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Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, on Sunday, lambasted the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, over the introduction of a new dress code for female police officers. HURIWA, in a statement by its National Coordinator, ...

Residents of Mbakuha council ward in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State were thrown into confusion as a 42-year-old native doctor committed suicide by hanging. The native doctor, identified as Terhemen Iorbee, was earlier declared missing before his body ...

A young horticulturist at the Seplat office in Sapele, Delta State, has allegedly committed suicide. The victim, however, gave no reason for his action. Punch Metro gathered that the young man, identified simply as Ochuko, lived on Onamate Street, Off ...

The Police Command in Ogun State on Sunday said it arrested a 35-year-old man, Idowu Shittu, for allegedly defiling his wife’s cousin at the Hallelujah area in Ifo. Police Spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated this in a statement issued to ...

President Muhammadu Buhari (retd) on Sunday travelled to the United Kingdom for a two-week medical check up. Buhari had earlier been scheduled to go to UK from Kenya but returned on Friday after the 50th anniversary celebration of the United ...

  As part of its commitment to inspire, connect and empower women to attain their full potentials, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Access Bank Plc will be hosting a conference in commemoration of the annual International Women’s Day. The conference which ...

An Official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) was crushed to death by a vehicle while on official duty at Ajebandele area in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The FRSC official identified as Abdulkareem Ojonla Jimoh was ...

A 300L student of University of Jos, Henry Ehiz has reportedly committed suicide. Henry was found dead in the early hours of Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022. Henry who is a 300 level student of Actuarial Science was discovered dead with ...

Harvey Weinstein has apologized after he was caught with a box of Milk Duds at a Los Angeles jail facility, against the rules of the jail. ‘This was an innocent misunderstanding,’ Weinstein, 69, told TMZ in a statement Thursday via ...

The National Law Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has appointed Mc Oluomo as an ambassador. The NDLEA team was led by the Lagos State Commander, Calys Alumona, who visited Mc Oluomo, the Chairman of NURTW, Lagos State chapter, to sensitize people ...

A customer, identified only as Blessing, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly bathing a Point-of-Sale operator, Bisola Kolawole, with hot soup in the Ikorodu area of the state. Punch Metro gathered that Blessing visited Kolawole’s ...

A police officer simply identified as Sergeant Bello has shot and killed at least six mobile police officers in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The incident happened inside the police college quarters of Borno Police headquarters in Maiduguri, according to sources. ...

Some Nigerians who fled the war in Ukraine are already on their way home. The Permanent Secretary of the Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda shared photos of the Nigerians boarding at the Chopin Airport, Warsaw. The Federal Government ...

An investigation is underway after a Ukrainian oligarch was found dead in his British mansion earlier this week, police revealed Thursday. Mikhail Watford, 66, was pronounced dead after authorities were called to his home in Surrey, just outside London, on ...

At least 19 children were injured on Thursday when an SUV drove straight into a California preschool, cops said. The Suzuki SUV veered off-road and slammed into the building in Anderson, Calif. at around 2:30 p.m., according to the Anderson ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dared Russia’s leader to meet with him Thursday, saying that “I don’t bite” as Vladimir Putin vowed to continue his deadly invasion of Ukraine and claimed his soldiers were acting “like real heroes.” During a news ...

Producers of sachet and table water in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital have attributed the increase in prices of the product to high cost of production. The producers said that the price increase stemmed from the fall of naira against the ...

The U.S. has offered Ukrainians in the country temporary humanitarian protection from deportation due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the designation of Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months. It means Ukrainians ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, further adjourned until May 17 for continuation of trial of embattled former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti, facing money laundering charges. The trial, scheduled for continuation on Thursday, was adjourned at the ...

Ukraine has claimed that a top Russian general, Major General Andrey Sukhovetsky was on Wednesday killed by a sniper. According to Daily Mail UK, Sukhovetsky’s death has not been officially confirmed by Russia. However, a colleague of the General, Sergey ...

A Russian businessman has offered a $1 million bounty for Vladimir Putin’s arrest – by posting a ‘Wanted: Dead or Alive’ poster online. Alex Konanykhin said in posts on Facebook and LinkedIn that he would pay the money for the ...

The Delta State Police Command has nabbed the principal of Royal Children International School, Asaba, Mr. Emmanuel Okafor, for allegedly raping a six-year-old pupil at the school toilet in Asaba, the state capital. Sources told Punch correspondent that the principal ...

Three suspected robbers operating within the Upper Iweka axis of Onitsha, Anambra State met their Waterloo yesterday as angry mob lynched them for allegedly stealing a woman’s handbag which contained a mobile telephone among other items. The suspects were believed ...

Presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said Nigeria needs a competent leader who could unite the people, tackle insecurity and rejig the debilitating economy and as well benefit the masses this time around. Tinubu, who was in Ekiti State as ...

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Oyo State branch, has said it lost two of its members to Lassa Fever within 72 hours. Its Chairman, Ayotunde Fasunla, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Ibadan. Mr Fasunla said: “The ...