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Nigerian-born Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua delivered one of the great nights in British boxing history by stopping Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round to be crowned IBF, WBA and IBO world heavyweight champion. He staged the feat in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, reported Reuters. The unbeaten home favourite earned […]

Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves rose to $30.8bn in April, the highest level since September 2015. The increase could be attributed to a recent rise in global crude oil price, and proceeds of the country’s Eurobond, issued in march. Data from the Central Bank shows that Nigeria’s forex reserves, stood at $30.31bn, a month ago. The […]

The Presidency has debunked the claim by the suspended Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke, that the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, was aware of the N43.4m stashed away at a private apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos.   A government official told journalists on Saturday that in the first instance, “Oke did not brief […]

The Nigeria Police Force has paraded the Chairman of Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Mr. Taofiq Isah, his Police orderly, Ede James, and four others for allegedly attempting to assassinate Senator Dino Melaye. The suspects are said to have on April 15 attacked the Senator’s residence in Kogi State with the intention of […]

Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attended the “Remembering Biafra” conference organized by the George Washington University Institute for African Studies, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and Howard University. More photos below:  

For the better part of this week, Nigeria has been having much of a to do about the royal snub from the Oba of Lagos to the Ooni of Ife. Such outrage, such consternation against Oba Rilwan Akiolu. The venom vented on him on social media and in real life were as though he had […]

Just recently a picture of a half-naked elderly woman surrounded by a lynch mob appeared online in one of the many blogs under the caption:” Bird falls from sky and transforms into Woman”. Now it beggars belief that in this day and age where everybody has a smartphone, with video recording capability, that nobody has […]

Shortly after I arrived at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday morning, I received a message that the Chief Security Officer to the President, Bashir Abubakar, would like to see me in his office. What came to my mind immediately was that it was the Presidency’s Media Office that interfaces with journalists and not the CSO. I […]

Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Friday fired 9,932 civil servants who were found using fake educational certificates to work. Magufuli made the announcement on state television after receiving a report on public servants’ certificates verification. He said salaries of 9,000 plus employees for this month should be withheld after an investigative task force found that […]

72-year-old Darlene Mullins, a grandmother-of-four will be among the 800 students to graduate from Tennessee State University, TSU, on the 6th of May. Darlene will be receiving her degree 55 good years after she started at the institution. Darlene began her studies in TSU campus in 1962, however, almost immediately, she fell in love with fellow student […]

S*x should be enjoyed by couples. In fact, there is no reason for them to stop s*x even when the woman is pregnant since pregnancy is no sickness. A woman with normal pregnancy may continue to have s*x until she goes into labour. The fear that the fetus (baby) might get hurt during love making […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is not considering retirement this was confirmed by the office of the Presidency despite his present state of health. In an interview with journalists in Lagos on Friday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said those calling for the President’s resignation were merely expressing their opinion. […]

Twin sister and brother, Kehinde and Taiwo Adeyemi were 8 years old when this childhood photo of them below was first taken. Two decades later, they recreated it and Kehinde, who is now married with a child shared them on social media saying: “8yrs old vrs 29 Same set of sofa we couldn’t fit into […]

A Saudi man has been sentenced to death after insulting the prophet Muhammad on Twitter. The Saudi religious police had gotten word of Ahmad Al-Shamri’s tweets and went to his door sometime in 2014. He was accused of using social media to say disparaging things about Islam and the prophet Muhammad, according to activists. The […]

A Nigerian lady, who claims to have never had s*x before, has taken to social medium to auction her virginity through a popular relationship handle on Instagram ‘Break or Makeup.’ According to the lady, she’s very beautiful and ready to lose her virginity, but won’t want to lose it to a guy for free. She […]

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been released from the Kuje Prison in Abuja. Kanu was freed after meeting the bail conditions granted him by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday. His lawyer, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor confirmed this to Punch on Friday. Ejiofor said his client met all outstanding […]

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has revealed that Yemi Osinbajo was a bit hesitant when he was chosen to be President Muhammadu Buhari’s running mate for the 2015 Presidential election. The former Governor of Lagos State, who made the revelation in the ‘Against the Run of Play’ authored by Chairman […]

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has expressed delight over the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, from prison. Fani-Kayode also took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari’s health in his Twitter post on Friday night. He wrote: “The day that Nnamdi Kanu was released from prison was […]

Mercy Aigbe’s marriage to her husband, Lanre Gentry has crashed over alleged domestic violence. The couple had a nasty fight last week that left Mercy hospitalized with severe injuries. Lanre, today shared a photo of a woman fighting with a man and wrote; “Say ‘No’ to the promiscuous n irresponsible women….#ma quote#”. Three hours later, […]

Customs officials on Friday found 1.3 million dollars in luggage at Dusseldorf Airport. Police said that they have started investigating whether the money is connected with drug trade, since most of the money was in small notes. The notes were found in the luggage of two travellers who were flying to Turkey. The men, who […]