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Fabrizio Soccorsi, the personal doctor of Pope Francis, has died due to complications from the novel coronavirus. The demise of Fabrizio was announced by Catholic News Agency (CNA), quoting the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano. CNA said Dr. Fabrizio Soccorsi was being treated for an oncological pathology when he died at Rome’s Gemelli hospital. However, It’s […]

Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday assessed COVID-19 protocols in the universities and said the institutions were not ready for safe reopening. The chapters of the union, in separate interviews with Punch, commented on the directive of the  National Universities Commission that universities could resume on January 18, but must adhere […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the issuance of the National Identification Number (NIN) is compulsory for all categories of vehicle registration. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, said the move, which is in total compliance with the presidential directives, would commence from the second quarter of […]

Yinka Akinbami, one of the ministers at the House on The Rock, has died of coronavirus complications. Yinka died at the age of 61. Senior Pastor, House on The Rock, Paul Adefarasin announced the death on Saturday. He said he had yet to come to terms with Akinbami’s death and added that the incident was […]

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has said seven SIM cards can be linked to one National Identity Number (NIN) on the recently launched National Identity Management Commission’s (NIMC) mobile application. The Minister made this remark while speaking on Channels TV Politics Today show, Friday. He said his ministry is collaborating with NIMC […]

The Federal Government has concluded plans to shut the Lagos Island bound traffic on the Third Mainland Bridge for two weeks commencing from Wednesday, January 13, as part of ongoing rehabilitation works. Federal Controller, Works Lagos, Engineer Popoola Olukayode announced this in a statement, released at the weekend, titled: “Shifting of current diversion point towards […]

The United Kingdom has registered its largest daily COVID-19 death toll since the beginning of the pandemic. A further 1,325 new fatalities were recorded on Friday, bringing the total death toll to 79,833 — the highest in Europe. It is the third day in a row that more than 1,000 new deaths have been recorded. […]

President-elect Joe Biden on Friday described as “a good thing”, the disclosure by incumbent President Donald Trump that he won’t attend his successor’s inauguration on January 20. Biden, however, said Vice-President Mike Pence is “welcome” at his inauguration, saying it will be a “honour’ to have him at the event. The Democrat challenger also refused […]

Tragedy occurred in Imo state on Thursday as a lady died in the house of her married man’s friend. The incident occurred at the MCC Road area of the state. A source who preferred not to be named told Punch correspondent that the man brought her mistress to his matrimonial home after taking his wife […]

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January 20, 2021. He said this a day after Biden’s Electoral College win was certified by a joint session of the US Congress. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the […]

The world’s poorest countries can expect to start receiving their first Covid-19 vaccine doses between the end of January and mid-February, the World Health Organization said Thursday. Vaccination is already under way in some of the world’s wealthiest nations, including the United States, Britain, European Union countries and Canada. Covax, the globally-pooled vaccine procurement and […]

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has directed Vice Chancellors of universities to resume academic activities on January 18, 2021. It explained that the instruction was given in line with the directive of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 on the resumption of schools across the country. NUC’s directive was contained in a statement signed […]

Friends of late Tunde Thomas, whose wife Moyo was allegedly impregnated twice by Adam Nuru, the suspended managing director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) said they have closed the campaign, with objective achieved. The friends, who came together as Justice for Tunde Thomas, mounted a campaign for signatures in a petition addressed to the […]

Lagos State on Thursday posted 807 new cases of COVID-19, shattering its former record and setting a new one. The Nigerian  Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, had reported 1,565 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, with Lagos reporting 807 cases. The State broke the COVID-19 record in single day infections it set on January 5, 2021, […]