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Besides Egypt, which already has a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), researchers and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have identified Algeria and South Africa as African countries most at risk while Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Angola, Tanzania, Ghana and ...

Prince Andrew might want to think more about where he stays on vacation. The prince was not only buddies with Jeffrey Epstein — both a convicted pedophile and an accused s.e.x trafficker — but now he’s linked with billionaire fashion ...

All but one of the UK’s nine coronavirus patients have been released from hospital, health chiefs confirmed. The single patient is still being treated as the virus continues to claim lives across the world. The ninth confirmed patient was a ...

  The United States Government has warned that it will recover the over $308million looted and stashed abroad by former Head of State, the late Gen Sani Abacha, if it is re-stolen in Nigeria. The threat followed a February 4 ...

A 37-year-old woman, identified as Ngozi Dike, has been arrested for faking blindness in order to attract sympathy for alms, while also using two children for the same purpose. SP Haruna Mohammed, the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra State, ...

Six passengers have been kidnapped on the Lokoja-Kabba road. The victims, whose identities had yet to be ascertained, were reportedly kidnapped around 6pm on Sunday. A source told punch correspondent that the victims were travelling to Kabba when the gunmen ...

An aggrieved father has attacked medical workers at the Sapele Central Hospital, Delta State, over the death of his child at the medical facility. PUNCH Metro learnt that the man went berserk minutes after medical workers broke the news of ...

  A teenager, identified as Ayishat, is lucky to be alive after she was viciously attacked with a blade on Valentine’s Day by her boyfriend’s scorned ex, Isiwat, and her friends. The suspect had accused the victim of snatching her ...

Nemesis finally caught up with a notorious kidnapper operating in the North, who confessed to the abductions of some of her boyfriends. While kidnapping is assumed to be the exclusive preserve of men, this female kidnapper has shown by her ...

The Catholic Church has released the photograph of Fr. Nicholas Oboh, the Catholic priest kidnapped on Friday in Edo State. Oboh works at the Diocese of Uromi. He was abducted by gunmen at a place close to Benin while on ...

One person died on Sunday when two Dangote trucks collided along Abuja-Keffi road. An eyewitness said the two trucks were coming from opposite direction when the incident occurred. The deceased died instantly whole two others were severely injured and were ...

    An African man caused a stir onboard a flight recently when he stood up and began to preach the gospel. Nigerian Twitter user @victorsozaboy who witnessed this, shared the video on his Twitter handle and wrote ”If you ...

At least eight people were killed in Okporowo village in Ogbakiri clan, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State following a cult clash. It was gathered that the victims were members of a particular cult group in the area and ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has so far registered over 1.9 million prospective candidates for its 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with a few hours to the end of the exercise. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the ...

French police held a Russian activist and his girlfriend for questioning on Sunday over a sex tape released online that brought down President Emmanuel Macron’s favoured candidate for Paris mayor. Pyotr Pavlensky has said he leaked the video that forced ...

Americans will be removed from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan and flown home, the US embassy said on Saturday as dozens of more cases of the new coronavirus were diagnosed on board. At least 285 people on the Diamond ...

Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) operatives at Badagry have arrested two fishermen for alleged attempt to smuggle 120 jerricans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to Benin Republic. The suspects Jebleh Taiwo and Jebleh Abiodun arrested at Gberefu Beach, ...

The authorities of Uratta Development Association in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State has announced the suspension of all cultural events in all the communities in Uratta clan. The announcement followed the killing of Ugoeze Comfort Okoro, wife ...

A fire outbreak on Sunday gutted sections of the popular Apongbon Market in Lagos. Although details of the fire and its cause are still sketchy, it was gathered that it started at in the morning with the blaze raging on ...

A year after she lost her first baby, Bethany fell pregnant again in December 2018, but this time she felt more cautious. However, when she reached her nine-week scan, she was delighted to be able to hear her baby’s heartbeat ...

The Permanent Secretary of the Nasarawa Ministry of Works, Jibrin Giza, has been abducted. According to the Commissioner of Police in the state, Bola Longe, Mr Giza was abducted around 12:30 am by gunmen from his resident in Shabu, a ...

The daughter of a former US ambassador to the United Nations has been charged with murder in the death of a Maryland man. Sophia Negroponte, 27, was arrested Thursday night and charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of ...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has graduated a total of 2,070 recruits of Basic Military Training Course 40, as part of efforts to boost the operational power of the service. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, and ...

Coastguards have warned people to stay away from a starving 60ft ‘razorback’ whale that washed up on a British beach. The beast was found stranded on the rocks at Cornwall’s Nare Point Friday afternoon. Officials from the British Divers Marine ...

President, Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has given reasons for Joseph Yobo’s appointment as Super Eagles assistant coach. Mixed reactions have trailed the decision of the NFF to pick Yobo, a former captain of the national team, as Gernot Rohr’s ...