Category: Metro

Former Ekiti governor Ayodele Fayose has been granted bail this morning over the N30.8 billion fraud charge against him by the Economic and Financial [...]

Outrage greets Buhari’s evasion of Badagry-Seme road

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday evaded the notorious Lagos-Badagry-Seme Road, preferring to fly instead to Seme for the official handover of the [...]

Customs intercepts N27m stew imported from China

Following some intelligence gathering, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a container full with imported stew and some other edible ite [...]

Police killed ex-minister’s niece for refusing to open car door

Fresh facts have emerged on the circumstances surrounding the killing in Abuja of Anita Akapson, said to be the niece of a former Minister of Finance, [...]

Oshiomhole tells court to reject suit seeking to probe him for corruption

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to strike out a suit seeking a [...]

Garba Shehu defends NHIS Executive Secretary, says he launched a major reform

Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu has absolved President Muhammadu Buhari of allegations of double standard in the crisis rocking the National Healt [...]

DSS denies claims that it aided Nnamdi Kanu’s escape

The Department of State Services has described as fake news the claim that five operatives of the agency aided and abetted the embattled leader of the [...]

Nnamdi Kanu not in Jerusalem, says Israeli govt

The Israeli government, yesterday, said there was no evidence of the appearance of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Nnamdi Kanu in [...]

Kwara governorship aspirant, Atunwa skips NYSC, forges certificate

The governorship candidate of PDP in Kwara State, Razak Atunwa, did not participate in Nigeria’s compulsory national youth service scheme, online news [...]