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A Frenchman detained for 18 years after trying to smuggle drugs into Bali arrived in Geneva on Sunday and was.... Read more via Punch Nigeria Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2LGWfvY Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, feels younger among a multitude of pupils that participated in this year’s edition of the Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange programme that marked his 84th birthday, AKEEM LASISI writes Even if someone is as old as Methuselah, if he finds himself...

Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has evacuated 152 out of the over 230 Nigerians who were stranded in Russia after the 2018 World Cup tournament. The football fans boarded an Ethiopian aircraft on Friday morning and were expected to arrive Abuja by 6pm. Some media had reported...

Adesua Etomi, the wife of Banky W has praised her husband’s open letter to the social media stalker, who expressed shock that he was driving a 2008 car. In a tweet, Adesua wrote; “Trust my husband to make lemonade out of Lemons. This isn’t a response to the ignorance. This … via Punch...

Yinka Badejo With much ado about schools closing around the nation, Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has reached out to parents on the issues of child molestation, which, according to the entertainer, is usually rampant during holidays. According to her, the mother of one advised parents not to...

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has challenged the governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi to begin probe of his government now instead of waiting till October 16 that he.... Read more via Punch Nigeria Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2L6VHDm Get More Nigeria Political News

An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, ordered that three men be remanded over alleged unlawful possession … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2msw4y4 Get More Nigeria Metro News

A fake visa agent, Oyadokun Oladele, on Thursday appeared before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining N900,000 from his … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2uLUTsM Get More Nigeria Metro News

A Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Thursday, ordered a divorce seeking housewife, Binta Sani, to pay N20,000 to her estranged ... Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2Nqb3zA Get More Nigeria Metro News

Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Plenary at the Senate was rowdy for about 30 minutes after its President, Bukola Saraki, read a letter from President Muhammadu … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2L5J1Nc Get More Nigeria Political News

Boko Haram fighters killed six traders when they ambushed a convoy of lorries under military escort in northeast Nigeria, a civilian militia member and a local resident said on Thursday. “Six traders were killed in an ambush by Boko Haram gunmen on Tuesday,” said Umar Kachalla, from the …...

The Police in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality have arrested 129 suspects for organising online gambling, local police said on Thursday. Police in … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2L67qCe Get More Nigeria Metro News

As the world celebrated the centenary birthday of Nelson Mandela on Wednesday, Twitter users used the opportunity to debate why most of the late … Read more via Punch Newspapers – https://ift.tt/2L5JBdQ Get More Nigeria Metro News

A controversy ensued on social media during the week when a radio presenter, Misi Molu, had stated during an interview that she preferred Yemi Alade as a singer with better vocal range than Tiwa Savage, who, in her opinion, just usually shouted. During that … via Punch Newspapers –...

Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo Some soldiers attached to the Joint Task Force in Taraba State, codenamed, Operation Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race) have allegedly beaten a 27-year-old man, Yusufa Haruna, to death at Mbamga, in the Sarduana Local Government Area of the state. Read more via Punch...