A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early Sunday, killing two people and injuring more than 200, officials said. The shallow quake hit 26 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of the city of Javanrud in Kermanshah province, the US Geological Survey said, near the site of a powerful quake last year […]

OLUSOLA FABIYI, SUNDAY ABORISADE, FEMI MAKINDE and TOBI AWORINDE  The plans by 39 political parties which formed an alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party to remove President Muhammadu Buhari from office through the polls next year, may be heading for a fall. According to SUNDAY PUNCH investigations, indications that the alliance has come under a […]

ENIOLA AKINKUOTU The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has again defied the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, by refusing to inaugurate the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund over a month after he promised to do so. Oshiomhole had on July 23, 2018, threatened to expel Ngige […]

Theophilus Onojeghen The Onicha-Olona in the Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State home of the late legendary reggae singer, Ras Kimono, on Saturday, drew politicians, entertainers, friends and reggae lovers who paid their last respects to the reggae icon. Ras Kimono, whose real name is Augustine Oseloke Onwubuya, died on June 10, 2018 […]

Etim Ekpimah and Tobi Aworinde The Akwa Ibom State Government has said nobody can deter Governor Udom Emmanuel from seeking re-election in 2019. The Personal Assistant to the wife of the governor on Protocol Matters, Mrs Nsikan Ukpanah, who spoke to journalists during a rally by Emmanuel’s supporters in Lagos, on Saturday, said the governor’s […]

Olushola Ricketts It came as a rude shock to music lovers when Kelechi Orji, aka Kelly Hansome, recently accused Don Jazzy of locking him up for doing a cover of a song. The Maga Don Pay singer shared the story on his Instagram page while celebrating a soldier friend’s birthday. Speaking with Sunday Scoop, he […]

Olushola Ricketts Rapper and Chocolate City Music president, Jude Abaga, aka MI, insists that there is no bad blood between the record label and its former artiste, Koker. The rapper, who just released his fourth studio album, Yung Denzel: A Story on Self Worth, told Sunday Scoop that the company was proud of Koker’s progression […]

Olushola Ricketts Inasmuch as he is now a professional painter, former Kennis Music singer, Adewale Lawanson Junior, aka Minjin, has rubbished claims that he has dumped music. Minjin told Sunday Scoop, “Music is stressful; especially when you travel a lot for shows. Whenever I am free, instead of partying or hanging out with friends, I […]

Olushola Ricketts Many are surprised that American-based filmmaker, Kola Amusan, has never worked with his elder brother, Bolaji Amusan, aka Mr. Latin. This has also raised insinuations that all may not be well between the brothers. But while speaking with Sunday Scoop, Kola said there were no issues between them. He said, “My brother and […]

Onoshe Nwabuikwu About two weeks ago, the hottest news was that the National Broadcasting Commission had queried 101.9 FM in Jos, Plateau State,  for playing three songs that had been declared unfit for broadcast because of “vulgar lyrics”. The songs: Iskaba, See Mary, See Jesus and This is Nigeria. According to the NBC, in Iskaba […]

Gospel music singer, Esther Igbekele, speaks with TOFARATI IGE on her career and other issues You recently celebrated your birthday. What is going to change about you? If anything is going to change, it will be inside me. With the age I’ve attained, I don’t think there is anything I want to change. What are […]

The Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kogi State, Bode Ogunmola, tells GBENGA ODOGUN that no PDP member was involved in the violence that marred the House of Representatives bye-election held in the state, penultimate Saturday The Independent National Electoral Commission declared the All Progressives Congress candidate as the winner of the House […]

The immediate past National President of the Nigerian chapter of the African Women’s Entrepreneurship Programme and current Secretary General of AWEP West Africa, Zenab Jaji, tells KORE OGIDAN the essence of helping  women to grow their businesses How would you describe your background? I was born in Lagos but I’m from Adamawa State. I am […]

The Chairman, All Progressives Congress Reconciliation Committee in charge of Kogi West senatorial district, Duro Meseko, tells GBENGA ODOGUN that the APC won the House of Representatives bye-election with a clear margin The APC candidate was declared winner of the bye-election held penultimate Saturday in the state. Do you think that your party actually defeated […]

A former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Victor Attah, speaks with journalists in Lagos on the crisis in the state All Progressives Congress, Senate tussle among other issues. GBENGA ADENIJI was there You are an elder statesman and identified to be with the APC… (Laughs) Identified in what manner? Many of you who were unhappy […]

A dramatic late Daniel Ginczek goal sealed Wolfsburg’s shock 2-1 win over Schalke on Saturday as video assistant referee interventions dominated the opening weekend of the Bundesliga season. After Nabil Bentaleb’s late penalty cancelled out Wolfsburg’s first-half goal by US defender John Anthony Brook, Ginzcek sealed a dramatic win by sweeping home the 94th-minute winner […]

At least 15 people were killed when a tourist coach crashed along a winding road in west Bulgaria on Saturday, the health ministry said. “We can confirm 15 dead and 27 injured,” ministry spokeswoman Katia Sungarska told BNT public television. The accident happened when the coach full of Bulgarian tourists on a visit to a […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has confiscated some unregistered regulated products in Asaba, Delta capital. The NAFDAC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, said this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. Jimoh explained that among the items seized were various brands of unregistered insecticides worth N250, 000 adding […]

Pope Francis on Saturday met with eight Irish abuse victims after expressing “pain and shame” over the “failure” of the Catholic Church authorities to deal with the abuses, the Vatican said. READ ALSO: Pope Francis visits Dublin, a city split by Church sins “Pope Francis met early Saturday evening for an hour and a half with […]

Cristiano Ronaldo made a winning home debut for Italian champions Juventus with Miralem Pjanic and Mario Mandzukic scoring in a 2-0 win over Lazio on Saturday. Ronaldo, 33, played a role in Mandzukic’s second goal of the night on 75 minutes after Pjanic put the hosts in front at the Allianz Stadium. The five-time Ballon […]

Peru on Saturday closed its borders to Venezuelan migrants without a passport, as thousands holding only identification cards reached the border in a last minute crush, some beating the deadline with special assistance from Ecuador. Thousands of Venezuelans fleeing their country’s spiraling economic and political crisis rushed towards the Peruvian border after last week’s announcement […]

China on Saturday denounced Donald Trump’s accusation that Beijing is stalling efforts to disarm North Korea as “irresponsible” after the US president said an upcoming trip to Pyongyang by his top envoy had been cancelled due to lack of progress on the issue. “The US statement is contrary to basic facts and is irresponsible. We […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged military personnel deployed to Katsina State, saddled with the task of fighting bandits in Zamfara, to be “as ruthless as humanly possible” in carrying out their assignment. The president gave the challenge when he addressed the 1000-strong military force assembled to check the menace of the bandits and other criminal […]

Thousands of Nigerian pilgrims, who performed this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia are now idle in the Holy Land, waiting anxiously for their return journey to Nigeria. The pilgrims completed the rites on August 20, the Arafat Day, after the symbolic throwing of pebbles at the Devil  on three consecutive days. The process also took […]

Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi Nigerian pilots and engineers have expressed support for the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air, saying that it will create jobs. According to the newly elected President of the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, Abednego Galadima, there are over 600 unemployed pilots and engineers, and the association has been asking the government […]

Timileyin Akinkahunsi In relationships and marriages, partners are bound to offend each other. Sometimes, one of the factors that determine a successful marriage or relationship is the ability of both partners to forgive each other and move on in love. Saturday PUNCH asked Nigerians who they think forgives easily in a relationship, the man or […]

Ademola Olonilua and Timileyin Akinkahunsi Past big brother housemate, Tobi Bakre, has said he didn’t unfollow his fellow housemate Alex; but that he was blocked. The duo made an admirable pair while they were in the house and even after they left the show. Speaking to Saturday Beats during the week, the former banker said, […]

The Police Command in Enugu State has commenced an investigation into an incident that led to a 24-year-old man committing suicide after an overdose of marijuana. The spokesman of the command, SP. Ebere Amaraizu, made the announcement in a statement on Saturday in Enugu. He said the incident happened on August 22 at Ameke Village in […]

Moscow police on Saturday detained three people marking the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Red Square protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, Russian media reported. According to liberal newspaper Novaya Gazeta, two of those detained were relatives of the some of the eight Soviet protesters who stood on Red Square half a century ago […]

John Alechenu, Olusola Fabiyi, Olalekan Adetayo and Eniola Akinkoutu President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday boasted that his party, the All Progressives Congress, would  win the 2019 general elections. Apparently making veiled reference to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who recently said the opposition Peoples Democratic Party would win the forthcoming elections, Buhari said […]

Funmi Akingbade However, do not limit your place of passion to the bedroom.  Passion can take place in the living room, the kitchen, the pantry, the backyard, the holiday inn, wherever you and your lover connect. Be playful, sometimes sex can be serious, say, if you are making love for the first time after a […]

Eniola Akinkuotu and Anna Okon The Nigeria Customs Service has said that it has no information about the arms-laden ship that was reportedly held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, while making its way to Lagos. The Maritime Executive, an online marine news portal, had reported on Thursday that LADA, a Russian flagged ship, belonging to […]

Afeez Hanafi A trader, Emeka Nzube, has been remanded in prison custody by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing items worth about N5m at gunpoint. The 34-year-old suspect was arraigned on Friday on two counts of robbery before the Chief Magistrate, Mrs. T.O. Ojo. The police prosecutor, Sergeant Nomayo Kenrich, told the court […]

Despite having the funds to get themselves accommodation, many single ladies in Lagos and major cities across the country often experience difficulty in getting an apartment for rent owing to the fact that some landlords decline giving their houses to unmarried women and the reasons for this vary, write TUNDE AJAJA and TIMILEYIN AKINKAHUNSI By […]

Supporters of Genoa will stage “43 minutes of silence” in the Serie A game against Empoli on Sunday in memory of the victims of the bridge disaster in the northern Italian city. “For Sunday night, we choose the path of silence out of respect for those who lost their lives on this bridge,” wrote Genoa’s […]