Bank manager, accomplice divert customers’ N14m
Afeez Hanafi The police in Lagos have arrested an ex-manager of Ecobank Nigeria Plc, Ejigbo branch, 41-year-old Ikechukwu Aghanenu, for allegedly colluding with a suspected fraudster, Anthony Okpala,...
View Article13-year-old sets new record in Maths competition
Folashade Adebayo For solving 17 Maths questions in one minute, a pupil of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State, Oluwatunmise Idowu, has set a new record in the annual Cowbellpedia...
View ArticleNo written post-UTME for varsities, JAMB insists
Alexander Okere The Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Friday dismissed the speculation of a stalemate in the admission of fresh...
View ArticleFraudsters hold businessman hostage, force him to sign N8m cheque
Adelani Adepegba The police in Abuja have arrested three suspected fraudsters, who held a businessman hostage at Durumi, Area One, seized his property documents and forced him to sign a Diamond bank...
View ArticleEx-RCCG pastor writes Adeboye open letter, demands unpaid fees, others
Jesusegun Alagbe After serving at the Redeemed Christian Church of God for 23 years, Bayo Akinjiyan, 55, has decried what he described as “man’s inhumanity to man and the travesty of justice” by the...
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Mystery: Pregnant woman dies after falling inside pits twice in one week
The pit The look on his face said it all, and it was a look with many emotions rolled up in one. Each of his words was laced with a deep sense of grief, despair, and confusion; he had lost his woman...
View ArticleMan drugged, dumped in Nigeria after two months in Swiss jail
Jesusegun Alagbe As he sat on the chair last Monday evening, Prince Ugochukwu brought out a white handkerchief from his pocket with his right hand, wiping off the small tear drops that clouded his red...
View ArticleWhen marriage is not the answer…
One who is not ready to face his /her reality, seeks answers in the wrong places. A lot of the times you think ‘not having a spouse’ is the issue, is actually when you don’t need one. Emotional...
View Article‘Good meets Evil’ as Bolt, Galtin battle for world fastest man
The battle to be crowned world’s fastest man takes centre stage at the Rio Olympics on Sunday with Usain Bolt facing another showdown with Justin Gatlin where the image of athletics on the line. Twelve...
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PHOTOS: Lagos shuts 12 houses with ‘oil wells’
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View ArticleI don’t know what Buhari should do, I’ve stopped advising people –Pat Utomi
Professor of Political Economy and Management expert, Pat Utomi, shares his thoughts on the state of the country’s economy, politics and other issues in this interview with JESUSEGUN ALAGBE There were...
View ArticleSex video: UNIOSUN lecturer accuses former colleague, others of blackmail
The embattled lecturer at the Department of Languages and Linguistics of the Osun State University, Ikire Campus, Dr. Olabode Ojoniyi, has accused one of the lecturers of the university, who was...
View ArticleNigerians arrested for drug trafficking not our members — MFM
Bayo Akinloye Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Church, popularly called MFM, has denied that eight Nigerians arrested by Cambodian authorities for alleged drug trafficking are its members....
View ArticleYou don’t need money to start a travel agency – Nweke
Chief Executive Officer, Atlas GT Tours Limited, 29-year-old Emmanuel Nweke, spoke with COMFORT OSEGHALE on the pains of running a business in Nigeria How did you develop an interest in travel and...
View ArticleAPC didn’t know things were this bad during campaign — Odigie-Oyegun
Leke Baiyewu The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the party did not know while it was campaigning that the economy of Nigeria was in a very...
View ArticlePolice arrest housewife for breaking arm, leg of stepson
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a housewife, Fatimoh Olanrewaju, for allegedly breaking arms and legs of her 5-year-old stepson, Iyanu. SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that the toddler is currently on...
View ArticleGo for gold, Buhari tells Nigerian soccer team
Olalekan Adetayo President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday night praised the indomitable spirit of the Nigerian soccer team to the Olympics Games, which saw them winning their quarter final match against...
View ArticleKogi APC chief, four others kidnapped
Gbenga Odogun A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress in Kogi State, Idris Ozi Shaibu, and four others have been kidnapped at Osara along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja Highway in Adavi Local Government Area...
View ArticleI love dancing to Fela, Sunny Ade’s music – Irish diplomat
Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Ireland in Nigeria, Eoghan McSwiney, shares with BAYO AKINLOYE his experience in Nigeria and love for Fela Kuti and King Sunny Ade’s music If you were to leave...
View ArticleThose seeking Obasanjo’s probe are jealous — Fasawe
An associate of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Otunba Oyewole Fasawe, who was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on alleged corrupt charges, tells BAYO AKINLOYE that calls...
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