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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday said the country was now experiencing a fourth COVID-19 wave. This was contained in a statement signed by Director-General, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa. “Nigeria has recorded a 500% increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks across the country caused by the Delta […]

Funmi Falana, wife of a human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has written to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, seeking the release of female soldier detained for accepting a marriage proposal from a youth corps member.   Falana said Private Sofiyat Akinlabi’s decision to marry the corps member be respected in accordance […]

Libya’s education minister was arrested on Monday as part of an enquiry into a lack of schoolbooks, the prosecution service said. Moussa al-Megarief “was placed in preventative detention pending an investigation into (possible) negligence”, it said in a statement. “The Public Prosecution has launched an enquiry to determine the circumstances around contractual procedures for the […]

A 75-year-old man (name withheld) has died at the Lagos Airport in Nigeria’s commercial capital. The man arrived in the country on Monday via the Murtala  Muhammed International Airport, Lagos aboard a flight operated by Delta Air from the United States of America. Sources at the Lagos Airport told Channels Television that the man died […]

President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan yesterday did an appraisal of the federal government and concluded that though President Muhammadu Buhari was trying his possible best, Nigeria was still going through trying times. He also pledged the continued support of the National Assembly to the Buhari’s administration in its efforts to deliver on its […]

Igbos for Progressive and United Nationhood (IPAN) a socio-political organisation says it has observed that no Igbo politician has shown real seriousness for the 2023 presidency in spite of the incessant cry of marginalisation of Ndigbo from the polity. IPAN national president comrade Lawrence Onuzulike who made the observation in Awka, the Anambra State capital, […]

A couple residing at Ilara area of Ode Remo, in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State have been arrested for selling their one-month-old baby for the sum of N50,000. The police public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi who disclosed this in a press statement said the buyer is currently at large and efforts are […]

The Nigerian Army on Sunday confirmed the detention of an unnamed female soldier who got romantically entangled with a male corps member at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Yikpata, Kwara State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in an exclusive chat with Punch on Sunday, said the female officer violated […]

The Nigeria Football Federation will soon announce the appointment of a new foreign coach for the Super Eagles. The announcement could be made before the impending Africa Cup of Nations billed for Cameroon in January. The new coach, whose identity is still being kept under wraps, was recommended to Nigeria by one of the best […]

Barely 24 hours security taskforce and the Imo State government evacuated dead bodies from the kidnappers’ den at Orsu Local Government Area of the state, gunmen yesterday again whisked away the Chief Priest of Owerri Ancient Kingdom in Owerri Municipal council, Reginald Ejiogu and two councillors from Orsu whose identities are yet to be identified as […]

Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service attached to Tin Can Island Command on Friday intercepted a 1x40ft container carrying arms. It was learnt that the owner of the container had allegedly declared its content as plasma televisions. It was also learnt that customs officers at the command late discovered it to contain cartons of guns. […]

Veteran actress, Eucharia Anunobi, on Saturday said that the world would be boring if everyone were wise. The Nollywood star took to her verified Instagram page to share a video of herself where she spoke about friends who diss each other. She said, “Come on now, if everyone is wise, the world would be a […]

Monarchs in Imo State have gone into hiding following spate of killings and abductions of their colleagues in the state. As at the last count, no fewer than five traditional rulers have been killed and numerous others kidnapped.  The onslaught on traditional rulers started on April 7 when gunmen abducted Eze Charles Irogebu of the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is looking forward to returning to his farm in Daura, his hometown in Katsina State. The president said this in Istanbul, Turkey, where a surprise birthday was organised by the Nigerian embassy in  the country. Buhari, who is currently in Turkey for a summit, clocked 79 on Friday. According […]

Canada announced Friday the lifting of a ban on foreign travelers from 10 African countries, while reimposing testing and warning that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 risks quickly overwhelming hospitals. The travel restriction on flights from South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Nigeria, Malawi and Egypt will end at 11:59 pm on Saturday […]

No fewer than 220 outbound passengers from Nigeria tested positive for the coronavirus disease at the point of departure, Saturday Punch has observed. This was as analysis of daily epidemiological reports from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed that 4,008 Nigerians tested positive for COVID-19 within five days. Saturday Punch reports that the Africa regional office […]