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A young bride asked ‘how am I going to live without you?’ after her groom was shot dead on their wedding day by two guests. Footage shows the newly wedded couple celebrating their big day just hours before the groom ...

  Gunmen have abducted a Punch reporter, Okechukwu Nnodim, at his house in the Arab road area of Kubwa Abuja. The Nation gathered the incident took place around 11pm on Wednesday. The kidnappers also attacked his neighbours and went away ...

The UK’s coronavirus hospital death toll has increased by 728 – with the youngest victim aged just seven years old. The daily deaths figure dropped by 330 compared to the same time last week, and by 226 compared to yesterday’s ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) by three months. Mr Adamu was due to retire from the police last Monday having spent the maximum 35 years in service. The ...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has accepted the apology tendered by popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho. Igboho had in virtual meeting tagged: Townhall with Yoruba in Diaspora said the Ooni disappointed the Yoruba people ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Benin Zonal office have arrested three suspects on Thursday for allegedly being involved in a land sale scam. The suspects are Monday Evboumwan, Adams Edigin, and Charles Amenaghawon. They allegedly sold a non-existent ...

The Enugu State commissioner for transport, Mr. Mathias Ekweremadu is dead.   According to report, he slumped at the Enugu State House of Assembly from where he was rushed to the Niger Foundation Hospital. However, the commissioner, a younger brother ...

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II has suspended Mr. Harrison Okao as Ohenosa of Holy Arousa Cathedral over alleged unauthorised ministration. A statement by the Secretary, Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Frank Irabor said the suspension ...

This is beautiful. He loved Rolls Royce and had a few number of it.   Recall he had died of covid-19 complications. A lying in state was held for the billionaire today. Two of his Rolls Royce, library and other ...

The Nigerian Police have placed N10 million bounty on some individuals.  On its official Twitter handle, the police force said these persons were captured on CCTV at a crime scene. “Ten Million Naira (#10,000.000.00) awaits anyone with useful information on ...

Dami, one of the daughters of popular Fuji musician, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, has taken to her Snapchat account to lambast people donating money to Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. On Wednesday, Igboho’s supporters set up ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Service Chiefs who were replaced last week as non-career ambassadors. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Adesina confirmed that their names have ...

A suspected ritual killer has been arrested while attempting to sacrifice a nine-year-old girl in Ibaa community, in the Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State. Punch Metro gathered that the girl’s parents had raised the alarm over her sudden ...

Did you know that simply taking your time to walk barefooted can significantly increase the size of your pen!s? Yes walking on the natural ground with your bare feet for thirty minutes a day would give you one inch per ...

Akirun of Ikirun, Oba Adewale is dead. This is according to multiple reports. The monarch died late Wednesday night. Oba Adewale was installed as the paramount ruler of Ikirun in 1991. Recall news broke out yesterday about his health. The ...

Officials of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a passenger with cocaine worth N7b at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). Ukaegbu Bright Onyekachi, a passenger with Ethiopian Airlines from Guarulhos International Airport, Sao Paolo, Brazil via ...

Son of the ex-Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, Faisal, has escaped to the United States of America (USA) after sneaking into the Niger Republic through one of the nation’s porous borders in Borno State. A lawyer ...

Another batch of stranded Nigerians has returned to the country from Saudi Arabia. A social media post by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) states that the batch which had a total of 425 citizens arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe ...

A truck carrying grain has derailed off the Lagos-Ibadan road forcing it to crush a pedestrian to death as it emptied its content on the pavement. The accident has occasioned serious traffic along the busy corridor. Attempts by emergency agencies ...

A 45-year-old tailor, Tayo Olatunji, at Oke-Opo area of Ilesa, Osun State has committed suicide.   The Police Public Relations Officer of the state police command, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident to reporters. The deceased had earlier been declared missing ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,138 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 134,690. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. “On the 3rd of ...

Following what many described as an unguarded statement, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has apologised to his imperial majesty, Ooni of Ife. Igboho in a viral video vented that the Ooni of Ife along with other Yoruba leaders ...

Eating less meat can help reduce the risk of a pandemic, in addition to saving the environment, the UN Environment Programme said on Wednesday. The programme said this while announcing a new Chatham House report. “At a time when so ...

The decomposing body of Atlanta, Georgia-based Prince Eloniyo Dennis Abuda, who was kidnapped in Edo on January 30 2021, has been discovered in the forest.   A top security chief, who spoke in confidence, authoritatively confirmed the discovery. But Edo ...

Photographer of the First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, Mr Mohammed Yusuf Ovajimo, is dead.   Director of Information in the Office of the First Lady, Suleiman Haruna, announced this on his Facebook page. Though there were no details on his ...