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  An Indian hospital has fired two doctors fired for mistakenly declaring a newborn baby boy dead. The baby was born at the Max Super Speciality Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi, last Thursday but pronounced dead two hours later, the boy’s grandfather, Praveen Malik, told CNN. His mother had given birth to twins but […]

Emirates Airline has announced the commencement of its ‘Hello 2018 fare sale’, which offers special deals on economy and business class flights to popular destinations for its Nigerian travellers. According to the airline, the offer is for those looking to take their dream holiday or plan to visit loved ones before or during the New […]

Around $321 million in public funds stolen by former Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha will be returned to the African country, Switzerland said Monday. The money, originally deposited in Luxembourg, was confiscated by a Swiss court in late 2014 and in March last year the two states signed an agreement on its repatriation. “In accordance with […]

About 80 million Nigerians living in 8000 villages across the country lack access to electricity, the World Bank has said. World Bank Global Lead, Energy Access, Mr. Mac Cosgrove-Davies, said this during the opening ceremony of the “Fourth Mini Grid Action Learning Event:  titled, ‘Up scaling Mini Grids for Low-Cost and Timely Access to Electricity’ in Abuja on […]

Pollution is the world’s biggest killer and governments and businesses must do more to reduce it, the executive director of the UN Environment Programme has said. “13 million people die from pollution; that makes pollution the biggest killer on the planet and we need to reduce it,’’ Erik Solheim said on Monday at the start […]

The Federal Government has assured of adequate security measures to thwart any possible terror attack in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and elsewhere around the country. Government said there is no cause for alarm, despite latest travel advisories by some Western countries. At the weekend, the British and United States of America governments warned their citizens […]

Former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, at the weekend, said Igbo will give President Muhammadu Buhari over 70 per cent votes in the 2019 presidential election. Buhari had stated that Igbo gave him five per cent votes at the 2015 presidential election and, as such, should  not expect him to reciprocate differently.  But, Kalu, […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday promised to create jobs if elected president as he announced his return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said issues that led to his exit from the PDP four years ago had been resolved. In his view, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed Nigerians. Atiku who made […]

The British and the United States governments have warned their citizens of terrorist groups’ threat to carry out bomb attacks in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, during the Yuletide. In its latest foreign travel advice to British nationals, made available to Sunday Punch, the country’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office stated that it would raise the terrorism […]