The police have arrested a 25-year-old man, Morenikeji Oguntoyinbo, for allegedly stabbing his friend, Emmanuel Ibeh, in the neck with a broken bottle during a scuffle in their residence on Benson bus stop, Ikorodu, Lagos. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident…
Biafra Zionists threaten mass suicide over leader’s whereabouts (Punch)
Members of the Biafra Zionists Federation on Sunday threatened to commit “mass suicide” due to the uncertainty over the whereabouts of their leader, Benjamin Onwuka. Onwuka and some members of the group were arrested on August 20 while trying to…
BREAKING: WAEC presents certificate to Buhari (Punch)
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has presented attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate result to President Muhammadu Buhari. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this on his Twitter handle, @FemAdesina,…
Man arraigned for attempted murder (Punch)
A 56-year-old man, Wakilu Sarafa, has been brought before the Candide Johnson Magistrates’ Court, Ikorodu, for attempting to murder one Jamiu Balogun with cutlass and broken bottles. The accused was alleged to have used the cutlass and the broken bottles…
Lagos trader commits suicide to spite mother (Punch)
A trader, Funmilola Adeodu, has committed suicide in Ilogbo-Eremi, in the Morogbo area of Lagos State. The 28-year-old mother of two was said to have taken a local insecticide, Sniper, to spite her mother, Ifatunmibi Adegbenle, for allegedly maltreating her…
Obasanjo’s son meets Buhari inside Aso Rock (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday granted audience to Olujonwon, one of the sons of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The meeting was held inside Buhari’s official residence at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and…
Certificate saga: APP chairman asks court to disqualify Buhari from 2019 poll (Punch)
The Chairman of Action Peoples Party, Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere, said on Thursday that he had filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to disqualify President Muhammadu Buhari from participating in the 2019 presidential election over what…
Atiku will reduce fuel price, says PDP (Punch)
The Peoples Democratic Party has said its presidential candidate has worked out a pricing template that will immediately crash the pump price of fuel in the country. The party said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress administration had failed…
Undergraduate cultists arrested after a successful hit (Punch)
Five undergraduates of a tertiary institution in Owerri, Imo State, have been arrested for alleged involvement in secret cult activities. The Imo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said the youths were nabbed after an alleged…
MTN issues frightened foreign investors. US ,UK envoys (Punch)
The envoys of the United Kingdom and the United States of America in Nigeria have said that the problems being faced by leading telecommunications giant, MTN, have scared investors from both countries from Nigeria, resulting in some of them pulling…