Category: Metro
UK auctioner sells Igbo statues stolen during civil war for N86m
Christie’s, a British auction company, has defied criticisms to sell two Igbo life-sized wooden statutes which disappeared during the civil war for an [...]
Man beats girlfriend to death for refusing him sex
The police in Oyo state have arrested 26-year-old Shagbada Erigga pictured above for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Happiness Winifred, 30, for ref [...]
Mother, daughter macheted in Ibadan
A mother and daughter were on Sunday attacked in their home in Moniya, Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan, Oyo State, amid an escalation of viol [...]
See ex-gov Ajimobi’s 22 room Ibadan mansion on 48 plots under litigation
The Government of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde on Thursday, had announced the revocation of some plots of land within the Agodi Government Reservation Area [...]
Kidnappers kill doctor, son after collecting N7.5m ransom
Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team have arrested members of a kidnap syndicate, who allegedly killed three of their victims, after collectin [...]
Business magnate, philanthropist, Chief Bode Akindele is dead
Wealthy Ibadan-born business magnate and philanthropist, Chief Bode Akindele is dead. Chief Akindele who until his death was the Parakoyi of Ibadan la [...]
Northern motorcyclists stone man to death in Lagos for hitting partially sighted man
A businessman, Usman Yamah, has been killed by a group of motorcyclists in the Elepe area of the Ikorodu North Local Government Area of Lagos State, T [...]
Body of 6-yr-old raped to death found in Kaduna Mosque
The corpse of a six-year-old girl Khadijah Ya’u suspected to have been raped to death by her captor(s) was found in a mosque located at New Road, Kurm [...]
We don’t need money, only her virginity – Cultists tell dad of abducted girl
The father of 20-year-old Patience Emmanuel, who was abducted by suspected cultists in Bauchi State, has revealed the heartbreaking details of the mes [...]
I offered N200 to my boss’ twin daughters to defile them — Staff
A 26-year-old man from Umuaka in Imo State, identified as Chinedu Obi, has confessed that he started sleeping with his employer’s 10-year-old twin gir [...]