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Despite warnings to participants to “avoid unnecessary forms of physical contact” at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, organisers are expected to hand out 160,000 branded condoms. Thousands of athletes will stay at the Olympic Village during the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Games, ...

At least 31 people were killed when torrential rain swept through India’s financial capital late on Sunday, triggering landslides that crushed cars and houses while leaving neighborhoods devastated. Twenty-one people died in the Mumbai suburb of Chembur, in India’s western state ...

Thirteen police officers have been killed after bandits ambushed mobile operatives who were responding to distress calls in communities within and around Kurar Mota village in Bungudu LGA of Zamfara State. Confirming the attack which took place on Sunday, spokesperson of ...

Two vaccination centres have been ransacked in France amid protests over the government’s introduction of tougher coronavirus rules. One site in south-east France was vandalised and flooded with fire hoses on Friday night, authorities said. A day later, another clinic ...

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been released from hospital four days after being admitted with serious intestine problems. Mr Bolsonaro, 66, had been suffering persistent hiccups for 10 days. There have been concerns about the far-right leader’s health since ...

No fewer than 40 pastors of Bishop David Oyedepo’s church, the Living Faith Church Worldwide have reportedly been sacked for not generating enough revenue in their branches. This was revealed by one of the pastors, Peter Godwin, who was said ...

  Worried by the increasing rate of fatal road crashes across the country, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has directed his personnel to clamp down on drivers who do not install speed ...

  Martine Moise, the widow of Haiti’s assassinated president Jovenel Moise, has returned to Port-au-Prince on Saturday for his funeral on 23 July. Martine was flown to Miami Florida for medical emergency, the same day her husband was killed by ...

  Deputy Commissioner of Police and leader of the Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has said he attended Obi Cubana mother’s burial because of Obi Cubana’s good nature. Kyari said this in a post on his verified ...

A bandit leader known as Turji and his followers have taken over several villages in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.   Daily Post gathered that the attacks, which started on Friday through to Saturday followed the arrest of ...

Gwaram Local Government Area in Jigawa State has issued a thirty-day ultimatum to all commercial sex workers operating in the area to vacate. Council Chairman Alh. Zaharadden Abubakar disclosed this on Friday after he received a delegation of Sara community, ...

A 52-year-old man, Rauf Babatunde of Dogo village, Igbeti in Oyo State has been arrested for allegedly stealing two cows belonging to one Abdulrahman Umar. This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil ...

The Federal Government will take possession of 1,130 looted Benin Bronzes when returned by Germany, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said. The minister stated this on Saturday at a press conference in Lagos State. Mohammed; Edo State ...

Dreams are finally coming true for Mary Daniel, the 27-year-old amputee water hawker, as she dedicated her new house in the Igando area of Lagos State on Saturday. The single mum, who used to sell bottled water on highways in ...

Chief Imam of Uthman Bn Affan Mosque in Ilorin, Malam Yusuf Al-Fulani, has cautioned muslims against hoarding Sallah meat, saying Islam encourages sharing of the meat with friends and family. Al-Fulani, who gave the advice during an Interview with the ...

Panic gripped residents of communities in Ibarapaland, Oyo State, on Friday night, as gunmen invaded Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state and allegedly opened fire on some persons. Residents of the town told Punch correspondent that the ...

… The children of the late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola have urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to intervene in the protracted feud between them and some unnamed members of the family on allegations of withholding the assets left ...

Robert Mede of Bodere Village in Ribadu District, Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State has been arrested by the police for allegedly beating his pregnant wife, Ladi Mede, to death during a disagreement. The suspect, who is currently being ...

A letter has shown Pastor E.A Adeboye of The Redeemed Christian Church Of God, reached out to the wife of late TB Joshua, Evelyn Joshua. The letter which has now been leaked on social media was dated June, 15, 2021 ...

Biz Markie, the pioneering rapper, producer, and beatboxer whose jovial goofiness, boundless, off-kilter creativity and innovative music made him a singular presence in hip-hop, died Friday at the age of 57.   “It is with profound sadness that we announce, ...

Nigerian celebrities; Davido, Phyno and Kcee on Friday stormed Oba, Anambra state for the burial of Obi Cubana’s mother. Dbanj, Kanayo. O. Kanayo, Alex Ekubo, E-Money and many other influential Nigerians were also among the guests at the much talked ...

The U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday confirmed a rare case of human monkeypox was detected in Texas. According to CDC, the virus was detected in a U.S. resident who recently travelled from Nigeria to the ...

Unrest in South Africa has claimed 212 lives, the government said on Friday, a sharp jump from the 117 deaths announced the previous day. Government minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni told a news conference most of the new fatalities had occurred in ...

A boat carrying five passengers has capsized in Lagos State. Ir was gathered that the boat was heading to Badagry when the incident happened on Friday. An official of the Lagos State Waterways confirmed the incident, saying that the five ...

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, has listed eight times Primate Elijah Ayodele’s prophesies “hit the crossbar.” Adesina listed Ayodele’s failed prophesies on Friday while reacting to the latest prophecy that Nigeria would disintegrate between ...