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A security guard, Dayon Ayuba, has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing a carpenter, identified simply as Taiye, to death on Nitel Estate, in the Ikorodu area of the state. Punch Metro gathered ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted permission to the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari to file more evidence against a suit by the Federal Government seeking to extradite him to the United States of ...

  The suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in a N174 billion fraud. Idris was released on bail from the custody ...

  Former Imo State governor and All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Rochas Okorocha, has boasted that he would defeat the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar if given his party’s ticket. According to him, the APC needed a candidate that ...

A woman in Adamawa State has been charged with killing her husband so she could inherit his property. The woman, Hafsat, is said to have planned the killing of the husband, Saidu Mamman, in collaboration with two children of the ...

  A police Inspector, Monday Gabriel, has been arraigned before the Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square over the alleged murder of his colleague, identified only as Sergeant Felix. He was arraigned on Tuesday on one ...

A Nigerian lady has taken to Twitter to celebrate a dispatch rider who displayed honesty. The rider was apparently credited with Nine million two hundred and fifty thousand naira instead of N9,250, so when he noticed the error, he returned ...

  The Nigerian female basketball team, D’Tigress have been kicked out of the 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup after the Federal Government withdrew all teams from international competitions. D’Tigress had qualified for the World Cup billed for Sydney, Australia, ...

    A Peoples Democratic Party national delegate from Kaduna State, Tanko Sabo, has said that he donated over N12 million he got from the party’s presidential primary to the less-privileged in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna. In ...

  The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday seized 140 motorcycles and arrested 16 passengers and riders as enforcement of the ban on the operation of okada riders in the state commenced. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, ...

  Worried by the rising cost of food prices across the country, the Federal Government is to convene a meeting of the National Food Security Council soon to be addressed by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab ...

    A 39-year-old man, Niyi Adeyemo, has accused his wife, Jumoke Bamgbola, 38, of beating him to a pulp during a disagreement at their residence on Love-All Street, Ikosi-Ketu, Lagos State. Adeyemo, who was said to be suffering from ...

  The Federal Government has said another 166 Nigerians trafficked to Libya would be repatriated to the country. The evacuees departed Mitiga International Airport, Tripoli and were expected to arrive in Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The ...

The police have arrested a father of seven, Azeez Balogun, over the death of his wife, Tawa, in the Itire area of Ajangbadi, Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that Balogun’s neighbours and residents accused him of constantly subjecting Tawa, who ...

    A Nigerian lady, Christabel has reportedly died after undergoing liposuction in a hospital in Lagos. Her friend, Miss Posha took to Twitter handle to narrates what happened and how the hospital tried to hide what happened. The friend ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the 22 Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to support him to choose a successor capable of driving his vision and ideals of the party. Delivering a two-page speech Tuesday at a ...

The federal government has called on Nigerians to suspend the sale and consumption of bushmeat. According to NAN, Mohammad Abubakar, minister of agriculture and rural development, said this in a statement on Tuesday. He said following the report of 21 ...

The lawmaker representing Ede-North/Ede-South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency in Osun State at the House of Representatives, Bamidele Salam, on Wednesday, held a one-man protest against insecurity in Nigeria. Salam, who was dressed in black, walked barefoot from the Unity Fountain in the ...

Atiku Abubakar has recieved PDP’s certificate of return. The national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) issued the certificate of return to him as the winner of the party’s presidential primary election. He was handed the certificate ...

    Tragedy struck on Tuesday night in Akure, the Ondo State capital, following the death of a family of five who died in an auto crash. The victims, a father, mother, and their three children lost their lives when ...

  A yet-to-be identified man has been rescued by patrol officers of the Lekki Concession Company after he attempted to jump into the Lagos lagoon from the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge on Wednesday. In a video posted by the company on ...

    The trial of Andrew Ominnikoron, driver of Bus Rapid Transit charged with the rape and murder of a 22-year-old fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, was on Wednesday stalled due to the absence of the defendant. Ominnikoron is standing trial ...

Two sons of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, have clinched the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) tickets to contest National Assembly seats in the 2023 general elections. Siraj Ibrahim Tanko emerged as ...

Nollywood actor and ex BBNaija housemate, Pere Egbi, has debunked a report which has been making the rounds that he is having an affair with the First Lady of Kogi State, Rashida Bello. The actor in a tweet on Tuesday ...

  Dele Momodu has explained why Peter Obi will not win the 2023 presidential election under Labour Party. In his statement today when he appeared on a current affairs programme ‘Your Views’ on TVC, he disclosed that he and Peter ...