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Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the best ever Premier League transfer ahead of Thierry Henry and Eric Cantona. Ronaldo came out on top in a countdown that the Transfer Show panel chose on a special Christmas Day programme. The Portugal ...

Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rev. Matthew Kukah, says the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has sacrificed the dreams of Nigerians on the altar of nepotism by allegedly pursuing Northern hegemony. The bishop also said Nigeria appeared to be ...

  Actress Cossy Ojiakor wrote about her experience with late Nollywood filmmaker, Chico Ejiro shortly after news of his death was reported.   The actress in her Instagram post noted that the filmmaker used to like her, but kept quiet ...

  The Kano State Police Command has arrested a suspect who broke into a warehouse located at Tal’udu Quarters and stole goods worth N8m.   Spokesperson of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on ...

  Fashion entrepreneur, Laura Ikeji Kanu took to Instagram to share these adorable photos of herself and her children, Ryan and Laurel.   See more photos…  

  Cute….  

Actress, Eniola Badmus, has revealed why she responds to people who constantly troll her online because of her size. In an interview with Saturday Beats, the actress said, “It is not everything I can talk about but sometimes, some things ...

Kwara State government has explained why it disengaged 2,414 teachers from the service of the State Universal Basic Education Board. The teachers’ disengagement was announced in a statement titled, ‘Kwara govt takes stand on 2019 SUBEB workers, offsets pending seven ...

Anthony Joshua said he thought the #EndSARs protests which rocked Nigeria in October was a fight against a virus Severe acute respiratory syndrome which also has the SARS acronym. In an exclusive interview with Punch  correspondent, Joshua said because he ...

The Nigerian Medical Association on Friday raised alarm that the second wave of COVID-19 has been merciless on medical doctors. Dr. Enema Amodu, FCT NMA chairman told journalists in Abuja that no less than 20 members of the association have ...

Muslims from some parts of northern states, who are residents in Kaduna State, on Friday, attended church service to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ (Christmas). They came in a large number to show love, companion to their Christian counterparts. ...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three robbery suspects terrorising Ikeja area of the State. The command also said it has beefed up security during the Yuletide period, especially to apprehend traffic robbers. A statement issued by the command’s ...

The remains of Alhaji Musa Saleh-Kwankwaso, the father of former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa-Kwankwaso have been buried in Kano. Sale-Kwankwaso, who until his death was the Makaman Karaye, died in the early hours of Friday, in Kano. He was ...

712 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Friday, December 25 as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. A breakdown of the new cases is as follows; Lagos-388, FCT-77, Kwara-39, Katsina-35, Bauchi-33, Plateau-22, Ogun-18, Akwa Ibom-16, ...

  The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kwara, on Friday, confirmed that 10 persons lost their lives in an accident along Idofian-Ilorin road. Kwara Sector Commander, Jonathan Owoade, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the crash was ...

  Popular Nigerian night club owner, Cubana Chief Priest has named 2019 Big Brother Naija winner, Mercy Eke as the richest BBNaija winner ever in the history of the reality show.   Cubana Chief Priest made this declaration when he ...

The HAK Air building at Sowemimo street, GRA Ikeja was engulfed by fire in the early hours of Friday. The two-storey building got burnt as a result of the explosion of the static inverter used in the building, Lagos State ...

Lashin Ibrahim, Egypt’s head of electoral commission, has died of Covid-19 complications, Dpa reports. Ibrahim was a deputy chief judge of the country’s top court State-owned al-Ahram Online revealed that he tested positive for coronavirus 20 days ago. Ibrahim had ...

The family of Idowu Olawuyi has been grieving after he was stabbed to death by robbers around Bunkas junction, AIT Road in the Alagbado area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that the 33-year-old was on his way to work ...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered Vice-Chancellors of universities to stop academic activities amid increasing Covid-19 cases. Chris Maiyaki, Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration) signed the circular. Classrooms, hostel accommodation, conferences and seminars are to be put on hold. Maiyaki ...

The Tunisian presidency on Friday announced a six-month extension of the country’s state of emergency, in place since a 2015 attack on a presidential guard bus claimed by the Islamic State group. President Kais Saied “decided on the six-month extension ...

A man has been confirmed dead in an accident involving a motorcycle at Awkuzu junction, on Enugu-Onitsha expressway, Anambra State, on Christmas Day. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Anambra, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, who confirmed the ...

  Manchester City revealed on Christmas Day that Gabriel Jesus, Kyle Walker and another two members of staff have tested positive for coronavirus. Striker Jesus scored an early opening goal in the 4-1 Carabao Cup quarter-final win at Arsenal on Tuesday, while defender Walker made a ...

Some yet-to-be identified gunmen have attacked the residence of Eris Paul, a former ex-militant leader also known as Ogunbos, at his country home in Peremabiri Community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, burning down his mansion. ...

The police in Ogun state on Friday arrested two men, Francis Obeya and Emmanuel Abah for stealing a motorcycle belonging to their employer. The suspects were arrested following a distress call received from a Lagos based company at the Police ...