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The Assistant Inspector-General of Police for the Zone II Command Headquarters in Lagos, Abdulmajid Ali, on Saturday said the case files of a man alleged to have named his dog ‘Buhari’ should be transferred to his desk with immediate effect. “For now, the AIG Zone II has called for a meeting that we want to call the parties involved in the matter to see how the matter could be resolved,” Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told PREMIUM TIMES. Joe Chinakwe, 30, was arrested and confined to a police cell in Sango Otta, Ogun State, for three days last week after a neighbour complained that he named his dog ‘Buhari,’ the Vanguard reported. The neighbour, who police identified as Halilu Umar from Sokoto State, reportedly told the police that Mr. Chinakwe’s decision was aimed at spiting and ridiculing his father who also happened to be named ‘Alhaji Buhari.’ Mr. Chinakwe, a trader, was immediately arrested and detained for three days without bail...

A major confrontation capable of further embarrassing Nigeria at the 2016 Olympic Games appears to be brewing between members of the Dream Team VI and officials of Nigeria Football Federation over a cash gift from a Japanese doctor. The donation, totalling $390,000, came from Katsuya Takasu, a plastic surgeon and football enthusiast, to boost the morale of the Nigerian players who have been bogged down by financial inadequacies. Mr. Takasu informed the Nigerian government through its embassy in Tokyo that he intended to make the donation, adding that he would fly Brazil to personally hand in the funds to the players and also watch Nigerian team’s duel with Honduras played this Saturday. Nigeria defeated Honduras 3-2, winning bronze at the Olympics, 20 years after it defeated Argentina to clinch gold at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics. Mr. Takasu said the team coach, Samson Siasia, and its captain, Mikel Obi, should each take $200,000 and $190,000, respectiv...

Izuchukwu F. Ezimoha A Nigerian man living in Indonesia who was recently executed by the Indonesian government for allegedly dealing in drug trafficking has been laid to rest amid tears by family and friends. Izuchukwu F. Ezimoha was among the three Nigerians executed in Indonesia for alleged drug trafficking. He was buried in his multi-million mansion in Ezigbo village, Ihiala LGA of Anambra State on Thursday, August 18th. His outing service will hold tomorrow in his village.

Self-made Olympian/US based Nigerian professional rower, Chierika Ukogu, 23, has resumed medical school. Having financed her own training, travel, and other costs, Chierika had previously put medical school on hold in order to represent Nigeria at the 2016 Rio Olympics. More photos below

These two men alleged to be ritualists, were apprehended at Otokutu bridge, Ughelli South local govt area of Delta State today August 20th. Residents of the community found them with human parts. They have been handed over to the police. Another photo below

Senate President Bukola Saraki has come to the plight of the mother of iconic footballer, Rashidi Yekini who died on May 4th 2012. Rashidi's mother, Alhaja Sikirat Yekini, made headline news after photos of her poor living condition was made public some months ago. In reaction to the story, Senate President Bukola Saraki picked up the bill to renovate her home, stocked up her small shop where she sells food items and provided Yekini's younger brother, Akeem Yekini a tricycle for his business. The senate President also employed the service of a private nurse who would take care of her medical needs. See before and after photos of her shop and home below...

This man was eating when a friend visited him, but he hid his food from his friend, so that he will not short his ration. unknowing to him, his dog was chained behind him, so by the time his friend left, you will not believe what happened to his food.... Watch Video Below Click HERE to watch video

Joseph Okafor The Commissioner of Police in Abia State, Mr. Adeyele Oyebade, has reunited one Master Joseph Okafor, who was stolen from his parents on the 27th of May, 2015 at Eluma Lokpaukwu in Umunneochi Local Council with parents, Punch reports. While handing over the two-year-old boy to his father, Mr. Francis Okafor, the CP said the little Okafor was abducted on the said date by two men, one Chibuike Uzoegwu and Ezenwa Nwazue, from their family house and taken to an unknown destination. Oyebade added that the suspects were later arrested and charged to court by the police, but the child had yet to be found then. The CP added that effort were further intensified by the police to find the boy, which yielded fruits as the little Joseph was seen in a church at Okigwe, Imo State on the 17th of August 2016 in the custody of one Emelda Iduma, who hails from Afikpo, Eboyi State. He said,  “The suspect had already renamed the little boy David Kel...

Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark Leaders and traditional rulers from the six coastal communities in Niger Delta on Friday set up a negotiation team to meet with the Federal Government on behalf of militants in the region. This was contained in a communiqué issued after a one-day stakeholders’ meeting held at the PTI Conference Centre Effurun, Delta State. The communiqué, which was signed by the Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, was read by Prof. G.G Darah, called on militants in the region to stop further attacks on oil facilities. The negotiation team, whose members were not immediately disclosed in the communiqué, would begin work beginning from yesterday (Friday) and it would speak on behalf of the various militant groups in the region. It also said there was the need for the restructuring of the country in line with the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference held in Abuja. The meeting resolved to establish a pan-Niger Delta Platfor...

The inch-long scar on the neck of 53-year-old Mrs. Christiana Ashinwo, is one of the physical reminders of the horror of Sunday, April 24, 2016. She sat on a chair quietly in the sitting room of a house in Agbado area of Lagos, which she built with the sweat and suffering of many years as a single mother and plank vendor. Her head was bowed when our correspondent went to meet her. But when Mrs Ashinwo looked up, her eyes were glazed with a faraway look that would easily giveaway the fact that she could have witnessed trauma, great trauma that she obviously had yet to recover from. Who would blame her? Watching her daughter killed before her presence, is enough to give her chills every moment for the rest of her life. The horrific incident she witnessed and survived few months ago in Kwara State remains so fresh on her mind. Our correspondent had reported on April 30 how Mrs. Ashinwo and her daughter, 30-year-old Oluwatosin Ashinwo, an employee of MTN in Ilorin, Kwara ...

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Friday said some dark forces had been busy hijacking the powers given to the anti-graft agency to battle economic and financial crimes in the country. Mr. Magu stated this while presenting a paper titled “This Is Our Chance’’ at the Symposium organized by members of the National Association of Democratic Lawyers, NADL, in Lagos. “When these dark forces gather (as they have), our expectation is that bodies such as the National Association of Democratic Lawyers would rise up, without any further prompting and come to our rescue,” the EFCC chairman said. “The tug-and-pull for the soul of the EFCC aptly mirrors that for the control of the destiny of our dear nation.” Mr. Magu did not provide details of those he said were gathering and scheming to appropriate the functions and powers of his commission. He however vowed that his agency would counter the dark forces and ensure...

As you probably already know, the bottom of your feet contains powerful and direct access points to the internal organs in your body. In the Chinese medicine these points are called meridians. These so called meridians represent pathways to each organ within your body. Many people are skeptical about these beliefs. However, those who understand Chinese medicine know that the meridian system is very closely correlated with the nervous system. In order to understand the Chinese medicine, it is very important for you to know that there is a great number of different nerve endings located on the feet (approximately 7,000 meridians) which can be linked directly todifferent organs. These meridians act as very powerful electrical circuits in the body. However these meridians are often inactive. This is because we wear shoes all the time and in the same time we don’t use acupuncture in order to encourage the meridians or the nerves. That is why walking barefoot is hig...

There are indications that the Federal Government has begun moves to exchange the Chibok girls with some Boko Haram detainees. Saturday PUNCH gathered that as part of the moves, security agencies had started conducting a fresh profiling of the Boko Haram detainees in line with a directive of the Federal Government. It was learnt the profiling would include the time they were arrested and the de-radicalisation programme they had undergone. Findings showed that besides the military, the police, the Nigeria Prison Service, the office of the National Security Adviser and the Ministry of Justice would be involved in the swop talks. It was gathered that although the government had not decided on the militants that would be released in exchange for the Chibok girls, insurgents, who had not been tried could be the first beneficiaries of the swop deal. It was also learnt that detainees, who had undergone the “de-radicalisation” programme of the government, would be c...