Armed groups have intensified violence across several northern states of Nigeria in the wake of United States air strikes targeting Islamic State–linked militants in Sokoto State, findings by Saturday Punch have revealed. Between December 25, 2025 and January 2, 2026, ...
The Senior Pastor of the Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries, Chris Okafor, has stepped down from pastoral duties amid growing outrage over multiple sexual allegations against him. The cleric had last Sunday publicly apologised to an actress, Doris Ogala, ...
The wife of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and lawmaker representing Gboko/Tarka Federal Constituency, Mrs. Regina Akume, has publicly reaffirmed her marriage to George Akume. Naija News reports that she declared that she remains his wife ...
The Ogun State Police Command has arraigned the driver of the Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle involved in the fatal accident that killed two of Anthony Joshua’s close friends, but the case has been adjourned till January 20, 2026, to allow ...
An uncle of Nigerian-British boxing champion Anthony Joshua, Adedamola Joshua, has described the deep shock and trauma the family is grappling with following the fatal road accident that claimed the lives of two of the boxer’s close friends. Speaking with ...
Canada deported 366 Nigerians between January and October 2025, as it intensified its immigration enforcement drive at the fastest pace in over a decade, official data obtained by Saturday PUNCH has shown. The figure, obtained from the Canada Border Services ...
Armed groups have intensified attacks across parts of northern Nigeria following United States air strikes targeting Islamic State-linked militants in Sokoto State. Findings by Saturday PUNCH revealed that no fewer than 47 people have been killed and 35 kidnapped between ...
MTN Ghana has announced a reduction in tariffs across all its products and services, effective January 2, 2026. In a message sent to customers on Friday, the telecommunications giant said the tariff reductions are in line with adjustments under the ...
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG, in charge of Zone 17, Ajani Musibau, has strongly condemned the attack on the Ipele Divisional Police Headquarters in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, describing it as a grave and unacceptable threat ...
The Mazi Nnamdi Kanu Defence Consortium, a group of lawyers fighting for the freedom of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has disagreed with claims by Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters that insecurity in the South-East has reduced since ...
Yoruba World Congress Worldwide (YWC) has enjoined the federal government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to shield any sponsor, sympathiser, negotiator or anyone mentioned in the terrorist/kidnappers network and supply chain. The group also enjoined the ...
The defence headquarters has cautioned residents against picking or keeping unexploded ordnance from the sites hit during joint US air strikes in Sokoto state. The US fired 16 precision-guided munitions (PGMs) at the terrorists in Sokoto on Christmas Day, targeting ...
Daniel Francisco Chapo does not need to raise his voice to stand out. At about 6 feet 8 inches tall, Mozambique’s president is widely regarded as the tallest head of state in the world. But it is his swift rise ...
Communities in Agwara local government area of Niger state were thrown into mourning on Thursday as bandits suspected to be those fleeing from the ongoing military operations in part of Kwara state slaughtered two people in their homes. Also, over ...
A cleric, Toye Ebijomore has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will give Nigeria a new name before the end of his tenure and overcome all political arrangements against him. Ebijomore who is the founder and General Overseer of God’s Anointed ...