The management of Babcock University has said that the school’s website has been hacked by some unknown persons. The school management confirmed this development in a statement signed by the Director, Communication & Marketing of the institution, Dr Joshua Suleiman. The statement read in part, “The public is hereby notified …

61-year-old cleric bags 18 yrs sentence for impregnating 16-yr-old girlAn Ondo State High Court has sentenced 61-year-old Pastor Famakinwa Ajayi, to 18 years imprisonment for defiling and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. The clergyman was dragged before the court by the state government after it was discovered that the suspect who …

Residents and passers-by around Isheri, Olowora Road, Ojodu Berger in Lagos woke up on Thursday to behold a strange scene in the neighbourhood. The corpse of a yet-to-be-identified man was said to have been found in a car in the neighbourhood. An eyewitness, who spoke with Punch Metro on the …

Atiku Abubakar attends Presidential Electional Tribunal proceedingsThe Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is present at the hearing of petitions and applications at the Presidential Election Petitions Court, (PEPC) sitting in Abuja. The tribunal will be hearing Atiku and the PDP’s motions seeking live transmission of …

The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed another petition filed by the Action Peoples Party (APP) seeking to upturn Bola Tinubu’s victory as Nigeria’s president-elect. A five-member panel of the court led by Haruna Tsammani had on Monday dismissed a petition by the Action Alliance (AA) following …

Manchester United receive major boost in their bid to sign 130M-rated Napoli striker Victor Osimhen Manchester United have received major boost in their bid to sign £130M-rated Napoli striker Victor Osimhen after Bayern Munich CEO Oliver Kahn hinted they will not go after the Nigerian this summer. The 24-year-old has …

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested Precious Ojo, aka obago, a suspected internet fraudster in Oghara, Delta State. The 26-year-old was arrested following a petition received from a United States of America citizen, on his fraudulent activities. The petitioner had alleged …

The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have thrown their full weight behind the request by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for a live broadcast of the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. Counsel to the Labour Party …

A student of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Job Alawari-Kei, has reportedly slumped and died after overdosing on a popular synthetic illicit drug known as Colorado. A student who spoke under anonymity with local media said the deceased young male, a 300-level student in the Department of Gas and …

President Buhari writes Senate, requests $800m World bank loanPresident Buhari has sent a letter to the Senate seeking approval to take a loan of $800 million from the World Bank to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. Recall that in April, the Federal Government announced that as part of its …