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An Egyptian billionaire, Onsi Sawiris has died at 90. Onsi Sawiris, the patriarch of a family of billionaire businessmen who launched a group of multinational companies under the Orascom umbrella, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, chairman of ...

Men of the Ogun State police command have arrested two men parading themselves as police officers in Ibogun town, Ifo Local Government Area of the State. The suspects, Tajudeen Bankole and Fawoyi Rotimi, were arrested following a distress call received ...

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has accused former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia of being economical with the truth in the wake of his life ban by FIFA, The Punch reports. World football body FIFA’s life ...

The British High Commission has cleared air on the insinuations that Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu was arrested in the United Kingdom. Dean Hurlock, a spokesperson of the British High Commission, on ...

Tennis legend Serena Williams wept profusely at Wimbledon on Tuesday as an ankle injury shattered her hopes of a record equaling 24th Grand Slam title. Williams was serving 3-3 in the first round when she decided to abandon the match, ...

A 400-level student of the Department of Political Science, University of Benin, Austin Izu, has been shot dead by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in his friend’s off-campus hostel room on the Federal Girls College Road, Ugbowo,. Punch Metro gathered that the deceased, ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday certified China malaria-free after recording zero cases for four years consecutively. It was a happy ending to a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease, in the world’s most populous country “We congratulate ...

Justice Binta Nyako of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a fugitive leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). ...

Aisha Yesufu, a popular Nigerian activist, has wondered how Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, was extradited from the United Kingdom without a legal tussle. The IPOB leader was said to have been arrested by ...

The Synagogue Church of All Nations has said the death of its General Overseer, Prophet Temitope Joshua, aka TB Joshua, increased the church’s followers on social media by over 600,000. The church said it had also received tributes from 195 ...

Some soldiers serving in the Northeastern part of the country have told the Nigerian government to reconsider its newest deadline for NIN-SIM data verification This comes as the Federal government announced an extension of the deadline for National Identification Number-SIM ...

An Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Tuesday, sentenced one Afeez Ogunbowale, a student of Lagos State University, LASU, to 21 years’ imprisonment for raping two fellow students. The prosecution counsel, Mrs. O.A Bajulaiye-Bishi, told the court that the defendant committed ...

Omoyele Sowore a Nigerian activist and Publisher of Sahara Reporters has reacted to the extradition of IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.   According to Sowore, Kanu was kidnapped and not extradited.   Reacting to the extradition on social media, he ...

Forty-four Nigerians have been deported for various offences including illegally staying in Ghana. The deportees were sentenced to 99 days imprisonment and will be deported after serving their sentence, Ghana news medium reports. Those who served their sentence at the ...

Davido’s road manager, Obama DMW is dead. According to his friends on social media, the road manager died of suspected heart failure. It was said that he felt on well in his chest region and walked into a hospital where ...

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has dissolved the State Executive Council meeting. The dissolution was said to have been announced during the weekly Council meeting at the Executive Council Chamber, Agodi Secretariat, Ibadan today. The sack was confirmed by the ...

Former Governors Rochas Okorocha and Emeka Ihedioha were conspicuously absent at the summit organized by Special Bishops Committee on Peace in Imo State. Two-term Senator for Imo North, Ifeanyi Araraume, was also absent at the peace talk held on Tuesday ...

  Goals in the final 15 minutes from Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane sends England through to the Euro 2020 quarter-finals. For many onlookers facing Die Mannschaft brought up painful memories, from the 1970 World Cup to the ghost goal ...

The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has announced the burial details of its founder, Prophet T.B. Joshua. He will be buried on July 9th. The one-week burial activities would kick off from Monday July 5 with a candlelight procession ...

The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been re-arrested and brought back to Nigeria to face his trial, Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said. At a joint press briefing ...

Abductors of Lukman Ibrahim whose pregnant wife was killed on Saturday during a kidnap operation by suspected gunmen have reached out to the family, demanding N30m ransom. A very close family source who confirmed the development to Daily Trust in ...

A U.S. judge on Monday dismissed federal and state antitrust complaints against Facebook Inc (FB.O) that sought to force the social media company to sell Instagram and WhatsApp, saying the federal complaint was “legally insufficient.” Facebook shares rose more than ...

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Nollywood actress, Biodun Okeowo- Omoborty has refute the rumour that she is dating Dino Melaye. Whom she snatched from her colleague. Taking to her Instagram page, she wrote; ”Few days ago my attention was drawn to an audio recording circulating ...

Jacob Zuma, former president of South Africa, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court. Judge Sisi Khampepe, on Tuesday, said Zuma was found guilty of contempt of court following his refusal to appear before a ...