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It doesn’t take much to burn down a forest. With tensions already high and waiting to burn any and everything to the ground, fake news and rumours won’t help anyone. In September of 2020, Hanan…

Bedroom photos of footballers Diego Costa and Gabriel Jesus with the same mystery woman have been spotted in a Bible in a charity shop. The Manchester City and Atletico Madrid strikers appeared topless in the bed with the same woman in…

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has dismissed a Deputy Superintendent of Police for complicity in smuggling about 300,000 live cartridges from the Benin Republic into Nigeria.…

The Police in Katsina on Sunday rescued 80 Students abducted from an Islamiya school in Katsina state An investigation by The Nation revealed that the students were…

The Oyo State APC Chairman, Chief Akin Oke, has said anyone who claims there was no agreement for power shift when merger plans were being worked out for the party in 2014 is “either playing the ostrich or exposing his…

President of the United State of America, Donald Trump has again denied that Joe Biden won the 2020 American election. Donald Trump stated that Biden being…

Prof. Bayonile Ademodi, Ondo State Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, died on Saturday, an official has said. Mr Donald Ojogo, the state’s Commissioner for…

The second term ambition of the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, appears to have suffered a major setback. This…

Amid the controversies over where the ruling All Progressives Congress might zone its presidential ticket for the 2023 election, a chieftain of the party and Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige,…

Nigeria may spend about $1.4bn (N540.4bn, at the official exchange rate of $1:N386) to procure and distribute 218,400,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. The figure is based on estimates of the World…

The police in the US are investigating the death of a Nigerian couple believed to have resulted from murder-suicide. Dr. Ben Okigbo and his wife, Theresa, were found dead in their Sugar Land, Texas home on Friday…

Apprehension. Relief. Apprehension again. My emotions went full cycle in seven days. The abduction of 344 students of Government Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina state, had whipped up a frightened feeling of déjà…

Ryan Kaji, a nine-year-old boy from Texas in the United States, has emerged the highest-paid YouTuber of 2020, according to Forbes. The list, released on Friday, showed that the talented kid raked in an estimated $29.5…

The Lagos state judicial panel has summoned Dolapo Badmus, former police public relations officer in Lagos, to identify a police officer who allegedly brutalised Olajide Fowotade, a petitioner. The panel, which was set up by…

The Lagos State Safety Commission has sealed off the multi-billion naira Cubana nightclub house in the government reservation area, of Ikeja, and other facilities for non-compliance to…

The Nigerian military on Saturday made some disclosures on how it carried out the rescue operation of the 344 boys kidnapped from their school in Kankara, Katsina State, on December 11. The military disclosed that while…

Two persons were feared dead in Asaka area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. This followed from a brawl when an operative of the Western Nigeria Security Network, popularly known as Amotekun, opened gunfire.…

Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp will introduce voice and video calling feature to the messaging app’s desktop version next year, Reuters quoted a company spokesperson as saying. The move to facilitate calls over large screens would…

Lionel Messi equalled Brazil legend Pele’s record of 643 goals for a single club after scoring for Barcelona in Saturday’s draw against Valencia. The Argentine, 33, achieved the feat with a diving header just before…

Otunba Joseph Ogunfuwa turned 80 on October 5, 2020. Known as disciplinarian, Ogunfuwa speaks to DAUD OLATUNJI in his Sagamu residence about his life’s journey and marriage How would you describe your childhood? I grew…

Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, says some “selfish” politicians are frustrating the war against insecurity by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mohammed Onogwu, chief press secretary to the governor, quoted Bello as saying…

Nigerian artistes Wizkid and Tems have made former US President Barack Obama’s list of ‘Favourite Music of 2020’. In listing his favourite songs for this year, Obama is…

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor, says the state cannot afford another total lockdown amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 on Friday said there were indications that…

Anyim Pius Anyim, former president of the senate, says it is time for the south-east to produce the next president of Nigeria.  That part of the country comprises majorly the Igbo.  Several groups, including Ohanaeze Ndi…