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The United Kingdom has added Nigeria to its red list category as it tightens travel restrictions in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 variant, Omicron. “From 0400 on Monday 6 December, Nigeria will be added to the red list for entering England,” the UK government’s travel advisory on Nigeria said. This means […]

A 32 year-old housewife, Kehinde Abdul Wasiu, has set her husband’s mistress, one Tosin Olugbade, ablaze. Kehinde, a mother of three allegedly poured petrol on the 23-year-old mistress and subsequently set her ablaze, leading to her death. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident, saying the suspect has […]

The Nigerian Navy has placed one of its personnel, OSCOMP Abdulgafar Ahmad, aka Cute Abiola, on one-month ‘extra duty’ for wearing police uniform in one of his skits and for ridiculing the Nigeria Police Force in the process. The popular Instagram comedian was arrested on November 15, 2021, but has been released from detention to […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says problems like poverty facing Nigeria will multiply if the country experiences breaks up. He said this while receiving a delegation of the Muhammadu Buhari Osinbajo (MBO) Dynamic Support Group at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. He said many of the security challenges in the country would be resolved in […]

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has finally given clearance to the Anambra State Government to start operations at its airport. This came weeks after the Airport was inaugurated by the state government but the NCAA did not approve flight operations, citing security concerns. Air Peace Airline which had planned to operate to the airport […]

The operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested one Pastor Izuchukwu Anoloba, 35, and others for kidnapping a Catholic priest, Fr Fidelis Ekemgba. Parading the suspects and others, the state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Hussaini, said that the suspects held the priest for over seven days and made him to pay a ransom […]

Emirates Airlines will resume its passenger operations between Dubai and Nigeria on 5th December 2021. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier made this known via a statement issued on Thursday. The resumption of services comes 10 months after the carrier suspended flights to Nigeria after a diplomatic row between the two countries over COVID-19 protocols. […]

Seven years after her fourth child was born and with a decision jointly made with her husband to stop childbearing, 37-year-old Muslimat AbdulWaheed has again been delivered of quadruplets. The couple who reside in Gwako, a suburb of Gwagwalada area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, said they could barely feed their family of six, […]

President Buhari has departed Abuja for Dubai where he is expected to attend the Expo 2020 in the United Arab Emirates. The Expo 2020 Dubai is aimed at creating an environment for Nigerians to join over 190 countries to forge true and meaningful partnerships. According to a statement by the president’s spokesman, Femi Adesina on […]

The number of people who died of cholera since the beginning of the year 2021 is twice as many as those killed by COVID-19, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed. While the death toll from cholera has already exceeded 3,600 just about a month to the end of the year, […]

Award-winning Nigerian singer, Davido, has revealed that his father, Adedeji Adeleke, sent the Police after him when he left school for music. The singer made this revelation during an interview with an American-based podcast, Earn Your Leisure, which was published on Wednesday. Davido stated that while his dad thought he was at school, he was actually […]

Virologists on Wednesday expressed concern that there was a high risk of community transmission of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country. The virologists, including a professor of Medical Virology at the University of Maiduguri,  Marycelin Baba, who stated this in separate interviews with The PUNCH while reacting to detection of three cases of the […]

A US judge sentenced Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, to three years in prison Tuesday on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. The sentence was less than the relatively light four years requested by prosecutors, with the judge acknowledging that Coronel was only a teenager when […]

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), on Tuesday said President Muhamma­du Buhari lacks the power to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indige­nous People of Biafra (IPOB), who is currently facing treason charges at the Federal High Court, Abuja. Igbo leaders led by First Republic former Aviation Minister, Chief Mba­zulike […]

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has announced the price of its initial public offering to retail investors. The company is making 575 million of its shares available to the public at N169 per unit, the telecoms heavyweight said on Tuesday. Sales will open at 8:00 am on December 1 and close at 5:00 pm on December […]