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African states, including the continent’s biggest economy Nigeria, on Wednesday said they had begun to introduce measures aimed at stopping the spread of the new coronavirus. No verified case of coronavirus has been reported to date in sub-Saharan Africa, but ...

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received former President, Goodluck Jonathan at the State House, Abuja. Two more photos below….  

A brave bride-to-be lost her battle with cancer just hours before she was to have the wedding of her dreams. When Hazel Jack, from Carnwath, Lanarkshire, was told she was living on borrowed time her last wish was to marry ...

An Egyptian toyboy planning to wed his 80-year-old girlfriend has broken his silence on their relationship and gushed: “love makes you blind”. Mohamed Ahmed Irbriham has spoken publicly for the first time after his unlikely romance with British pensioner Iris ...

  A teacher at a US elementary school has been suspended after casting two of her pupils of colour as slaves in a school play. They were to be whipped by other children as part of the play featuring fifth ...

Yesterday part of popular Lagos market, Balogun market caught fire. In total, 9 buildings were razed as and some collapsed in the process. Below are photos of the aftermath of the fire.              

A snake charmer was killed after showing off to villagers by teasing a king cobra which then bit him twice. The black magic shaman, named Norjani, caught the huge reptile a week ago in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. He kept it ...

A part-time lecturer of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Tene John who was accused of s3xual harassment  by one of his students, Miss Anjola Ogunyemi and has been sacked by the school authorities and has now broke his silence ...

Less than two weeks after appearing to talk down the need for dedicated diversity efforts when it comes to Academy Awards recognition, best-selling author Stephen King is sounding off on the ongoing need for inclusion in the film industry. “I ...

Suspected cultists have reportedly shot dead a law graduate of the Benue State University (BSU) identified as Adzua Defence on Tuesday night in Makurdi, the capital of Benue state. It was learnt that Adzua who was into modelling and a ...

A building in South Campus of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State has been razed down by fire. This happened late yesterday. The Public Relations Officer of the polytechnic, Sola Lawal, revealed this to Punch today saying the cause of ...

The Chinese Football Association has relocated its Olympic women’s soccer qualifying event to Australia amid an outbreak of the coronavirus in the country, however, several players will skip the trip next after having spent time in Wuhan, according to The ...

  Some people suspected to be political thugs, on Wednesday abducted the Chairman of Afijio Local Government area of Oyo State, Hon. Samuel Aderemi at the Local Government office. Aderemi, who is one of those sacked by Governor Seyi Makinde ...

Nigeria is to sign a tripartite agreement with the United States of America (USA) and the Island of Jersey to repatriate $321 million looted assets. Disclosing this while briefing State House Correspondents after the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) of ...

Tragedy struck in the ancient city on wednesday, when a 28-year old Rabi Musa, mother of six, on Wednesday died after she reportedly set herself ablaze in Kano State. The tragic incident occurred at Sabuwar Unguwa, Gayawa ward of Ungoggo ...

Police are looking for a youthful woman suspected of killing her 78-year-old German lover in a hotel room in Malindi, Kilifi County, Kenya on Monday night. The deceased has been identified as Detering Herman, a tourist of passport number C3K6FV281. ...

France has pledged to outlaw the practice of culling unwanted male chicks by the end of 2021, as part of animal welfare reforms. About seven billion male chicks – not wanted for meat or eggs – are killed around the ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday prosecuted one Ebenezer Tobiloba Okunlola on a three-count charge bordering on false pretence, impersonation, possession of scam documents and obtaining money by false pretence. Okunlola, who claimed to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned a dual US-Israeli national who was arrested on charges of drug trafficking last year. Naama Issachar, 26, was detained in Moscow in April 2019 after more than nine grams of marijuana were found in ...

  Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki has threatened to expel the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) if he (Oshiomhole) continues to “disrupt activities” in the state and in the Edo APC. Obaseki handed down the threat when ...

The “whole world needs to be on alert” to fight the coronavirus, the head of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Programme has said. Dr Mike Ryan praised China’s response to the deadly outbreak, saying: “The challenge is great but ...

  A Kenyan female bus conductor who has a beard has shared how she was stripped naked in a police cell to confirm her gender. Theresia Mumbi told BBC Swahili that traffic police in the capital, Nairobi, arrested her and ...

WWE twins, Nikki and Brie Bella are both pregnant – and due less than two weeks apart. The twins, who are expecting with Dancing With The Stars ace Artem Chigvintsev and WWE star Daniel Bryan respectively, insisted they never ‘planned’ ...

The head-teacher of Wamagana Primary School in Tetu, Nyeri County,Kenya died on Wednesday afternoon in his office as he prepared to meet parents whose children study at the institution. Stanley Muriungi is said to have collapsed before losing his life. ...

The remains of the Sikorsky S-76B that crashed into a foggy hillside, killing Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others, have been removed from the scene of the disaster. The last of the victims’ bodies also were recovered Tuesday ...