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Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. They were accused of conspiring and ...

  The Oyo Mesi Traditional Council has said all the 65 contestants to the Alaafin stool who appeared for an interview recently are to proceed further in the selection process. The regent and Basorun of Oyo, Chief Yussuf Ayoola, disclosed ...

A 28-year-old man, Ismail Adewuyi, was arrested with a female head and intestines in Ede, Osun State on Saturday. The suspect was arrested by a member of the Nigeria Hunters, Isa Usman in Ede. Adewuyi, according to findings, was arrested ...

Nigerian songbird, Joy Odiete aka J’odie has said that she does not want to be forgotten as a musician. The ‘Kuchi Kuchi’ singer made this cry during a recent interview with The Nation. She said although her special project as ...

Nollywood actress Caroline Danjuma and her millionaire ex-husband Musa Danjuma got back together and rejoiced as their daughter turned a year older over the weekend. Caroline and Musa Danjuma, who split up years ago following a nasty argument over infidelity, ...

A Kwara State family court sitting in Ilorin has remanded a housewife, Awawu Haruna, and two others for allegedly marrying another man while in a subsisting relationship. Awawu Haruna was dragged before the Kwara State family court alongside her father, ...

  Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Pantami, has revealed that he received several threats from some citizens following the National Identity Policy Implementation. Also, Pantami disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari administration has increased the National Identity Database ...

  An alleged notorious handset snatcher, identified simply as Lucky, has been hacked to death by an angry mob at Iyara community in Warri, Warri-South Local Government Area of Delta State. Punch Metro gathered that the handset snatcher, who was ...

  Singer Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, aka Ayra Starr, recalls that in the early days of her career, she used to attend parties she was not invited to. In an interview with Spotify, she said, “I grew up in different cities—Lagos, Abuja ...

A Kano Shari’a Court on Friday sentenced a 28-year-old man, Abdullahi Umar to 33 months in a correctional center and ordered that he got 40 strokes of cane for desecrating a grave. Umar who lives in Sharada Quarters, Kano, was ...

A 22-year-old lady, Ummakulsum Sani Buhari, has been allegedly stabbed to death by her Chinese lover, Geng Quanrong, at Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano. The incident took place at about 10 pm on Friday after the Chinese ...

Residents of Gidan Angalu community in Toto Local Government Area, Nasarawa State were thrown into commotion on Tuesday after a man said to be a native doctor rose from death when he was about to be buried. Godwin Ugeelu Amadu ...

Ummu Kulsum Sani Buhari, the lady killed in Kano, has been buried in Kano State in line with Islamic rites. Her body was interred around 11 am on Saturday, with family, relatives, friends, and mourners in attendance. The 23-year-old victim, ...

A journalist based in Kaduna John Adi has offered to donate one of his kidneys to Sonia Ekweremadu, the sick daughter of former deputy Senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu. Ms Ekweremadu on Monday made a public call for kidney donation ...

The father of Adewunmi Kofoworola Babajide, the lawmaker representing Ede North State Constituency in Osun State House of Assembly, Pa Muftau Lawal has narrated how he was almost used for ritual by his abductors. Pa Lawal, who was abducted in ...

Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has urged members of the public to report all forms of cybercrimes. These include identity theft, child s3xual exploitation, cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying, credit card fraud, internet fraud, and other forms. A statement by Force Public Relations ...

  Ice Prince Speaks On Freedom After Release From Prison Ice-Prince has said freedom is priceless just after his release from Ikoyi prison. Recall the singer is standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on assault, obstructing a policeman from ...

  Some primary and secondary school students in Kaduna State, have refused to return to school for the new academic session over the fear of attack by bandits. The Kaduna State Government had announced September 4, 2022, as the date ...

  The Police have arrested a thirty-two-year-old man who farms plants suspected to be Cannabis Sativa in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A statement by the FCT Police Command Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, says the suspect, Thaddeus Joseph, was ...

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 arrested two owners of yahoo schools : Internet Fraud Coaching Centre (a.k.a HK) and seven suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, ...

Ten lawyers have filed a lawsuit at the Federal High Court Lagos to stop the supporters of Peter Obi from conducting a rally tagged “#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally” on October 1 or any other date, in Lagos State. The lawyers ...

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has dissociated itself from call by Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State that Dr. Iyorchia Ayu should resign as the PDP National Chairman, saying we disagree with the governor’s statement. ...

The embattled chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Ibrahim Bilal, has finally resigned from office few weeks after his purported impeachment by some members for the state working committee of the party in Adamawa State. Though Bilal, however got reinstated ...

The Police operatives in Anambra State have arrested a criminal suspect who specialized in using charms to defraud Point Of Service (POS) operators in the state. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, who disclosed this in a ...

  Sunday Dare, the minister of youth and sports development, says the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) is on its deathbed. The minister said the league is currently in a state of disarray, with coaches, players and referees owed salaries ...