Metro

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…

Jamila Abubakar, 33, on Thursday dragged her former husband, one Isah Aliyu, to a Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, for taking their two children to an ‘Almajiri’ school. The complainant, a resident of Rido, told the…

A fashion designer, Tunde Kareem, who allegedly stabbed his friend, to death over suspicion that the deceased stole his N2,000, has been remanded in prison custody in Ilorin, Kwara state. A senior brother to the deceased was…

An Osun State High Court in Osogbo yesterday sentenced a 38-year-old woman, Toyin Raheem, to 25 years’ imprisonment for stealing N4.5million. Prosecutor Abiodun Badiora said the convict stole the money belonging a…

One of the victims, little Miss. Nwaba receiving treatment at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State. Ebonyi state Police Command on Wednesday arrested a 35 year-old man identified as Simeon Ogbala, who had killed…

A prosecution witness yesterday said Maryam Sanda, accused of killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, told the police that the fight between her and the deceased that allegedly led to his death was caused by a nude picture of a lady…

A 23-year-old man, Opeyemi Adeleke, was on Tuesday remanded at the Ilesa Prisons by an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a woman’s underwear. The Prosecutor, Insp. Jafani Musilim, informed the court that…

A 27-year-old woman, Olabode Bello, and her two children have been arrested by the Police for beating a 40-year-old housewife, Foluke Olanipekun, a co-tenant at their Ogo Street, Arigidi Akoko area residence, Ondo State, to death. …

Three employees of the University of Lagos on Monday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how an alleged rapist, John Otema, attacked students on campus. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Otema, a…

A young lady has been arrested by the police for allegedly absconding with a six-month-old baby left in her care. At about 10 a.m on Sunday, January 13, 2019, the mother of the baby, Abena Kubilla, left her six-month-old baby boy in the…

A 29-year-old woman, Rahma Yakubu, on Wednesday dragged her estranged husband, Jibril Bajeh, to a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, over paternity of their three-year-old son, Abdulhalim. Rahma told the court that…

A widow, Ramatu Kabir, on Tuesday dragged her uncle, Wada Dan-Fulani, to a Shari’a Court II sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, for forcing her to marry one Yahaya Alhaji. The complainant, who resides at Hayin…

An 80-year-old Ugandan businessman, Eriasa Kakaire, has dragged his 23-year-old live-in lover, Fauza Nabirye, to the police for allegedly failing to get pregnant, even after they had agreed to have a baby together.Kakaire, who…

A 31-year-old tenant, Abass Babatunde, was arraigned in Lagos State on Tuesday for beating up his 63-year-old landlord.Babatunde, who resides at No. 8 Omo Osagie St., Iju Ishaga, a Lagos suburb, is facing a two-count of assault…

A man was nabbed yesterday with a bag full of stolen panties at one of the female hostels of Ogun State College of Health Technology, OSCOHTECH, in Ilese-Ijebu, Ogun state. The man disguised as a woman selling ice cream to gain entrance…

A woman, Omowunmi Lameed, has dragged her husband, Mukaila Lameed, to court seeking that their ten-year-old marriage be dissolved. Omowunmi had sought for divorce on the accounts of kidnap, rape, forceful marriage…

The court case instituted by some female Muslim students at the University of Ibadan  International School to enforce their rights to wear hijab took a new twist on Friday as their colleagues, who are traditionalists, joined as…

Three Senior Secondary School 1 (SS1) students have been were before a magistrate court in Lagos after they allegedly gang raped their classmate. The court ordered the students be remanded in a juvenile home. The teenagers,…

A 24-year-old man, Saliu Ladayo, who was arrested and sent to Olokuta prison in Akure, the Ondo State capital last year for the alleged murder of his girlfriend, Nwamma Confidence Chidiebere, has refused to marry her…