Nine-year old girl committs 'suicide' in Benue State

A nine-year-old girl has allegedly died by suicide in Makurdi, Benue State capital. The incident occurred off Bem Hotel Road, Ankpa Quarters area of the capital city. Punch learnt from the area, that...

Australia jails three men for Christmas terror plot

Three men were jailed Friday for an IS-inspired terror plot to cause mass casualties in Australia’s second largest city Melbourne during the 2016 Christmas period. Hamza Abbas, 24, Ahmed Mohamed, 27...

Anambra female farmers demand gender-friendly tools

No fewer than 600 female farmers on Thursday protested in Anambra State, demanding gender-friendly farm implements. The protesters, under the agies of Smallholder Women Farmers in Nigeria, said women...

Four die as cholera outbreak hits Ogun state

Four persons have reportedly died while scores have been hospitalised as a result of a cholera outbreak in some parts of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Punch exclusively gathered that the worst-hit...

CAN kicks against social media and hate speech bills

The Christian Association of Nigeria has kicked against the proposed social media and hate speech bills, describing them as ploys to gag Nigerians. The CAN President, Dr Samson Ayokunle called on the...

Relic of Jesus’ crib to return to Bethlehem

After spending more than 1,000 years in Rome, a wooden fragment valued by Catholics as part of the crib in which Jesus was born will be welcomed back to the Holy Land today (Friday). The fragment, part...

Blackface speaks on settling out of court with 2face

Blackface has spoken on settling out of court with Tuface Idibia. Disclosing this on Instagram and promising he is not a trouble maker, he disclosed Tuface and his manager have apologized for using his...

Army arrests fake soldier in Enugu (pictured)

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) the 82 Division Nigerian Army, Enugu, Major General Lasisi Adegboye on Thursday paraded two suspected criminals arrested through the efforts of Exercise Atilogwu...

The bible is silent about plastic surgery - Tony Rapu

Popular Nigerian pastor, Tony Rapu has shared a video online in which he talked about plastic surgery. According to the preacher, the Bible is silent about plastic surgery and he sees nothing wrong in...

Ay Comedian and wife, Mabel Makun celebrate 11th wedding anniversary

Comedian AY and his wife are today celebrating their 11th wedding anniversary. The happy man took to IG to share a family photo (above) and praised his wife writing; ''You have been my beloved friend...

Twitter's Jack Dorsey to live in Africa for atleast 3 months in 2020

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square, tweeted his farewell to Africa on Wednesday, but announced that he would return and temporarily move to the continent for at least three months in 2020. Jack...

Student disclose how pupils drug teachers during examinations to cheat

A junior secondary school pupil has shocked a gathering of educationists in Alausa with a revelation. The boy told the audience how fellow pupils drugged their teachers to cheat during examinations. A...

Senate calls for computerization of oil sector

The Senate on Thursday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to initiate the process of computerising the nation’s oil sector. This, according to the Senate, is to curb the multifaceted challenges associated...

INEC begins distribution of election materials for Kogi West poll

Ahead of tomorrow’s Kogi West supplementary and Ajaokuta Federal Constituency rerun, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday began the distribution of election materials to affected...

Woman who married homeless man after seeing him looking for food in her bin is devastated by his death

A woman who saved a homeless man from the streets after she discovered him rifling through her bins has been left devastated by his death. Joan Neininger married Ken Selway 40 years after she spotted...

Sultan of Sokoto urges minister to decongest Abuja

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has advised the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Mohammed Bello, to develop satellite towns in order to decongest the city centre. Abubakar...

Nigerians are free to come into South Africa- South African Minister of Tourism

Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, South Africa’s Minister of Tourism, on Thursday called on Nigerians to continue visiting the country as the rainbow nation remained open for visitors from across the globe. Kubayi-Ngubane...

A whole family, young couple wiped out as US plane crashes in Canada

Kingston police, near Ontario in Canada have confirmed that seven people have died, including two minors, after a small aircraft crashed in the town’s wood. Khou.com said the pilot of the plane, Obatek...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone dies

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone has died at the age of 101. Nakasone was Japan’s prime minister from November 1982 to November 1987. According to Xinhua news, sources informed that...

Media personality, Binta Badmus dies allegedly due to a medical error

Media personality Binta Badmus has died allegedly due to a medical error. The media girl who first worked at Smooth FM as a radio presenter later joined Channels TV, before her unfortunate death. Those...