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It is sad to see the excitement of Nigerians over football leagues in Europe (The English Premier League, La Liga in Spain, Italy’s Serie A, Germany’s Bundesliga, the Turkish Super League) at a time the House of Football in this country appears to be collapsing, immersed in chaos, more like a shadow of itself. Football […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 101-year-old great-grandmother for dealing in illicit drugs. The woman, identified as Esther Ogunmabo, was arrested in Ilisan, Ogun State, with retail sachets of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 90 grammes, which she claimed she sold to locals. A statement on Sunday by […]
Continue ReadingNigerian female medical doctor, Damilola Odukoya, has shared an amazing story about returning to school aged 37, over two decades after her initial JAMB attempt, to pursue her dream of becoming a medical doctor. Odukoya was already married, a mother of three, and employed full-time as a laboratory technician in a hospital. In spite of her […]
Continue ReadingNigerian star actress and movie producer., Temitope Osoba, has passed away. She died at the age of 40. Her death was announced on Wednesday by fellow actor, Alesh Sanni in an emotional post shared on his Instagram page. Expressing grief over the loss, Sanni said he had been unable to sleep since learning of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian-British heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua, has dedicated his victory over Kristian Prenga to his late friends and trainers, Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele, after overcoming two knockdowns to secure a second-round knockout win. The bout, watched online, marked Joshua’s first fight since a car crash in Ogun State, Nigeria, in December claimed the lives […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Catholic priest, Benjamin Madu, has reportedly committed suicide in North Shore Massachusetts, United States. He was found dead at his residence on July 2, 2026, days before his R-1 religious worker visa was due to expire. Rev. Fr. Madu served as a priest at St. Ann and Our Lady of Good Voyage churches in […]
Continue ReadingSenior medical consultant based in Kano State, Nigeria, has died after collapsing barely 15 minutes of arriving a hospital in Kano State to attend to patients who had been waiting for his evening clinic. The sad incident happened last Saturday at Arewa Surgery Hospital, Hotoro, Kano, where the doctor reportedly responded to a request to […]
Continue ReadingContent creator, actress, social media influencer, digital creator, and entrepreneur, Amarachi Blessing Amusi, popularly known as Ashmusy, has shared an emotional message about the pain of losing a loved one unexpectedly, opening up about the regret that can come with not having the chance to make things right before the loved one’s passing. In a […]
Continue ReadingThe United States has designated a Nigerian national and three companies operating in the country as alleged financial facilitators of activities linked to the terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. They were designated in the latest action, which targeted a total of three individuals and six entities accused of facilitating the movement […]
Continue ReadingNigerian multi-billionaire businessman, Chief Lucky Adimike, popularly known as Egonaejeije Na Awka-Etiti, was allegedly stabbed to death by his 21-year-old son in Abuja on Friday, May 15, 2026, at their home in Guzape after an argument. The son, who was reportedly keeping late nights and returning from a night club allegedly stabbed him multiple times […]
Continue ReadingSierra Leone on Wednesday became the latest African country to receive migrants expelled from the United States under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. A first plane carrying nine West African migrants landed Wednesday morning at the international airport just outside Freetown, an AFP journalist saw. “We have received nine deportees this morning from the US,” […]
Continue ReadingOfficers of the Oyo State Police Command has rescued a United States-based medical doctor from mob action following a false kidnapping alarm in Ibadan, the state capital. In a statement released on Wednesday by the state police public relations officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, the incident occurred on Monday at about 2:30 p.m. around the 2nd […]
Continue ReadingNigerian, Ademola Oke, has died after being found unresponsive at his workplace in the United Kingdom. Punch reports that it learnt on Sunday from a support appeal published by a close family friend, Adejonwo Odutola, on the popular fundraising platform, GoFundMe, that the incident occurred on April 18. Odutola explained that Ademola had left home […]
Continue ReadingWorld Athletics (WA) has rejected an application by Turkey to switch the allegiance of Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili, dealing a significant blow to the athlete’s proposed nationality change ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games. According to a document obtained by Punch, the World Athletics Nationality Review Panel ruled that the application submitted by the Türkiye […]
Continue ReadingPopular Ibadan-based female TikToker known as AntyAbake also sometimes referred to in posts as Omoidunu Abake Orin has reportedly passed away after collapsing during a livestream on her social media platform. According to reports, the tragic incident occurred on Tuesday, leaving her followers shocked and devastated as the event unfolded in real time. Her death […]
Continue ReadingSupreme Court of Nigeria (SCN) has adjourned to April 22, 2026 for the hearing of appeals arising from the leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party. The appeals were filed by a faction of the party led by former Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Turaki SAN, challenging earlier judgments of the Court of Appeal delivered […]
Continue ReadingNigerian female medical doctor, Ere Ogbachi, has died following complications after giving birth to triplets in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Her death was confirmed in a Facebook statement on Wednesday by the deceased’s brother, Meshack Sintei, who said she was later rushed to the Intensive Care Unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, where she died […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, the Nigerian presidency has defended President Bola Tinubu’s decision to meet victims of the Plateau State killings at a hall adjoining the Yakubu Gowon Airport rather than driving into Jos township, citing flight restrictions and logistical constraints as the reasons for the arrangement. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian national, Chukwuemeka Ahanonu, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 56-year-old woman he attacked on a street in Leicester, United Kingdom, after crashing his car while under the influence of cannabis. According to Punch, a report by Leicestershire Police showed that the 24-year-old assaulted the victim, Nila Patel, on June […]
Continue ReadingAbike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has expressed deep grief over the death of a Nigerian woman, Nihinloluwa Agoro, and her two children, Temiloluwa and Isaac, in a fatal road accident in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. In a statement issued by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the Commission’s Head of Media, Public […]
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