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First Lady Melania Trump exchanged a frosty greeting with Ivanka Trump on the stage of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, hours after details of their fraught relationship were released in an excerpt of an upcoming book.   After Ivanka ...

Chinese consumers could boycott Apple if the United States bans WeChat, China’s foreign ministry spokesman warned Friday, as the clock ticks down on a US order to block the popular social app.   US President Donald Trump this month announced ...

Nearly 5,800 people suspected of killing health workers, selling defective medical equipment and lying about their travel history have been arrested in China for virus epidemic-related crimes since January, the state prosecutor’s office said.   One case involved a shopper ...

Eight persons have been killed in a ghastly motor accident in Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State.   The accident occurred on Wednesday around 09:30 pm at Garin Chiroma involving Zapira Opel and a trailer belonging to TBS transport ...

There is panic in Opebi area of Ikeja, Lagos as a helicopter has reportedly crashed into a building. The incident occurred at about 12. 17pm, at Salvation Road, Opebi, Lagos.          

Thieves made off with about nine million euros in cash in the southeastern French city of Lyon on Friday in an armed attack on an armoured security vehicle, prosecutors said.   The vehicle was attacked by several armed individuals as ...

Assurances of security came from the military on Thursday against the backdrop of claims that ISIS fighters have been spotted in the Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State.   There is nothing to worry about, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John ...

An extreme tattoo lover has spent over £6,000 to have his ears removed so that his head looks like a skull.   Sandro, known as ‘Mr Skull Face’ on social media, insisted his transformed appearance made him feel more confident ...

The  Zone 2 Police Command , Onikan, Lagos, has arrested five members of a syndicate which  specialised in using people’s telephone  SIM cards to  steal  money from victims’ accounts.   The gang through the SIM card would be able to ...

Over 16,000 people have signed a petition on Change.Org calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu.   The petition, which was started a week ago by Reno Omokri, a former aide ...

A Nigerian lady, Adedotun Afusat Feyisara, who waited for a child for seven years has died hours after she welcomed a set of quadruplets on Tuesday, August 25.   A sister of the deceased, Olawale Adedotun Oluwatomisin shared the sad ...

Officials dressed in hazmat suits raced to board a Ryanair flight after a passenger was diagnosed with coronavirus minutes before take-off.  The passenger and his travelling companion were flying from London Stansted to Pisa in Italy last night when he ...

Togo has become the first African country to eliminate sleeping sickness as a public health problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.   It received “validation” of the sickness’ elimination after not reporting a single case in the past ...

Authorities of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, (AAUA) Ondo State has announced the downward review of the tuition fees of its students.   A circular, dated August 26, 2020, issued by the institution’s Acting Registrar and Secretary to the ...

No fewer than 15 suspected Internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Lagos.   The suspects were arrested in Lekki area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The suspects are: Sunday Okpe; Taiwo Adelagun; Obarakyo ...

  A common type of bacteria found in the mouth could create an environment for a condition known as bacterial vaginosis to thrive. Known as BV, the condition is an imbalance of the usual bacteria found in the vagina which ...

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, visited the palace of the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II. Yakubu, who was accompanied by a senior management team, stated that the visit was to ...

Big Brother Naija, BBNaija housemate, Kiddwaya has narrated how his billionaire father, Terry Waya ran away from home when he was 16-year-old.   Kiddwaya, speaking to housemates about his dad’s achievement, said Terry Waya who had polio at a young ...

A five-year-old boy has been praised by police after calling the number on the side of his toy ambulance when his mum slipped into a diabetic coma.   Josh called 112 — a European emergency number which serves the same ...

One of Nigeria’s anti-corruption agencies, ICPC, has arrested 25 officials of Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO), FRSC, Motor Vehicle Licensing Authority (MVLA), and other persons in connection with drivers’ license and vehicle particulars fraud in Lagos State.   The operation was ...

Over 110 staff members of Ahoada-West Local Government Area council of Rivers State have staged a peaceful protest over non-payment of their one-year salary, begging the state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, and the state house of assembly to prevail on ...

A young lady has died after she set fire to herself when her mum hid her mobile phone to stop her from calling her boyfriend.   The lady, who has been named as 20-year-old D Hashini Piumika, poured kerosene over ...

The Federal Government has postponed the resumption of international flights to September 5th, 2020.   Before the latest announcement, international flights were earlier scheduled to resume on August 29. President Muhammad Buhari had in March ordered the suspension of international ...

Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has vowed to sign the warrant of the death sentence passed on 22-year-old Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.   The Governor, who supports the ruling by Upper Shari’a Court, said he will promptly sign ...

There is gridlock at the long bridge, Warewa section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.   The Punch gathered that the standstill was caused by a fire outbreak. It was learnt a car was gutted by fire in the middle of the ...