Chelsea forward Cole Palmer has downplayed concerns over his recent goal drought, saying he remained unfazed despite going several months without scoring.   The Chelsea playmaker was on the scoresheet in Sunday’s 3-1 victory against Liverpool. Palmer’s stoppage-time penalty condemned the champions to only their third league defeat this ...

  The family of the Late Convener of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark, have announced that the final internment of the late elder statesman will be held on the 13th of May, 2025.   The announcement was made on Sunday by the eldest son of the ...

  United States tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced the successful deployment of 29 more Starlink satellites into Earth’s orbit.   The satellites were launched from Florida, further expanding the Starlink constellation operated by SpaceX.   Musk made the announcement on Sunday via a post on X, formerly known as ...

  Donald Trump said in a Sunday interview that the “good parts” of today’s US economy flow from his policies, while the bad can be blamed on his predecessor, Joe Biden, who “did a terrible job.”   “Ultimately, I take responsibility for everything,” the US president said in an interview ...

  The Head of Corporate Communications at a Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, Dr. Ejike Ndiulo has resigned barely four months after his appointment.   His sudden departure was confirmed in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Sunday.   While the official reason cited for the resignation was for ...

  Brazilian police said Sunday they had arrested two people in connection with a foiled plot to attack Lady Gaga’s packed mega-concert in Rio de Janeiro.   Rio’s civil police force said that “together with the ministry of justice,” it had “prevented a bomb attack that would have occurred at ...

  The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a fleeing homicide suspect, Abubakar Iliyasu, for the alleged murder of a 65-year-old woman, Jane Okoye, in the Orile-Iganmu area of the state.   The Lagos State Police Command spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed in a statement on Sunday that the suspect was ...

  A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has called on President Bola Tinubu and the heads of the country’s security agencies to urgently go after individuals and groups financing insecurity across Nigeria.   Speaking with journalists on Sunday in Osogbo the state capital, Oyintiloye, ...

  The Nigerian Defence Academy has issued a warning to residents of Kaduna to avoid its training area during a Range Classification Exercise scheduled for May 5 to 8, 2025.   The exercise, aimed at enhancing participants’ proficiency and efficiency in weapon handling, will take place at the NDA Open ...

  No fewer than 11 local vigilante members have been confirmed dead following a fierce gun battle with heavily armed bandits and unconfirmed numbers of vigilantes in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State.   PUNCH Online learnt that the tensed standoff between these two parties occurred on Friday, when ...