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Christmas Day came with a Beyoncé performance that was befitting of a Super Bowl halftime show.

After a day full of Christmas football, Netflix brought dessert. The only problem is, almost no one wanted to eat it.

Beyonce’s Christmas halftime show is the first of its kind for the NFL and Netflix. It was medley of songs from Cowboy Carter, her Grammy-nominated album and the first time the super start has performed the album.

The 'Texas Hold 'Em' singer rode in on a horse in her first performance since October 2023.

President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row Monday — a list that includes at least five child killers and several mass murderers.

Grant, 23, has made 27 appearances for the national team after debuting in 2021. Her latest Instagram post left teammates like Sam Kerr and Steph Catley overjoyed.

Travis Kelce paid homage to Tony Gonzalez on Wednesday after breaking the Chiefs' touchdown record - as he mimicked the franchise legend's iconic touchdown celebration.

New York Times journalist Ezra Klein said his podcast "The Ezra Klein Show," won't be a "resistance show" during the incoming Trump administration.

The Central Bank of Nigeria has disqualified 41.65 million shares worth N822.60m in Access Holdings Plc’s recently concluded rights issue. In a corporate notice filed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Wednesday, the disqualified shares, linked to five applicants, were flagged for reasons stated in the Capital Verification Report. “41,650,447 shares from five applicants among

Beyoncé knew the eyes of the world were on her during as she performed at halftime of the NFL's Christmas doubleheader and brandished a finger-gun gesture that put social media in ablaze.

Here is more information on the Anthony Davis injury.

The preparations for launching the centre are in the final stage, while the State government has sought the support of academicians, technical experts and representatives of ceramic industry to make value addition to its works.

The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended at least four suspects for allegedly stealing a motorcycle and a gas cylinder in the Ajuwon Community and Odeda areas. Our correspondent exclusively learnt on Wednesday that the three suspects were arrested by police operatives in the Ajuwon and Odeda divisions on Tuesday in a series of arrests

A Christmas Day accident that occurred along the Mile 2-Badagry Expressway in Lagos left at least five persons with varying degrees of injuries. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. According to Taofiq, the accident involved two commercial buses that collided as a result

Two police officers and three kidnappers have been killed after a shootout with a kidnap syndicate operating along the Orogwe area in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The police spokesperson, Henry Okoye, in a statement seen by PUNCH Metro, on Wednesday, stated that the Anti-Kidnapping Unit carried out the operation. He

The President of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, Yetunde Ilori, has charged the board members of insurance companies to take bold steps to entrench corporate governance in their respective organisations. Ilori made this call at the recently held Year 2024 Insurance Directors’ Conference, organised by the College of Insurance and Financial Management in Lagos.

The South African government’s plan to add more coal power was turned down in a historic judgement by a top court

The government of Cross River State has suspended all traffic enforcement activities for the yuletide season across the state. The suspension, which is for three weeks spans from December 24, 2024 to January 13, 2025. A press release, signed on Tuesday by Commander Bassey Okokon, Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Management and Regulatory Agency,

Doncic left the American Airlines Center in Dallas on crutches after sustaining a left calf strain during the Mavericks’ 105-99 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Walking campaigners welcome the move, which the government says will help prevent paths from being lost.

It's amazing what you can do in a 48-hour time frame.

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OLIVER HOLT: It's an annual restating, too, of the importance of football in our national culture and of the wonderfully obsessive loyalty of supporters in this country.

MATTHEW LAMBERT: We always feared for life after Andy Murray for the country that brought lawn tennis to the world but the reality appears pleasingly different.