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The approach lights on the runway of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have gone off, forcing pilots to depend solely on equipment onboard their aircraft to land. An approach lighting system is a lighting system installed on the approach ...

A middle-aged man, identified simply as Mustapha, has been killed by hoodlums in Plateau State. The victim was said to been going home after closing from work on Monday when he ran into the group, who were engaged in a ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the introduction of a bill aimed at tightening gun laws. The announcement is coming less than a week after a mass shooting at a primary school in the U.S. state of Texas that ...

Terrorists have kidnapped an unspecified number of motorists along Kuriga and Manini, near Udawa, along Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway on Monday. Ibrahim Abubakar Nagwari, Chairman, Brinin-Gwari Vanguards for security and good governance, in a statement explained that, “Today 31st May, 2022, terrorists ...

This is the face of a Chinese man jailed over Naira mutilation. The Lagos State Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Li Lei Lei to two years imprisonment ...

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has finally spoken for the first time since Saturday night when he scored zero in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential primaries. Fayose was one of the fourteen presidential aspirants who battled for ...

King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain have sent condolences to President Muhammadu Buhari on the recent tragedy in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Rivers State Police Command confirmed the death of 31 persons in the stampede that occurred during ...

Islamic clerics in Sokoto State have lauded the leadership qualities of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, urging Nigerians to support his presidential ambition. A cross-section of those who spoke in interviews on Monday described Mr Osinbajo as a healthy and dedicated ...

A factory worker with Spring Feeds Limited, Adekunle Shokunbi, has lamented how he suffered an industrial accident that made him lose his right hand while working with the company in the Itamaga area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered ...

The kidnapped female corps member, Faith Onoriode, who was abducted along Kaduna-Abuja road alongside other travellers, has regained freedom. It was learnt that her relatives had paid N2million, a motorbike, five phones and N100,000 recharge card as ransom. The bandits ...

President Muhammadu Buhari today met with governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. The meeting comies days before the APC’s presidential primary and ahead of the retired general’s state visit to Spain, which he embarks on today.  

A 29-year-old engineer, Henrich Akomolafe, has won the Peoples Democratic Party primary for the seat of Ekiti-South Federal Constituency 1 in the House of Representatives unopposed. Akomolafe, who was said to be the only aspirant that appeared before the screening ...

A constitutional lawyer, Mr. Johnmary Jideobi, on Tuesday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the eligibility of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, to contest the 2023 presidential election. The plaintiff, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/751/2022, maintained that ...

  The Lagos State chairman of the Christian Association Of Nigeria, Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has revealed that a ransom of N100 million was paid for the release of the Methodist Church Prelate, Samuel Kanu-Uche. The Prelate was released alongside the ...

The family of the late Bamise Ayanwole, the 22-year-old fashion designer allegedly killed by a BRT driver in Lagos, have taken to the street today to demand justice for Bamise. They gathered in Magodo area of Lagos with banners bearing ...

An INTERPOL-led operation targeting malware cyber fraud across Southeast Asia has led to the arrest of three Nigerians, suspected of being involved in global scamming. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested the suspects in a sting operation conducted ...

Ossai Ovie Success, the Special Assistant on Special Duties to Delta State Government, has demanded an apology from Arise TV for airing ‘untrue weaknesses’ of Governor Sen Ifeanyi Okowa. Arise TV in a broadcast on likely running mate for Atiku ...

A man has been apprehended for swapping real iphone 13 Pro Max with a dummy in Abuja. The man had walked into the store pretending to want to make a purchase when he made the swap. The incident happened on ...

    A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday granted bail at N500million to ex-Imo Governor Senator Rochas Okorocha. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling a moment ago, rejected the object of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) ...

The Senator representing Lagos West, Olamilekan Adeola, has been dragged to court over his decision to seek reelection to the Senate through Ogun West. Adeola, who has been representing Lagos at the National Assembly since 11 years ago, is seeking ...

Nepalese officials on Tuesday confirmed that all the 22 people on board the plane that crashed on May 29 were killed after rescuers found and recovered the last body from the wreckage. The spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority of ...

  The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has paid a visit to Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, at his Abuja home. This is coming after Governor Wike lost the primary election to Abubakar ...

  Peter Obi has emerged as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Peter Obi joined the Labour Party after resigning from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He clinched the ticket after his rival, Pat Utomi stepped down for him. ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s name is misisng on the list of presidential aspirants expected to be screened by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State last Friday declared that Jonathan is eligible ...

Isoko youths in Delta state and ex-Niger Delta agitators have protested against what they described as “Satanic and illegal” demolition of a multi-million naira mansion belonging to Prince Joseph Kpokpogri, estranged lover of controversial Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, by the ...