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The Federal Government on Monday warned that a black market for fake vaccination certificates now exists in the country. The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, raised ...

A lady, identified simply as Susan, has been electrocuted at the Hustle and Bustle club in the Aminu Kano Crescent area of Wuse, Abuja. It was gathered that the victim, who went to the club on Saturday, was allegedly electrocuted ...

Nigeria may experience fuel scarcity in coming days following the threat issued on Monday by The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas has given the Federal Government a two-week strike notice, raising the possibility of fuel scarcity across the ...

A suspected fraudster, Sikiru Adeniran, has been arrested while allegedly attempting to abduct a baby in Idomu-Owo, Ilese, in the Ijebu North East Local Government Area of Ogun State. Punch Metro gathered that Adeniran chased a young girl, Rodiat Iskilu, ...

  It’s the Alabi’s 21st wedding anniversary today and the gospel singer herself is very grateful to God. She took to social media to thank God for sustaining her home. Sharing a photo with her husband, Soji Alabi, the singer ...

No fewer than seven people were burnt to death while three others sustained varying degrees of injury in an accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Punch Metro learnt that the accident occurred on SLagos-Ibadan Expressway crashunday night around Ogunmakin in the ...

Anambra State Government has declared November 16 public holiday to honour their first President of Nigeria, late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe. Governor Willie Obiano said it will be right for President Muhammadu Buhari to do the same. The late Owelle of ...

DJ Switch has reacted to Lagos ENDSARS panel confirming there was truly a massacre at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020. The panel had said EndSARS protesters were truly shot at. The Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel made the revelation ...

The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ogun State, Akingbolahan Adeniran, has resigned. He tendered his resignation on November 8, following what was described as personal reasons. Confirming the resignation, Adeniran in a statement titled, ‘My reasons for resigning as ...

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters (Lagos EndSARS Panel) has reported the Lekki Tollgate shootings of October 20, 2020 as a massacre. The panel indicted soldiers and implicated ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerians over the existence of an Iranian hacking group called ‘Lyceum’ — which orchestrates cyber spying in the African telecoms space. In a statement on Monday, Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC’s director of public affairs, ...

  England strolled to 2022 World Cup qualification as they thrashed lowly San Marino 10-0, with Harry Kane’s quest to become the nation’s all-time leading goalscorer taking shape as he hit four in the Group I finale. Gareth Southgate said ...

Former governor Orji Kalu, has disowned posters indicating that he has already declared to run for the presidency in 2023 under the platform of All Progressives Congress, APC which flooded Umuahia, the capital of Abia State on Monday. The posters, ...

Adele got candid about her romance with Rich Paul during her One Night Only concert special Sunday on CBS. The 15-time Grammy winner, 33, opened up to Oprah Winfrey about her relationship with the sports agent, 39, during the sit-down ...

  A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Calabar, Sunday Adediran, who was kidnapped on Nov. 13 at Ikot Eneobong area in Calabar has been released.   Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Irene Ugbo, ...

  American business magazine, Forbes, says 44 newcomers joined its list of 400 America’s richest people in 2021, a post on its verified Instagram page @Forbes, on Sunday, said. According to the magazine, the 400 richest Americans are now 40 ...

A three-year-old boy identified as David Ajao has allegedly been abducted by unknown persons. The boy was reportedly abducted while he was playing with other children in front of his dad’s shop on Dabara Street, Apongbon, Lagos. It was gathered ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government a three-week ultimatum to meet its demands contained in the Memorandum of Action (MoA), signed by both parties on December 23, 2020. Failure to comply, it said, ASUU ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin (Unilorin) Chapter, has condemned the attack of a female lecturer of Faculty of Life Sciences, Mrs Rahmat Zakariyyah, by a student of the institution. Prof. Moyosore Ajao, the Chairman of ...

Blessing Mayor and Tonto Dikeh became talk of the town yesterday, when the actress shared a photo of both of them on her instagram page. Some said the actress was already seeing her ex-lover’s close friend, a thing she quickly ...

The price of ‘pure water’ could balloon from the present N20 to about N50 per sachet very soon, the Water Producers Association of Nigeria (WAPAN) has warned. National President of WAPAN, Eneri Odiri Jackson said the price could rise if the ...

Boko Haram terrorists have allegedly taken over five communities in Rafi and Shiroto Local Government Areas of Niger state, an official of the state said. Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government disclosed this in an interview with News ...

Socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has shut down his Abuja club, Hustle & Bustle, over the death of one of his clients. The Anambra-born club owner made this known in an Instagram post on Monday. It was ...

The Nigerian government has demanded a full autopsy on the sudden and mysterious death of Itunu Babalola, a Nigerian, sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in Ivory Coast for alleged human trafficking. This was contained in a statement signed by the ...

  The widow of Rev. Wilson Badejo, the ex- General Overseer of Foursquare Gospel Church Nigeria, Mrs. Yinka Badejo, is dead. According to a report in ‘ChurchTimes’, she died in the early hours of Friday November 12 after brief illness. ...