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A senior female manager with Fidelity Bank Plc, Lagos, Agatha Dunu Igwe has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining the sum of N42 million from the Managing Director of Maydom Pharmaceutical Limited under false pretence. Police ...

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offence Court heard yesterday how a suspected rapist, Adelaja Oloyede allegedly used charm on his victim (names withheld), raped and stole her underwear. An investigator attached to the Nigerian Police, Vivian Nduka made this ...

There was tension in the various local government areas and local council development areas across Oyo State on Monday as some sacked local government chairmen and councillors, under the aegis of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, resumed at ...

There was panic in the Ijesha and Aguda areas of Lagos State on Sunday when factional members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the area clashed. A yet-to-be-identified member of the union was said to have sustained ...

The Aare Ona Kankanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, said on Monday that the agreement reached between the Federal Government and governors of the South-West on the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Operation Amotekun, was a welcome development. Adams said, ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State has arrested a 41-year-old father for allegedly hanging his 10-year-old daughter to the ceiling over theft of N3,000. The Oyo State NSCDC Commandant, Iskilu Akinsanya, who disclosed this on ...

Angela Deem and Michael Ilesanmi, veteran stars of the TLC series 90 Day Fiancé, have gotten married months after they amused the world with their love story on the reality show. Their wedding took place today, January 27, along Airport ...

The popular Sabo market in Sagamu, Ogun State has reportedly been engulf in fire. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained as many shops and properties are affected. As of the time this report, the fire is ...

    Four persons have been confirmed dead in Taraba following the outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Innocent Vakkai, disclosed this to reporters on Monday in Jalingo, the state capital. He explained that ...

  A four-storey building near St. Albert Catholic Church, Odume Layout, Obosi, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State was on Monday gutted by fire. An eye witness told The PUNCH that the fire could have been ...

The Nigerian Air Force has destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province, staging area at Gashigar and Tumbun Rego on the fringes of Lake Chad as well as Bula Bello near the Sambisa Forest all in Borno State. According ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s roles in the Royal Family could be taken up by Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, it has been claimed. Prince Andrew’s daughters will be “brought forward” once the Duke and Duchess of Sussex officially step down ...

  US President Donald Trump has paid tribute to Kobe Bryant after the basketball icon was killed in a helicopter crash with his daughter Gianna, 13. The crash, which saw the chopper burst into flames on a California mountainside on ...

The police in Katsina State have arrested a 19-year-old housewife, Rabi Shamsudeen, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death at Danjaku village in the Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident happened early Monday morning. The spokesman for ...

Angry youths of Etitiama Nkporo in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State on Monday reportedly killed a man identified as Mr. Kalu Ilum in the community. They also set his body ablaze. While information surrounding the death of Ilum ...

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello and his Deputy Chief Edward Onoja have been inaugurated for a second term. The inauguration took place on Monday inside the Glass House, Government House, Lokoja. State Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah administered the oat ...

  The US Defense Department confirmed On Monday that a military jet crashed in Ghazni province in Afghanistan but rejected Taliban suggestions that it was shot down. Afghanistan US Forces spokesman Colonel Sonny Leggett confirmed in a statement that the ...

Lagos government announces fresh route ban, restrictions against Okada, Keke Marwa The Lagos State Government has banned okada and tricycle riders in six Local Governments and nine Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, of the state. The councils are: Apapa LG, ...

  Health authorities in Ivory Coast are investigating a suspected case of Wuhan coronavirus in a female student who arrived from China, officials have said. The student, whom authorities have not named, is the first person to be tested for ...

At least three people were reportedly killed and houses burnt following a bloody clash between Fulani and Tiv farmers in Pangari village of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State, residents told The PUNCH on Monday. A local resident, Pius ...

The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Imo State, Charles Ezekwem, has resigned his position. Ezekwem equally resigned as a member of the PDP in the state. Ezekwem in a letter dated January 25 and was cited by The ...

Three herdsmen who are allegedly responsible for some high profile kidnapping in Enugu State have been arrested by the State’s Police command.   The suspects identified as Adamu Mohammed (AKA suleiman) from Taraba state, 25 years; Musa Ibrahim from Katsina State ...

The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries has faulted a report that it has the highest number of single ladies among churches in Nigeria. The church stated that for the past 10 years, it had conducted over 150,000 weddings. The ...

A former banker, Aghata Igwe who allegedly obtained N42 million from a businessman under false pretences, on Monday appeared at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Igwe, 42, whose residential address was not given, is standing trial on a three-count ...

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has conferred Baba Garba, the Nigerian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, with one of the highest honours of the North African country. According to a statement issued by the Nigerian envoy to Morocco on ...