A principal medical officer, Geidam Bulama, who was abducted 11 months ago by the Islamic State West African Province in Borno State, has regained freedom. Bulama was reportedly released in Gubio before he was moved to Maiduguri where he reunited with his family. It was not clear if a ransom was paid before his release. Read More ..read more

Ghanaian International footballer, Christian Atsu, has been found dead after a devastating earthquake in Turkey. His manager in Turkey, Murat Uzunmehmet, told DHA news agency on Saturday that his body had been found under the rubble in the Turkish southern province of Hatay. Below are five things to know about the late footballer, Atsu: 1. Read More ..read more

The Court of Appeal, Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by a former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, seeking to disqualify Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party as presidential candidates of their political parties. Nwajiuba and the Rights for All International, a non-governmental organisation, Read More ..read more

Amelia Dimoldenberg has been dating like it’s her job. She started her “Chicken Shop Date” series as a university student, taking British rappers out to eat and then stonewalling them with a silly questions and a straight face. In the past two years, she’s taken her awkward charm to the red carpet, hosting interviews at the Brit Awards and the Golden Globes, where she had very real chemistry in a widely-viewed exchange with Andrew Garfield. As an Amelia stan (a chicken shop chick? A nugget? One of Amelia’s Bedelias? Still workshopping a fandom name…) I thought it only right to point new fans ..read more

The House of Representatives ad hoc committee on naira redesign has called for an intervention to mitigate the hardship being faced by Nigerians due to the policy. The post Naira redesign: Reps panel wants intervention to cushion Nigerians’ hardship appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News ..read more

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed Moroccan Jalal Jayed as referee for Sunday’s Africa Under-20 Cup of Nations Group A battle between seven-time champions Nigeria and Senegal. The post Moroccan official to handle Nigeria versus Senegal clash at Egypt 2023 appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News ..read more

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appealed to Lagosians to remain calm amidst the fuel and naira scarcity crises resulting in chaos in the state. Sanwo-Olu made the appeal in a live conference on Saturday. Speaking, the governor noted that it was necessary to address residents in the state in view of the ongoing situation Read More ..read more

A man, Ebenezer Alaro, said to be a member of the All Progressives Congress in Ilesa town, Osun State, has been killed by some yet-to-be identified assailants. A statement by the press secretary to the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Kunle Alabi, obtained in Osogbo on Saturday, confirmed the incident. Alabi, who Read More ..read more

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has sentenced a man, Sunday Oluwafemi, to life imprisonment for defiling a nine-year-old girl. The convict was said to have been arrested for committing the offence in Akure in 2019. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the victim was the convict’s wife’s niece who lived with Read More ..read more

More protests broke out in Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Ondo and Oyo states on Friday over the crises trailing the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the attendant scarcity of the currency. The protests resulted in the blocking of major roads by youths who made bonfires and in some cases attacked motorists. Read More ..read more