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  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 ...

Confusion has set in among pastoralists in Taraba state as 40 cattle died after allegedly eating a type of poisonous grass called ‘killer grass’. According to Daily Trust, all the cattle belong to a pastoralist in Gamgam village in the ...

The five-day warning strike directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the irregular sacking of civil servants began today in Kaduna State. What’s more to it is that, schools, banks and other business premises are closed. Also, while some ...

Cristiano Ronaldo has poured fuel on the fire of speculation regarding his possible summer exit from Juventus, after having his seven super cars transported away from the garage of his luxury home in Turin. Footage has emerged this week of ...

A major crisis was narrowly averted when operatives of the Department of State Services and some men that accompanied a Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, had an encounter on the premises of the palace of the Ataoja ...

Miss Mexico was crowned Miss Universe on Sunday in Florida, after fellow contestant Miss Myanmar used her stage time to draw attention to the bloody military coup in her country. Sunday night marked the Miss Universe competition’s return to television, ...

  A young woman agitating for Youruba Nation has gone viral after she urged Internet fraudsters popularly known as the Yahoo boys to come and settle in South West. In a video shared online, the Yoruba agitators advised Yahoo boys ...

  Nollywood actress Halima Abubakar has replied a follower who tried to shame her for her written English.   In a post shared by the actress on social media , Halima advised her fans take good care of their mental ...

  Tottenham player Dele Alli has sparked has sparked dating rumour after he was spotted with Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola’s eldest daughter, Maria. The 25 year old midfielder was recently pictured kissing and wrapping his arms with 20-year-old Maria ...

  Asisat Oshoala has become the first Nigerian as well as the first African to win the Uefa Women’s Champions League. The 26-year-old striker was introduced in the 71st minute as Barcelona defeated Chelsea 4-0 in the final of the ...

An Orthodox synagogue in the West Bank settlement of Giv’at Ze’ev northwest of Jerusalem has collapsed, killing two persons and injuring more than 100, Israeli emergency services confirmed. CNN reports that at least two people have been confirmed dead in ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ekiti State Command, has arrested a 20-year-old woman, Muibat Ahmed, for alleged possession of an illegal substance suspected to be cannabis sativa. The state Commandant, NSCDC, Mr Solomon Iyamu, said the suspect, in ...

The headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu State, was on Sunday night gutted by fire, most likely set by arsonists. The incident happened barely one week after the agency’s office in Obollo-Afor, Udenu was razed The ...