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An elderly woman thought to be dead woke up moments before being cremated. Shakuntala Gaikwad tested positive for Covid-19 at the beginning of May and isolated at her home in Baramati in Mudhale, India. When the 78-year-old started to develop ...

The Chairman, House Committee on Lands, Representing Ikeja II Constituency at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Adedamola Kasunmu, has recently revealed the plans of the Lagos state house to pass a bill, recognising a special holiday for the ...

Adesina Ogunlana, lawyer to embattled actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has narrated how the thespian was granted bail by a magistrate on Monday despite the ongoing strike by judiciary workers. Baba Ijesha is being detained by the ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday gave Janssen (Johnson and Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine the nod for conditional emergency use for Nigerians from 18 years Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this ...

The Senate, on Tuesday, urged the Federal Ministry of Education, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to review the implementation of its policy making the National Identification Number (NIN) a mandatory requirement for ...

A 16-year-old final year student of Miracle Senior High School at Barkoniaba in the Sunyani municipality of the Bono Region, Ghana has allegedly committed suicide. Leticia Kyere Pinaman is alleged to have been found hanging at the school’s dining hall ...

  From supermodel to super mom! Naomi Campbell announced on Tuesday, May 18, that she welcomed her first child. “A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother,” the actress, 50, captioned an Instagram photo of her hand ...

Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai has sacked all nurses below Level 14, who abandoned their duty posts to participate in the strike spearheaded by the Nigeria Labour Congress. He also threatened to sack lecturers of the Kaduna State University (KASU), who ...

  Delta Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has dissolved the State Executive Council and sacked all the commissioners and political appointees. Former Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu made this known today. Aniagwu said the decision was taken after Tuesday’s state executive ...

Once again, Grammy award-winning artiste, Burna Boy, has sparked a debate on the Nigerian Twitter space over a tweet in which he claimed that he does not make money from Nigeria. The singer made the statement while responding to various ...

The Lagos State police command has said it’s unaware of the reported bail granted to embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha. Recall that the lawyer of the ace comedian had on Monday evening announced that ...

  The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has announced the suspension of receiving and processing of all fresh passport applications nationwide until June 1. Babandede, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja, said that a new passport ...

  The Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero, and scores of other passengers escaped death after the engine of a Max Air aircraft flying the Kano-Abuja route failed. Daily Nigerian reports that the fault was noticed 10 minutes after take-off from ...

Gunmen have reportedly invaded a Sharia Court in Bauren Zakat village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State and kidnapped a judge identified as Alhaji Husaini Sama’ila. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 3pm on Tuesday. ...

  Karim Benzema has been named in France’s 26-man squad for this summer’s Euro 2020 tournament, with the Real Madrid star earning a recall from Didier Deschamps to the national team for the first time in six years. Benzema had been a ...

The president of the Nigeria Hypertension Society (NHS) Professor Ayodele Omotoso says one in every three Nigerian is hypertensive. The professor, who made the claim in a press statement issued to mark World Hypertension Day (WHD), explained that studies conducted ...

A professor with the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Grace Ayanbimpe, has been kidnapped by gunmen. The Punch learnt that the professor was abducted in the early hours of Monday alongside her husband by the gunmen who stormed ...

Dangote’s son-in-law, Jamil Abubakar has given a word of advice to those intending to marry asking them not to be a liability to themselves and others. Jamil in a tweet pleaded with his friends and family intending to get married ...

Gunmen in the early hours of Monday set ablaze the Ubakala Divisional Police Station in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia and killed two policemen. The attackers also set ablaze all the vehicles in the premises.     The ...

The depraved beast who allegedly raped and stabbed a 12-year-old girl to death has been arrested. Sergey Matyushin, 49, is said to have followed Anastasia Guzhvina for several days before attacking her in the village of Bolshoe Kozino in Russia’s ...

Who else will dare? She turned 35 today tho. Happy birthday babes!!!

The immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, is presently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Sources stated that the former governor has been under interrogation for the past seven hours at the EFCC headquarters ...

The Lagos State Police Command has granted N500,000 bail to detained Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as, Baba Ijesha. His lawyer, Adesina Ogunlana confirmed that his client was granted administrative bail today by the police in the sum of ...

Harry Kane has reiterated his stance that he wants to leave Tottenham this summer. The 27-year-old has grown frustrated over the club’s inability to compete at the highest level, having seen his side fall out of contention to secure Champions ...

Nigerian actress, Kemi Afolabi has reacted to a gesture her colleague and friend Mecy Aigbe showed a lady at a gas station. Mercy Aigbe had taken to her Instagram page to shared how a young lady approached her at a ...