Metro

A lady identified as Ada Ezeudo has been murdered yesterday by someone suspected to be her lover’s wife, in Ifitedunu, Anambra state. The body of the deceased, from Mgbuke Umunnachi, was found along a road with a short note beside her corpse, suggesting that she might have been killed by the wife of an alleged […]

Rats reportedly broke into an ATM machine at the State Bank of India branch in Tinsukia district and shredded banknotes worth N17 million (1.2 million rupees, £13,300; $17,600). BBC reports that the discovery was made after some technicians who came to fix a malfunctioning cash machine opened it up. It was gathered that banknotes worth more

Two persons died when a truck loaded with boards and plywood tilted on the Ojuelegba Bridge, Surulere, Lagos State late on Tuesday evening. Two other persons were also injured, according to an update provided by the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr Adesina Tiamiyu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the

A 15-year-old girl, Rukayat Taiwo, has reportedly committed suicide in a bid to escape being beaten by her mother. The incident happened at 31 Adeez Hgoro Street Jakande, Okokomaiko, Lagos State. The teenager fondly called Ruka was confirmed dead at the Iganmu General Hospital in Lagos, after drinking poisonous substance believed to be rat poison,

An Indonesian was killed when his mother’s coffin fell from a funeral tower and crushed him during a service on the island of Sulawesi, police said on Sunday. Samen Kondorura, 40, died Friday when pallbearers lost their footing while carrying the coffin up a bamboo ladder in the Parinding valley in North Toraja district, local

Officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), have taken to its Twitter page to share photos of a recent freak accident that occurred in the Isolo area of the state. LASEMA said no life was lost in the accident involving a brown Toyota Highlander Sports Utility Vehicle. It was gathered that the vehicle veered off the

A couple on an extended vacation has died after they allegedly fell 100ft off a beach wall while taking selfies in Portugal. The pair Louise Benson, and her partner, Michael Kearns, were taking pictures from a street overlooking the beach when they lost their balance and fell, local media reported. The pair had been reportedly

A Nigerian man, identified as Obazie Sunday, has narrated how he deposited  N167,000 but was credited with N1.67 million. Sunday who did not reveal the name of the bank said he was shocked when he received the alert and decided to confide in his friend. He also said that to confirm that the money was

A woman accidentally got her eye pencil lodged in her eye after the taxi she was travelling in slammed into a truck while she was putting on her makeup. According to DailyMail the lady who is in her 20s was sitting in the back of the cabin in a slow-moving traffic jam in Bangkok, Thailand, and was

The police have uncovered an illegal blood bank allegedly operated by a 45-year-old man, Paul Achegbulu, in Bariga area of Lagos State. The suspect was arrested by a team of police officers led by the state’s Commissioner, Imohimi Edgal. Reports said police recovered seven pints of blood from the suspect who lives in one-room apartment