Otun Olubadan twins abducted,kidnappers demand N100m
There was pandemonium yesterday in Akobo, Ibadan home of Otun Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Lekan Balogun, as two suspected kidnappers stormed the house and...
NYSC members now to be posted to farms – Coordinator
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it will include farming and crop production as part of the one year primary assignment for corps...
OAU queries professor over sex-for-mark scandal
The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, has queried the professor who was allegedly accused of demanding sex to upgrade...
Gunmen kill Syrian businessman, abduct son in Kano
Gunmen have killed a Syrian businessman, Ahmed Abu Areeda in Kano State, it was learnt yesterday. His son, Muhammad Ahmed, was kidnapped.
Eyewitnesses said Areeda...
Man divorces wife over suicide attempt
An Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi in Ibadan, Oyo on Wednesday dissolved the five-year-old  marriage between Selim Osuntade and his wife, Mutiat, over her attempt...
Commonwealth Games: Nigerian boxer Oriyomi abandons fight
Ayisat Oriyomi of Nigeria threw in the towel against Carly McNaul of Northern Ireland in the women’s boxing flyweight class (51kg) at the Gold...
Nigerians now 198m: NPC boss
The National Population Commission (NPC) has put Nigeria’s current population at 198 million people with urban population growing at an average annual growth rate...
Zimbabwe to summon Mugabe over missing $15bn worth of diamonds
Zimbabwean Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy said it will summon former president Robert Mugabe to explain how about 15 billion U.S. dollars’...
Fulani Herdsmen -Defend yourselves with stones- Benue Gov tells youth
Governor Samuel Ortom has charged Benue youths to defend their land from invasion by militia herdsmen with stones.
He stated this on Wednesday at Gwer-West...
Alizee’s Husband to be charged to court today
The Lagos State Police Command is set to sue Mr. Peter Nielson, the Danish husband of deceased singer Alizee, who allegedly murdered her and...
Skye Bank manager, brother drown during picnic
The Manager of Skye Bank Plc, Abak Road Branch, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Ubong Ekpe, is dead.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Ubong, who was married...
How 5 SARS operatives were nabbed during robbery attempt
five operatives attached to Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) were arrested over alleged robbery attempt on one Mr Immanuel James, at Ago-Palace way, Okota, a Lagos...
Army nabs Boko Haram’s bomb specialist
Mr. Adamu Hassan, a Boko Haram insurgent specialised in making Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) has been nabbed by the Nigerian army.
Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the...
Suspected killer of Nigerian wife, daughter not yet charged – Lawyers
A Danish citizen, Mr. Peter Nielsen, who was accused of killing his wife and daughter, has not been charged with any offence, his legal...
My wife sends nudes to her lovers – Man tells court
A man identified as Timisiyu Adegoke has approached a customary court in Ibadan seeking a divorce from his wife of 11 years, Modupe.
According to...
Anthony Joshua did not impress me – Tyson
New reports have it that boxing legend Mike Tyson is not too impressed with Anthony Joshua after the British-born Nigerian became the WBO, IBF...
Sad! Woman gang-raped in presence of her husband
The Attorney General of Cross River State has reportedly been told to ensure the persecution of the man who raped a woman in the...
I deserted army for fear of Boko Haram-Suspect
A dismissed Lance Corporal, Emmanuel Anthony, yesterday said he deserted the army for fear of being killed by Boko Haram insurgents.
He was paraded at...
Swazi king’s 8th wife commits suicide
The eighth wife of Swaziland King Mswati III, Ms Senteni Masango, has committed suicide, local media confirmed.
“The king’s wife is believed to have overdosed...
China to force rainfall over an area twice the size of Nigeria
China is almost set to force rainfall and snow over 1.6 million sq km (620,000 sq miles), an area roughly three times the size...
