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Controversial Journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has accused Davido of lying about the multimillion mansion he claimed to have bought in Banana Island Lagos. According to the 55-year-old, Davido’s new house in Banana Island house is an audio house, and he is ...

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) has taken a new bride Hajiya Zainab Abdullahi. The wedding ceremony, devoid of fanfare because of the COVID-19 pandemic, was held over the weekend. Hameed Ali’s first ...

Coronavirus cases in Nigeria surpassed 10,000 on Sunday, with 307 new cases announced. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC gave the nation’s caseload as 10,162. There was no surprise in Sunday night announcement. Lagos remains the most affected state, ...

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Jigawa State, on Sunday, confirmed the death of one of its members, Nasir Adam, from coronavirus complications. The deceased Mr Adam was aged 36. The NMA chairperson in the state, Nura Basirka, told journalists ...

A man in Samburu County, Kenya beat his mother to death following a heated quarrel over land. The man, Edwin Losepesh, 37, is said to have attacked his elderly mother, 82, after she opposed his plan to sell part of ...

The Police Command in Jigawa has arrested 11 suspects for allegedly r.a.p.ing a 12-year-old girl (name withheld). The spokesman of the command Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Dutse. Mr Jinjiri ...

Three members of an armed robbery syndicate have been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command. The suspects were arrested following a distress call received by the DPO Agbara division that armed robbers have invaded Idanyin community and have ...

Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County Friday night amid protests. The California National Guard is being deployed to Los Angeles in response to large protests being held in the city, according to Mayor Eric ...

  Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has reacted to the news of the rape and murder of a 100-level student of the University of Benin UNIBEN, Uwaila Omozuwa, inside a Redeemed Christian Church of God parish in the state. Reacting ...

Lesotho’s former first lady, Maesaiah Thabane, has left the country a day after a Court of Appeal ordered her rearrest, according to the nation’s police on Saturday. Maesaiah Thabane is suspected of orchestrating the shooting of Lipolelo Thabane her husband’s ...

The Nasarawa State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria and the General Overseer, Word of God Worldwide Gospel City, Archbishop Joseph Masin, who was kidnapped on Thursday, May 28, 2020, has regained his freedom. The Police Public Relations Officer ...

Grief overwhelmed Mrs Kehinde Kolawole as she spoke with Sunday Punch about her son, Tunde Kolawole, who died few days after his return from the United Arab Emirates while observing a 14-day supervised quarantine at a Lagos facility with other ...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have shot and killed the All Progressive Congress (APC) chairman of Batsari council area of Katsina state, Alhaji Abdulhamid Mamman. Mammam was killed on Sunday afternoon, at about 2:45pm, after the gunmen besieged Sabon Garin ...

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Kayode Popoola, on Sunday said the government had begun “systematic maintenance of all bridges in Lagos’’ to ensure smooth rides and safety. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the ...

  Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries, has condemned the alleged killing of a female student of University of Benin, UNIBEN, in Edo State, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa. Uwaila, a 100 level Microbiology student of UNIBEN was gruesomely raped and ...

The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has reacted to the alleged r.a.p.e of one of its students, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa. It was learned that Uwaila, who was a 100-level Microbiology student of UNIBEN, was r.a.p.e.d and killed by ...

The source of contracting coronavirus in 7,276 cases in Nigeria is yet to be known, The punch reports. This was contained in the COVID-19 Situation Report 92 of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control published on Sunday. In the report, ...

Manchester United are close to agreeing to a loan extension for former Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo, until January 2021, the striker’s loan deal expires today (Sunday). Giving an update on the loan extension Sunday morning, Skysports reports that “the proposed ...

A yet- to- be named policeman on Sunday morning allegedly opened fire on his colleagues at Onikan, killing some of them. The yet- to- be named officer went berserk around 5am following a disagreement with other members of his team. ...

A middle-aged man from Kitale in Trans-Nzoia County , Kenya died after he was stabbed by a fighting couple that he had gone to separate. Kennedy Nyukuri was stabbed in the chest and back by the couple on Wednesday night, ...

22-year-old Vera Uwaila Omozuwa who was  a 100 level student of the University of Benin, UNIBEN from the department of Microbiology, faculty of Life Sciences, has reportedly been r.a.p.e.d and killed inside a church in Edo state. The victim was ...

Nollywood actress, Anita Joseph has reacted to social media prediction that her marriage to Nigerian comedian, Michael Fisayo Olagunju also known as MC Fish, would not survive the test of time, just like some of her colleagues. The seasoned actress, ...

US President Donald Trump on Saturday  said he will delay the G7 summit scheduled to take place in June and invite other countries — including Russia — to join the meeting. “I don’t feel that as a G7 it properly ...

The Kaduna State Government on Saturday disclosed that the four-month-old child that tested positive for COVID-19 has been discharged. The government, however, said there are still 76 active cases in the state as at Friday. In an update by the ...

Nigeria has announced 553 new coronavirus cases, its highest number in a single day. The NCDC made the announcement Saturday night, with the new figure taking Nigeria’s virus caseload to 9,855. The national death toll increased from 261 to 273, ...