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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government was hit by its first resignation Tuesday over the controversy surrounding top aide Dominic Cummings’ cross-country trip during the coronavirus lockdown when Douglas Ross, a minister for Scotland, quit in protest. Undermining attempts by ...

Three brothers have been hospitalised after letting a Black Widow spider bite them believing it would turn them into Spider-Man like the Marvel comics hero. The boys, aged 8, 10, and 12, were herding goats in the town of Chayanta, ...

The comments of a parrot may be used in an upcoming rape and murder trial. Elizabeth Toledo, 46, was raped and then killed in the city of San Fernando, Argentina in December 2018. At the end of the month a ...

An early morning inferno has engulfed the popular Ogbogonogo market, Asaba, Delta State capital, destroying buildings and goods worth millions of naira. Though the cause of the fire is unknown as at press time, sources say it could have resulted ...

The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, has forfeited her May, 2020 salary to secure the immediate release of five inmates who could not pay for their fines at the Kuje Correctional Service. She made the donation while felicitating ...

Brazil’s health ministry has said it would not change its recommendation to treat coronavirus with hydroxychloroquine, despite the World Health Organization’s decision to suspend trials of the drug over safety concerns. Like his US counterpart Donald Trump, Brazilian President Jair ...

Costa Rica legalised same-sex marriage on Tuesday, becoming the first Central American country to do so and sparking an emotional response from rights campaigners as the first weddings were held overnight. Celebrations were cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, but ...

U.S. presidential adviser Ivanka Trump’s praise of an Indian teenager’s bicycle ride home hundreds of miles away is drawing criticism in India for being insensitive to the plight of impoverished migrant workers struggling in a lockdown. Jyoti Kumari, 15, carried ...

At least 30 buildings have been destroyed and several occupants displaced following heavy rainfall late Sunday into Monday, in the Iragon-Iragbo Communities, Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State. Also, residents of No 6 Olonode Street, Ebute Metta, Lagos Mainland ...

Italy is planning to send out into the streets some 60,000 volunteers to tell people to keep respecting social distancing rules in the country’s post-lockdown phase. The scheme, announced by Regional Affairs Minister Francesco Boccia, on Monday came amid mounting ...

An unidentified man was said to have slumped and died amid the celebration of eid-il-fitr prayer in Unguwar Sharada, Kano State. It was gathered that the man slump and died shortly after performing the two Rakat (units) eid prayer in ...

One Tunde Ajayi of the Amuda Oba area of Modakeke, Osun State, on Monday, had his wrist cut off following an attack on him by one Kamoru Ajibola, and his friend, Ismaila Mohammed. Ajayi, it was learnt, had previously accused ...

Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, ASUP, Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro Chapter, Mr America Akpituren was weekend, killed in a ghastly motor accident. It was gathered that Akpituren, who drove in a Toyota Highlander jeep, died Sunday afternoon after ...

A prominent Texas defense attorney and his female colleague have been arrested for hatching an elaborate plot to kill her ex-husband. Attorneys Seth Andrew Sutton, 45, and Chelsea Tijerina, 33, were each charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder, a ...

India resumed domestic flights on Monday, two months after a coronavirus lockdown was imposed, but confusion and chaos prevailed at major airports as large numbers of flights were cancelled. Air services were suspended in late March when India went into ...

A military helicopter crashed on Tuesday at an airport in Russia’s remote eastern Chukotka region, killing all four people on board. The helicopter of the Russian defence ministry went down in the main airport in Chukotka near Anadyr, which has ...

A 22 year old security man identified as Sunday Ezra has been reportedly beaten to death by yet to be identified persons at New Trafford Hotel and Suites located in the Gwallameji area of Bauchi metropolis. Sunnews correspondent learnt that ...

Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases have surpassed 8,000 mark after the nation recorded 229 fresh cases of the virus on Monday. According to figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Nigeria now has 8,068 confirmed cases. Lagos topped with ...

World Health Organisation said it has suspended a clinical trial of the anti-malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine in coronavirus patients. The UN agency said it did so out of safety concerns. It said it was concerned about safety of the drug, after ...

Nigeria’s richest woman, Folorunso Alakija has revealed crucial tip for those who want to succeed in life. She said dreaming big is the key to success in life by any aspiring entrepreneurs or individuals. According to her, there is no ...

Cross River State Government has declared 35 youths wanted for alleged involvement in the recent killings related to cult rivalries in the state. Over eight persons have been reportedly killed in the last two weeks at separate instances in the ...

Obinwanne Okeke, the Nigerian ‘businessman’ arrested in the United States last August, has capitulated after months of putting up spirited fights against the two-count charge of wire and computer fraud slammed on him by American authorities, Premium Times exclusively reports. ...

Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Works and Infrastructure, says his administration will make the Lagos 4th Mainland Bridge a reality. The governor’s aide said this during an online CovInspiration Show organised to mark the first ...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said he reserves the right to contest for any elective posts in 2023. Mr Ngige said this while debunking reports that he was interested in contesting for the Anambra governorship election scheduled ...

This is serious, lol. Hon Abike Dabiri, the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, had accused the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Patami of disrespecting her and alleged he only did that BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN. And ...