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The Federal Government has postponed the resumption of international flights to September 5th, 2020.   Before the latest announcement, international flights were earlier scheduled to resume on August 29. President Muhammad Buhari had in March ordered the suspension of international ...

Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has vowed to sign the warrant of the death sentence passed on 22-year-old Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.   The Governor, who supports the ruling by Upper Shari’a Court, said he will promptly sign ...

Nigerians have blazed the social media space with a bag of mixed reactions following a video of Nengi fixing her eyes on in a long stare Ozo while he was deep asleep.   Nengi who is deputy to Ozo, the ...

  Chelsea’s summer recruitment drive has continued with the signing of Malang Sarr on a free transfer. The 21-year-old left-sided centre back moves to Stamford Bridge on a five-year deal after leaving Ligue 1 side Nice at the end of the 2019-20 ...

  Manchester City are ready to offer three players to Barcelona in exchange for Lionel Messi, according to Sport. It is claimed Gabriel Jesus, Bernardo Silva and Eric Garcia will be offered to the Catalans. Barca have been linked with all three players in ...

There is gridlock at the long bridge, Warewa section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.   The Punch gathered that the standstill was caused by a fire outbreak. It was learnt a car was gutted by fire in the middle of the ...

Mark David Chapman, 65, the man who shot and killed Beatles star, John Lennon has been denied parole for the 11th time and will remain behind bars for at least another two years.   It’s been almost 40 years since ...

Two people have sustained various degrees of injury after a petrol tanker exploded at the gate of Federal Polytechnic Bauchi on Thursday morning.   Eyewitnesses found at the scene of the explosion told Vanguard that Fire Service Officers in collaboration ...

A father-of-two has revealed what it is like to live without a p.e.n.i.s after his was amputated due to cancer and has claimed that some women ‘don’t mind’.   Richard Stamp, 54, from London, who has worked as an actor ...

A terrorist who gunned down 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand’s worst-ever massacre has been jailed for life without the possibility of parole.   White supremacist Brenton Tarrant live-streamed video on Facebook as he sprayed bullets at innocent ...

Kevin Mayer, the Chief Executive Officer of the Chinese-owned video app, TikTok, has resigned from his position amid pressure from the US.   Mayer announced his decision in a letter to employees, saying his decision to leave comes after the ...

Nigerian-born, Kaycee Madu, has been appointed as Canada’s new minister of justice.   Madu is also the first Black Man to occupy either Provincial or Federal Justice positions of the Justice Minister, Attorney General or Solicitor General in the country. ...

US president Donald Trump on Wednesday said  he will call for a “drug test” for himself and Joe Biden before the first presidential debate, but did not offer any evidence for his suspicions about his Democratic opponent.   Trump said ...

Amazon Cheif Executive Officer Jeff Bezos has set a new record on the rich list by becoming the first person to amass a fortune of $200 billion.   Bezos’ net worth soared to a record $200 billion on Wednesday when ...

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, has launched a contactless digital hand-cleaning machine that uses sensor to monitor body temperature, dispenses hand sanitizer, detergent and water.   Inspecting the equipment produced by the institution’s faculty of Engineering, the Vice-Chancellor of ...

  Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has tested positive for coronavirus, and as a result, he has been left out of the France squad. France’s coach Didier Deschamps on Thursday confirmed the news, Goal.com reported. The 27-year-old Pogba was named ...

Katy Perry gave birth to her baby girl with her loving fiancé Orlando Bloom.   The couple have said they are “floating with love and wonder” following the birth of their first child together, with them revealing they have named ...

A paediatric nurse and HIV counsellor, Mrs. Roseline Solarin has revealed that no fewer  than 1.9 million Nigerians are living with HIV/AIDs.   Mrs. Solarin while citing UNAIDS and National Agency for the Control of AIDS statistics said the surge ...

Ven. Ifeanyi Akunna, Vicar of Anglican Church of the Epiphany, Abuja has called on the Federal Government to ban Big Brother Nigeria (BBNaija) reality show and other similar programmes in the country.   BBNaija is a reality show in which ...

Erica has warned Kiddwaya to desist from calling her “Baby G” instead of her real name.   The lovebirds were spotted in their lovely mood in the kitchen, cooking breakfast for themselves when Kiddwaya referred to her as “Baby G”. ...

Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, has made a controversial claim regarding the s.e.xuality of some married men in Nigerian.   She said in an interview with Punch that about 40% and more of married men are bis3xual but it is something ...

One of the killers of Uwaila Vera Omozua, who was murdered while studying inside a Redeem Christian Church of God, RCCG in Edo State has confessed that he received 1 million Naira to kill his victim.   Uwaila, a 100 ...

Scott Minto has revealed he has also been axed by Sky Sports.   The former Chelsea defender has been let go just 24 hours after Matt Le Tissier and his fellow Soccer Saturday pundits Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson were ...

Popular Nigerian artiste, Burna Boy has hinted on featuring BBNaija housemates, Erica and Neo on his ‘Onyeka’ video.   Burna Boy made this known on his Twitter page after a fan commented on the housemates’ performance last night. Responding to ...

Cardi B has taken a public dig at First Lady Melania Trump after a fan made an unfavourable comparison between the two women.   The attack came after Melania gave the closing speech at the Republican National Convention at the ...