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  Russia has expressed its regret after UEFA stripped the country of the right to host the 2022 UEFA Champions League final. The European final was scheduled to take place at the Gazprom Arena in St Petersburg on May 28. ...

A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin has ordered that a 23-year-old lady, Nike Owolabi, be remanded in a Federal Correctional Service Centre for allegedly abducting a newborn baby at Ajisafe Hospital, Omu Aran in Irepodun local government area of Kwara ...

The police in Ondo have arrested Nkanu Patrick for impersonating an Assistant Superintendent of Police. Mr Nkanu, 50, was arrested by a team of police officers from the Ore Division on Wednesday at about 2 p.m. The police team were ...

Troops of Operation Thunder Strike/Whirl Punch have killed 55 bandits around Labi general area along the Kaduna – Birnin Gwari road. Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja Thursday. He said the bandits came ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were ridiculed after intervening in the Ukraine crisis with a statement condemning Vladimir Putin’s invasion, amid jokes that the Russian president would be ‘shaking in his boots’. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex wrote on ...

Again, the President, Major-General Muhamamdu Buhari (retd.), has disclosed that he is looking forward to when he will hand over the baton to the next president in 2023 and be addressed as a former president. The president said this on ...

Nollywood actor Saint Obi and his wife, Linda Amobi, are battling over the custody of their three children after a divorce suit. According to a lawsuit filed by the actor’s lawyers in Suit No: HCT/128/2019, the actor is alleging an ...

Tension has again enveloped the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State following the kidnap of a traditional ruler, Diket Gupiya, by gunmen. Gupiya is the paramount ruler of Pushit District, the country home of the state deputy governor, Sonny ...

The General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has called for prayers for Ukraine which has been invaded by Russian forces. In a video on his verified Facebook page, Apostle Suleman said, “We are going to ...

  The Chairman, Innoson Group of Companies, Innocent Chukwuma, has so far received 109 cows from friends and associates, in support of his mother’s funeral. The contributors included banks, companies, individuals and others. The Nnewi businessman and the manufacturer of ...

  Marlian music act Ilerioluwa Oladimeji aka Mohbad has said raised the alarm over attempts on his life by suspected members of the Marlian group. He said should anything untoward happens to him, Naira Marley and the crew members should ...

  A man, who posed as a medical doctor, has been arraigned before a court yesterday in Ede, Osun State, for allegedly cutting off a patient’s hand. Yusuf Olaniyi is being tried for attempted murder, false representation, breach of public ...

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky in an address on Friday said that his country had been left to fight Russia on its own after a full-scale invasion was launched on Thursday. Mr Zelensky noted that the attacks had killed over 130 ...

Up to 1,000 Russians have descended on central Moscow calling on Vladimir Putin to halt his invasion of Ukraine. Police clashed with demonstrators as hundreds of people flooded the historic Pushkin Square, one of the busiest areas in Moscow. Locals ...

  The Lagos State Government, through the state Ministry of Transport, has urged Lagosians to always demand tickets from officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority when arrested. The Assistant Director, Ministry of Transport, Olayinka Olawole, who said this ...

  A newly discovered piece of destructive software found circulating in Ukraine has hit hundreds of computers, according to researchers at the cybersecurity firm ESET, part of what Ukrainian officials said was an intensifying wave of hacks aimed at the ...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja today, ordered the interim forfeiture of a property at Plot 1032 & 1033 Cadastral Zone AO3, Takum Close, Off Michika Street, Ahmadu Bello Way, Garki Abuja, belonging to former Imo State governor, Senator ...

The wife of a police officer who died at the home of the former Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel, has said the family does not believe the official account of how her husband died. Abosede Ogunsola, the wife of the ...

Some Nigerians, who are currently trapped in Ukraine as a result of the crisis with Russia, have ruled out the option of returning to the country. Speaking with Daily Trust via telephone, they expressed cynicism about the federal government’s promise ...

A man has proved lesbianism didn’t start in this generation, but that of his parents. He shared a photo of two women kissing, with one placing her hand on the other’s breast. He then captured the photo; ”Our parents be ...

The Management of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, has declared “No bra, no entry, no pants, no entry” policy into the school campus, especially for female students. Punch gathered that some of the students, who did not wear bras and pants, ...

Kim Kardashian has been keeping up with Kanye “Ye” West’s Instagram posts—and let’s just say she’s not a fan. Following the Grammy winner’s most recent social media messages about the SKIMS mogul and their family, Kim has filed new court ...

Paulo Fonseca has opened up on ‘the worst day of his life’ with the former Roma boss and his family stranded in Ukraine. The Portuguese coach was in Kyiv with his Ukrainian wife Katerina Ostroushko and their young son, when ...

A former All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has disclosed that Africa needs a third world war more than any other continent. Garba said a third world war would avail Africa a big advantage. In a Facebook post, ...

Edo State Police Command have arrested a 43-year old man, Ovie Oktogbo, who specialises in r3ping male teenagers in the Ugbowo axis of Benin, the state capital. In a statement endorsed by the state Command Spokesman, Kontongs Bello, Oktogbo, an ...