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Doctors have discovered about 526 teeth inside a 7-year-old Indian boy’s mouth.  “He always complain of jaw pain”,  the hospital that treated him said. The boy whose name was not mentioned, was admitted last month in the southern city of Chennai because of swelling and pain near his molars in his lower right jaw. When […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that Nigeria will not continue to import food to feed its population of about 200 million people. President Buhari has also restated the commitment of his administration to creating jobs for the youthful population of Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja when he had audience with Guy Ryder, the Director General […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria has called on all churches and Christians in the country to pray against a “deadly plane crash.” The Secretary to the Conference of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Michael Akinwale, said this in a memo to its archbishops and bishops, dated August 1, 2019 and titled, ‘Request for urgent […]

The family of Ayo Oluwaniyi, the wife of one of the soldiers, who allegedly stole N400m they were escorting, has lamented the arrest and detention of the woman and her three children by the Nigerian Army in Ondo State. It was gathered that 37-year-old Ayo and her children were arrested after her husband, Gabriel, was […]

A 23-year-old woman, Eniola Shitu, reportedly filmed her female friend being raped by her 31-year-old boyfriend, David Peremobowe. The incident happened at Ikopa-Tuntun, Abiola Way, Abeokuta, Ogun State, last week Wednesday after Eniola had allegedly lured the victim to her boyfriend’s room where she was drugged and raped. Punch correspondent gathered that while the victim […]

A Kano High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Umar Yakubu, to death by hanging for stabbing his friend, Ibrahim Adamu, 22, to death during an argument over N20 loan. Yakubu, who lives at Sabuwar Gandu Quarters in Kano, was convicted on one count charge of culpable homicide, contrary to Section 221 of the […]

The Federal Government has pledged to install CCTV’s strategically along highways, monitor forests, and bushes with the use of aerodrones. This follows the security challenges affecting the country. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this on Wednesday when the Ooni of Ife, Imperial Majesty Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, and some elders of the state visited him […]

The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has suspended a medical director and four resident doctors, who were not at their duty posts on the night he paid surprise visits to some public hospitals in Maiduguri. The governor had, on Monday night, paid unscheduled visits to some of the state-owned general hospitals to find out how […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented his West African School Examination certificate from Cambridge University to the presidential election tribunal. Mr Buhari made the submission through his counsel, Wole Olanipekun. The certificate was admitted as evidence in the matter. Presenting the certificate, Abba Kyari, a witness Mr Buhari called on Tuesday, told the tribunal that […]

The Senate on Wednesday completed the screening process and confirmed all the 43 ministerial nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari. The president had on Monday, last week, sent the list to the Senate for screening and confirmation. The upper chamber duly suspended its recess for the exercise. The lawmakers spent five days screening all the nominees. And of […]

Lai Mohammed, ministerial nominee from Kwara state, says his seven-year-old grandson once asked him why people refer to him as a liar. Critics of Mohammed, especially on social media, are fond of replacing his first name with “liar”. Speaking when he appeared before the senate for screening on Tuesday, the former minister of information said he […]

An estimated 626 persons were killed across Nigeria in the six months between the start of the election campaign and the commencement of the general and supplementary elections, the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has said. The electioneering campaigns began in October 2018 while the last of the elections were held in March. The Coalition observer group […]

The presidency on Tuesday restated its often repeated claim that the Boko Haram insurgency has been defeated. The presidency’s stance is contained in a statement by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu. “The position of the Nigerian government is that the Boko Haram terrorism has been degraded and defeated. The real Boko Haram we know is defeated,” […]

A prominent Russian Instagram influencer has been found dead with knife wounds in a suitcase in her rented apartment in Moscow, police say. Ekaterina Karaglanova, 24, was discovered on Friday after her family raised the alarm when she failed to contact them for several days. Ms Karaglanova, who had more than 85,000 followers on Instagram, […]

Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi west, says the non-submission of portfolios with the list of ministerial nominees makes the screening “beautiful nonsense”. Speaking when he appeared on Channels TV, Melaye said Nigerians were unhappy with the ongoing screening at the senate. Melaye maintained that the manner the senate had handled the screening of the […]

At least 57 people have been killed in a prison riot in Brazil which saw rival gangs battle for five hours, officials say. Gang members from one prison block invaded another part of Altamira jail in Pará state. Sixteen of the dead were decapitated and the remainder suffocated after part of the prison was set […]

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, yesterday, warned that if adequate steps are not put in place, more Nigerians may be killed in foreign countries, especially in South Africa. Lawan issued the warning when the immediate-past Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama appeared before the Senate for his confirmation hearing. Lawan said: “I personally […]