Metro

A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Friday sentenced three men to 12 weeks imprisonment for stealing a dog. The convicts, Isaac Saba, Philip Daniel and Ayo Ojo, were earlier arraigned on a two-count of conspiracy and theft. They all…

A housewife, Asma’u Sulaiman, on Thursday prayed a Sharia court at Magajin Gari, Kaduna to dissolve her marriage to her husband over frequent demand for anal sex. Sulaiman also told the court that her husband, Nura Ahmad, had been…

Aminu Atiku, son of a former Vice-President, Abubakar Atiku, on Thursday took the battle of his children’s custody against his ex-wife, Fatima Bolori, to an Igbosere High Court in Lagos. Aminu asked the court to upturn a magistrates’…

A 23-year-old resident of Owode-Ijako, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Salaudeen Issa, is in police custody for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Kemi Ilo. The suspect reportedly used a cutlass to inflict an…

A widow got the shock of her life when she was told that her millionaire husband of 42 years left her nothing in his will. Joan Thompson, 79, had lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, with her husband Wynford Hodge for 42…

A savage South Korean farmer killed and cooked his neighbour’s dog, then invited its unsuspecting owner to join him for a dog-meat dinner. The 62-year-old unnamed man confessed to the crime after another neighbour tipped off the pet…

A Pastor, Joshua Ibeneme, on Wednesday, approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to end his 21-year-old marriage to his wife, Uzoamaka for allegedly having sex with two of his church members. Ibeneme told the court that his wife…

The Edo State Police Command has paraded a notorious kidnapper, Muritala Umaru, who confessed to having made over N100 million from kidnapping. An AK47 rifle with breech number KO340119 and 10 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition were…

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of five serving policemen over the alleged robbery attempt on one Mr Immanuel James, at Ago-Palace way, Okota, a Lagos suburb. The suspects — two Inspectors and three Sergeants…

A Danish citizen, Mr. Peter Nielsen, who was accused of killing his wife and daughter, has not been charged with any offence, his legal representatives, Primera Africa Legal (PAL), said on Tuesday. Police detectives from the State…

A bodyguard for Floyd Mayweather was wounded when a gunman in a vehicle opened fire on the boxer’s motorcade. The vehicle was travelling through an Atlanta intersection early on Monday, police said. Mayweather was not in the…

A man and his wife who had gone to the police station to settle their quarrel were among victims of Thursday bank robbery attack in Offa, Kwara State. Sources in the community told NewTelegraph last night that one of the partners had…

One person has been feared killed after explosion rocked a popular pharmaceutical company in the Moore area of Ile Ife, Osun State, on Saturday. The explosion, which happened around 10.30pm, was said to have started a fire as…

A35-year-old man, identified simply as Sikiru, has drowned in the swimming pool of a hotel in the Ishashi area of Lagos State. It was gathered that Sikiru and his girlfriend had visited the hotel – Regional Hotel and Suites – on…

5 homosexuals who allegedly fought one another after contracting the Human Immunodefeciency Virus have been arrested after they caused chaos in Egbe, Ikotun area of Lagos State. According to PUNCH Metro, one of the men, identified as…

A father who allegedly confined his mentally ill son in a small cage for more than two decades was arrested on Saturday in western Japan, police and news reports said. Police arrested 73-year-old Yoshitane Yamasaki on suspicion of…

No fewer than six policemen and six others, including residents and bank customers, have been reported killed after some robbers stormed about five banks in Offa, in the Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State on Thursday. Sources said…

Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested a man allegedly notorious for robbing motorists held in traffic in the Oshodi area of Lagos State.The suspect, Kayode Oluwole, 27,…

The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested one Okwudili Okoro for allegedly hacking to death his elder brother, Azuibike Okoro and his wife, Jacinta.The suspect was said to have been arrested after one Joseph Nwagu reported at…

Three women, Chinyere Blessing, Mrs. Ifebeche Uguwozor and Miss Chiamaka, have been arrested for hiring babies to beg for alms. A sum of N120,000 was reportedly found on them. The women were allegedly hiring babies from different…

Big Brother Africa host, IK Osakioduwa has miraculously escaped a motor accident which could have possibly claimed his life. The radio and television on-air-personality was grateful to God Almighty for sparing his life and averting…

The Police Command in Kwara Wednesday paraded a suspected ritualist it arrested with three human skulls in Ilorin. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Lawan Ado, said that one Suleiman Adenifuja was caught with three human…

A 25-year-old security guard, Zakarayu Kasumi, is in jail for cutting off the arm of a suspected thief identified as Mr. Adekunle Popoola. The incident happened at Adepeju area of Akowonjo in Shasha, Lagos State. Kasumi who was…

No fewer than 1000 women from Okuni community, in the Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State on Tuesday took to the streets to demand justice for a woman who was allegedly gang-raped at gunpoint in the presence of her…