Category: Metro
At least 30 people dead as cult war rages in Benin City
The security situation in Benin, Edo state capital, seems to have worsened following an increase in cases of cult-related killings, kidnapping and arm [...]
I saw corpse with bullet-torn head, protester tells panel
An #EndSARS protester, Kamsiyochukwu Perpetual, has said she saw many dead bodies, including one with a bullet-torn head, following the alle [...]
FG to feed, deworm children with N142.3bn in 2021
In 2021, under the Home-Grown School Feeding (NHGSFP), the federal government has penned N142.3 billion to feed 9.86 million children, deworm se [...]
Gunmen abduct lecturer, two children in Kaduna polytechnic
Two children and a staff of the Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna state, have been abducted. Gunmen invaded the staff quarters of the main campus [...]
81 dons write Biden, seek travel ban for culpable officials in Lekki shooting
Eighty-one professors of African Studies, both Nigerians and non-Nigerians, have written a letter to the United States President-elect Joe Bid [...]
Edo police under threat of prison escapees – Police Commissioner
Escapees from the two correctional centres in Benin City, Edo State, have been sending threat messages to policemen who investigated and prose [...]
How Nigerian army rescued Oba of Lagos from hoodlums – General Taiwo
As part of the revelations at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged shooting of unarmed #EndSARS protesters by soldiers on the [...]
Buratai ordered deployment of soldiers to Lekki toll plaza – General Taiwo
The Commander of 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island, Lagos, Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo, has revealed that the Chief of Army [...]
#EndSARS: Troops were drafted from Badagry, Ikorodu, Epe, Apapa, Ikeja, Alimosho to Lekki toll gate – Army
Brigadier General Ahmed Taiwo in his testimony at the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the shootings of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki [...]
Gunmen kidnap five daughters of Christ Embassy Pastor in Kaduna
A group called Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, SOKAPU, has raised the alarm over the increased cases of kidnapping and other criminal activities [...]