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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 6 March 2021 Kemi Ikuseedun, popularly known as Mummy Wa, is an online comedian and actress. Well known for playing ‘Mummy wa’, a fictional wife to the social media character, Mr Macaroni, in comedy skits, she has 122,000 followers on Instagram. She talks to OLAJIDE SAMUEL How did you venture into online comedy? I started doing comedy around 2018. I used to go for auditions but they were not really forthcoming, so I started doing online comedy skits. Th...

My household avoided me after I tested COVID-19 positive –Obasanjo Daud Olatunji Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday said his household avoided him after he tested positive for COVID-19. He, however, said he was asymptomatic and recovered from the infection three days later. Obasanjo, who turned 84 on Friday, said this at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, while making remarks at a colloquium to celebrate his birthday. The colloquium, which too...

RB Leipzig climbed top of the Bundesliga on Saturday with a 3-0 romp at Freiburg to replace previous leaders Bayern Munich, who later host Dortmund...

Punch Newspapers Sections Bola Bamigbola The Osun State Police Command, on Saturday, said seven passengers abducted along the Osogbo-Ibokun Road have been released. The travellers were abducted on Tuesday, with one person killed, while two others were injured by gunmen who attacked commuters near Ajebandele Village, in the Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State. The spokesperson for Osun Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, in a statement, said the perpetrators of the crime released the victims ...

Adeniyi Olugbemi, Sokoto Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the killing of about 13 people during another bandit attack on Tara village of ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Tunde Ajaja The United States Consulate General in Lagos said on Friday that visa applicants in the state and American citizens in Nigeria would now have a better experience following the renovation of its consular pavilion. Speaking during the opening of the pavilion, the US Consul General, Claire Pierangelo, noted that the renovated consular pavilion would provide a safe space for visa applicants to maintain social distance while waiting for their appointment. In a s...

COVID-19: Nationwide roll-out to gulp N10.6bn transportation cost Our Reporters The Federal Government, through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, has budgeted the sum of N10.6bn to transport COVID-19 vaccine to the 36 states and the 774 local government areas as well as the Federal Capital Territory and the five area councils. Also, about N1.4bn was set aside for the procurement of Personal Protective Equipment while N373m was earmarked for the purchase of Adverse Events Foll...

Punch Newspapers Sections Nike Popoola The naira suffered more setbacks as it exchanged to the dollars at 480/$ at the parallel market on Friday. In mid February, it had exchanged at 473/$ at the parallel market. At the Investors & Exporters forex window, it reached a high of 415/$ on Friday. Recently, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said the naira depreciated at the official market to 410 against the dollar. Emefiele, who spoke at a summit on the economy by Ban...

Armstrong Bakam, BauchiNo fewer than 10 people have been killed in a fatal crash involving a Gombe State Mass Transit Bus and a commercial moto...

Adelani AdepegbaThe Nigerian Army has announced the appointment of new General Officers Commanding, Principal Staff Officers, Commandant of tri...