Category: Metro
Fugitive Maina arrested in Niger Republic
Fugitive Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), has been arrested by authorities in the Niger Repub [...]
We informed military of attack but nothing was done – Survivor of Borno killing
One of the survivors of the recent attack on farmers in Borno state has alleged that the villagers informed the military about an imminent attack bu [...]
Zulum leads funeral of 43 farmers beheaded in Borno by Boko Haram
Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, on Sunday led the funeral to bury 43 farmers beheaded by the Boko Haram insurgents. The funeral which had in [...]
Breaking: Boko Haram beheads 43 farmers in Borno
Members of the Boko Haram sect on Saturday killed 45 farmers in Zamarmari area of Jere local government area of Borno State.
Zabarmari is also lo [...]
Sade Ale, wife of Akeredolu’s chief of staff regains freedom
Sade Ale, wife of Olugbenga Ale, chief of staff to Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, has regained freedom. She was abducted at Owena in Idan [...]
How hoodlums sold two policemen’s skulls for N1,000
The two suspected hoodlums, Adewale Abiodun and Aliu Mubarak, arrested for being in possession of the burnt skulls of the two policemen set ab [...]
How SARS bullet killed my 3 day old baby – Man tells panel
A 50-year old man, Norde Sylvester, on Wednesday said a bullet from the gun of personnel of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad killed his three- [...]
North, worst place to live in Nigeria, bandits operate freely – Sultan
The Sultan of Sokoto and President of the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said that the n [...]
Black Friday: ‘Focus on kidnapping and killing’ – Yesufu, Sani tell Hisbah police
In the wake of a warning given by Hisbah Police to Cool FM, Kano, to refrain from using the phrase 'Black Friday', activist and co-convener of Bri [...]
Black Friday is derogatory, it is a holy day – Hisbah warns radio station
The Kano State Hisbah Board, which is tasked with the duty of enforcing Sharia law in Kano State, has written a letter to a radio [...]