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A Kosovo female police officer on Tuesday committed suicide after she shot and killed four in-laws, in Gnjilan town 50 kilometers south-east of the capital Pristina. According to prosecutors, the killer, an officer with the local police precinct, shot her husband’s parents and two brothers. A spokesman for the prosecutors was quoted as saying all […]

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has said corruption is worse than coronavirus. He said this on Tuesday in Kaduna during the Passing Out Parade of 281 Detective Inspectors of the EFCC, who were trained for 14 months at the NDA. According to him, corruption is a huge burden to Nigeria. […]

Angola’s ex-president has defended his son and a former central bank governor who are accused of embezzling $500 million from the country’s sovereign wealth fund, court documents showed on Tuesday. Jose Eduardo dos Santos’ family are in the spotlight after his billionaire daughter was indicted in Angola last month for a host of high-level financial […]

An Assistant Director attached to the State House, Abuja, Laetitia Naankang Dagan, has been killed by yet-to-be-identified assailants. Dagan was said to have been killed in her apartment in Galadimawa, Abuja, on Monday evening shortly after she returned from work. She was said to have left her office in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, about 8 […]

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Apple has warned that disruption in China from the coronavirus will mean revenues falling short of forecasts. The tech giant said production and sales were affected, and that “worldwide iPhone supply will be temporarily constrained”. The iPhone maker is the first major US company to say that the epidemic will hit its finances. Apple, which […]

The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, on Monday, denied giving a prophesy on the newly sworn-in Governor of Bayelsa State, Diri Douye. Mbaka, who spoke through his media aide, Ike Maximus Ugwuoke, said this in a statement in Enugu, on Monday. The statement read in part, “Our attention has […]

The House of Representatives has resolved to acquire Toyota Camry 2020 model for members as official cars, otherwise called utility vehicles. The resolution was reached at an executive (closed-door) session held on February 5, 2020, The Punch reliably learnt on Friday. A source in the chamber, who spoke on condition of anonymity as members were […]

Rwandan gospel singer Kizito Mihigo, who was found guilty in 2015 of plotting to kill President Paul Kagame, has been found dead in a police cell, authorities confirmed on Monday. A police statement said Mihigo, 38, had committed suicide. Mihigo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for offences including the formation of a criminal […]

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he has little sympathy for Manchester City over their ban from European competition, especially as he regularly lost some of his best players to their wealthy Premier League rivals. “The rules are what they are and people who don’t respect them… have to be punished,” said Wenger at the Laureus World Sports Awards […]

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, on Monday, begged the United Kingdom to extradite a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to Nigeria to account for an allegedly missing $2.5bn. Magu, who addressed journalists preparatory to the passing out parade of the EFCC trainees at the Nigerian Defence Academy, […]

For the fifth year in a row, more Nigerians emigrated to Canada than the year before as data published by the Canadian government shows the number of Nigerians issued permanent resident permits has tripled since 2015. According to a report by Quartz Africa, the Nigerian emigration growth rate outstrips some of Canada’s biggest sources of […]

A Nigerian couple identified as Irewole and Ayowole Ajewole, reportedly welcomed their first children after being married for 31 years. The couple who got married in 1989, welcomed a set of twins (boy and girl) on Thursday February 6. Facebook user Nikeagbeja Adesanya who shared a photo of the couple, wrote; God blessed this couple with a set of twins, […]

A former Kogi-West lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has said he will rather spend his money buying cars than on cocaine and homosexuals like some others. Melaye said this in a post on Sunday while reacting to criticisms from musician, Speed Darlington. The former lawmaker, who boasts of over eight luxury cars including a Rolls Royce, […]

“It is a challenge. It would be the most illogical and most disruptive issue to have him (Tinubu) elected as President. If this happens, I will disown Nigeria to take the citizenship of Togo or any other country. Look, what this fellow did in my state, all the lies and the most painful thing was […]

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has noted that Nigeria is blessed with all the human resources needed to solve most of her problems. The Vice President who stated this when he received a delegation from the West African College of Surgeons (WACS), in his office in the Presidential Villa, said the fact that […]

The novel coronavirus has now infected more than 69,000 people globally, the vast majority in mainland China. The death toll is 1,669, including four people outside mainland China. A Chinese tourist who tested positive for the virus died in France, health officials confirmed on Saturday. The US is sending a plane to bring back some passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise […]

A pastor, Amos Kosini and his wife are on the run after the self-acclaimed cleric allegedly flogged his son, Faithful, to death over allegation of witchcraft. It was learnt that two other children of his church member, Paradise, and Godspower, also sustained severe injuries in the hands of the cleric and now in a critical […]