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  Army officers have appeared on national television in Gabon on Wednesday to announce they have taken over power in the Central African country, BBC reports. They said they were annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali ...

    The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday arraigned a man, Gabriel Olayiwola, for allegedly unleashing his German shepherd dog on a police officer, ASP Oyagbola Jelili, at the Ikotun Egbe area of Lagos State. The 30-year-old was arraigned ...

  Veteran actor, Nkem Owoh popularly known as Osuofia, has finally spoken for the first time since the sudden demise of his second daughter, Kosisochukwu. The deceased, aged 24 was reported to have passed on after a brief illness on June 28, ...

  Lagos, the commercial hub of Nigeria, has been ranked as the fifth best African city with high desirability by people to live, work, and invest, according to a report by Brand Finance City Index 2023. The ranking is based ...

  Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old final-year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Victor Ochonogor, for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend, Success Regha, to death on Monday. Ochonogor, a student of Applied and Industrial ...

  Chairman of Heir Holding, Tony Elumelu, on Tuesday paid a visit to President Bola Tinubu at Aso Villa, Abuja. It is the first time the United Bank of Africa owner will be visiting the President since he was sworn in ...

  A total of 298 stranded Nigerians in Libya have been repatriated back to the country in separate chartered flights early this week. The returnees were sent back to the country directly from Libyan prisons, according to the National Emergency Management ...

  Niger’s junta has cut off electricity and water supplies to the French Embassy in Niamey with no food deliveries allowed, Turkish news wire, Anadolu, reports, citing multiple social media sources. Reports say the junta had also taken similar action ...

  Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State yesterday directed for the immediate closure of all ‘Gala Houses’ (night clubs) in the state with immediate effect. The Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, announced the directive in ...

  Three decades ago, on April 22, 1990, Nigerians woke up to a very disturbing speech on the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Lagos, by a man who introduced himself as Major Gideon Orkar who announced that he and ...

  A yet-to-be-identified man was reportedly gunned down by soldiers in the Otto area of Lagos mainland following a clash with some yet-to-be-identified soldiers. The Punch learned that the soldiers were deployed to secure some Chinese workers carrying out maintenance ...

  Two children have reportedly been killed in flood incidents that occurred at different locations at Nkwele Awka in the Awka South Local Government of Anambra State on Friday. The deceased, who were between the ages of four and seven, ...

  A yet-to-be-identified suspected armed robber has been beaten to death while attempting to rob a resident identified simply as Victor at Olugboso in the Agege area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered on Sunday that the incident happened on ...

  PHOTOS: General Reunites With Sergeant Who Was Good To Him In His Days As A Young Officer The General Officer Commanding GOC 2 Division, Ibadan, Major General VT Okoro, recently reunited with his first Chief Sergeant Major, WO Adegoke ...

  A suspected native doctor has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Amotekun Corps with a fresh dead body. The self-styled native doctor, identified as Babatunde Kolawole, was arrested in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. ...

  Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested 15-year-old Adamu Ibrahim of Jital village along Gombe road for allegedly amputating a farmer’s hand following a disagreement. The suspect was said to have, on several occasions, trespassed into the ...

  Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote, the electoral commission says. But the opposition also claimed to have won, saying there was widespread vote-rigging, and observers said the vote fell short ...

  The National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says the country is still losing 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily to local and international thieves despite efforts to end the menace. Ribadu confirmed this when he led a presidential delegation to inspect ...

  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has come under criticism for banning all forms of street trading in the federal capital. Wike had announced the ban during a meeting with the management staff of the Federal ...

  A 14-year-old girl, Desola Adeoye, yesterday committed suicide in Shogunle community, Lagos. It was learned that Desola, who has suffered untold domestic violence in the hands of her father, Sunday Adeoye, and his wife, allegedly drank insecticide to escape ...

  Emefiele’s arraignment stalls again as he allegedly opts for plea bargain Strong indications have emerged that the planned arraignment of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, on alleged breach of procurement laws and ...

  A widow, Adewunmi Taiwo, who tried to export 5.70 kg of Codeine to the United Kingdom, was on Tuesday sentenced to six months imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Justice Akintayo Aluko sentenced her after she ...

New Minister of Communications shows off family New Minister Of Communications, Innovation And Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani has shared photo of his family on Twitter with a note of appreciation to God.

  Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has gifted a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser Prado SUV to Fuji musician, Saheed Osupa. The grey-coloured exotic automobile is reportedly worth a staggering N70 million. Osupa revealed this in an Instagram post ...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has launched a manhunt for a Lekki Lagos-based notorious drug dealer, Sowunmi Kayode, who is now on the run after crushing an NDLEA officer with his luxury car, in his bid to escape ...