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Why we rejected 100k Xmas gift from Fubara — Rivers lawmakers

Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have advanced reasons for their rejection of N100,000 each the state government gave...

Nigerian killed in Canada bus terminal shooting

A Nigerian, Osemwengie Irorere, was on Sunday killed at a bus terminal in Toronto, Canada. Irorere was...

Author, Chimamanda, loses Son

World famous author,Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and her husband, Ivara, have lost one of their children, a baby boy.

Portable accuses dad of theft, fraud

Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola better known as Portable has accused his father of serial theft bordering on stealing his personal belongings and...

Minister suspends aide for exposing him

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has suspended one of his aides, Saidu Enagi, for exposing alleged plan by...

Togo, Niger, Benin owe Nigeria N25bn for electricity – FG

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has revealed that Togo, Niger, and Benin are owing Nigeria $17.8m, an equivalent of over N25bn...

AFCON 2025: Why Super Eagles’ allowances are delayed — NFF

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has reportedly advanced reasons for failing to pay Super Eagles players and officials their allowances as...

Islamic cleric arrested over alleged coup plot

The family of an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Khalifa Sani Abdulkadir has said something to the effect that he is being detained unnecessarily...

AFCON: Super Eagles boycott Training over Unpaid Match Bonuses

The Super Eagles players have threatened to shun the quarter final match against Algeria in the ongoing AFCON in protest against non-payment...

Alleged N8.7bn money laundering: Ex-AGF Malami, son, wife granted N500m bail each

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has admitted former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and...

Nurse, Court worker killed in Abuja ‘one-chance’ operations

Two women namely, Princess Ochigbo, and a nurse identified as Chinemerem Pascalina Chuwumeziem have been killed by suspected 'one-chance' practitioners in Abuja.

Pastor Okafor submits self to police

Founder of Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries, Pastor Chris Okafor has reported at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, for...

Medical student dies in his sleep

A medical student at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Timilehin Toromade, has died while sleeping. Toromade, according to...

Joshua’s uncle reveals boxer’s plan to dump boxing after friends’ deaths

Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is set to quit boxing, according to Punchng citing his uncle, Adedamola Joshua.

FG introduces new measures to curb examination malpractices

The Federal Government has announced a comprehensive set of measures aimed at eliminating examination malpractices in 2026 and beyond.

Lagos official jialed for N48.9m bank theft

An Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced a former Lagos State Education Director, Olawale Faleti, to two...

Nigerian woman dies in UK 5 months after giving birth

A Nigerian woman, Damilola Balogun, has died in the UK about five months after she gave birth to a baby in...

Lagos CP didn’t order probe into Pastor Okafor’s sexual harassment claims — PRO

Claim that the Lagos State Police Commissioner ordered probe into multiple sexual harassments levelled against Pastor Chris Okafor has received denial...

Tinubu told to probe missing N128b in power ministry, NBET

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and...

Three Persons arrested for burning traditional worshipper’s house in Kwara

The Kwara State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with alleged arson attack on a residential building belonging to...