UN declares famine in South Sudan
Three UN agencies have on Monday declared famine in parts of South Sudan. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the
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ICYMI: To keep his girlfriend, man allows her to have sex with other men
A love-struck man has said that he allows his girlfriend to have sex with other men in order to keep her, among other
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Goodie Ibru throws in the towel as the Chairman, Ikeja Hotels Plc
Goodie Ibru has tendered his letter of resignation as chairman of Ikeja Hotels plc, weeks after a court ruling validated his position. Ibru, in a
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How childbirth changes vagina, affects sex life
The vagina is a muscular tube, it has many folds which allow it to expand during sex and childbirth. Physicians say there are
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Harmattan: Lagos records 40 fire incidents in one weekend
About 40 fire incidents were recorded in different parts of Lagos State over the weekend, the Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations,
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Man sets family of seven ablaze in Oyo
A suspected lunatic at Budo Alaka village in Kisi, Oriire council area of Oyo State was alleged to have set a house on
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Shettima steps up vigilance against bombers
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has approved the introduction of new security measures to curtail the increasing bomb attacks by remnants of Boko
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Fire ravages Makoko in Lagos
Makoko, a Lagos slum lying adjacent to the University of Lagos, Akoka from the Third Mainland Bridge view, is up in flames as
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Osinbajo rejects the new VP official residence, “to be put to other use”.
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Sunday said the Federal Government would at the appropriate time convert the new official residence being built
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Ngige battles Okorocha: Nnamani’s appointment as South-East APC Leader is not known to the party’s constitution.
The recent declaration by the Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha that former Senate President Ken Nnamani, is the leader of the All Progressives
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Appointment of SANs as Supreme Court justices would erode judiciary independence, Gomez warns
Octogenarian Lagos-based lawyer, Pa Tunji Gomez, has said nothing good can come out of the plan to appoint Senior Advocates of Nigeria as
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Crisis rocks Nigerian football over N244m TV rights.
Dark clouds have swirled around how the N244m television broadcast rights money was handled by some officials of Nigerian football. The broadcast rights
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2016: Gates Foundation spends $250m in Nigeria
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spent $250 million on health, education and improving the lives of the poor in Nigeria in 2016.
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Expansion of Lagos-Ibadan bridge begins
The expansion work on the Lagos-Ibadan bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway has commenced with the installation of expansion joints by the contractor, Julius
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Military denies killing Biafra agitators
The Nigerian Army has denied killing 11 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Jan. 20 solidarity rally in Port Harcourt. Col.
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Rangers, Rivers United advance, Wikki crash out
Wikki Tourists have crashed out of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup competition, despite beating RSLAF of Sierra-Leone 1-0 in Bauchi today. But Rangers
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Hoodlums raze Redeemed church in Abuja
The Christian Association of Nigeria (Youth Wing) has given the Federal Government and security agencies one-week ultimatum to identify and prosecute the hoodlums
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Trump creates more hurdles for asylum seekers
The U.S is concluding plans to raise the bar for asylum seekers to ensure that only those who stand a risk of persecution
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Two children die in Borno IDP camp fire
Two children have died in a fire that razed a part of the Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Jere local government of Borno
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Why I parted ways with my ex-wife –Femi Adebayo
It is no longer news that talented actor, Femi Adebayo, took a second shot at matrimony late last year when he was joined
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FG to spend Diezani, Yakubu loot to feed the poor
The Federal Government is set to invest some of the recently recovered funds on its social intervention programmes. A top government official told
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FG disbands arms probe panel as NSA, Monguno, was under searchlight
The presidential panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to probe arms procurement between 2007 and 2015 has been disbanded, Sunday PUNCH learnt
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Horrible confession: I raped 200 women, slaughtered 500 —Terrorist
Twenty-one-year-old Islamic terrorist captured by security forces has admitted killing hundreds of people and raping “more than 200 women.” The militant had described how
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PDP crisis: Fayose doesn’t have the mandate to speak for governors, says Sheriff
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has said that it was wrong for Governor Ayodele Fayose to
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Ono Loki, head of S/ Sudan military courts quits, third in a week
The head of South Sudan’s military courts, Colonel Khalid Ono Loki, has resigned, saying high-level interference made it impossible to discipline soldiers accused
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Bundesliga: Hertha Berlin hold Bayern Munich 1-1
Hertha Berlin denied Bayern Munich the chance of creating a 10 point lead on the Bundesliga table Saturday afternoon, by holding the German
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50,000 youths in pro- Buhari march in Daura
No fewer than 50,000 youths in Daura, Daura Local Government Area in Katsina state on Saturday, held a rally in solidarity with the
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Two arrested for raping 14-year old hawker
Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have arrested two men- Mohammed Abubakar,22, (a.k.a A3) and Adamu Umar, 25, for allegedly
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Osinbajo signs seven bills into laws
Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has assented to seven bills passed by the National Assembly. The bills which include Oath (Amendment) Act 2017,
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Nigerian drug pusher battles 11 Indian police
It took 11 Indian policemen to subdue and arrest a Nigerian drug pusher near a garden at MiniSeashore in Mumbai, in the Indian state
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