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No fewer than 13 people, including a newlywed bride, five bridesmaids, her brother-in-law, and six others, have lost their lives in a tragic incident that took place near Lukoro in Edati, Niger State. The devastating accident, according to reports, took ...

Moisturise your skin and lips! NiMet says as ut forecasts 3 days of dust haze   NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday predicted moderate dust haze over the northern part of the country. According to the NiMet forecast: “For Tuesday, ...

The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, also known as So-Safe Corps, has arrested one Ayomide Ibrahim for alleged burglary and theft This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the State Commander of the Corps, ...

After 10 years of barrenness, bandits have killed a nursing mother and deprived her of motherhood and also killed her mom   The blood-thirsty assailants, who have been causing mayhem in the nation’s capital city, recently intensified their unprovoked attacks ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of Udechukwu Ekene Theophilus, a Brazil returnee, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos. He was apprehended for ingesting 60 large wraps of cocaine. NDLEA said the suspect, who was ...

A 45-year-old Alimot Haruna has been taken into custody by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly smuggling 42 northern children into Lagos without their parents’ consent Punch Metro learnt that Alimot intended to compel all 42 children into child labour and trafficking. ...

The military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have announced their immediate withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States   The leaders of the three Sahel nations on Sunday issued a statement saying it was a “sovereign ...

A Lagos based pastor, Bishop Feyi Daniels who predicted Bola Tinubu will be arrested during his swearing-in has been sentenced to life imprisonment for r3ping his assistant. The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja sentenced the cleric, to life in ...

Chairman, Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Philip Aivoji, has been kidnapped It was learnt that the abductors have demanded N200 million ransom. The party chieftain was said to have been kidnapped on Thursday, January 25, at Ogere area ...

  FCMB Group has reported a 206.86 per cent increase in its profit for the financial year ended December 2023 to N95.52bn. This was revealed in the unaudited annual report and financial statements filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Friday. ...

Olawale Aganga Williams Foundation Donates Wheelchairs to Disable in Arewa Community Ojo     In a poignant display of compassion, the Olawale Aganga Williams Foundation (OAWF) has ignited a spark of hope in the Disable community of Arewa, Ojo LGA, ...

A private jet having about 10 persons onboard including Very Important Personalities (VIPs) has overshot the Ibadan airport runway in the Oyo State capital An impeccable source said the incident happened on Friday around 11 am at the Samuel Ladoke ...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike has expressed displeasure over the rate of insecurity in the nation’s capital   Wike said under his watch no bail would be granted to kidnappers henceforth. He mandated the chairmen of the ...

The former Chairman of Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, HRM Eze Samuel Agunwa Ohiri has countered the social media report credited to his recent freedom from the kidnappers’ den to the tactical intervention of the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. ...

A Magistrate’s Court 3 sitting in Katsina has remanded in prison custody the chairman of Batagarawa local governmentarea in Katsina state, Alhaji Bala Garba Tsanni, over alleged conspiracy, abduction and murder. The chairman and 11 others were arraigned before the court under section 59, 249 and ...

The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested no fewer than 52 commercial tricycle operators popularly known as Yan Adaidaita Sahu over alleged “immoral haircuts”, selling illegal drugs and substances, as well as mixing opposite genders in their tricycles   The ...

Pandemonium erupted at Araromi Ilogbo Secondary School in Oko Afo, Lagos, as pupils of the school protested the demise of one of their colleagues who was allegedly flogged to death by a teacher The incident was said to have occurred ...

Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadarin, (OPHD) have arrested three suspected gun runners in Zamfara State It was gathered that one of the suspects, Aminu Ibrahim, is alleged to be the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ward chairman in ...

Ahmed Usman Ododo has taken the oath of office as the fifth democratically-elected Governor of Kogi State Ododo was sworn in by the Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Josiah Mejabi, at the Muhammadu Buhari Civic Centre in Lokoja, the State capital. ...

  UNILEVER Nigeria says it has stopped production and sale of home care and skin cleansing products — 10 months after the company announced plans to exit both markets. The company disclosed this in its unaudited interim financial statements for ...

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  A customer with Kuda Microfinance bank has raised an alarm over sudden disappearance of her money from her account without making any withdrawal. According to findings, the customer, a petty trader with the name Amajor Martha Marvelous lost her ...

Unknown gunmen, have kidnapped Alhaji Akeem Akintola, the Oyo State Chairman, Tipper, Lorry and Quarry Park Management System (PMS). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Akintola, popularly known as KUSO, was kidnapped at his residence at Ajiboye area, Omi Apata, Ibadan. ...

  Chinenye Okonkwo, a 37-year-old widow, is appealing for intervention from the Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo, as she was evicted from her late husband’s compound by his brother, Daily Post reports. The young widow, who hails from Umuodiogu, Umunakwa ...

  Lagos, Nigeria – January 22, 2024 – All is set for the 120th edition of the NPA Lagos International Polo Tournament sponsored by Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO). The expanded four-week long polo series will be held at ...