Pope Francis releases a message for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, and urges all religious and clergy to look to St. Joseph as a model of unreserved fidelity to God’s invitation to service. As the Church marks the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Pope Francis released his Message for the World Day of Prayer […]
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A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Dr. Gregory Ohihoin, says sexual intercourse may help to initiate labour in pregnant women who have passed their estimated day of delivery. Dr. Ohihoin said having sex at term helps to promote prostaglandins, which may help induce labour. The prostaglandins are […]
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The Corporate Affairs Commission has said that it may be left with no choice but to destroy the certificates and documents which have been unclaimed by their owners. The certificates and documents were sent by the CAC through courier services in line with the Federal Government Regulation on COVID-19. In a statement signed by the […]
Read MoreJustice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday convicted a lecturer at the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, Abdullahi Opashola, and twin brothers, Taiye and Kehinde Adebayo, over offences bordering on impersonation and Internet fraud. Opashola and the Adebayos were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
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A suspected hoodlum, Saheed Olanrewaju, aka Usama, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly leading three others to attack an official of the Ikeja Electric, Olakunle Popoola, who was working on a faulty transformer in the Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that a resident, identified only […]
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Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has declared his support for the establishment of the Yoruba nation. Captured speaking in a viral video, Igboho, who gained prominence following an ultimatum he issued to criminal herdsmen in the South-West, expressed the determination to defend Yoruba land. According to him, “Starting from […]
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Holders Bayern Munich will face last year’s beaten finalists Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals of this season’s Champions League, while Friday’s draw for the last eight also threw up a clash between Liverpool and Real Madrid. The draw also pitted Premier League leaders Manchester City against Borussia Dortmund, with Chelsea set to play Porto in the […]
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The United Kingdom is set to return £4.2m (N2.2bn) seized from convicted former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, and his associates. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, said this while delivering his speech on Tuesday at the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria and the government of theUK regarding the […]
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The Police in Imo State have arrested the suspected kidnappers of the auxiliary bishop of Owerri Catholic archdiocese, Moses Chikwe. The suspects were arrested in operations that spanned through Imo and Anambra States, our correspondent gathered on Tuesday. A source at the Police Command headquarters told our correspondent that “we have arrested the kidnappers who […]
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