33-year-old Uniben lecturer, Maxwell Eseosa Aimuan, reportedly shot dead by suspected Unknown Gunmen

Authorities of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo State, has confirmed the murder of one of its dedicated lecturers, Mr. Maxwell Eseosa Aimuen. Aimuen was engaged by the Institution in 2015 in the Department of Public Administration, as a Graduate ...

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Kim says N Korea ready for ‘dialogue and confrontation’ with US

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his country needs to prepare for both “dialogue and confrontation” with the US, and “especially to get fully prepared for confrontation”.   This marks the first time Mr Kim has directly commented on ...

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Kidnapped Rivers United coach freed

The Head Coach of Rivers United Football Club, Stanley Eguma, has been released by his abductors. This was confirmed by Okey Kpalukwu, the general manager of the club, on Friday. Mr Eguma was allegedly kidnapped along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway ...

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Israeli cleric lights candle for TB Joshua

A cleric, William Ghattas, of the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Israel, has lit a candle for the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua. A statement on Wednesday said the candle was lit to pray ...

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13 injured, 25 cars destroyed as LPG tanker explodes in Lagos

No fewer than 13 persons sustained various degrees of injuries on Thursday night following a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker explosion at Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, opposite Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja. About 25 cars were destroyed as a result ...

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Women of childbearing age should be banned from drinking alcohol – WHO says

The World Health Organization says women of childbearing age should be banned from drinking alcohol. The organization in Its latest Global Alcohol Action Plan calls on countries to raise awareness of alcohol-related harm and its effect. First draft of the ...

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Varsity graduate reportedly stabbed to death as transport workers clash in Oyo

  A young graduate of Lead City University, has been reportedly killed when some members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), otherwise known as Park Management System (PMS) clashed with shop owners in the Iwo Road area ...

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18 year-old woman ‘dies while having sex on her wedding night’

An 18-Year-old woman died while she was having s.e.x on her wedding night after suffering a heart attack. Cops said the young bride was consummating her marriage with her new husband, 29, when she started to feel unwell and collapsed ...

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June 19 becomes federal holiday in U.S

US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the “Juneteenth National Independence Day Act,” officially establishing Juneteenth – June 19 as a federal holiday in the US. “I regret that my grandchildren aren’t here, because this is a really, really, really ...

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General Overseer beats wife to death over alleged infidelity

Residents of Ikot Abia village in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have been thrown into a state of disbelief following the murder of one Patience Christopher, aged 40, by her husband, Pastor Ukachukwu Christopher. Christopher, 49, the ...

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Life in the ghetto made me hustle hard – Olamide

Nigerian superstar and YBNL Nation founder, Olamide Adedeji widely known as Olamide narrated how his experience growing up in a slum in the Bariga axis of Lagos state motivated him to hustle hard. Olamide revealed this in a recent interview ...

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Bandits storm Kebbi secondary school, abduct scores of students

Bandits struck in Kebbi State again on Thursday when they kidnapped scores of students and four others at the Federal Government College Birnin Yauri. A teacher in the school, who spoke to The PUNCH on condition of anonymity, said most ...

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Rivers land vendor narrates how he r3ped and killed mother of four

The Nigerian Police Force on Thursday paraded a land vendor identified as Prince Reuben for allegedly r3ping and killing a woman intending to buy a plot of land from him in Rivers State. Police Publicity Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, ...

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I wanted to stay at Real Madrid but they told me I ran out of time

  Sergio Ramos has said that he intended to accept Real Madrid’s offer of a one-year extension but was told that he had run out of time. The former Blancos captain will, as a result, leave the Santiago Bernabeu after ...

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Baba Ijesha Saga: Princess releases voice note of ”other victims”

Princess has released voice notes of other victims of baba ijesha. She released the audio on Instagram, According tot he audio, this is not the first time baba ijesha will try to rape women. Not one, but many the audio ...

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Zambia’s first President, Kenneth Kaunda passes on

Former Zambian President and independence leader Kenneth Kaunda has died at the age of 97. His death was confirmed by Zambia’s current President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, who said in a Facebook post today: “I learnt of your passing this afternoon ...

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Francis Atuche: Ex-Bank MD sentence to 6 years in Prison, begs for mer

Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director (MD) of Bank PHB and Ugo Anyanwu, a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the bank, have been sentenced for N25.7 billion fraud. Ikeja High Court on Wednesday was tensed, as Anyanwu begged Justice ...

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