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An aggrieved father has attacked medical workers at the Sapele Central Hospital, Delta State, over the death of his child at the medical facility. PUNCH Metro learnt that the man went berserk minutes after medical workers broke the news of ...

  A teenager, identified as Ayishat, is lucky to be alive after she was viciously attacked with a blade on Valentine’s Day by her boyfriend’s scorned ex, Isiwat, and her friends. The suspect had accused the victim of snatching her ...

Nemesis finally caught up with a notorious kidnapper operating in the North, who confessed to the abductions of some of her boyfriends. While kidnapping is assumed to be the exclusive preserve of men, this female kidnapper has shown by her ...

The Catholic Church has released the photograph of Fr. Nicholas Oboh, the Catholic priest kidnapped on Friday in Edo State. Oboh works at the Diocese of Uromi. He was abducted by gunmen at a place close to Benin while on ...

One person died on Sunday when two Dangote trucks collided along Abuja-Keffi road. An eyewitness said the two trucks were coming from opposite direction when the incident occurred. The deceased died instantly whole two others were severely injured and were ...

    An African man caused a stir onboard a flight recently when he stood up and began to preach the gospel. Nigerian Twitter user @victorsozaboy who witnessed this, shared the video on his Twitter handle and wrote ”If you ...

At least eight people were killed in Okporowo village in Ogbakiri clan, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State following a cult clash. It was gathered that the victims were members of a particular cult group in the area and ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has so far registered over 1.9 million prospective candidates for its 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with a few hours to the end of the exercise. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the ...

French police held a Russian activist and his girlfriend for questioning on Sunday over a sex tape released online that brought down President Emmanuel Macron’s favoured candidate for Paris mayor. Pyotr Pavlensky has said he leaked the video that forced ...

Americans will be removed from a cruise ship quarantined off Japan and flown home, the US embassy said on Saturday as dozens of more cases of the new coronavirus were diagnosed on board. At least 285 people on the Diamond ...

Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) operatives at Badagry have arrested two fishermen for alleged attempt to smuggle 120 jerricans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to Benin Republic. The suspects Jebleh Taiwo and Jebleh Abiodun arrested at Gberefu Beach, ...

The authorities of Uratta Development Association in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State has announced the suspension of all cultural events in all the communities in Uratta clan. The announcement followed the killing of Ugoeze Comfort Okoro, wife ...

A fire outbreak on Sunday gutted sections of the popular Apongbon Market in Lagos. Although details of the fire and its cause are still sketchy, it was gathered that it started at in the morning with the blaze raging on ...

A year after she lost her first baby, Bethany fell pregnant again in December 2018, but this time she felt more cautious. However, when she reached her nine-week scan, she was delighted to be able to hear her baby’s heartbeat ...

The Permanent Secretary of the Nasarawa Ministry of Works, Jibrin Giza, has been abducted. According to the Commissioner of Police in the state, Bola Longe, Mr Giza was abducted around 12:30 am by gunmen from his resident in Shabu, a ...

The daughter of a former US ambassador to the United Nations has been charged with murder in the death of a Maryland man. Sophia Negroponte, 27, was arrested Thursday night and charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of ...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has graduated a total of 2,070 recruits of Basic Military Training Course 40, as part of efforts to boost the operational power of the service. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, and ...

Coastguards have warned people to stay away from a starving 60ft ‘razorback’ whale that washed up on a British beach. The beast was found stranded on the rocks at Cornwall’s Nare Point Friday afternoon. Officials from the British Divers Marine ...

President, Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has given reasons for Joseph Yobo’s appointment as Super Eagles assistant coach. Mixed reactions have trailed the decision of the NFF to pick Yobo, a former captain of the national team, as Gernot Rohr’s ...

More than 6,000 bodies have been found in six mass graves in Burundi. The discovery in Karusi province is the largest since the government launched a nationwide excavation in January. Pierre Claver Ndayicariye, the chairman of the Burundi’s Truth and ...

A 17-year old boy has been arrested for abduction and allegedly sleeping with his 15-year old lover. P.M.Express reports that the incident happened at Obagunwa Lane, Onilekere Cement area of Lagos, where they reside. The boy is now facing the ...

Kano State Governor Abdullah Umar Ganduje has appointed a man — the Special Adviser on Street Lights. His appointment letter was sent to him on the 13th of February, 2020. The likes of Kate Henshaw have been discussing this on ...

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has vowed never to negotiate with criminals operating in the state. Bello spoke on Friday at a valedictory court session in honour of the late Justice Shuaib Yakubu, Justice of the Appeal Court. He ...

The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of five, out of six persons trapped under a heap of sand at Ramin Farar Kasa in Dauni village in the Minjibir Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations ...

Two serving members of the National Youth Service Corps in Kano State, who met each other during the one-year programme, Muhammad Musa and Hauwa Bagudu, got married in their khaki uniforms last Friday at the Juma’at Mosque, Nigerian Air Force ...