Metro News

3 dead, 7 others injured after billboard fell on commercial bus in Lagos

A construction truck hit the billboard while working on the highway.

Armed bandits storm Kogi police station, kill officers and cart away guns

The gunmen arrived the police station on motorcycles armed with AK- 47 rifles.

Banker, 30, “repeatedly drugs, rapes orphan; impregnates her”

Agu allegedly threatened his victim not to disclose the sexual abuse to anyone.

“I wasn’t trying to kill her, I only wanted sex” – Man rapes girl, 8, in Nassarawa

NSCDC Commander said Daniel Tahan-Gafera was caught strangling the little girl after raping her.

EVIL! Pastor, accomplice cut woman’s head, bury her inside church in Ogun

The pastor claimed Raliat was killed during initiation into a cult group.

Woman strangles pregnant mum-to-be to death, slices her belly to steal unborn child

Cinthia Fatima allegedly performed a horrific operation on Jessica Gabriela to cover-up her own miscarriage.

Notorious robber disguises as drink seller, robs motorists in Lagos traffic

Oluwole allegedly uses a hammer to break car glasses and robs owners of their valuables.

Landlady’s son attacks woman, 12-year-old boy over Easter chicken

Emuobonuvie and Onobrakpeya were allegedly attacked by their landlady and her son with a razor blade.

“I started robbing to cater for my pregnant wife” – Suspect

Obe Awa, 29, was arrested alongside three others for robbing a bank customer.

Father of four shoots uncle to death over alcoholic drink addiction

Dodo said he shot his uncle to death after he beat him up for consuming the drink.

Scorned wife “stabs husband to death for cheating” in Gabon

The woman was said to have found out her husband fathered a baby with another woman.

Students’ bodies found floating on water after heavy rain

The deceased’s bodies were retrieved from the flood after a heavy rain in the Alagbado area of Lagos.

Scorned lover bathes girlfriend with acid over family’s marriage refusal

Faisal bathed his girlfriend with acid after her family rejected his marriage proposal.

Unknown assailants slit sex worker’s throat in hotel’s toilet in Borno

The sex worker’s lifeless body was found inside the hotel’s toilet.

Unknown gunmen in army camouflage kill 6 in Kaduna

Seperate attacks in Kaduna State led to the death of six persons while several others were injured.

Father of two nabbed with 3 human skulls in Ilorin

Ajenifuja was intercepted while taking three human skulls to an Islamic cleric in Ilorin.

Man loses 3 children to mysterious disease, 7 other deaths recorded in Kano

A mysterious disease outbreak has claimed the lives of 10 underage children in Kano.

Truck driver remanded in Kirikiri prison over reckless driving

Kayode Oyebamiji’s alleged reckless driving led to the death of another driver.