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The Federal Government has requested India to grant visa on arrival to Nigerians as a reciprocal gesture. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made the request at the G-20 meeting in the South Asian country.…

United Kingdom-based doctor, Obinna Obeta, accused of conniving with the Nigerian ex-Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, currently facing trial on trafficking and organ harvesting in the United Kingdom, has opened up on why he lied…

World Cup winner, Lionel Messi on Monday, February 28 was crowned the winner of the Best FIFA Men's Player award for a second time. The Argentinian captain and Paris St. Germain saw off competition from club-mate Kylian…

The United States of America has announced that starting March 1, 2023, it will increase visitor visa validity from 24 months to 60 months for Nigerians who want to enter the United States temporarily for business and/or…

Special envoy of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), led by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Muhammad Bello, has delivered $1m  support fund to the Turkish government, The PUNCH has learnt.…

Manchester United have won the 2023 Carabao Cup title. On Sunday, February 26, Manchester United defeated Newcastle 2 goals to nothing to capture their first title since the 2017 Europa League triumph. It would be their…

China has blocked new artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT over fears that its American owners would use the tool to spread propaganda in the country. ChatGPT is the latest chatbot from OpenAI, founded in 2015 by Elon…

The Synagogue Church Of All Nation (SCOAN)'s Emmanuel TV has donated relief/ charity worth £10,000, to help in resettling displaced people in Turkey and Syria following the earthquake incident. It would be recalled that on…

American recording artiste, Robert Kelly who is better known as R. Kelly on Thursday, February 23 was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of engaging in child pornography. The new sentence will be…

The European Union has banned the popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok from the mobile devices of its employees over security concerns. The app developed by the Chinese firm ByteDance has over 1 billion active users…

Eric Holder, the man who shot dead Grammy-winning American rapper Nipsey Hussle on a Los Angeles street in 2019 was jailed for at least 60 years on Wednesday, February 22. Eric Holder had not denied killing Hussle — a fast-rising…

Towards the Saturday’s presidential election, the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has urged Nigerians to exercise their civic right in voting their preferred candidate. Biden also lauded the participating…

Israel on Thursday launched airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip after rockets were fired from the territory into Israel, according to local media based on Israeli statements. Citing the army Spokesperson Unit, the…

The U.K. government is pitching an overhaul of how English football is governed following controversy over plans to set up a breakaway European Super League and concerns about clubs loaded up with debt. A new independent…

The United Kingdom (UK) has said that its Visa Application Centres in Abuja and Lagos will be closed on Friday and next Monday, following the general election scheduled for February 25. The UK Visas and Immigration disclosed this via…