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Kim Jong Un has not been pictured in public for three weeks, sparking fresh rumours regarding his health. The North Korean leader was last seen at a public engagement on Sunday, June 7 when he took part in the 13th ...

Vice Chancellor of Benue State University, BSU, Makurdi, Professor Msugh Hembe, Thursday, disclosed that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Professor Kemble, through his verified Facebook account, said that the results of his test came out on Monday and returned ...

  Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign and joint committees outraised President Trump by $10 million in the month of June, Biden’s campaign announced Wednesday. The campaign, in combination with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and their joint fundraising committees, ...

An ISIS supporter who wanted to “blow St Paul’s Cathedral to the ground” in a terror attack to kill “a lot” of innocent people has been jailed today for a minimum of 14 years. Safiyya Amira Shaikh, a 37-year-old mother, ...

The police in Sokoto have arrested one Shuaibu Aliyu, for allegedly impregnating a 14-year-old girl and dumping the baby in a bush. Sokoto State Commissioner of Police, CP Sani Kaoje disclosed this while briefing journalists on the arrest of suspects ...

The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led government of Lagos State on Friday, sealed-off ten private schools for violating the COVID-19 lockdown rules. This was revealed by the Lagos State Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, following massive monitoring ...

The late Ondo Health Commissioner Dr Wahab Adegbenro has been buried. He was buried at Ilara- Mokin according to Muslim rites. Sympathisers trooped to his family house where the burial took place, despite the man died of the deadly bug. ...

At least 30 prominent Nigerian activists, academics, and other professionals have formed a new political movement called National Consultative Front. Its founders said the new party will have an ideological outlook and mobilise Nigerians to take power like the African ...

Panama’s last two presidents, Ricardo Martinelli and Juan Carlos Varela, were charged Thursday with money laundering, as two separate scandals tarnished the political legacy of the former allies turned enemies. Martinelli was charged with money laundering over the so-called “New ...

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has resigned, along with his government, according to an announcement from France’s Presidency. The resignation came ahead of a government reshuffle by President Emmanuel Macron designed to bolster his green credentials and win back disillusioned ...

A bricklayer, Gbenga Ogunjobi, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping and impregnating his neighbour’s daughter in Sote, Ibafo area of the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state. Punch Metro gathered that the ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, Ado Sanusi, has said any passenger who sneezes on the plane will be treated as a COVID-19 case. According to him, passengers who have malaria must present COVID-19 test results and not ordinary ...

A 72-year-old man has been arrested after pushing another, aged 86, from a Miami Beach apartment block lift, claiming he was protecting himself and his wife from coronavirus. Portofino Tower CCTV footage from June 22 shows Nachem Gross shoving Gerald ...

A herbal medicine practitioner, Paul Oni, was said to have planned to unveil the syrup at a briefing on Thursday at the Centenary Hall in the Ake axis of the state capital. The programme was later reported to have been ...

A total of 193 Almajiris in Kano State have so far tested positive to COVID 19, the state government has confirmed. Speaking at the COVID 19 press briefing held, Thursday, Kano State Commissioner of Education, Sanusi Mohammed Kiru disclosed that ...

The Management of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has debunked the report that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the suspension of the Managing Director of the Fund, Adebayo Somefun, three Directors and eight other senior staff. Recall that a statement ...

Eight policemen have been shot dead in India after being ambushed as they went to arrest a murder suspect, authorities said on Friday. At least seven other people were injured in the nighttime incident in a village in the northern ...

A major London children’s hospital registered a 15-fold increase in the number of apparent child abuse cases it dealt with during the COVID-19 lockdown compared to previous years, researchers reported on Thursday. From March 23 to April 23 — corresponding ...

The police have arrested a Chinese couple in Abuja for allegedly locking up their Nigerians employees in their apartment for the past four months. Eight domestic workers were rescued by the personnel of the Utako Divisional Police Station on Tuesday ...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Thursday accused politicians of playing games with the lives of Nigerians amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Bello was speaking while playing host to the Board of Trustees of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, who ...

The two officials of the United Nations mission in Israel who were seen in a viral video having s3x in an official vehicle have been suspended without pay. After the s3x video went viral, the United Nations officials wwho were ...

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three suspected land-grabbers, who allegedly shot at seven workers at a construction site in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Oyeyemi ...

  For the first time in weeks, the number of persons discharged in one day exceeded the figure of new cases recorded across the country. This is the highest rate of recoveries recorded in Nigeria with 649 people discharged within ...

The Nigerian Government Thursday said preliminary results of the analysis of the Madagascar COVID-19 herbal drink by the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRID) showed that it is the same as the plant Artemisia annua, with proven efficacy ...

There was drama in Kenya earlier this week when two nominated senators Beatrice Kwamboka (ODM) and Mary Seneta (Jubilee) engaged in a scuffle before parliamentary security separated them. The scuffle over a post is said to have led to the ...