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Former US President Donald Trump would be delivering his first speech after leaving the White House next week. He would speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Sunday February 28. The gathering would be one of the largest ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has debunked the trending report that the Republic of Benin was aspiring to be the 37 State of Nigeria. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the denial on Saturday in a statement by ...

World number one Novak Djokovic blew away Russian challenger Daniil Medvedev in three straight sets 7-5 6-2 6-2 on Sunday to win a record 9th Australian Open title.   The victory also gave the Serbian his 18th Grand Slam title, ...

Operatives of the Imo state police, Owerri, have arrested, a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha was arrested on Sunday after he unsealed the Royal Palm Estate sealed by the State Government. Imo Government on Friday had sealed ...

Some gunmen believed to be bandits have struck again in Niger State. The bandits were said to have abducted women and children in Gurmana village in the State. Disclosing this, former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani alleged that the bandits ...

Kidnappers of the bus driver of Adamawa United have established contact with the club and demanded N50 million to release the driver. Players of Adamawa United were attacked on Friday evening by gunmen while on their way to Lagos for ...

Condemnations have trailed the detention of six protesters who held a procession to mark the 120th day that soldiers fired live ammunition at #EndSARS protesters at Lekki tollgate. During the shooting, some protesters reportedly died while others secured varying degrees ...

The pilot of the Nigerian Air Force Intelligence Reconnaissance Aircraft which crashed in Abuja, on Sunday, complained of engine failure barely moments after takeoff. A source at the control tower revealed this to The Punch on the strict condition of ...

Russia has reported the first case of a bird flu strain, H5N8, being passed from poultry to humans. Officials said seven workers at a poultry plant in the south of the country had been infected following an outbreak there in ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has returned N420,000 cash found at an auto crash site at Akinfosile, along Lagos-Ore expressway, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, to the family of the deceased. Mr Olusegun Aladenika, the Unit Commander ...

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has announced that military aircraft King Air 350 has crashed in Abuja. He disclosed this in a tweet on Sunday, saying the accident appears fatal. He said, “A military aircraft King Air 350 has ...

The Ogun State police command has arrested three suspected criminal herdsmen over “the role they played in the attack of Bamajo village in Ayetoro”, Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun State. According to the Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, ...

The Federal Government has insisted that it would not pay any ransom to secure the release of abductees at Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this while speaking on a ...

Dona Miguelina, the mother of Brazilian football star Ronaldinho is dead. Miguelina, 71, was hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19 last year while in their home city of Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil. In December, the Ballon d’Or winner asked fans ...

A new study by reproductive health experts has found that air pollution is associated with increased infertility risk for couples by up to 20 per cent. The researchers say the association might explain the increased infertility rates in polluted areas. ...

Former Mr Nigeria and Nollywood actor, Emmanuel Ikubese and his makeup artist wife, Anita Adetoye have spark breakup rumour after unfollowing each other on Instagram and deleting their wedding photos.This is coming barely one year after they walked down the ...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has disowned a list of ‘prayer points’ against Fulani herders circulated on social media.   In a tweet on Saturday, Adeboye branded the ‘prayer points’ as ‘fake ...

Maureen Esisi, the ex-wife of Nollywood actor, Blossom Chukwujewu has denied knowing the actor. She responded to a fan who was curious to know if she would reunite with him.During an interactive question and answer session with her fans on ...

Veteran Nigerian actor Richard Mofe Damijo began his acting career in the ’80s with the movie, Ripples. However, Out of Bounds was the first film for which he received a writer/producer credit.Ever since then, the thespian fondly referred to simply ...

Former Minister of Education, Public Analyst/Senior Economic Advisor, Oby Ezekwesili has condemned the high rate of insecurity in the country whIle accusing the Buhari-led administration of bandits a thriving environment. Ezekwesili said this while condemning the abduction of 27 Kagara ...

Hot in the news Olakunle Churchill has gifted his grandmother a house. He gave her the house saying his grandmother deserves the best and congratulated her. Sharing a photo of them together and also a picture of the house on ...

Nigerians on social media have dragged Nollywood actress, Destiny Etiko, for appearing ”indecent” before Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state during her visit. Destiny Etiko was part of a group of actors led by the President of the Actor’s Guild ...

Players and officials of Adamawa United FC have been attacked and their driver kidnapped. Sources in Adamawa State said on Saturday morning that the players were attacked at gunpoint on the Benin-Ore expressway. Their phones, money and other valuables were ...

A petitioner before the Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Human Rights Violations and Related Extra Judicial Killings, Mr Sulaiman Badmus on Saturday narrated how three policemen gruesomely murdered eight travellers because of money. He added that the ...

The Kwara State Government on Friday ordered the immediate closure of some grant-aided schools in Ilorin pending the resolution of the controversy surrounding the use of Hijab in the affected schools. The schools, according to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ...