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Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former president, has publicly expressed support for the electioneering campaign of Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking at the launch of My Watch in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday, Obasanjo, who served his two terms as president under ...

A prison inmate, Theophilus Adeniyi, has received a second class upper degree in Peace studies and Conflict Resolution from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). According to NAN, Adeniyi, an inmate awaiting trial, is a pioneer student of NOUN at its Enugu Prison study centre. He was on Tuesday ...

If you have read the book, you would understand why they need seat covers. In a very pre-emptive move, cinema chains across America are reportedly taking drastic measures to preserve the upholstery of the seats in their screens ahead of Friday’s long-awaited release of 50 Shades Of Grey. The movie ...

Lagos State Command has rescued one Saheed Kolawole, owner of Scot Hotel, who was reportedly kidnapped at Ikorodu, Lagos on January 31, 2015. Vanguard gathered that the kidnappers, who initially demanded for $200,000 as ransom later settled for $100,000 after negotiating with the victim’s family. The kidnappers, whose operational vehicle ...

A man purported to be Lagos governor’s uncle, Alhaji Kayode Fashola, has been accused of beating up his wife. In the viral message posted by one Rachel Adenuaga on social media, the Alhaji in question was labelled as irresponsible, chronic womaniser, unrepentant drunk and a chain smoker. Rachel Adenuga, who ...

Precious Okoro, the 15-year-old schoolgirl, who was kidnapped by a syndicate suspected to be operating from the Niger Republic, may have been sold to a pimp in Niamey, the country’s capital. The victim’s mother, Blessing, told Punch Metro that she spoke with a woman on the telephone who abused her ...

Below is a press statement from APC signed by its National Publicity Secretary… The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that some people suspected to be agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have resorted to underhand tactics, including the purchase of PVCs and the intimidation of some ...

People are still talking about that awkward moment 90-year-old president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe fell in public. And now, 27 of Mugabe’s security guards who were present during the incident are bearing the brunt of the backlash. They have all been suspended, Times Live reports. Sources state that in the ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Through a top official has denied reports that a replacement has been chosen for its Chairman, Attahiru Jega. Facebook Rumours have been rife that Jega has been replaced by Professor Nazim Olufemi Mimiko, INEC Has confirmed that the News is nothing but an unfounded ...

A tragically-mutated piglet born with ‘a face like a human’s’ has died not long after birth – but now collectors are keen to buy the animal’s remains. The extraordinary-looking creature was recently born on a Chinese farm and when pictures of it circulated online, owner Tao Lu was flooded with ...

Our attention has been drawn to multiple news reports that Nigerians less than 40 years of age will not be granted visa to the UAE. While Bespoke Vacations is not in a position to refute this, it os important to note that a UAE Visa application needs to be sponsored ...

Lagos state governorship candidates, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje and All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Akin Ambode on Monday signed a Peace Pledge committing them to non-violence before, during and after the elections. The duo signed the pledge at the official residence of the United States Consul-General in ...

A 28-year-old guard, Paul Onazi, has been arrested for allegedly stealing a Toyota Camry car and jewellery belonging to his bosses ─ Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ekpesi ─ who live in Gowon Estate in the Egbeda area of Lagos. Punch Metro gathered that Onazi, who occupied a mini flat on ...

The police in Lagos have arrested the driver of a truck, Friday Egbe, for allegedly crushing two pedestrians to death in a fatal accident along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway area of the state. Punch Metro learnt that Egbe, who drove the truck with number plate XV 523 SMK, swerved off the ...

The police have arraigned 25-year-old painter, Hamzat Afeez, for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl in the Egbeda area of Lagos State. He was arraigned on one count of rape at the Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court. Punch Metro had reported how Afeez allegedly took the victim’s younger sister into his ...

The veteran nollywood actor,Prince Eke’s letter to General Buhari Read below: My letter to BUHARI, Sir ,let us examine your service records. I consider your generation a very privileged one, indeed. In 1975 at d age of 33, you were appointed d Military Governor of d North-Eastern State, present day ...

Mzee Beno who is currenlty in the race for the seat of Mayor in Kinondoni Dares Salaam Tanzania was caught in a local guest house with a young school girl by the mother. The girls mother had been reading her daughters sms and had been following her all the way ...

The life of a legal practitioner, Mr. Henry Gagariga, was last week Thursday cut short by his wife Victoria who tragically stabbed him to death in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Victoria, 28, sent the 33-year-old Gagariga to his untimely grave at their residence along Ebisam Road in Akenfa. She allegedly stabbed ...

Bauchi state police command has arrested a 45 years old man for allegedly raping her 11 years old biological daughter. According to the suspect Abubakar Magaji, a resident of Liman Kagum in Bauchi LGA he engaged in the ugly act because his wife left him. Magaji, a father of four ...

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, 90, fell down steps from a podium after speaking to supporters upon his return from Ethiopia, say witnesses. According to AP,Mugabe appeared to miss a step and toppled when he left the raised lectern at the airport Wednesday afternoon, according to several witnesses, who insisted on ...