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About a week after a DJ was gunned down on Bank Olemoh street in Surulere, yet another gang related killing has occurred in the Shitta/Akerele area of Surulere. Two brothers (pictured above) were shot dead around 8pm last night as they hung out with friends at a bar not to ...

Former Pope Benedict has returned to the Vatican, two months after becoming the first pontiff to resign in 600 years. He was flown by helicopter from the Castel Gandolfo papal summer residence to live permanently in Vatican City. Greeted by Pope Francis as he arrived, he was driven the short ...

A middle aged woman has been arrested for killing a two-year-old boy, Toluwalase Fadahunsi, in Iju, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The deceased was said to have been killed while sleeping. The suspect, popularly known as Madam Ajayi, reportedly murdered the boy by smashing a bottle on ...

There have been rumours making round that Enugu state Governor, Sullivan Chime is dead. The Enugu State government has debunked the rumours making the round that governor Sullivan Chime has passed away. Chime was reported to have passed on at an Indian hospital on Saturday, after battling an undisclosed ailment ...

A revealing shocker in GLOBE magazine this week centers on Bill Clinton. Did you know that he fathered a child with an Arkansas hooker? That boy is now 27-years old and has a child of his own. That’s right, Clinton already has a grandchild that he has yet to meet. ...

Angry residents of Ono-Odan Street, Ijanikin, Lagos, nearly lynched a mother, Kudirat Abiola, for cutting her nine-year-old daughter, Precious, with razor blade. Kudirat made deep cuts on Precious’s back, left leg and right arm with the blade to �teach her a lesson.” PUNCH Metro leant that Kudirat decided to punish ...

Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Tuesday in Owerri,�donated N200,000 to Mr Patrick Nnewuihe, the driver of the Mercedes 200 Benz that collided with his motorcade�in Orlu on April 12. Okorocha made the announcement at a news conference shortly after his arrival from Europe where he underwent treatment for the ...

The Nigeria Police Force came out in full force to celebrate the 2013 Police Week. It is originally linked to 1st April 1930, which was the date the Southern and Northern Police Detachments were fused to form todays’ Nigeria Police Force.

A 400-level medical student of Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, in Delta State, has been arrested by the police for allegedly hacking into Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s phone. The student, who failed in pharmacology and pathology course� sent a text message, purportedly from the governor, to the Vice Chancellor, Prof Eric ...

According the JAMB, they stored the paper types of each student that participated in the just concluded UTME Exam in their Database… Unlike other years where students can just change their paper type and go away with it, This Year, JAMB will mark your papers according to the paper type ...

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi has moved one step on world coaches ranking for the national teams for the month of April. Keshi is rated the 27th best national coach in the world and the fifth best in Africa despite his triumphant run at the last Africa Cup of Nations ...

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde�has completed the first cable�bridge in Nigeria. The�1.358km bridge, which will link Ikoyi (Alexander Street) to Lekki (Admiralty Way), cost about�N29 billion to build�and a toll will be collected to recoup the investment. The link bridge was built by Julius Berger We would love to know your ...

In a domestic violence case brought before a Lagos court, a man has turned out to be the victim after his partner confessed to have taken out his teeth with a slap. Abiodun Olajide, 30, also pleaded guilty to inflicting wounds on Augustine Olukukoyi during a fight at their home ...

The Lagos State Police Command has started investigation into the murder of a banker, Adindu Ohamara, who was stabbed to death by his suspected homosexual lover in Akoka, Bariga Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. It was gathered that Ohamara lived in a three-bedroom flat with his elder sister, ...

An Osogbo High Court yesterday sentenced a 31-year-old man, Kelvin Igha-Igbodalo to 45 years imprisonment without an option of fine for stealing a Sony Ericson phone belonging to Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola. Igha-Igbodalo is alleged to have stolen Aregbesola’s phone during the swearing-in ceremony of the governor in ...

THE Federal Government has ordered the retrenchment of no fewer than 20,000 workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, ahead of takeover by successful bidders of its assets. Vanguard gathered that the Bureau for Public Enterprises, BPE, issued the directive to the Chief Executive Officers, CEOs, of the ...

Nollywood actress Camilla Mberekpe allegedly confessed to being a witch yesterday, Sunday 28, April 2013 at TB Joshua’s Synagogue Church of All Nations. The programme was shown live on the church’s Emmanuel TV We would love to know your thoughts on this post. Drop your comments

Mr Kevin Luciano Gabriel emerges as the new interim president of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN). He was appointed after his opponent Mr Skid Ikemefuna stepped down, He got the unanimous vote with Mike Okri as his deputy after he defeated Oritz wiliki for that post Azeezat emerged as ...

The federal government has stated that over 1 million candidates that sat for the University Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) on Saturday, may not gain admission into the nation’s tertiary institutions due to lack of space. The Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufai, made this known at a news conference in ...

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has grounded the plane of River state governor; Mr Rotimi Amaechi, for the expiration of its operating license.� The plane which was on Friday temporarily grounded in Akure, the Ondo state capital by NCAA for the inability of the pilot to provide the manifest ...