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All but one of the UK’s nine coronavirus patients have been released from hospital, health chiefs confirmed. The single patient is still being treated as the virus continues to claim lives across the world. The ninth confirmed patient was a ...

  The United States Government has warned that it will recover the over $308million looted and stashed abroad by former Head of State, the late Gen Sani Abacha, if it is re-stolen in Nigeria. The threat followed a February 4 ...

A 37-year-old woman, identified as Ngozi Dike, has been arrested for faking blindness in order to attract sympathy for alms, while also using two children for the same purpose. SP Haruna Mohammed, the Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra State, ...

It’s another celebration time at the palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, as his youngest wife, Olori Damilola Adeyemi just put to bed a bouncing baby boy. The Queen took to Instagram early hours of this ...

Six passengers have been kidnapped on the Lokoja-Kabba road. The victims, whose identities had yet to be ascertained, were reportedly kidnapped around 6pm on Sunday. A source told punch correspondent that the victims were travelling to Kabba when the gunmen ...

A visibly upset Sir Elton John has been forced to cut short a concert in New Zealand after falling ill with walking pneumonia. The musician, 72, lost his voice mid-way through his set at Auckland’s Mount Smart Stadium on Sunday. ...

photos) Tonto Dikeh’s son, King Andre is 4 today, February 17, 2020. To celebrate him, she took him for a photo shoot and also made him four powerful cakes — each standing for one year. Captioning one of the many ...

An aggrieved father has attacked medical workers at the Sapele Central Hospital, Delta State, over the death of his child at the medical facility. PUNCH Metro learnt that the man went berserk minutes after medical workers broke the news of ...

  A teenager, identified as Ayishat, is lucky to be alive after she was viciously attacked with a blade on Valentine’s Day by her boyfriend’s scorned ex, Isiwat, and her friends. The suspect had accused the victim of snatching her ...

Nemesis finally caught up with a notorious kidnapper operating in the North, who confessed to the abductions of some of her boyfriends. While kidnapping is assumed to be the exclusive preserve of men, this female kidnapper has shown by her ...

The Catholic Church has released the photograph of Fr. Nicholas Oboh, the Catholic priest kidnapped on Friday in Edo State. Oboh works at the Diocese of Uromi. He was abducted by gunmen at a place close to Benin while on ...

One person died on Sunday when two Dangote trucks collided along Abuja-Keffi road. An eyewitness said the two trucks were coming from opposite direction when the incident occurred. The deceased died instantly whole two others were severely injured and were ...

The country’s football body has picked Asaba as the location where the Super Eagles will take on Leone Stars. Nigeria will host Sierra Leone in Asaba when the qualifiers for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations commence in March. The ...

    An African man caused a stir onboard a flight recently when he stood up and began to preach the gospel. Nigerian Twitter user @victorsozaboy who witnessed this, shared the video on his Twitter handle and wrote ”If you ...

At least eight people were killed in Okporowo village in Ogbakiri clan, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State following a cult clash. It was gathered that the victims were members of a particular cult group in the area and ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has so far registered over 1.9 million prospective candidates for its 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with a few hours to the end of the exercise. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the ...

An up coming Nigerian artist, Wisdom who is based in Russia has proposed to his Russian girlfriend and she said yes. He popped the big question on Valentine’s day in Saint Petersburg, Russia and she said yes. The proposal took ...

Disney star Nikita Pearl Waligwa has died after losing her three year battle with brain cancer, aged only 15. Nikita, who starred in Queen of Katwe, was given the all clear in 2017 but doctors in India found a second ...

  Arsenal were not wholly convincing for long periods at home to Newcastle United, but four second-half goals clinched all three points. Alexandre Lacazette scored for the first time since December to put the gloss on a much-needed 4-0 win ...

BBN’s Nina has vowed no one will know her husband. The reality star who had her introduction yesterday, well she has corrected us saying, it’s her traditional wedding, vowed no one will ever know her husband no matter how hard ...

French police held a Russian activist and his girlfriend for questioning on Sunday over a sex tape released online that brought down President Emmanuel Macron’s favoured candidate for Paris mayor. Pyotr Pavlensky has said he leaked the video that forced ...

Popular singer, Teniola Apata, popularly known as Teni D’Entertainer, has said that her long-awaited collaboration with her elder sister, Niniola, would come like a thief in the night. She told Sunday Scoop, “I can’t tell you guys when it (duet ...

Americans will be removed from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan and flown home, the US embassy said on Saturday as dozens of more cases of the new coronavirus were diagnosed on board. At least 285 people on the Diamond ...

Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) operatives at Badagry have arrested two fishermen for alleged attempt to smuggle 120 jerricans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to Benin Republic. The suspects Jebleh Taiwo and Jebleh Abiodun arrested at Gberefu Beach, ...

The authorities of Uratta Development Association in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State has announced the suspension of all cultural events in all the communities in Uratta clan. The announcement followed the killing of Ugoeze Comfort Okoro, wife ...