Metro

Yesterday we reported that an APC lawmaker, Mr Timothy Owoye, who is also the majority Leader of the Osun State House of Assembly, was caught bathing in a market in Osun State as revealed in nude video which went viral. However…

An operator of a ridesharing service, otherwise known as Uber, is counting his losses after a three-man robbery gang snatched his car at gunpoint while pretending to pay him transport fare around an Automated Teller Machine point in the…

•I made N31 from the deal, says Islamic cleric Three months ago, Nigerians were stunned speechless when a woman, later identified as Mrs. Akinloye Oluwatoyin, allegedly jumped off the Third Mainland Bridge, into the Lagoon over an…

A man, Mojeed Mustafa has prayed Ile Tuntun Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, to separate him from his wife, Bose Mustafa on the accounts that she’s troublesome and she is a drunk. Bosede admitted to claim and also agreed to…

A 40-year-old lecturer, Aremu Olufemi, was on Thursday docked before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, over alleged sodomy (unnatural sexual intercourse) with one of his students. Besides, Mr Olufemi of Olugbode St.,…

Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested two men, Chukwudi Chukwu and Bethel Ibe, for allegedly abducting a corpse from a morgue in the state. It was gathered that after abducting the corpse, the suspects contacted…

A commercial bus driver, Obinna Obasi, was sentenced to one month imprisonment for stealing a police officer’s wallet containing some items, including N33,000 and $20. The Magistrate, Mrs Ope Agbe, who sentenced Obasi, said he was…

Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP) Imohimi Edgal has ordered the arrest of Inspector Emmanuel Egba, who was seen with a bottle of beer. The police boss also ordered that the incident be investigated to ascertain its veracity.…

A Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced one Abubakar Ali, slated to get married on October 1, to three months in prison. Ali was charged with conspiracy, trespass, and house-breaking, offences he admitted…

A 25-year-old store keeper, Abubakar Hussaini, has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for burning his boss’s credentials for not increasing his salary. Hussaini said the complainant, Mr…

Two married women reportedly stripped themselves naked in a brawl over the ownership of a widower in Okpoko, Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State. The women, a civil servant and a petty trader (names withheld) were said to had…

A 28-year-old man, Kelvin Michael, who allegedly raped a woman to death, was yesterday arraigned in Ota, Ogun. Michael Tunde Akinola,  of  No. 21 Abebi St., Sango-Ota, is facing murder charge at an Ota Magistrates’ Court. A state…

A matron at a private hospital on Shibiri Road, Ajangbadi, Lagos State, Mrs. Victoria Ukwu, has been arrested in connection with a mutilated body of a one-year-old twin, Favour Orogbu. Two nurses at the hospital, Navico Clinic and…

A mentally sick lawyer, Ibrahim Waley, on Thursday caused a stir during sitting at a Yola High Court when he joined his colleagues (lawyers) at the front row while clad in traditional dress as against the formal gown and wig. The…

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded two commercial drivers, who allegedly killed a Bureau De Change operator, Victor Thorpe, after robbing him of 80,000 dollars. The accused, Monday Okoh, 50, and Johnbull…

I fell in love with her– Suspect A motorcycle rider, Ubong Ime, took incest to a new height when he professed love to his daughter whom he allegedly raped and impregnated. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened in the…

A Tinubu Chief Magistrate’s Court has ordered the arrest of Eniola, the son of a telecommunication’s guru, Mike Adenuga. The chief magistrate, Mr T.A. Elias, in a ruling on Thursday, August 16, 2018, said the 28-year-old was in contempt…

No fewer than 41 suspected homosexuals  have been arrested by security operatives in Bauchi State. The suspects were arrested during a joint operation by men of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,…

A member of a four-man gang which specialises in robbing unsuspecting passengers of their valuables in a commercial bus leapt into the Lagos lagoon following a hot pursuit by armed police officers. The police said in a statement on…

A 27-year-old man, Mr Daniel Bassey, and his wife, Magdalene, have been arrested for trafficking their two-year-old son for N180,000 to an agent in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Parading the couple and 78 other suspects involved in…

A 19-year-old housemaid, Temitope Akapo, has been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing her mistress’ jewellery valued at $100,000 (N30m). PUNCH Metro gathered that Akapo was employed by her boss, Modupe Dada, in February 2018.…

A mother of three, Ronke Olanrewaju, has threatened to poison her husband if a customary court fails to grant her request for divorce. The aggrieved wife had approached the Oja-Oba Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, seeking…

A 25-year old man, Mr. Oki Olabisi, was arraigned after he allegedly knocked off a sex worker’s teeth during sex inside a hotel room in Lagos. The incident happened at a popular hotel called Formula Four located at Coker Street in…

A 63-year-old landlord, Adekunle Santos, has been arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court for allegedly removing the entrance door of his tenant’s shop and taking away property valued at N994,850. PUNCH Metro had reported that…