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About 80 Cameroonian gendarmes late Monday night crossed the international border between Nigeria and Cameroon and invaded Danare, in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. The gendarmes, according to sources, claimed that they were fighting Cameroon militants who took refuge in the community. There are well over 5,000 Cameroonian refugees seeking asylum in Danare 1 and 2 communities following the unrest in the southern part of Cameroon. Cameroonian gendarmes from Bodam community had, in October 2017, invaded Danare, killing two farmers. According to The PUNCH gendarmes from Cameroon had also, in December, abducted five persons from Danare on the claims that they were suspected youths involved in the fight for the creation of Ambazonia. When contacted, the Cross River State Security Adviser, Mr. Jude Ngaji said the matter was being handled at the highest level of government in the country. Ngaji said, “The issue has gone beyond the Police and the Nigerian A

Chelsea have reached an agreement with Arsenal over an £18million move for striker Olivier Giroud. The two Premier League clubs were locked in talks all day on Tuesday, but a breakthrough has finally been made, with the France international now set to swap The Emirates for Stamford Bridge. Talks actually broke down around lunchtime with the Blues walking away from negotiations, Arsenal refusing to accept a deal worth an initial £15m with £5m-worth of add-ons.   The move will also see Chelsea let Michy Batshuayi join Borussia Dortmund on loan, allowing them to sanction Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's move to Arsenal. MORE TO FOLLOW  Giroud offers the height and aerial presence Chelsea seem to be searching for in a striker

Big Brother Naija (BBN) 2018 house-mate, Bitto might have received a warning from the host today. After the cameras showed him on a bed getting a little too close to a fellow housemate, Princess, he was immediately summoned to the diary room. See more pics below.

RMD and Alexx Ekubo Popular Nollywood actor, Alexx Ekubo, who recently worked with legendary actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD), has taken to his Instagram page to write an ‘epistle’ about his respect for the screen star. Read his full post below: ************ "At times like this i feel like my career has come full cycle, just standing beside 34 years of Film & Tv experience & being able to inhale the same production air with Richard Mofe Damijo, a whooooooole RMD, i watched him as a kid, as a teenager, as a young adult, & now i’m blessed to share screen time with him in our new project ZERO HOUR, just look at God! what i adore the most about him besides his Calm demeanor, is his willingness to share knowledge & creative idea. i remember meeting him for the first time a while ago, he looked at me & said “Alexx how na? i legit called my mum afterwards & told her i’ve made it as an Actor, RMD knows me. "Dear Uncle R, have i told you how muc

Abul Bajandar a.k.a The Tree Man A 27-year-old man identified as Abul Bajandar, from Bangladesh, who is cruelly dubbed 'The Tree Man', has revealed the agonising bark-like warts that covered his hands and feet, have regrown despite him having 16 operations to remove them just last year. According to Dailymail, the young man a rickshaw driver, who had 11lb of the growths removed after they left him unable to hold his daughter, is suffering from epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) and was overjoyed when doctors seemed to have successfully treated the rare condition, saying, 'I hope the curse won't return again.' New images reveal the growths have reappeared on Bajandar's hands, dashing doctors' hopes they could have cured the first EV sufferer. Abul Bajandar before the surgery Bajandar was previously forced to stop working due to his excruciating condition, leaving the father-of-one desperately anxious about his daughter's future. It is

Born on March 3, 1985, Femi Opabunmi is a former Super Eagles striker who featured at the 2002 FIFA World Cup thereby becoming the third youngest player ever to have played in the World Cup. But 16 years after representing his country at the FIFA World Cup championship in Korea/Japan, the player whose performances then caught the attention of clubs like Manchester United and Lyon is currently battling for survival in Ibadan, Oyo state. Opabunmi exclusively told our correspondent that he is currently at home in Ibadan with no major means of livelihood and to feed his family has become a serious problem for him since he lost one of his eyes. While narrating his ordeal, Femi Opabunmi explained that he lost his fortune in efforts to revive his right eye, but till the moment of this article, Opabumni can no longer see with one of his eyes. Ex Super Eagles star Femi Opabunmi cries out for help  He has now begged football lovers around the world to come and assist him for him n

  Kim Kardashian is one of the well known trouble makers in the world, she is using her celebrity status to abuse Africans even though she is married to an African-American (for his money)  - She made what we popular known has fulani braids but she has blatantly refused to acknowledged that it was from Africa, this has caused uproar online, what do you think? she is busy pasting the photos online instead of taking care of her 3 children  

Here are some selected headlines in today's newspaper, Tuesday, January 30, 2018. Headlines from Punch Buhari seeks African single market to tackle unemployment, poverty Osinbajo, Saraki, Dogara, others in honour parade for Ekwueme Reps turn back PINE chair over N45bn budget details Parley deadlocked as Reps, Fashola clash over power projects Political parties too many, may cause problems in 2019 –INEC INEC sued for alleged manipulation of Saraki’s 2015 result We received N5.1tn as subsidy payment in nine years –NNPC Power grid collapses six times in eight days FAAN begins evacuation of abandoned aircraft at Lagos airport Education: We’ll declare state of emergency in April, says FG APC to present restructuring panel report to Nigerians today Stop media comments against IGP, court cautions Misau Buhari as AU’s anti-graft champion, a joke – PDP Olujimi, aide fight union leader over elevator Med-View suspends Dubai flight operations APC crisis: Kwan

The police in Edo state have arrested the security guard of a Nigerian Army officer, Afisatu Ajuya, who connived with eight others to stab his boss to death, stole her properties and afterwards set her body on fire at her home on Ugiagbe stree, off First Ugbor road in Oredo local government area of Edo state on Saturday January 27th. According to reports, Ajuya who is reportedly a Major in the Army, had returned from a trip outside the state on the day of the incident and was received by her security guard who is a hausa man. The guard helped her to take her traveling bag into her house where she lived alone as her children are said to be residing abroad. The guard reportedly sneaked into the house later at night with his accomplices, stabbed her multiple times with metal objects and then began to move some of her properties. The guard thereafter set her body on fire to cover the crime. He then called on their neighbors that their home was on fire. When the neighbors arriv

Since the premiere of Big Brother Naija season 3, the unveiling of the contestants as well as the fake eviction less 24 hours into the game, social media has been greeted with every minute news pertaining to the show. There is barely any opportunity for pertinent news to make it into the web space and if you are a novice and are wondering how long you have to bear this for, then let me humbly announce to you that you have about another 3 months to either “enjoy” the show or keep ranting on the internet about tired you are of seeing unsolicited news. The choice is totally yours. Anyway, amidst the unveiling of the Big Brother Naija Double Wahala housemates, one question that has been on the lips of many Nigerians is; How can Tobi Bakre claim to be 23yrs old?? Well i don’t know how old he is because i definitely do not have assess to his birth certificate nor was i present at the time of his birth but i can tell you categorically that something doesn’t add up. I know this is

Super Eagles of Nigeria have qualified for the semi final of the CHAN tournament in Morocco. After going behind in the 55th minute, the Eagles rallied to overpower the Angolan side 2-1 to extend their stay in Morocco. A defensive miscalculation helped Angola take the lead after what was supposed to be a clearance deflected off an Angolan player and bounced into an unguarded goal. Seeing that it was now or never, the Eagles threw everything they had at their opponent and got the breakthrough in the 91st- Anthony Okpotu brilliantly beating his marker to make it all square. Substitute Gabriel Okechukwu who had earlier missed a clear chance made up for it with a fine solo effort, dribbling past three defenders before putting the ball beyond the goalkeeper. Nigeria will now play Sudan in the semi-final.

President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo attending the African Union summit taking place at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo came face to face for the first time after Mr. Obasanjo released a damning statement asking Mr. Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019. The two leaders met Sunday at the ongoing African Union summit taking place at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They met briefly just before the opening ceremony of the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union(AU). Mr. Obasanjo first went round to exchange pleasantries with other African leaders attending the summit, before looking out for Mr. Buhari among the crowd to also have a word with him. State House correspondents at the venue observed that the brief pleasantries between the two leader became a sensation inside the Nelson Mandela Hall as photojournalists made frantic efforts to capture

The Nigerian Army has raised concerns over plans by some fleeing members of Boko Haram terror group to attack churches, mosques, markets and other public places. This, the Army says, the terrorists plan to do by recruiting more suicide bombers to its fold to carry out the attacks. The Army is alerting the public to be vigilant and be on the lookout for Boko Haram escapees and report strange movements and suspicious persons in their communities, especially in places of worship, markets, weddings and any other gathering, to relevant security agencies within their localities. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Sani Usman, who made this known in a statement, called on communities to put security measures in place to prevent terrorists from invading their areas. Usman in the statement said: “In the past two weeks, troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE in the on-going Operation DEEP PUNCH II have inflicted heavy casualties on Boko Haram terrorists and routed them fro

The world’s tallest man and the world’s shortest woman have met up in Egypt. Sultan Kosen, from Turkey, is the tallest man on earth according to the Guinness World Records, towering at a height of 8 feet 1 inch. Jyoti Amge, from India, by contrast holds the title for world’s shortest woman at just over 2 ft tall. The mismatched pair posed in front of the historic Giza Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt, Friday (today) after being invited by the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Board. The two Guinness World Records holders will be touring Cairo’s most famous touristic sites, in addition to taking part in a conference in the Fairmont Nile City hotel, Cairo. Both record-holders won their records in 2011. Kosen, 35, was first measured in Ankara, Turkey in 2011 and was the first to be measured by Guinness in over 20 years, according to the Guinness World Records official website. Guinness World Records only has 10 confirmed people in history to reach 8 ft or more. Kosen took the tit

American President, Donald Trump, at the ongoing 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos has advised world leaders to always put their respective countries first in whatever they do. Addressing the world leaders at the ongoing forum, he urged leaders of other countries to always put their country first, just like he did, adding that, when the United States of America(USA) grows, so does the world. American prosperity, according to him, has created countless jobs all around the globe and the drive for excellence, creativity, and innovation in the U.S, has led to important discoveries that help people everywhere live more prosperous and far healthier lives. “As the United States pursues domestic reforms to unleash jobs and growth, we are also working to reform the international trading system so that it promotes broadly-shared prosperity and rewards to those who pray — play by the rules,” he said. Pointing out that America cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit

Juan Orlando Hernandez was sworn in as president of Honduras for a second term Saturday amid protests that he fraudulently won the November election. Hernandez took the oath at a special session of Congress at the National Stadium, with the bleachers packed with his supporters. At the event, in which he vowed to "comply with and enforce the Constitution and law," the 49 year-old Hernandez said he was "committed to developing a process of reconciliation among all Hondurans." Supporters of defeated opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla however accuse Hernandez of setting up a "military dictatorship," and insist that the election was stolen. Hernandez stood for re-election against Nasralla despite a constitutional ban on presidents serving more than one term. He narrowly won only after a three-week stretch of often-interrupted ballot counting that stoked tensions and sparked accusations of fraud. The leftist opposition held protest actions th

A Yoruba socio-cultural group, Agbekoya reformed society (ARS) has announced a three day Oro festival to be conducted all over Yorubaland. They said this was to cleanse the Yoruba territory from incursion of Fulani herdsmen and fish out any threat lurking within the Yorubaland. The group in a press statement issued weekend, signed by Aare Agbekoya, Chief Adekunle Oshodi, noted that the need to cleanse the land became necessary due to the violent behaviour of Fulani herdsmen. Oshodi declared that, “The Fulani came with their nomadic half, who traditionally reared cattle with sticks and staffs, and succeeded in permeating into local communities all over the federation, pre and post-independence. Initially looking harmless and unobtrusive within their host communities, they have since metamorphosed into AK 47 gun wielding terrorists conducting an offensive campaign of calumny and destruction all over the country.” He said that the group had been watching the events in Nigeria

• Lawyers Divided Over Parliamentary Immunity President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Legislative House Power and Privileges Act to provide protection for decisions taken by members of parliament in the country.The new law grants the Legislative Houses in the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly immunity from litigation for actions taken in plenary or committee proceedings of the House or committee.  The law, which is among the eight proposed legislations passed by the national assembly and assented to by the President, is designed to strengthen the power of the Legislators to carry out their Law making functions.These include powers to summon any person to appear before her, give evidence, as well as power of an officer of the legislative House to arrest any person who commits an offense against the Act. The other laws assented to by President Buhari are National Senior Citizens Center Act, 2018 which establishes the National Senior Citizens Center in the cou

Doro mama (tiwa) spotted between two richest musicians in the world.  Doro mama and a mother of one spotted in an exquisite picture with two billionaires of music industry in the world

A former senator, and daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo Obasanjo has weighed in on the open letter her father wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari. She lamented that people who are sympathetic to the Buhari administration, and want to discredit Chief Obasanjo, have dug up a letter she wrote to her father in 2013, and circulated it on social media as a recent document. Chief Obasanjo had recently penned an open letter to Buhari in which he called on the President not to seek re-election in 2019. In his letter, Chief Obasanjo accused the Buhari administration of incompetence, nepotism, corruption and proposed a new political movement that will herald economic and social development for the country. But according to Ms Obasanjo, now based in the U.S.A, supporters of Buhari who are unhappy with the development, have dug up another open letter she also wrote to her father during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, in which she lambasted her fat

Tribune I only acted on Jonathan’s written orders to release $1.3bn, says Diezani A former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said that she only acted on the written approval and directives of former President Goodluck Jonathan in releasing $1.3 billion from the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to security agencies. Punch Bayelsa Speaker hires pastor to heal 29 communities over crime surge Worried by the spate of kidnappings, militancy, killings, illegal oil bunkering and other criminal activities in his constituency, the Speaker, Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Konbowei Benson, has hired the services of a cleric to heal the land. Vanguard Zonal chairmen attack Oyegun, question handling of APC finances Worried by the alleged indiscretions, which may derail the All Progressives Congress (APC) from achieving its set goals and subject it to public ridicule, the six zonal vice chairmen of the party have cried out.

Popular ring king and Boxer Floyd Mayweather has made yet another flashy display of his life style showing off his $100million cheque he earned after beating Conor McGregor. Retired flamboyant boxer, Floyd Mayweather has taken to social media to brag about one of his remarkable achievements in boxing. In August 2017, Mayweather who’s now retired defeated Irish UFC star Conor McGregor in Las Vegas, taking his all-time boxing career record to 50 wins and zero defeat  Last night, he posted an image of the cheque for $100million he earned from the fight and wrote: ‘Some say there’s a difference between being smart and intelligent. Everyone knows that common sense isn’t so common, but when it comes to being wise beyond years it’s proven I’ve got the Midas touch. It’s simple math, being 50-0 lets you know I READ my opponents just as clear as you can READ this $100,000,000 check. I stay getting checks like this, I will always have the last laugh!’ See photo below;

President Muhammadu Buhari says income accruing to the country from rising oil prices in the international market will be spent on the development of infrastructure. The President said this when he received a delegation from Eni, an oil company led by the Chief Upstream Officer, Mr Antonio Vella at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday. He said extra funds outside the provision of 2018 budget “will be deployed to infrastructure projects like roads, rail, and power for the good of our people, and for the development of the country.’’ Nigerian pilot recalls that the 2018 budget proposal was predicated on 45 dollars per barrel by the Executive, and the Senate adjusted it to 47 dollars per barrel. However, oil prices have presently risen to more than 70 dollars per barrel. Buhari also appreciated Eni for its upcoming investments in the oil industry, which included rehabilitation of Port Harcourt refinery, and the building of a new one? “In my first coming, all our refine