Metro News

VIDEO: “Killer” fuel tanker driver u-turns on Third Mainland Bridge

Lagos is full of wonders…dangerous wonders!

Man stabs self in head and neck at Heathrow

He tore open his shirt and turned the blade on himself outside Fortnum & Mason

48 days on, Nigerian author still missing

Resident in Lagos, the Edo state indigene is about 5ft, 6 inches tall, with brown eyes and dark in complexion

Ahhhh! Lagos residents hire two men to scoop shit from septic tank

The topless men scooped the shit into rice bags which would then be dumped at God knows where.

Japanese women lose battle to keep surname after marriage

This comes as a blow to women’s rights activist who believe the law is an infringement on women’s fundamental rights as most couples end up using the husband’s surname.

Guilty as charged! 16 year old convicted of murder and rape of his mathematics teacher

Phillip Chism, at 14, was accused of using a box cutter to stab his 24-year-old teacher and then violating her in the woods, where her body was found.

Tears, agony as groundnut oil burns Lagos house to ashes

Some children allegedly poured water in hot groundnut oil. The rest is devastating.

Photo: Fuel tanker loses control, rams into pavement on Minna bridge

Here’s what happened after a fuel tanker driver lost it.

Ikorodu horror! Eight female bodies found in ten days

The last two bodies were still fresh when they were found.

Lagos police allegedly demand “Christmas package” from motorists in Surulere

“Is this the change?” Lagos motorist who claims police extorted money from him asks.

Photos: At home in a garbage truck, Lagos refuse collectors take a nap

Lagos is not easy. It’s true.

Breaking! Truck on fire in Lekki, traffic rapidly building

A tanker is presently on fire at Jakande roundabout in Lekki.

Happening now: House on fire in palmgrove

This house is on fire

Photos: Fuel tanker catches fire while discharging fuel

NNPC mega station is on fire.

Typhoon Melor sends 750,000 on the run in central Philippines

Typhoon Melor made landfall, Monday morning, on tiny Batag Island in the eastern Philippines, and a second landfall is expected in Sorsogon province.

41 police officers dead after bus falls off bridge in Argentina

About 60 people were on the bus and rescue workers are still trying to free those trapped.

Busted! This guy scammed the Police 6 times

He rushed to this office to say that one of our patrol teams, Metro Patrol Team 7, arrested him and that they extorted from him a sum of about N150,000.

Welcome to Bauchi market where only one tribe can trade

There are Nigerians from almost all ethnic groups in Bauchi, but only one can trade at this major market.