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American Politics, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Headlines
Friday, July 20th, 2018
Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has received an honorary degree from the prestigious Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Newsmen report that the Enugu-born writer of short stories and non- fiction shared photos of the honour ceremony via her Facebook page. She was among the few recipients of the honorary degree from the university and […]
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American Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS)
Friday, June 22nd, 2018
The deportees arrived at the cargo session of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA), Lagos, aboard a chartered Omni Air International aircraft with Registration Number W342AX. The Spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, Joseph Alabi, confirmed the development, saying: “At about 14:30 hours (2:30 p.m.), we received 34 Nigerians who were brought back from […]
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American Politics, Headlines, Sex and Relationship
Thursday, June 14th, 2018
Samson Folarin with agency report A Chicago-based Nigerian pharmacist, Olasunkanmi Esho, has allegedly killed his Cameroonian wife, Bourk Esho, and their eight-year-old daughter, Olivia. Olasunkanmi, 42, who lived in Ilinois, Chicago, in the United States of America, was alleged to have also shot himself dead after the incident. It is not clear if the couple had […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Friday, June 8th, 2018
An immigrant from Ecuador working as a pizza delivery man was detained as he dropped off a pie at a military base in New York, then handed over to immigration agents, local media reported Wednesday. The man, Pablo Villavicencio, was allowed onto the Fort Hamilton military base in Brooklyn on Friday, where he had […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Thursday, May 24th, 2018
-Punch Nigerians of both sexes have risen in defence of the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, who has recently married the Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry. Harry and Meghan were joined together as husband and wife on Saturday. While the new bride’s status as a divorcee was neither hidden from her prince husband nor from […]
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American Politics, Aviation, Headlines
Sunday, May 13th, 2018
A Nigerian mother of two, Queen Obioma, has sued United Airlines, claiming she and her two children were booted from its plane because a passenger complained she smelled ‘pungent’. Obioma said she was traveling fromLagos,Nigeria, to Ontario,Canada, on March 4, 2016, when an airline employee escorted her from the plane before takeoff. The Nigerian said […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Saturday, May 12th, 2018
Bob Marley’s granddaughter,Donisha Prendergast, 33; and her friends were accused of burglary as they moved out of a private apartment they had rented for the holiday. One of the accused women is a Nigerian-born lady identified asKomi-Oluwa Olafimihan. The three friends were questioned by the police when a White neighbour dialled emergency number 911 […]
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American Politics, Headlines
Sunday, May 6th, 2018
A Nigerian student has allegedly been deported from the U.S. over the large quantity of weaves in her luggage. According to the Twitter user @_Brayz, who shared the story on Saturday, the Nigerian student had been admitted into a university for her masters, only for her to arrive for her programme with weaves. Not only […]
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American Politics, Latest Politics, Top Stories
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, on Monday said recent killing of Christians in Nigeria were not acceptable to his government. He said his government and that of Nigeria would be working hard to resolve the problem. Trump said this shortly before he entered into a closed door meeting […]
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American Politics, Muhammadu Buhari (1983-85, 2015 - 2023), National Politics, Presidency
Sunday, April 1st, 2018

The Martin Luther King, Jr Centre has distanced itself from a leadership and anti-corruption award to President Muhammadu Buhari. President Buhari recently received an award of leadership and anti- corruption from a group said to be associated with Martin Luther King. The award was said to be part of the King’s family activities marking the […]