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Nutrition experts have warned Nigerians against consuming poorly preserved yoghurts, especially those stored under the sun, noting that they could cause serious health complications including food poisoning. According to the experts, while yoghurt consumption is often encouraged because of its nutritional benefits, consuming those stored in the sun, as commonly found in local shopping marts and […]

The Lagos State Government says it will seal schools that failed to comply with the stipulated academic calendar in the state. The government said the compilation of the names of schools that failed to comply with the directive of the state’s Ministry of Education that private and public schools should resume on Tuesday, January 4, […]

A lady whose name was simply given as Oluchi has, reportedly, set fire on her ex-boyfriend for abandoning her for another woman. The incident happened within the Obiohia, Ndiegoro axis of the commercial city. It was gathered that the jilted lover committed the crime when she found out that her boyfriend whose name could not be immediately […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), may lose the 2023 presidential election to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or another opposition party if the ruling party does not put its acts together. Mr Buhari stated this in an interview with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Thursday. He spoke against […]

Police authorities in Lagos State on Friday said the 12-year-old student of Dowen College in Lekki, Sylvester Oromoni, died a natural death. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, disclosed this while briefing reporters at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja on the investigations conducted into the death of the boy. He stated that […]

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said President Buhari was persuaded and pressured by Nigerians to run for president. He was reacting to some comments delivered by the President on his plans for the 2023 presidential election. Buhari had, in an interview aired on NTA, on Thursday, said […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the desire to conclude his tenure successfully because “age is telling on me”. Buhari, who clocked 79 on December 17, 2021, said this while reacting to a question during an interview on NTA, on Thursday. “About my age, I see my colleagues, they are now resting, and I assure you […]

The Africa Centre for Disease Control, on Thursday, said Nigeria had experienced a 249 per cent increase in new deaths as a result of COVID-19 just as a tally of epidemiological reports issued by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed that no fewer than 25 persons died in five days. Data from the NCDC […]

President Buhari has said he has given his best to Nigeria. This is as he said he expects his efforts to be acknowledged by Nigerians after he has left office. Buhari who said this during an interview with NTA on Thursday said he plans to take a rest after he leaves office in 17-months time. -Punch

The Federal Government has formally declared bandit groups operating in the country as terrorists. After weeks of footdragging, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), gazetted a court judgement that ordered the government to declare bandits as terrorists. States in the North-West geopolitical zone including Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he is absolutely aware of the suffering and pains Nigerians go through to feed themselves and their families under his administration. The President who stated this during an exclusive interview with Channels Television, however, encouraged the people to see agriculture as an option. “I’m absolutely aware of it (the suffering […]

Senator Rochas Okorocha has alleged that Governor Hope Uzodinma is plotting to stop him from running for the presidency in 2023. Speaking to newsmen at his Spilbat mansion on Wednesday, Okorocha, who now represents Imo West Senatorial zone, alleged that Uzodimma’s government is filled with “deceit and lies.” He said one example of this deceit […]

President Buhari says the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, should defend himself in court for peddling false information about his regime while he was overseas. Buhari stated this in an interview aired on Channels Television on Wednesday night monitored by Punch. Punch had earlier reported that some respected Igbo elders led by […]

President Buhari has expressed fear that his favourite presidential candidate may be “eliminated” if he is known now. The President made the disclosure in an exclusive interview with Channels Television aired on Wednesday. He said this after noting that he has no special interest in the 2023 election. “It is not my problem,” he replied when asked […]

A set of twins born 15 minutes apart in California have very different birthdays — one in 2021 and the other in 2022. Alfredo Antonio Trujillo came into the world at 11:45 pm on New Year’s Eve in the city of Salinas. A quarter of an hour later, on New Year’s Day, his sister Aylin […]