Metro

No fewer than 550 pilgrims from Niger who performed this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia on Saturday escaped death at the Minna International Airport as the Max Airline plane conveying them…

If not for the intervention and empathy shown by the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), 55-year-old Kouassi Jean Paul also known as Eze…

"For about ten years, my wife dictated or decided when we were to have sex. She later stopped having sex with me. I pleaded and prostrated before her, praying that she changed her mind…

A new research by scientists from the University of Oxford has for the first time pinpointed regions of human DNA that closely relate to whether people are right- or left-handed. They…

Just when the wave of change was sweeping across the continent, pulling down dictatorship in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, among others, Robert Gabriel Mugabe pledged to firm up his stay in…

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, sang along with Paul Okoye his (Paul) new song  ‘Audio Money’ on Friday. Paul of the defunct P’ square group paid a visit to the…

Judging from happenings in the last three weeks, activities of controversial cross-dresser, Bobrisky, have reached the point where government can no longer ignore or dismiss him as unserious. The Director-General of…

A 37-year-old teacher at Gurel Primary School, Namtari, a community in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, has allegedly raped his 12-year-old pupil. Our correspondent gathered…

The recent discovery of the decomposing body of a tenant, Ijeoma Eminista, in her one-room apartment at No. 21 Onitolo Street, Surulere, Lagos State, threw other residents of the house into confusion.PUNCH Metro…

On Jan. 24, 1983, 22-year-old Alvin Kennard walked into the Highlands Bakery in Bessemer, Alabama and stole approximately $50. He was soon caught, convicted, and sent to prison — where he’s been for the last 36…

An estate agent, who allegedly defrauded 262 prospective tenants of N65 million at Alapere, Ketu, Lagos, will be prosecuted, Attorney-General and Justice Commissioner Moyo…

The tiny Polish village of Miejsce Odrzanskie has become the unlikely source of international media attention over the past fortnight as a result of what the New York Times called “a strange population anomaly”. It has…

A 40-year-old teacher, Emmanuel David, was on Tuesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, charged with sending nude pictures and videos to his 14-year-old student. David,…

Every individual female wears underwear for a variety of reasons. The basic reason, however, usually involve the prevention of outer clothing from getting soiled by bodily excretions such as…

SPECIAL Forces will be deployed in the Southwest to battle the escalated insecurity in the region, the police announced on Monday. The forces, to be commanded by a commissioner of…

"My wife and I had decided to not have a reception party after our wedding. Just church service, nothing big. But, on the day of the event after we had taken our pictures, I was tricked to the office by my mentors and to my surprise my team…

Nigerian Senator, Ben Murray Bruce is today celebrating his 41st wedding anniversary with his beautiful wife, Evelyn Murray-Bruce. In his anniversary message, he wrote on Twitter; Quote Today, I celebrate 40+1 years in marriage with…

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Monday said parents who keep their school-age children out of school run the risk of being prosecuted. Speaking in Eporo during an enrolment…

A new study conducted by researchers in Anglia Ruskin University has linked sex deprivation among men in their 50s to cancer and other health threats. The study, published in the…

Thousands of people were left horrified the moment a performer with a Spanish musical group – Super Hollywood Orchestra- was struck by a pyrotechnic device otherwise known as a firework display during a show. The Super Hollywood Orchestra,…

Call him the boy from Dutse and you would be right. Yes, Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media spent his formative years in this town, now in the present day Jigawa State. He…

Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, has received Natasha Mariana, his newly wedded wife, at the government house. Mohammed met with his beautiful bride on Saturday, August 31,…

The poor state of basic infrastructure in Ikoyi does not justify the outrageous cost of living or its reputation as the most expensive real estate on the continent. Successive…

Last week, 77 Nigerians were arrested by the United States Federal Bureau of Intelligence for alleged involvement in business email compromise, romance scam and defrauding American…