Metro

An 11-year-old boy has been remanded in a Special Correction Centre for boys by an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos yesterday, for allegedly throwing a one-year-old baby into well. The boy had been charged with murder by the…

A 45-year-old woman, Aderonke Ayinde, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun state police command for allegedly dumping the corpse of her lover, Asimiu Abiodun, in the bush. The suspect was reportedly caught by a neighbour, Makinde…

A 38-year-old Islamic cleric, Abdul Lateef Mustapha, has been arrested by the police in the Bariga area of Lagos for having sex with his sister-in-law who is reported to be just 17 years old. The case was reported at the Police station…

Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 39-year-old woman, Iwuagwu Onyinyechi, for allegedly defrauding a church based organisation known as MIA Enterprise of N110 million, while pretending to assist the organisation raise funds…

A 26-year-old man has been lynched by a mob in Odo-Olowu, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, over allegation of robbery raised by some miscreants. The deceased, identified as Temitope Adeoye, Vanguard gathered, was returning…

Palpable tension has enveloped Benjamin, a popular area in Eleyele, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital following the discovery of a den suspected to be a ritualists’ hideout, DAILY POST reports. DAILY POST recalls that, few years…

Information obtained by the police from the Kankara General Hospital, Katsina State, led to the arrest of a suspected rapist, whose manhood was allegedly severed by his victim. The suspect, Bishir Yau, of Yargase village, was…

The police in Enugu State have arrested a 55 years old woman, Edith Ewulu, for allegedly buying a five years old child stolen from her parents. It was learnt that the woman, who resides in Enugu State, bought the baby from one Chioma who…

The Creative Director, Image World Visuals, Emmanuel Chetan, and Annie Akhadelor, were found dead in a parked car, whose engine was running at Mende, Maryland, Lagos State, on Saturday. Residents said Chetan lived at 37A Atiba…

Two of five suspected killers of an Uber driver, Sunday Obasi, murdered on February 1, have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS). The Nation gathered that the suspects, Humble…

A female pant thief, identified as, Adejoh Ojonugwa, has revealed that he was sent to steal by a prophet, Olajide Ogunleye. 25-year-old panel beater,said the prophet of the Celestial Church of Christ, Ibanujemidopin Parish, Uso in Owo…

BUT for destiny, five-year-old Miss Mmesoma Ibe, from Okija, Anambra State, would  have been used for ritual or taken beyond the frontiers of Nigeria by human traffickers. However, fate smiled on Mmesoma as she was rescued from…

A 13-year-old post primary school dropout, on Friday beheaded his mother at Isiagu Ibakwa in Igboeze South local council of Enugu state. The boy, whose name was given as Ifesinachi Ugwueze, was said to have hacked his mother,…

…No, you’ve been on our wanted list — PoliceA 37-year-old suspected member of a notorious robbery gang, Philip Rome has been having difficulty convincing operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response…

Mrs Opeyemi Akinjobi on Thursday told a Grade C Customary Court at Bode Igbo in Ibadan that her landlady ejected her from her shop for allegedly discussing with the landlady’s  assumed `enemy’. The News Agency of Nigeria reports…

A woman has told the court that her husband is known for seeking divorce from his wives immediately they deliver a baby. Thirty-one-year-old mother of one, Juliana Olu-Obafemi, alleged that she is the fifth wife and that each of…

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two men who allegedly drugged and gang-raped an undergraduate in a hotel in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. The suspects— Razaq Oluwaseun Oke, 28, and Don-Chima George, 25— as gathered, took…

The Police in Lagos have arrested one of the suspected killers of the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Etashol hotels and suites, Mrs. Olusola Olusoga and her Business Manager, Tunji Omikunle. Surprisingly, the…

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a self-acclaimed Islamic cleric, Jamiu Olasheu and three others, for ‘unlawful possession’ of human skull. It was learnt that their arrest on Sunday, was made possible when Police…

An ex-employee in an old generation bank, Kazeem Olawuwo, who allegedly stole N2.4 million from several of the bank’s customers’ accounts, was on Thursday brought before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Olawuwo, 37, was…

The owner of Etashol Hotel and Suites, located on Budland Street in the Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State, Mrs Abimbola Olusola, and the manager, Tunji Omikunle, have been murdered. PUNCH Metro gathered that the deceased were…

The Ondo State Police Command, on Wednesday, arrested a man, Adojoh Ojonugwa, for allegedly stealing his brother wife’s pants in Akure. The suspect was arrested along with a pastor, Olajide Ogunleye, who was also alleged to be…

Dear Bunmi, I’m in my early 60s, a few years ago, I took in a girl as a maid. Her family wouldn’t help her because they thought she was wayward. In the beginning, she was unstable and kept vanishing, at first for days, then for…

Some residents of Ikeja area of Lagos State, on Thursday, apprehended a man for allegedly stealing bras and pants from where they were spread. It was learnt that some residents, who saw the man while allegedly collecting the…