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The Lagos state Government has appealed to all health care providers to stop demanding police report before treating gun wounds. It also appealed that patients who need emergency treatment should also be treated without asking for evidence of funds. The ...

A Lagos-based lawyer, Mr Olumide Babalola, has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to declare as anti-people the N50 quarterly card maintenance fee recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The lawyer, through the suit, is urging the ...

The Zamfara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested one Shuaibu Abdullahi, 27, for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl. Confirming the incident to Punch correspondent on Sunday, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Aminu Ismail-Maru said, ...

The Home Office has said it will “leave no stone unturned” in its bid to tackle child sexual grooming after it was reported that nearly 19,000 minors in England were exploited in the past year. Latest figures show a sharp ...

A man has been found dead with his head and arms cut off on the grounds of an derelict house, it is reported. The gruesome scene was discovered by a neighbour who was looking for their cat at about 4pm ...

Ex-Premier League star Thibaut Courtois fathered a secret love child with a married former neighbour, it has been claimed. Courtois, 27, is believed to have engaged in a romantic relationship with Elsa Izac just weeks after moving into a new ...

Nollywood actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo and his wife Jumobi are celebrating their 19th wedding anniversary. RMD took to his ig page to celebrate their special day. He wrote; “19 years and counting…. and you still have me laughing and loving every ...

A resident in Salisbury was the first person in the country to return a potentially unwanted Christmas present, it has been claimed. It was still dark when the first parcel was returned to a Collect+ store in the Wiltshire town ...

Boris Johnson was given an off-road motorbike by his girlfriend Carrie Symonds for Christmas, it has been claimed. The Prime Minister received a second-hand Yamaha TTR 125 from the 31-year-old, according to the Mail on Sunday. The bike, thought to ...

Uche Nwosu, governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) during the 2019 general election in Imo state, has returned to the the All Progressive Congress (APC). Nwosu, son-in-law to Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo, had defected from the APC ...

A student of Crown Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, has been arrested by the Ekiti Police Command over the alleged gang-rape of two fellow students of the private institution. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Amba Asuquo, said on Sunday in ...

Gunmen who abducted the six-year-old son of the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr Nengi Talbot, have demanded N50m ransom to release the little boy. Talbot disclosed this on Saturday. The victim, Antonio, spent Christmas Day in the custody ...

Civil rights icon and US Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, his office has announced. Lewis, 79, said he was diagnosed following a routine medical visit with subsequent tests that reconfirmed the ...

Michael Jackson’s three children have been spotted enjoying some quality time together on a city break to Rome. Paris, 21, Prince, 22, and the rarely seen youngest 17-year-old Bigi, who changed his name from Blanket in 2015, were pictured mingling ...

Frank Lampard’s dad plants a kiss on the mistress he ­secretly fathered two children with at the height of his own footie career in the 1970s. Former Blues and England player Frank, 41, reportedly banned his dad, also called Frank, ...

We didn’t see this coming at all. A man travelling from Taraba to Benue state has narrated how their entire bus alongside passengers were carried by a canoe to cross from Taraba state into Benue state. He made a recording ...

Kendall Jenner has beaten her sister Kylie to the title of Instagram’s highest earning woman. The supermodel, 24, is the highest ranking female in a new list of the year’s biggest social media money-makers. Kendall is said to have brought ...

Kano State Taskforce on Fake and Counterfeit Drugs and Unwholesome Processing Foods, Miscellaneous Committee, under the State Ministry of Health, on Saturday impounded 147 cartons of fake and expired drugs concealed in an uncompleted within Kano metropolis. The state Commissioner ...

Kylie Jenner’s rapper ex-boyfriend Travis Scott appears to have made a brutal dig at her on his latest track and confirmed the reason they split. Kylie, 22, and Travis, 27, took a break from their relationship in September and were ...

Finding the perfect Christmas gift for a loved one can prove impossible sometimes. But one couple thought they’d found the ideal present for their son. However, his wife wasn’t quite so sure about it. The woman, who has been married ...

George Michael ’s sister Melanie Panayiotou will reportedly be buried next to his unmarked grave in north London. Melanie, 55, died on Christmas Day exactly three years after her superstar brother. Now the Daily Star Sunday reports she will be ...

Empress Njamah has suffered a huge loss in her cat fish business. The actress announced the loss on IG, saying in her 8 years of farming, she has never experienced a thing like this before. She made the announced writing; ...

Jose Mourinho has revealed his sadness after his family dog, Leya, died on Christmas Day. The Spurs manager arrived at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium ahead of his side’s clash with Brighton , before revealing the news to broadcasters Amazon Prime. ...

A 36-year-old woman was trampled to death by an elephant at Ol Arabel Forest, which is located on the borders of Baringo and Laikipia counties. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has identified the woman as Stella Chebii. According to the ...

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has declared three-days of fasting and prayer for the unity, peace and progress of Nigeria. NYCN National President, Mr Solomon Adodo said that the prayer session would hold from Jan. 1 to Jan. ...