A naval officer’s two children died in a fire he started accidentally while allegedly beating his wife in Lagos on Friday. The incident involving the naval officer identified by officials of the Gbagada General Hospital simply as Udofia, took place at the Nigerian Navy Town, Ojo. According to a hospital official, who pleaded anonymity because […]
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Abducted girls: Hopes of early rescue dim
May 3, 2014 
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Hopes of an early rescue for the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, appeared dim as security agencies are yet to discover the exact location of the pupils, Saturday Punch’s investigations have revealed. Although the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, had assured Nigerians that […]
Continue reading Second Nyanya Blast: Two People Arrested, Unexploded Bomb Found
May 2, 2014 5 Comments
Two Camerounians were arrested at the scene of the yesterday’s blast at Nyanya, Abuja, The Paradigm reports. According to the information gathered, the two detained suspects could neither understand nor speak English. An eyewitness told The Paradigm that a Mazda car was used for the bombings, while Premium Times previously reported that it was Volkswagen Golf. The […]
Continue reading Abducted Schoolgirls – My “Sambisa” Tale: Chibok Girl
May 2, 2014 7 Comments
It was going to be like a normal night It was going to be a chat with my fellow girls until I give-in to sleep It was going to be a night with Amina, Fatima and Hauwa Just a normal night… just after I said my little prayer A night when the moon couldn’t whisper […]
Continue reading Miley Cyrus Still Sick To Perform
May 1, 2014 2 Comments
After symptoms from her allergic reaction returned, Miley was forced to push back two moreBangerz tour dates, one in Amsterdam on Friday and another in Antwerp on Sunday. She will now perform in Antwerp on June 20 and Amsterdam on June 22. “After a period of improvement, Cyrus’ symptoms have returned and doctors will not permit […]
Continue reading Housewife Bites Off Neighbour’s Ear, Swallows It
April 29, 2014 7 Comments
A 30-year old house wife, Mrs Chizoba Ejike, has appeared before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos for allegedly biting off the ear of her neighbour and swallowing it in anger. According to other neighbours, the suspect was engaged in a fight with the victim, one Mrs. Ndidi Eze at their residence at 20, […]
Continue reading Policeman abducts, brutalises eight-year-old girl
April 28, 2014 8 Comments
Residents of Olufowobi Street, Ketu, Lagos, were thrown into confusion after an eight-year-old girl, Amarachi Abakwam, was found tied up and brutalised under the bed of a policeman attached to Police Mobile Force 22. Punch Metro learnt that the policeman, Augustine Gbuchenge, with Force number 400823, lived in the same compound with Amarachi’s family. The father […]
Continue reading UK, US join search for abducted schoolgirls
April 27, 2014 5 Comments
Britain and the United States of America have joined the search for the 234 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, by the Boko Haram sect. The girls were kidnapped in their hostel on April 14 after members of the sect, pretending to be soldiers, lured the pupils away from their hostel before […]
Continue reading 44 killed as Boko Haram attacks military base
April 26, 2014 6 Comments
Again, Boko Haram insurgents have attacked a military unit at Blabili, Danboa, Borno State, in the early hours of Friday. The latest attack came on the heels of the recent abduction of more than 100 female students in Chibok locality of the state. Not less than 40 insurgents and four soldiers were killed in the […]
Continue reading Policeman Rapes Teenager In Anambra
April 22, 2014 7 Comments
A police sergeant has raped the 13-year-old daughter of a popular pastor at Ukpor in Anambra State. The girl who said the policeman threatened to kill her if she revealed it to anyone is now pregnant after opening up to her mother when she started experiencing ‘’stomach pain.’’ Although the policeman who was said to […]
Continue reading Latest update: 190 schoolgirls remain missing, not 77 – Principal
April 22, 2014 1 Comment
About 190 schoolgirls remain missing after being abducted last week by Boko Haram insurgents, their head teacher, Asabe Kwabura, told the British Broadcasting Corporation on Monday. She said the parents of 230 girls had reported them missing but that 40 had managed to escape from the insurgents. The 190 figure is far more than the 77 given […]
Continue reading Nyanya blast: ‘Men in military uniform bombed park’
April 19, 2014 6 Comments
The car containing the bomb that exploded at Nyanya Motor Park, Abuja, on Monday, was driven to the park by two men in military uniform. The Head of Operations of Isiyaka Nagode Enterprises, Salisu Mukhtar, disclosed this in an interview with one of Punch correspondents in Abuja on Thursday. Mukhtar also said that the staff […]
Continue reading Victims Of Deadly NIS Stampede Feel The Government Abandoned Them
April 17, 2014 1 Comment
One month has passed after the deadly stampede at Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) examination centres. Some victims recounted their ordeal in a talk with newsmen on April 16, 2014, Wednesday, noted that they are yet to be compensated and employed, despite all the promises by the Federal Government. A father of three, Paul Nasiru, lost his wife, Mariam, […]
Continue reading Boko Haram Abducts 103 Girls From High School In Chibok
April 15, 2014 8 Comments
We have just learned that suspected members of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, have abducted 103 students in a daring raid at the Girls Secondary School in Chibok, a town on the border between Borno and Adamawa States. The group’s assault on the all-female high school took place on Monday night. A security source […]
Continue reading UPDATE ON ABUJA EXPLOSION: Bomb Explosion Rocks Nyanya Park, Many Dead
April 14, 2014 3 Comments
Nigerians woke up this morning to another sad and heartbreaking news of bomb blast that rocked the popular El-rufai park, by over head bridge Nyanya, the outskirt of Abuja. More than 200 people are feared dead in an explosion which rocked an outskirt of Abuja, the Nigerian capital, this morning 7.00am ( Monday, 14th April, […]
Continue reading 70-year-old HIV Positive Man Allegedly Rapes 13-year-old Girl
April 13, 2014 1 Comment
A 70-year-old man, Thursday, allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl in Barkinladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Chris Olakpe, confirmed this on Saturday to journalists in Jos, the state capital. Mr. Olakpe said the suspect, who is HIV positive, was arrested, following a tip off by neighbours; and brought […]
Continue reading Boko Haram kills Eight Teachers…
April 12, 2014 2 Comments
The outlawed Boko Haram sect launched attacks on troubled Borno town Thursday killing 8 teachers The sect in the latest attacks on Thursday evening invaded three towns of Borno; Dikwa (in the central), Gwoza and Kalahgde (both in South). In the attack on yet to be identified school in Dikwa, some residents of the town […]
Continue reading Police: Child Bride Forced into Marriage Kills Four Including Groom
April 11, 2014 2 Comments
The police have said that a child bride forced into marriage in Kano State prepared a poisoned meal that has killed her groom and three of his friends. According to AFP, the police quoted 14-year-old Wasila Umaru as saying she used rat poison in the food because she was forced to marry a man she […]
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