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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has shut down Panda Supermarket in Abuja for its alleged sale of illegally imported seafood and meat. According to officials of the agency, they made the discovery during a “surprise” inspection carried out on Monday. They noted that many of the products found in the supermarket had irregular […]

The Federal Ministry of Health has issued a travel advisory to Nigerians following the spread of the coronavirus in many parts of the world. Speaking to journalists after the first Federal Executive Council meeting for the year, the Minister of Health, Mr Osagie Ohanire, said people in Nigeria planning to travel to China or any […]

Britain is preparing to evacuate and quarantine around 200 nationals stranded in the Chinese city at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak, the government said on Wednesday. Downing Street said the civilian charter flight from Wuhan would leave on Thursday but did not confirm where it would land in the UK. “We are expecting […]

At least 132 people are dead and almost 6,000 cases have been confirmed in mainland China, as the Wuhan coronavirus spreads across Asia and the rest of the world. Nearly 60 million people are under partial or full lockdowns in Chinese cities. There are more than 70 confirmed cases in 17 places outside of China, including at least […]

At least 41 people have died of Lassa fever in parts of the country since the beginning of 2020, the Federal Government has confirmed. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press briefing at the ministry’s secretariat in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Giving an update on the raging outbreak of […]

President Donald Trump’s lawyers urged the US Senate on Tuesday to reject the charges against him, closing their impeachment defense by accusing the Democrats of placing him on trial for political reasons. “What they are asking you to do is to throw out a successful president on the eve of an election with no basis […]

Angela Deem and Michael Ilesanmi, veteran stars of the TLC series 90 Day Fiancé, have gotten married months after they amused the world with their love story on the reality show. Their wedding took place yesterday, January 27, along Airport road in Lagos. Micheal, a young Yoruba man, proposed to Angela, an older Caucasian woman […]

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has appealed to politicians in the  South East to re-strategise and make adequate preparations on how to win the 2023 presidential poll. The minister, in an interview with Daily Sun, cautioned the zone against repeating the ‘mistake’ made by the presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), […]

Nicki Minaj’s brother has been sentenced to 25 years to life in a New York prison after he repeatedly raped his 11-year-old stepdaughter while her mother was at work. Jelani Maraj, 41, was found guilty of ‘predatory sexual assault against a child and endangering the welfare of a child’ in 2017 and on Monday, Nassau County Supreme […]

The Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread around the world having already killed dozens of people and infected more than 2,700 people in mainland China. Here’s the latest numbers:  As of the end of the day Sunday, 2,744 cases were confirmed in mainland China.  80 people are dead, all in mainland China.  55 people outside mainland China have […]

Five cases of Wuhan coronavirus have been confirmed in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday. One new case was confirmed in Arizona and two cases were confirmed in California. Cases had previously been confirmed in Illinois and Washington state. All the cases were in people who had […]

Prince William just earned a new royal position… On Saturday, it was announced that Queen Elizabeth II appointed her grandson, the Duke of Cambridge, another title: the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. So what exactly does that mean for the father of three? According to Royal U.K. website, “The Lord High […]

Fresh pressure is being mounted on the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party on the need to change the name of the party in order to win the 2023 presidential election, Punch has learnt. The pressure is said to be spearheaded by some members of the former ruling party who believe that the party must […]

More than 50 people are dead, all in China, as the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread throughout Asia and the rest of the world. Nearly 2,000 cases have been confirmed in mainland China. Nearly 40 confirmed cases have been identified outside mainland China in 13 places. And 57 million people have been affected by Beijing’s […]

Former Super Eagles striker, Odion Ighalo, has been linked with a move to the Old Trafford to fill the vacuum left by Marcus Rashford who sustained an injury last week in the club’s FA Cup win against Wolves. Ighalo, who is currently with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua, has two years left on his contract but […]

Two cases of the coronavirus have been “confirmed” in France, the first in Europe, French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said on Friday. The first case involved a patient in a hospital in the southwestern city of Bordeaux while the other was in Paris, the minister told reporters. The SARS-like virus has claimed 26 lives since […]