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Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has urged South-West governors to declare two days public holiday in celebration of the Eledumare Festival across the region. Gani made the appeal at a media briefing in Lagos on Thursday to unveil ...

A Chinese official has suggested that the US army may have brought the deadly coronavirus into China, without providing any evidence for his eyebrow-raising claim. Zhao Lijian, a foreign ministry spokesman, made the assertion on Twitter late Thursday, echoing similar ...

An accountant has been banned from contacting his ex-girlfriend for two years after he offered to pay her child maintenance, on condition she slept with him. Father-of-two Adam Wood sent messages to Katie Hall outlining his “indecent proposal” after they ...

Seventeen out of 24 Britons on a group ski trip in northern Italy ended up testing positive for coronavirus after returning home. Some of the infected skiers, who live in various parts of the UK, have since passed the potentially ...

The Lagos State Police Command has revealed that the Uber passenger, Princewill David, who jumped into the lagoon, did so in order to escape justice after allegedly killing his girlfriend. Punch Metro had reported that David, a resident of Tajudeen ...

Rome has closed down all its Catholic churches in Italy’s latest drastic step to halt the coronavirus outbreak. Worshippers have been exempted from attending Sunday Mass in a shutdown announced by the Pope’s deputy in Rome last night as Italy’s ...

White House hopeful Joe Biden slammed President Donald Trump’s administration Thursday for its “colossal” failure to conduct sufficient coronavirus testing, as the leading Democrat unveiled his own plan for fighting the pandemic. “The administration’s failure on testing is colossal, and ...

Celebrities bleaching to lighten their skin has been a growing trend over the years. Many of these celebrities accused of bleaching have either flatly denied or assigned different reasons for bleaching. One of such celebrities is Ghanaian musician Mzbel. Known ...

Singer Davido has announced the postponement of his tour in the US due to the pandemic coronavirus. ”I’m saddened to halt what has been a fantastic sold-out tour so far, but postponing is the right thing to do. The health ...

Here are photos of the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, in his apartment in Awe community in Nasarawa, state. He was visited by the Emir of Awe yesterday. More photos below…    

Death toll from the latest round of Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has risen to 144, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Thursday. Its Case Fatality Rate (CFR) was put at 16.8 per cent. The NCDC said ...

The deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, on Thursday instituted a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order for his release from the post-dethronement detention and confinement. The PUNCH learnt late on Thursday that former Emir’s ...

Pornhub is offering free access to its premium service to people who live in Italy until April 3. In a press release shared on Thursday, the site revealed it’ll donate proceeds from the Modelhub platform after the European country implemented ...

Nollywood actress, Kemi Afolabi was recently honoured with an Islamic chieftiancy title as the ”Imole Adinni” by a prayer outreach ministry. The party had lots of  her colleagues — Yoruba movies stars in attendance. Among those spotted were Mercy Aigbe, ...

Kim Jong Un has fled the North Korean capital for the coast in a bid to escape coronavirus, an insider has claimed. A source in South Korea said the Supreme Leader fled Pyongyang for Wonsan on the nation’s east coast ...

Gabon and Ghana confirmed their first cases of coronavirus on Thursday, becoming the ninth and tenth countries in sub-Saharan Africa to register positive cases. The region has so far been less badly hit by coronavirus than Europe or China. Ivory ...

Chukwuebuka Dikeocha, the blogger behind the ‘fake EFCC’ cell tweet, has been granted N1m bail. Justice M.L Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday, ruled on the bail application of the defendant. Dikeocha ...

There was a moment of panic in Kebbi yesterday as President Muhammadu Buhari’s security was breached by a young man who moved briskly and menacingly towards him while taking photograph with host Governor Atiku Bagudu and Jigawa governor, Muhammad Badaru ...

A 45-year old farmer who was found with burnt human head and hands, Mr. Idris Shaye, has alleged that it was his wife’s brother, Alhassan Ishaku that asked him to bring the items. Shaye who denied killing the victim said ...

A 40-year old man, Olanrewaju Adeyinka, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his younger brother, Gabriel, to death with a window louver for bringing two life parrots home. Olanrewaju was paraded on ...

  Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for coronavirus. The Spaniard is the first high-profile sporting individual to test positive, after the club placed several players into self-isolation. It comes after Evangelos Marinakis, the Olympiakos and Nottingham Forest owner, ...

  Chelsea’s full squad have gone into self-isolation after winger Callum Hudson-Odoi tested positive to the coronavirus, the club said in a statement. Hudson-Odoi displayed cold symptoms on Monday morning and has stayed away from the club since then. His ...

  Pastor Mrs. Veronica who is the founder of Life of Faith and Prosperity Ministry, Asaba, Delta State, has made a wonderful statement and offer a solution to men who have infertility problems. She said this yesterday during a church ...

The Senate, on Thursday, passed for second reading, a constitution amendment bill which prescribes Higher National Diploma or its equivalent as the educational qualification required for anyone seeking to contest the office of the Nigerian President or state governors. The ...

Over 40,000 books and journals catalogued at the expansive library of the deposed emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, have been allegedly evacuated from the palace. According to twitter user Abubakar Sadiq Kurbe (@iamKurbe) who seem to know a lot, the ...