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A man on life-support in a hospital in India has died after his relatives unplugged his ventilator in order to use an air cooler. The 40-year-old man, who was admitted at ICU in the Maharao Bhim Singh (MBS) hospital in ...

The World Bank has approved $750 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for Nigeria’s Power Sector Recovery Operation (PSRO), to improve electricity supply. The Bank, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, said that the would help Nigeria achieve financial ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a man accused of raping a three-month-old baby in Adogi Village in Nasarawa State. He was arrested on Tuesday, the NSCDC announced via its Twitter handle. The para-military security outfit said ...

Five family members of a former Permanent Secretary in Ebonyi State, who died of Covid-19, have tested positive for the viral disease. It was gathered that the ex ex-permanent secretary died of the virus penultimate Tuesday, same day a former ...

South Africa will roll out the first African first coronavirus vaccine trial this week, the university leading the pilot said on Tuesday, as the country grapples with the highest number of cases in Africa. The vaccine, developed by the Oxford ...

Members of the Civil Society Network Against Corruption on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest at the Lagos office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and submitted a petition against the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru ...

The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has postponed the reopening date for Primary 6, Junior Secondary School 3, and Senior Secondary School 3 pupils in the state. The state task force gave the indication following a meeting held on Monday ...

Tragedy struck in the Ogba area of Lagos State, on Monday, after two hairdressers, identified as Temitope Olagunju and one Baraka, were found dead in the shop where they worked. Punch Metro learnt that a third woman, an apprentice, was ...

A plumber has confessed to the serial r*pe and murder of multiple women in a chilling video. Andrey Yezhov, a 53-year-old Russian, was arrested after an 88-year-old woman was found dead in her home in the city of Kashira, 67 ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced that the record for the covid-19 cases in Nigeria has risen to 21,371. 452 new cases were recorded on Tuesday night. The centre made this known via its Twitter handle. The new ...

Pope Francis has called for the coronavirus crisis to lead to less hypocrisy in politics. The pontiff said the Covid-19 outbreak has exposed divisions in society and that there is a need for less consumption and more help for the ...

India’s coronavirus caseload has skyrocketed by a record of 15,000 as migrant workers left major cities and returned to rural villages. The increase of 15,413 cases and a further 14,821 reported has brought India’s total Covid-19 infections to 425,282. There ...

The former chief executive of Wirecard, a German electronic payment platform, has been arrested in Munich today after the company admitted that $2.1 billion missing from its accounts probably “do not exist.” Markus Braun, who resigned as chief executive on ...

  A 22- year-old man, Ayokunbi Olaniyi, on Tuesday appeared before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly having s.e.x with a pig. The police charged Mr Olaniyi, who resides in Eleti–Odo area, Iwo Road, Ibadan, with one count of ...

200 Nigerians stranded in South Africa will be evacuated on Thursday, June 25th. Those booked to fly back to the country have already made payment. They paid $840 for economy class and $1350 for business class, a source said. The ...

Kidnappers of father of former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, have demanded a ransom of N100m to free him. The victim, Pa Dariye, who is said to be in his late 80s, was abducted at his residence in Mushere, ...

The Residents Doctors Association of Nigeria, Ondo State Chapter, has announced the commencement of an indefinite strike effective Wednesday, June 24. The action of the health workers is based on alleged neglect and poor welfare by the state government despite ...

No fewer than 13 out of the 27 members of Imo Assembly have tested positive for coronavirus. It was gathered the 13 tested positive on Monday when test was conducted on them. In a swift reaction, the Special Adviser on ...

Police personnel have rescued a 40-year-old Filipino lady, Irene Panas, allegedly held hostage by one Chukwudi Odo, whom she met on Facebook in 2019. Panas, an accountant based in Manila, was lured to Nene-Uno village in the Enugu East Local ...

The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has fired all aides attached to his deputy, Agboola Ajayi. He took the decision on Tuesday following the defection of Mr Ajayi to the opposition party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party. ...

A man in the United Kingdom has been jailed for throwing a five-month baby at a TV cabinet after losing a live football bet. Taylor Biggins, who is from Birstall, Leeds, was sentenced to two years and ten months for ...

315 Nigerians stranded in the United Arab Emirates and Senegal due to the coronavirus pandemic have returned home. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made this known via Twitter. Onyeama said 298 nationals were repatriated from the UAE while ...

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the closure of the National Secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The IGP sent the directive through the Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bala ...

A 35-year-old man, Bebu Abiodun, allegedly brutalised his wife, Ronke Adeyemi (33) for refusing to abort their 3-month-old pregnancy in Ode-Irele, Ondo State. According to Ronke’s brother, Jimmy Adekunle, the husband beat her and inserted his hands in her private ...

Fresh coronavorus lockdown measures have been announced in Germany after an increase in cases linked to an abattoir. Armin Laschet, the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia state, said 100,000 people in Guetersloh county should only have contact with their own household ...