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Scientists have warned that covid-19 causes a far wider range of health problems than previously thought and that victims may never fully recover from its debilitating effects. According to them, covid-19 does not just cause a wide range of symptoms, ...

Three family members drowned in a new pool after a child got into difficulty and the adults couldn’t swim. An eight-year-old girl, her 33-year-old mom, and 62-year-old grandfather, all drowned in the swimming pool of a New Jersey home on ...

The remains of former Oyo Governor Abiola Ajimobi have been laid to rest. He was buried at his Oluyole residence at about 10 a.m. The burial was witnessed by his wife, children as well as very close associates. Meanwhile, hundred ...

No fewer than 1,300,000 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates may lose their admission into universities and polytechnics in 2020 over the delay in the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the category of candidates who ...

One person was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a Black Lives Matter rally in the US state of Kentucky, police said. The incident Saturday took place at Jefferson Square Park in the center of Louisville where protestors ...

Nigeria has recorded its highest daily toll of new infections with 779 cases. The new cases were confirmed for 21 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at 11:42pm on Saturday. A ...

About 4,625 university and polytechnic graduates representing 35 per cent have applied for recruitment into Amotekun Corps in Osun, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Twenty per cent of the applicants are university graduates from various disciplines, while 15 per cent have ...

The federal government has asked Nigerians stranded in Turkey to pay $1,300 for one-way flight ticket. In a statement on its website, the Nigerian embassy in Turkey said those returning home are expected to pay $1,300 for economy class while ...

The family of Emmanuel Kushi has been distraught over the kidnap of their daughter, Patience, which occurred four days ago. Their fears were further raised by bizarre messages from suspected cultists who kidnapped the 20-year-old undergraduate in Bauchi State. One ...

The confirmed cases of Covid-19 around the world surpassed 10 million last night, with the United States ad Brazil posting huge figures. The death toll has also surpassed 500,000, according to the latest figures by worldometers.info. United States and Brazil ...

Facts emerged on Saturday that a lingering cold war between the family of the former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and the Oyo State Government was largely responsible for the delay in his burial. According to Islamic injunction, ...

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, on Saturday presented the party’s certificate of return to the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. He said the party was delighted to have the governor who he said has seen ...

Oyo State Government has shut five private health facilities in Saki and Ibadan allegedly for contravention and unethical practices. The state task force on private health facilities, headed by the Commissioner for Health, Dr Basiru Bello, shut down the facilities ...

  The Lagos state government generated a sum of N25 billion through taxation in April despite the total lockdown imposed on the state. This is according to head of The Lagos State Inland Revenue Service, LIRS’ Information and Communication (ICT) Department, Mr. ...

A Nigerian writer identified as Alex Adekunle James has taken to social media to write on the reason why he returned a sum of over $2500 he picked on the ground. According to him, he never for once thought of ...

NASA wants you to help put the loo in lunar, so it’s offering $35,000 in prizes to design a toilet that can be used on the moon. The space agency has set an ambitious goal of sending astronauts back to ...

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, on Saturday, wrote from where he was isolated from his family, deploring the increasing cases of covid-19 in the state. He said it had become obvious that community transmission of the virus had reached ...

Lagos and Osun state governments have threatened fresh lockdowns amid increasing covid-19 cases in the states and the country. Fresh 684 Covid-19 cases were recorded in 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory on Friday by the Nigeria Centre for ...

A woman who lives in Abule-Egba area of Lagos known as Mrs Bukola Agboola on Thursday was rescued by neighbours after attempting suicide. The mother of two was said to have attempted suicide on Thursday night, in her residence at ...

Ondo state government has sacked the striking Residents doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMETH). Their sacking was contained in a letter announcing the suspension of the institution residency training programme from August 1st, 2020. The letter ...

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has said criminality is the order of the day and insecurity is one issue common to Nigerians, regardless of tribe, language, religion, location, gender, age, or social position. He noted that restructuring is the solution, adding that ...

A pensioner called police on a nine-year-old girl after she wrote “Black Lives Matter” in chalk outside her home, it has been reported. The woman accused little Mira Acklin of vandalising the street where they live in Ohio and called ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking assistance in finding six Nigerians who are linked to a $6m fraud. The bureau took to its Twitter handle to solicit help in finding the six men who are wanted for “their ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has confirmed that another member of his cabinet has tested positive for Covid-19. This latest new case brings to four those who have contacted the pandemic in the Oyo State cabinet. The governor had ...

The United Nations (UN) says it has launched an investigation into a viral video showing a couple apparently having s.e.x in one of its official cars in Israel. Spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr Stephane Dujarric, told UN correspondents in New ...