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John Reilly, US soap star of General Hospital and Dallas, has died, aged 84. The actor’s death was announced by his daughter on Instagram on Sunday, in which she described him as the “brightest light in the world”. John had ...

            Five men have been arrested after a 14-year-old girl was gang-r.a.p.e.d and fatally stabbed in Port Elizabeth. Police spokesperson Col Priscilla Naidu said all the suspects have gang affiliations. Eastern Cape police commissioner Lt-Gen ...

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja has granted bail to the Convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore in the sum of N20million. The second to fifth defendants were also admitted to bail in the sum of N1million ...

The workers’ unions of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, on Monday, locked all the entrances leading into the institution thereby disrupting the resumption of the institution for academic activities after the Christmas break. The workers’ unions comprise the Academic Staff Union of ...

United States President-elect Joe Biden will receive his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, his office announced, three weeks after his first injection was broadcast live on TV to boost public confidence in the jab. Biden, 78, told ...

Desmond Yunana, a reverend of Anglican Church Nigeria based in Borno state, says Abubakar Sheaku, Boko Haram leader, is critically ill and wants prayer from Nigerians. Delivering a sermon in church on Sunday, Yuana said last night, he had a ...

Japan has detected yet another new variant of Covid-19, one that appears to have arrived with travelers from Brazil, its Health Ministry said Sunday. The mutation was detected in four people who arrived at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Jan. 2 ...

  Billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, reportedly lost a whooping $900million on Friday, January 8, after his company, Dangote Industries Limited, emerged the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his ...

A 17-year-old has been charged with murder in the death of a wealthy UK restaurant owner, according to a new report. Susan Addis, 69, was discovered with stab wounds at her home in Brighton on Thursday. It’s unclear how the ...

Indie music star Ariel Pink has been dropped from his record label after attending President Trump rally, even though he denied storming the Capitol, saying he went to take a nap. Label Mexican Summer made the announcement amid backlash after ...

In a bid time curtail the spread of the second wave of Covid-19 in Ekiti, the state Government on Sunday imposed a curfew from 8.00 pm to 6.00 am. The Government also banned all gatherings of more than twenty people ...

Gentle boy Adekunle Gold whom despite being a singer has managed to look clean, says he will be getting a tattoo this year. Adekunle Gold believed to be from a family who values education and decent life so much made ...

A man has allegedly thrown his househelp from the second floor of a 2 storey building in Abia state. According to @obaino_ who disclosed the news on twitter, he revealed that the housegirl suffered some injuries. It was also gathered ...

Aliko Dangote, saw his total net worth drop by $900m on Friday as his flagship company emerged the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.   Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is a ranking of the ...

Gunmen have killed a Saudi Arabia-based oil expert, Ogacheko Atanu, in his Idah residence, Kogi State.   It was gathered that the incident happened on Saturday around 11pm when the deceased was about retiring to bed. It was learnt that ...

It was a black Sunday in Bauchi State as 20 people were burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident.   The accident reportedly involved two vehicles. The tragedy occurred around 3.00pm on Sunday, with only two female said to ...

A middle-aged man simply identified as David, has reportedly abandoned his wife and three children at a Point of Sale (POS) shop, after collecting the sum of N43,000 from the operator. The incident occurred Saturday at Oluku, near Benin City, ...

Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday assessed COVID-19 protocols in the universities and said the institutions were not ready for safe reopening.   The chapters of the union, in separate interviews with The Punch, commented on the ...

A Facebook user, Godwin George has narrated how a corps member serving in Akwa Ibom has been arrested for allegedly hacking a young man to death with a machete. According to Mr. George,  the lady identified as Odume Princess Paschaline, ...

Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpassed 100,000 mark on Sunday after 1,024 new cases were registered. According to the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed cases of the virus in the country have reached 100,087. Eight new deaths ...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu again on Sunday, defended the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to continue keeping the current service chiefs despite several calls for their removal from office.The presidential ...

                Ahmed Abubakar son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has walked down the aisle with his heartthrob Sa’adatu Hamidu. The excited father took to his twitter page to express his appreciation and ...

Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has called President Donald Trump a failed leader who “will go down in history as the worst president ever.” In a video posted on Twitter, Schwarzenegger, a Republican, took solace that the Trump presidency was ...

A former Big Brother Naija contestant, Gifty Powers, has continued to keep her fans guessing about not only the identity of her baby’s father but also her marital status. In an interview with Sunday Scoop, Gifty, however, stated that she ...

Jude Okoye’s wife, Ify, yesterday shared a video on social media showing how she was placed on oxygen after contracting Coronavirus. The former beauty queen captioned the video, “Surviving COVID”. In an exclusive chat with The Punch via the telephone, ...