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  A Nigerian mum was left in shock after she found out that her 15-year-old daughter in secondary school is in a cult, “Marlians” and doesn’t wear panties to school. The mum was called to school by the principal of ...

  Tragedy struck on Iheochukwu street, MCC road of Owerri, Imo state after a maid allegedly strangled a two-year-old girl to death, over ‘disobedience’. According to a Facebook user who shared the story, the evil house-help pounced on the baby-girl ...

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has secured a second term after sweeping to victory in an election dominated by the island’s relationship with China. Ms Tsai secured just over 57% of the ballot – a record 8.2m votes – well ahead ...

A patent medicine dealer, David Agabi, in the Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State has ended his life. It was gathered that Agabi, who was popular in Igoli where he operated his medicine store, committed suicide on Friday ...

A Nigerian, identified as Dauda Onoruoiza, was reportedly among the victims of the Ukraine International Airlines flight that was brought down by Iran. They called it a human error. Reports said Onoruoiza was working with Boeing on three months training ...

The Enugu State Police Command on Saturday confirmed that a serving National Youth Service Corp member in the state, Motunrayo Bolufemi, committed suicide. Sunday Punch gathered that Bolufemi, a Batch C corps member serving in Girls Secondary School, Ibagwa-Aka, Igbo-Eze ...

The Queen and the Duke of Sussex are to hold talks at Sandringham on Monday to discuss the future roles of Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex. Palace officials have also told the BBC the Prince of Wales and ...

Hazy and cold weather on Saturday forced many residents of Dutse, the Jigawa capital, to remain indoors. The busiest places in the capital were deserted due to extreme cold and hazy weather conditions. Malam Yunusa Minari, a taxi driver in ...

A tanker loaded with 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) leaked some of the inflammable product it was conveying around Ajileti, on Idiroko road, Ogun, causing fire that burnt two vehicles completely. The Idiroko unit Command of Federal Road ...

Police have confirmed the abduction of a housewife in Jahun Local Government Area of Jigawa. A security source said the woman is the wife of a Jigawa State Assembly member representing Miga constituency, Haruna Dangyatun. SP Abdu Jinjiri, the Police ...

Ukraine demands Iran punish those guilty of shooting down airliner killing 176 people and calls for victims’ remains to be returned home along with compensation for families Ukraine has demanded that Iran punish those guilty for the downing of a ...

The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has ordered that the screening of ‘Sugar Rush’ in cinemas be halted. In a statement released on its Facebook page, the board said the temporary approval given for the movie exhibition has ...

A Disney fan proposed to his unsuspecting girlfriend by editing them both into a specially made screening of Sleeping Beauty. Lee Loechler popped the question to his high school sweetheart Sthuthi David in front of friends and family in this ...

The fourth British victim of the plane crash in Iran has been named as 17-year-old Arad Zarei. The teenager, was born in Twickenham, southwest London, where he grew up before moving to Canada to live with his father. He was ...

  Millions of naira allegedly stolen by some highly placed officials of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, a.k.a. Winners Chapel, drew the presiding Bishop of the church, Dr. David Oyedepo, into a rage at the empowerment summit organised for ordained ...

  A 61-year-old man has died from pneumonia in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in an outbreak of a yet to be identified virus while seven others are in critical condition, Wuhan health authorities say. In total 41 people ...

Accused serial killer of women in Port Harcourt, Gracious David West was dragged to mortuaries to identify the bodies of seven out the 19 people he killed while on the prowl. This came to light on Friday at his trial ...

A trader on Saturday slumped and was rushed to hospital after watching his shop ruined by fire. The trader whose identity could not be ascertained as of press time reportedly shouted, “I am finished” and collapsed. “Bystanders rushed him to ...

The 1968 Ford Mustang GT that Steve McQueen drove in the classic car chase from the movie “Bullitt, one of the most famed cars from American cinema, sold for a record $3.4 million at auction in Florida on Friday, Mecum ...

Iranian state TV, citing a military statement, says the country ‘unintentionally’ shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 aboard, after mistaking the aircraft for a hostile, enemy target. The statement came Saturday morning, and blamed ‘human error’ for shooting ...

Donald Trump waded into the British monarchy’s royal fallout on Friday, expressing his sympathy for Queen Elizabeth II and calling Harry and Meghan’s decision to step back from royal duties ‘sad’. Speaking on Fox News’ ‘The Ingraham Angle’, the President ...

The Sultan of Oman Qaboos bin Said Al Said has died aged 79, it was announced last night – with his passing without an heir or designated successor creating fresh uncertainty in an unstable Middle East after a reign lasting ...

  The grandma who went viral earlier this month dancing to Fireboy’s song, Vibration has reportedly passed on.   The 92-year-old woman was heard saying she didn’t want to carry overload, which is the catchy phrase in the song, while ...

  An American warship was “aggressively approached” by a Russian Navy ship in the North Arabian Sea, the US Navy said Friday. Navy Cmdr. Josh Frey, spokesman for US 5th Fleet, said that the USS Farragut was conducting routine operations ...

  A male teacher of the Apata Memorial College has been called out by a lady who leaked an alleged chat of him requesting for sex from a female SS3 student of the school. The man identified as Mr Raymond ...