Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe The family of a cook, Joseph Otoibhi, in the Jakande area of Lagos State has been thrown into mourning after he was killed by some unidentified men. PUNCH Metro learnt that Joseph was returning home last Wednesday around 10pm when he was hacked down with a machete. Joseph’s sister, who spoke on condition […]

Chukwudi Akasike and Sampson Itode Five members of a family of six in Igboetche community, in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers, have been killed by generator fumes. The incident, which occurred on Monday, was said to have taken the lives of Andrew Monye; his wife, Onyinye Monye; and three of their four children. […]

Simon Utebor, Yenagoa An advocacy group, DO Foundation, on Wednesday intervened in a case of domestic violence, leading to the rescue of two children allegedly assaulted by their mother. The incident took place in the Imiringi area of the Ogbia Local Government in Bayelsa State. The foundation said the two rescued children were serially abused […]

Samson Folarin Gloom enveloped Majekolagbe Street, Ibafo, Ogun State on Wednesday after the remains of the street founder, Adewale Majekolagbe, were found dangling from a rope in his house. Our correspondent, who visited the area, saw residents and landlords at the late Majekolagbe’s bungalow as the news of the tragedy spread. PUNCH Metro gathered that […]

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted thunderstorms and rains across the country with prospects of cloudy conditions over Nguru, Potiskum, Dutse and Yelwa during the morning hours for Thursday. NiMet made this known in its Weather Outlook by its Central Forecast Office in Abuja on Wednesday. It envisaged thunderstorms over Kano, Nguru, Dutse, Yelwa, Gusau, […]

Madonna, the Queen of Pop, appears to have travelled to the former imperial city of Marrakech in western Morocco to celebrate her 60th birthday on Thursday. “Walking thru the Labyrinth of the Medina during the Call to Prayer,” the American singer wrote on her Facebook and Instagram accounts on the eve of the big day. […]

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund says it will support efforts to address some of the major challenges hindering the operations of Nigeria’s refineries. Dr Bello Gusau, the Executive Secretary of the fund, disclosed this at the 2017/2018 PTDF annual oil and gas research grant competition close-out seminar in Abuja. Gusau said that the fund was […]

British police on Wednesday obtained more time to question a man arrested outside the Houses of Parliament for attempted murder and suspected terrorism after a car ploughed into cyclists before crashing into protective barriers. Three people were injured when the 29-year-old, named by media as Salih Khater, careered over a pavement and into the group […]

A US judge has received death threats after granting bail to five suspects in a case involving nearly a dozen allegedly malnourished children found at a remote compound in New Mexico. Judge Sarah Backus granted the three men and two women — described by authorities as Muslim extremists — bail on Monday on grounds that […]

An Indonesian mother, Maryati, 35, has revealed that her two-year-old son, Rapi Ananda Pamungkas, smokes about 40 cigarettes per day. According to Sun UK, the toddler picked up the habit very young, when he used to pick up used cigarette butts outside his mum’s market stall in hill station resort of Sukabumi. He later graduated to […]

The Naira on Wednesday closed at N362.30 to the dollar at the investors’ window, with investors trading a total of 147.8 million dollars, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. At the Bureau de Change window, the naira was sold at N360 to the dollar, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N478 and […]

The Niger House of Assembly on Wednesday declared the seat of the member representing Tafa constituency, Danladi Iyah, vacant. Iyah had announced his resignation from the All Progressives Congress in a letter read on the floor of the House by the Speaker, Alhaji Ahmed Marafa. According to the letter, Iyah said he was leaving the […]

Super Eagles player, Victor Moses, has announced his retirement from international football. Moses made the announcement on his Instagram page. He went on to reveal the reasons for his retirement: “However I feel that now is the right time to step away in order to be able to focus fully on club career and my […]

Oladimeji Ramon The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, lambasted former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the recent letter of criticism he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the ex-President had no right to dictate who the people should vote for in the 2019 presidential election. READ ALSO: I collected N15,000, says […]

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has been quoted as saying that he is actively considering running for the presidency in the 2019 elections, and that he has been consulting and actively considering it. According to Bloomberg, a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, Saraki spoke […]

A middle-aged woman, Suliat Olayiwola, on Wednesday at an Iseyin Grade “C’’ Customary Court in  Oyo State sought the dissolution of her marriage to her husband, Sunday,  over alleged abandonment. Suliat told the court that her estranged husband left her and their only surviving son who is physically challenged. “Sunday left me and our only […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria  says the currency swap agreement with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), will not cover the importation of substandard goods into the country. The Central Bank Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the Currency Swap Forum for North Central Zone. The forum brought together stakeholders […]

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Police in Ekiti State have begun mass raid of black spots across the 133 towns of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bello Ahmed, was said to have given the directive on Tuesday following a spate of killings in Ekiti. A Commissioner in the Federal Character Commission, Mr. Bunmi […]

Afro-beat crooner, Olamide “Badoo” Adedeji, has released a video for his latest single, Motigbana, a day after dropping the official audio. The YBNL boss made the announcement on his official twitter account @olamide YBNL Motigbana official video now available on Vevo The title of the brand new single, Motigbana,  is a Yoruba word that translates […]

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the augmentation of the cost of the rehabilitation of Enugu-Onitsha road by N5.4bn. The decision was taken at the weekly meeting of the council presided over by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. […]

An 87-year-old lawyer and former lawmaker from Ogoniland, Senator Cyrus Nunieh, has died. Pa Nunieh died barely one year after his society marriage to a young lady. The Ogoni Youth Federation announced the demise of  Nunieh, who they said was their patron on their Facebook page in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Lene Kingsley Lekue. […]

The Italian government said Wednesday that it wants to revoke the contract given to the company that manages the country’s motorways and slap it with a huge fine following a bridge collapse in Genoa that has killed at least 38 people. The death toll is expected to rise after a vast span of the Morandi […]

A Turkish court on Wednesday rejected a new appeal to free US pastor Andrew Brunson, whose detention has sparked a severe crisis in relations between Turkey and the United States, local media reported. READ ALSO: NNPC, investors to relocate refinery from Turkey to Nigeria The court in the western city of Izmir rejected the appeal and […]

The man arrested for driving into a barrier protecting the Houses of Parliament in a suspected terror attack was a Briton of Sudanese origin from Birmingham, media reports said Wednesday. Three people were injured when the silver Ford Fiesta drove into cyclists before crashing to a halt outside the House of Lords early on Tuesday […]

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has identified poor funding, undue government intervention, inefficient administration and policy implementation as the main factors hindering the development of sports in Nigeria. Dogara spoke at the National Summit on Sports organised by the House Committee on Sports in Abuja on Tuesday. He noted that […]

Enyioha Opara, Minna The Niger State Government has criminalised the thuggery and consumption of hard drugs and other illegal substances ahead of the 2019 general elections. Governor Abubakar Bello, on Tuesday, signed into law a bill to “prohibit thuggery, use of intoxicants and for matters connected thereto, 2018.” He explained that bill had given more […]

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja A man has died after an articulated truck lost control and crushed 14 vehicles along the Abuja/Keffi highway on Monday night. The accident grounded traffic, leaving commuters stranded for hours as the Federal Road Safety Corps personnel and other security operatives battled to clear the road. Our correspondent learnt that the crash, […]

Enyioha Opara, Minna The Niger State Liquor Licensing Board has declared beer joints in Minna and its environs as dens of criminals. The Chairman of the board, Liman Shafi’i, said this when he visited the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to solicit support to curb illegal sale of alcohol in the state. Shafi’i said […]

Olaide Oyelude, Katsina The Nigeria Immigration Service, Katsina State Command has arrested a Libyan-based salon operator, Mrs Asia Rita, for alleged human trafficking. The 44-year-old mother of three was paraded by the immigration service on Monday alongside seven suspected victims of human trafficking. The suspect and her victims were reportedly intercepted by NIS operatives at […]

An Angolan army sergeant was jailed for 18 years on Tuesday for shooting dead a 14-year-old boy at a protest two years ago, in a sentence welcomed by rights groups. Rufino Antonio died after the military opened fire in August 2016 at a demonstration against the demolition of houses for an industrial project in Zango, a […]

Sequel to the order given by the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for the overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim idris, has ordered its immediate overhauling to address complaints and allegations of human rights violations against some of its personnel. The Ag. President gave the order on Tuesday and the Police IG […]

In a tweet that critics believe is directed at former White House aide, Omarosa Manigault Newman, American President Donald Trump has referred to her as a ‘crazed, crying lowlife dog.’ Omarosa was a former “Apprentice” contestant who became a White House aide. In her upcoming tell-all book entitled “Unhinged,” she alleges that Trump is a […]

Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja  The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has attributed the escalation of the recent crisis in the National Assembly to the circulation of fake news, especially in the Social Media. The minister stated this in Abuja on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy visit to the headquarters of Blueprint Newspapers. […]

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s directive to overhaul the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad has been received with excitement by Nigerians on Twitter. Since, the directive was issued, the #ENDSARS campaigners and their support base as well as other Nigerians have been hailing it as a welcome development. READ ALSO: Osinbajo orders IGP to re-organise SARS See tweets: […]

An Ikeja High Court has dismissed the murder charge filed against Mr Moshood Salvador, the Chairman of the Lagos State Chapter of the PDP. Salvador was remanded in the Kirikiri Prisons following his arraignment at a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court alongside 10 others on two counts of conspiracy and unlawful killing on July 25. During […]