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Ibadan Baker shocks Nigerians with cake baked for a civil engineer

Ibadan Baker shocks Nigerians with cake baked for a civil engineer An Ibadan baker has shocked Nigerians on twitter when she shared her latest work — a cake — baked for a civil engineer. She shared the finished job with ...

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Suspected 57-year-old cannibal arrested for eating, selling human parts

The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a 57-year-old man, Aminu Baba, for allegedly eating and selling human body parts. The state Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkana, who paraded the suspect before journalists on Thursday, said Baba connived with three ...

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Man allegedly rapes salesgirl for over four hours in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a man, Patrick Odey, for allegedly raping a 21-year-old salesgirl. The victim, it was gathered, recently started working at a garden in Orozo in the Angwansarki area of Abuja and lives in ...

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2023: Okon begs Nigerian youths to end bad governance

Comedian, Okon Lagos has begged Nigerian youths to end bad governance come 2023 He made the appeal today saying of the same energy put inEndSARS will be put in the 2023 elections, especially on election day, things will change. What ...

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Twitter Ban Lift: Atiku Abubakar reacts

Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the suspension of twitter ban in Nigeria. The Federal Government early hours of this morning lifted the ban. While reacting to the ban, Atiku says he is more excited for small business owners who have ...

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Dele Momodu storms PDP headquarters, declares for presidency

Dele Momodu, Publisher and Newspaper columnist, has just declared interest to participate in the presidential race in 2023 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He made the declaration at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja after formally ...

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You don’t have cars, stop complaining about Aba flyover – Ikpeazu tells Abia residents

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has told Abia residents to stop complaining about the uncompleted Aba-Osisioma flyover. The Abia governor told the people complaining that they don’t have cars and should stop complaining. “Most of the people demanding updates on the flyover ...

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Fayemi meets Tinubu over 2023 Presidency, Ekiti governorship poll

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Wednesday met All Progressives Congress leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over the forthcoming APC governorship primary in Ekiti State and the 2023 Presidential poll. Fayemi’s visit to Tinubu came barely two days after Tinubu ...

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Three men jailed for having intercourse with 14-year-old girl in Kano

Kano State Magistrate Court presided over by Magistrate Farouk Ibrahim Umar, on Wednesday, sentenced one Aliyu Yahuza, 20, and to two other accomplices to seven months in correctional centre each for committing adultery. The defendants, who reside at Goron Dutse ...

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Hushpuppi: AGF, police, anti-extradition group shun suit on Abba Kyari

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed February 10 for the hearing of a suit seeking to stop the Nigeria Police Force and the Attorney-General of the Federation from arresting and extraditing a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, ...

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Twitter reacts as Nigerian government lifts ban

Twitter has expressed its delight that the micro-blogging site is now available for use in Nigeria. This follows the Federal Government’s decision to lift the ban after seven months. In a tweet via its @Policy handle, Twitter wrote: “We are ...

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Speeding truck driver kills two siblings in front of mother’s shop

Tragedy struck in the Ilisan-Remo area of Ogun State on Friday when a driver, Moshood Gbadamosi, killed two siblings, Olamide Opayemi, 14, and Damilola Opayemi, 11. Punch Metro gathered that the incident happened opposite their mother’s hairdressing salon. A neighbour, ...

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FG lifts twitter suspension after seven months

The Federal Government has lifted the suspension on microblogging site, Twitter, seven months after it suspended the social media platform in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information ...

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Money will fail in 2023 election – Ezekwesili bashes Tinubu

Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili has warned that money will fail Nigerian political leaders declaring to run for presidency in 2023. Ezekwesili stated this after the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu ...

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Suspected killer of UniJos student, others arrested

The Police in Plateau State have arrested and paraded one Moses Oko, a 20-year-old suspected Yahoo boy who allegedly killed one Jennifer Anthony, a 300L UNIJOS Student whose dead body was found on January, 1st, 2022. The suspect was paraded ...

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Makinde mourns Alao-Akala, directs flags to fly at half-mast

  The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has said late former governor, Christopher Alao-Akala, will be remembered for his contributions to the development of the state. Alao-Akala, a former police officer, served as deputy governor before becoming governor of ...

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Sick Enugu chef dies after allegedly rejecting surgery donation on faith grounds

  Controversy has trailed the death of a chef, Ogechukwu, in Enugu State. She was said to have died after battling ailments her friends identified as neurofibromatosis and spinal tumour. The woman had reportedly been sick for over 10 months. ...

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Man kills his 3 daughters, hides corpses in freezer (photos)

Man kills his 3 daughters, hides corpses in freezer A 52 years old man, Ifeanyi Amadikwa has killed his 3 female children in Enugu. It was learned that Amadikwa, a resident of Nkwubor road, Emene in Enugu after commuting the ...

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Barber stabs neighbour to death for admiring his pregnant wife

Policemen at Sabo division of the Lagos State Police Command are on the trail of a barber identified simply as Keke, who allegedly stabbed his neighbour to death, Monday night, in Iwaya area of Lagos, on allegation that the deceased ...

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10 feared dead, 35 rescued, others trapped as Church building collapses in Delta

The building housing Salvation Ministry, Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area, Delta State has reportedly collapsed, trapping unspecified number of worshippers with over 10 persons feared dead. The building which is reportedly being used for the first time, collapsed at ...

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Ladoja, Iyalode’s absence stall announcement of Balogun as Olubadan

The absence of Osi Olubadan, Rashidi Ladoja, and the Iyalode of Ibadan, Theresa Oyekanmi, yesterday, stalled the formal announcement of Lekan Balogun, the Otun Olubadan, as Olubadan-elect. Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo State, is next, after Balogun, in the ...

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Former Oyo Governor, Alao Akala is dead

Former Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Alao Akala is dead. Details of his death are sketchy but sources close to the politician have confirmed the tragic incident. The politician, who had been battling terminal ailment for a while, died in ...

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