

Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates are now officially divorced after 27 years of marriage. The separation became legal after a judge signed off on the documents filed with the King County Superior Court in Washington on Monday. ...

Photos of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu visiting Bola Tinubu in London has emerged. The Governor visited the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who is presently in UK, just like the Nigerian President.   ...

Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer have finally been able to visit the IPOB leader in DSS custody. The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, through his lawyer thanked his numerous supporters. His comments were contained in a statement signed by ...

A man has been convicted of rap!ng a 13-year-old girl 46 years ago, after the daughter conceived during the attack pursued charges against him. Carvel Bennett, 74, was convicted by a jury at Birmingham crown court. Members of the jury ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega not to infuriate Nigerians amid this alleged bad government they are facing under the APC. PDP in a statement signed ...

A third police officer, Gunther Hashida, who responded to the January 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol, has died by suicide, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in the District of Columbia said on Monday. Department spokesperson, Hugh Carew, confirmed ...

Chief Magistrate’s Court 4 sitting in Yola, Adamawa State on Monday, sentenced Youth Leader of the People’s Democratic Party in the Hong Local Government Area, Ikamu Kato, to one year imprisonment for insulting the President Muhammadu Buhari; and Secretary to ...

Nollywood actress, Oma Nnadi’s husband, Noni Enem has tattooed her name on his hand.   The excited mum of two shared a photo of her husband’s hand showing the tattoo on her Instagram page writing;   ”Then He says , ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has condemned comments by Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, on the trial of Ramon Abbas a.k.a. Hushpuppi by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Mompha had asserted that the commission advised him to maintain ...

  Families, friends and colleagues of a Higher National Diploma 2 Civil Engineering undergraduate of the Yaba College of Technology, Tosin Osatuyi, popularly known as Moore, have been mourning his death a day after he sat his final examination. Punch ...

A soldier attached to the Letmauck Barracks, Audu Abubakar, has allegedly stabbed a tailor, Ali Abubakar, in the Sabo area of Ibadan, Oyo State, for allegedly disrespecting him. It was gathered that Ali had last Thursday visited a friend, Saheed, ...

  Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates are now officially divorced, three months after they sensationally announced the end of their 27 year-old marriage. Washington laws stipulate a 90-day waiting period between when a divorce is filed and finalized. TMZ ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has alleged that money laundering suspect, Abass Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, paid N8m or $20,600 to the embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, to arrest and detain a “co-conspirator,” Chibuzo Kelly Vincent. A document issued ...

  The Imo State Police Command on Monday, said a 15-year-old boy, Emmanuel Nnaji, a native of Awala in Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State, was the one who led the police tactical team to a hotel in ...

A local vigilante operative, Mr. David Power has been beaten to death for allegedly killing a former President General of Ukpiovwin community in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. The Punch gathered that the incident happened at the community’s ...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has ordered the immediate demolition of a building used by kidnappers who recently abducted the wife of the State Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Solid Minerals, Mrs Ann Unenge and her driver. Governor Ortom gave ...

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba on Monday appointed former Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos, DCP Tunji Disu to replace suspended Abba Kyari as head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). This is contained in ...