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Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, says only God knows what his political future holds in the 2023 general elections. Fayemi made this known on Sunday when he spoke on THISDAY Live, an interview ...

At least two persons were feared killed during a clash between members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) and security operatives in Abuja.   Reacting to the clash, FCT police public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh said the Shiites ...

They were the trailblazers of women’s rights in Afghanistan. They were the staunch defenders of the law, seeking justice for their country’s most marginalised. But now, more than 220 female Afghan judges are in hiding due to fear of retribution ...

Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe has visited her colleague, Nkechi Blessng Sunday over the demise of her mother. Her mom, popularly known as Iya Nkechi would have been a year older today but died days ago after complaining about a minor ...

Police operatives have foiled a cult initiation attempt at Onicha-Ugbo community, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, arresting 10 suspects. Police Public Relations Officer of the State command, Mr. Bright Edafe who disclosed this in a statement, said some ...

Evelyn Joshua, wife of the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, Temitope Balogun Joshua, T.B Joshua, has given conditions for the reopening of the church. Mrs Evelyn Joshua disclosed that SCOAN would resume church services following ...

Will Smith has confirmed that his wife Jada Pinkett Smith was not the only person to have had an extramarital affair within their 24-year marriage. The couple’s relationship made headlines like never before last year after the Girls’ Trip actress ...

Police in Ruaka, Kiambu County, Kenya on Sunday evening nabbed three club workers in connection to the murder of a civilian. The body of Brian Macharia was found lying six floors from the drinking establishment where he was captured by ...

The National Inland Waterways Authority has confirmed one death while 16 passengers were rescued when an Ikorodu bound boat capsized shortly after it departed CMS Ferry Terminal at 4.35 p.m. The NIWA, Lagos Area Manager, Mrs Sarat Braimah, made the ...

Andrea Martin, the singer-songwriter who wrote songs for artists such as Monica and En Vogue, has died. She was 49. Martin’s death was announced in a statement shared to her Instagram Story.   “Dear Family and Friends, it is with ...

The Special Assignment Team of Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Nigeria Customs Service, has intercepted three Mazda saloon cars loaded with live cartridges concealed in sacks of garri [cassava flour]. The Acting Comptroller in Charge of the Unit, DC Hussein ...

BBNaija star Tacha has confirmed she has worked on her body. A curious fan tweeted asking whether Tacha has finally gone under the knife and she affirmed saying yes. She joins the list of most female celebrities who have publicly ...

Oritsefemi has shared loved up photo of his family. Recall the singer few days ago was involved in a car accident which landed him and one other in the hospital. Sharing a photo of him being united with his wife, ...

A former Osun State Commissioner for Finance, Dr Wale Bolorunduro, on Monday, accused the present administration in the state of overflogging debt repayment in a bid to stain his former boss. A statement by Bolorunduro obtained by Punch correspondent in ...

The Defence Intelligence Agency has said some blacksmiths in Nigeria now have the expertise to manufacture assault weapons such as AK-47. The DIA noted that while blacksmiths and the rifles they traditionally produce are an integral part of some cultures ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that if the country breaks up in any way or becomes the subject of what some people will like it to be, “all of us will lose out.” This is as he urged journalists ...

A 9-year old Nigerian girl has emerged winner of a youth chess championship in Africa. Nigeria’s youngest gold medallist, Deborah Quickpen, emerged the winner of the just concluded U-10 Africa Youth Chess Championship in Ghana. The 9-year-old Bayelsa-born chess prodigy, ...

These were the last words of a fresh graduate. A member of Kwara State House of Assembly, Saidu Baba Ahmed, has shared the devastating news of how a lady he calls his daughter died. According to the lawmaker, Rukayat Rukayat ...

Masked gunmen have abducted Air Vice Marshal Sikiru Smith (retd.), in the Ajah area of Lagos State, The Punch can confirm. Smith is a cousin to a former Inspector-General of Police and current Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu ...

UFC middleweight champion, Isreal Adesanya, has hinted that he will be moving his training camp away from New Zealand to the United States due to the country’s stringent COVID-19 lockdown rules. Adesanya and his teammates at City Kickboxing have faced ...

  Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid will not face further punishment from UEFA for their role in founding the Super League. The three clubs are the only founding members of the breakaway competition that have so far refused to abandon ...

Pastor E.A. Adeboye of the Redeem Christian Church of God, has felicitated with his counterpart, Bishop David Oyedepo,  founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide on his 67th birth anniversary. Oyedepo who was born in 1954, clocked 67 years on Monday, ...

Oleksandr Ussyk stole Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight belts on the Brit star’s home turf on Saturday night – only to give them straight back. AJ, 31, lost his WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO titles after being stunned by Usyk at ...

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Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemates, Angel and Pere, have made it into the grand finale, after partaking in Biggie’s twist. This was announced by Biggie on Monday, day 65 of the show, as he gave the duo a ...