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A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba, has died in Abuja at the age of 65 years Ahmed Lawal, an aide to the deceased, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria( NAN) in a telephone interview ...

Apple (AAPL.O) on Tuesday appealed a decision to ban imports of its watches based on a complaint from medical monitoring technology company Masimo (MASI.O), after U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration declined to veto a government tribunal   The tech giant ...

A lady, whose identity is yet to be disclosed, has reportedly stabbed her boyfriend, identified simply as Tony, to death during an altercation that ensued between the duo on Friday Punch Metro gathered that Tony and the suspect, who were ...

A deadly six-foot black mamba slithered out from beneath a family’s Christmas in something that can only be described as The Nightmare Before Christmas The family from Queensburgh, South Africa, couldn’t believe their eyes as they watched the huge snake ...

A Hawaiian social media influencer and beauty entrepreneur was fatally shot in front of her daughter by her estranged husband, in what authorities are investigating as murder-suicide, police said. Theresa Cachuela, 33, a mother of three and owner of House ...

  The Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima and some state governors have paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at his Bourdillon home in Lagos State. They visited the President to pay Christmas homage. The governors that went ...

  Mrs Elizabeth Ekpenyong, the wife of the late chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Akwa Ibom State, Obong Udo Ekpenyong, has died in a Christmas eve fire outbreak at her residence in Uyo. The inferno also claimed ...

  Three inmates of Ijebu Ode Correctional Centre, Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have escaped from the facility. It was gathered that the inmates scaled the prison fence and bolted away. The inmates were identified as Hammed ...

A 30-year-old technician, Emmanuel Achogwu, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stealing four solar panels in the Ikosi area of the state on Monday The state police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, who made the news of ...

Two people have been confirmed dead, while six others were injured in an early Tuesday crash said to have occurred around 2:21 am, around Car Park C turning of the Redemption City, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway   The lone crash ...

The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Kanayo Uzuegbu, says eight suspects have been arrested in connection to Sunday’s murder of a traditional ruler in the state   The traditional ruler of Akutara, Patrick Ezugwu, in Adani Autonomous Community, Uzo ...

The Lagos State Government, on Sunday, sealed Quilox Club, Victoria Island, over environmental and safety infractions The state government also “strongly warned” Sol Beach, the Good Beach, Landmark Beach and other social centres across the state to ensure that adequate ...

NDLEA arrests grandma, son for drug trafficking Attempts by transnational criminal organisations to flood Nigerian communities with large quantities of assorted illicit drugs during the yuletide season have been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, who, ...

  Nobel Laureate and academic, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Sunday, said he would reserve all his observations about President Bola Tinubu’s administration until one year into his tenure, in May 2024. Soyinka described this as a personal policy of his, saying ...

A 29-year-old fun-seeker identified simply as Francis has drowned while swimming at the Pop Beach Club in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State Punch Metro learnt that the incident happened on Thursday at about 12pm while the ...

A man identified as Monday Ogbole has allegedly killed a neighbour, Murtala Jimoh, during a fight in the Itele Awori area of Ogun State on Saturday Though what led to the fight was unknown as of the time of filing ...

The Plateau State Police Command on Tuesday has revealed that 96 people were killed attacks on some communities in Barkin Ladi and Bokkos local government areas on Christmas Eve. The Command also revealed that 12 villages, 221 houses, 27 motorcycles ...

Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu has received sixty-six victims of kidnap rescued by the troops of the Joint Task Force North West ‘Operation Hadarin Daji’, OPHD, of the Nigerian Army. While receiving the victims, the governor applauded the troops of the ...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Daniel Bwala, has suggested that the current administration of President Bola Tinubu may end up like his predecessor, saying he does not see light at the end of the tunnel. Bwala said ...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a lady identified as Dorcas Oluwabukola for allegedly pouring hot water on her husband in the Meiran area of the state over suspicion of infidelity A police source, who did not want to ...

The Executive Chairman, Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Grace Adagba, has charged staff of the board to celebrate Christmas in a Christian way and show love to one another. Dr Adagba gave the charge Wednesday at the ...

  Two men arrested for allegedly producing fak£ drinks in a ‘clean’ factory in Lagos Officers of Ojo Division today arrested the duo of Imo Lawrence ‘m’ aged 35 and Magnus Nwonka”m’ aged 42 in possession of fake drinks. In the ...

The Niger State Government has declared a seven-day public holiday for civil servants in the state Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago made the declaration at the end-of-year cake cutting with all members of the State Executive Council in Minna. The governor ...

  A former Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has slamed Adams Oshiomhole, for trying to shade ex-president Buhari. He than went on to call him names, suggestibg he lacks exposure, and not well educated enough! Recall Oshiomhole while speaking ...

  Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command’s Operations Restore Peace, ORP, have apprehended Muhammad Ibrahim, a 19-year-old resident of Sabon Layi, Kano Road, Bauchi, for the alleged murder of his Facebook girlfriend, Emmanuella Ande. The tragic incident was said ...