Raw Nigeria reports that a male Keke driver have been allegedly raped by suspected 'Yahoo plus' boys in Awka, Anambra state capital. The commercial tricycle (Keke) operator was hired by the 3 Boys, they lured him into their house in Okpuno, a suburban town in Awka. As He reached their...

Bandits have reportedly killed three siblings they kidnapped in Kaduna State after their parents failed to pay a N2m ransom. The children, a girl and two boys, were abducted alongside four others at Oil Village, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis, located near the Kaduna Refinery on Monday, November 7, 2022....

Falade appealed to members of the public to assist in locating the parents of the abandoned child or any of the relatives. A five-year-old girl abandoned by a river has been found by officials of the Osun state government. A statement issued by the Coordinating Director, Ministry of Women, Children...

Gunmen, on Monday, invaded the Obudi Agwa community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, killing five persons, including the traditional ruler of the community, Eze Ignitus Asor. Daily Trust reported that some armed youths stormed the palace of the traditional ruler where a dispute between locals were being...

These members of the proscribed group think they can intimidate the security in Anambra State by attacking them each day. No fewer than six persons were feared killed in Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s Isuofia community, as gunmen engaged security operatives in a gun battle. Those who were said to have lost...

We wonder if this is part of the new transport reform or Lagos commercial drivers’ demands during the seven days strike. Lagos — A commercial driver in Lagos, identified as Samson Adewunmi, has reportedly fallen into a coma, on Tuesday, after he was allegedly beaten by suspected garage touts for...

A 28-year-old man, Raphael Ozoemena, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly stabbing his bosom friend, Ejike Eduno, to death. The remand order was given by Magistrate C. C. Chigbo of the Anambra State Magistrate Court, sitting at Nteje, Oyi Magisterial Division. The accused person, according to the police...

Basic 3 teacher arrested for inflicting bruises on a 7-year-old boy who didn’t do his assignment in Ikorodu, Lagos. Joshua, a Basic 3 teacher at Tinakass Nursery and Primary School, Odogunyan, Lagos, has been arrested. It was gathered that he was arrested on Wednesday, November 9, after parents of a...

A 64-year-old timber merchant and father, Mr. Ojo Joseph, has been arrested by police operatives for setting ablaze five of his step-children, at Fagun Crescent area of Ondo State. The suspect alleged that his wife, who is the mother of the children, has been denying him sex for months. It...

>> My children were roasted like bush meat — Father of burnt children cries out >> Children join their mother to beat me; We fought the night I set them ablaze—Stepfather claims The Father of the five children set ablaze by their stepfather, Liadi Akinfolarin, has lamented that they were...

The police have taken their bodies to the morgue and anything left is for the parents of the deceased. The Abia State Police Command, has confirmed the death of two students of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike found stone dead in their hostel. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO,...

THETALK.NG reports that The Ondo State Police Command has arrested 54-year-old man, Ojo Joseph, for allegedly setting ablaze his five stepchildren. The sad incident occurred at the Fagun Crescent area of Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the suspect poured...

The police have arraigned a former worker of Stanbic-IBTC Bank, Ajayi Olusola, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, for allegedly defrauding the bank of the sum of N205m. The defendant is facing three counts bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretences and unlawful conversation preferred against him by...

A Lagos-based music producer, Casey Akajiaku, aka Qasebeatz, has demanded a refund of the sum of N150,000, allegedly extorted from him by some policemen attached to the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department Annex, Alagbon, Ikoyi. Akajiaku, who spoke to PUNCH Metro on Thursday, demanded the arrest and prosecution of...

Family members of a woman, Rosemary Obidinma, who reside in Ibafo, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have cried out after she did not return home from her shop on Tuesday. PUNCH Metro gathered that the mother of five spoke to her first child, Daniel, that evening...

A Nigerian, Nicolas Aina, has been arraigned for stabbing his 64-year-old mother, Caroline Adeyelu, to death and injuring his 33-year-old sister, Angel Adeyelu, at their family house in Dagenham, East London, United Kingdom. According to itv News, the 28-year-old allegedly went into his sister’s bedroom and stabbed her repeatedly with...

Muftau Talemu, the father of Nureni, a 20-year-old man allegedly killed for ritual purposes in Temu, a community in the Ikosi-Ejinrin Local Council Development Area, Epe, Lagos State, has demanded justice for his son. PUNCH Metro had reported that the Senior Secondary School 3 student died on October 12 after...

They stormed the palace and threw palm leaves at the palace. After that, they moved to the only petrol station in the town, owned by the Oba, and torched a part of it during the protest. Some youths in Ikun Akoko, Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, on...

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti division, has sentenced a 42-year-old man, Ilesanmi Adewale, to life imprisonment, for raping a 16-year-old girl in Isan Ekiti, in the Oye Local Government Area of the state. According to the charge, the defendant, on February 13, 2021, raped a 16-year-old girl, contrary...

No fewer than 11 passengers died and three others injured in a road accident on Sunday along the Enugu-Port-Harcourt Road near the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla , Enugu State. The state Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Joseph Toby, confirmed the incident on Monday. He stated that a...

Punchng.com reports that the family of a driver, Ikenna Udu, has accused the police at the State Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Awkuzu, in the Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, of torturing him to death. The victim’s wife, Mary, alongside her in-law, Chioma Aniebonam, and her husband, Sunday, while...

Gunmen numbering about seven have struck along Irele Ekiti Road, in the Ajoni Local Council Development Area of Ekiti State, whisking away four travellers to an unknown destination. Sources said the four travellers were on their way to Ibadan, Oyo State, around 11 am on Sunday from Kogi State where...

Trial continued on Monday for the driver of the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit, Andrew Ominikoron, who allegedly murdered a fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwole. The police witness, Goddy Ihende, was cross-examined by the defence counsel, Abayomi Omotubora, at the Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square. Ihende told...

Hundreds of commuters on Monday got stranded following a one-week strike action embarked upon by commercial drivers operating under the aegis of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association in Lagos State. THETALK.NG learnt that the group embarked on the strike in protest against the numerous fees imposed on its members by...

A mother of five, Chinyere Raman, has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment  by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State for trafficking a lady to Libya. Justice Abimbola Awogboro handed down the verdict on Friday after convicting her of human trafficking and promotion of prostitution. Raman was arraigned...

They are presently home with their families. I don’t have the full details, but I know they have been released. Students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have started a fundraising campaign to release their colleagues who were kidnapped by gunmen along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Two MAPOLY students,...

An incident happened yesterday night (Saturday) behind Yan Doya Market by Yan Ganda in the Jos North LGA. Some hoodlums on Saturday stabbed a youth to death at Yan Doya community, in the Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim was walking along...

Commercial motorcyclists, motorists and commercial drivers driving against traffic on Sunday compounded the gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, as both sides of the road were blocked. PUNCH Metro observed as Okada riders, in particular, rode from the Magboro, Ogun State end of the expressway down to Berger, Lagos State. Our...

Not that he doesn’t treat me well; we are also not quarrelling. We are two in the household, I am his second wife and I have been married to him since 2021. But I just hate when any man comes near me. The Borno State Police Command said it arrested...

PUNCHNG reports that the Joint Drivers’ Welfare Association of Nigeria has said it will commence its seven-day strike in Lagos State on Monday as it was unable to reach an agreement with the state government.The group, in a statement by its lawyer, Ayo Ademiluyi, said it had been subjected to...