Category: Metro
Beneficiaries of NDDC scholarship scheme protest non payment of fees in London
Some beneficiaries of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) scholarship scheme have resumed protests in London over the non-payment of their [...]
Lagos to give tax break to business owners affected by #EndSARS crisis
The Lagos state government has promised to provide financial support for business owners whose stores were looted and vandalised during the #EndSARS [...]
Obaseki pleads with policemen to return to work
Following the crisis that trailed the #EndSARS protest, policemen had reportedly left their duty posts across the state, thereby leading to the br [...]
Army arrest Soldiers for flogging woman, shaving youths in Oyo
The Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Seun Fakorede, says the Nigerian Army has arrested soldiers who flogged a woman f [...]
EFCC grills Fowler over fraud allegations against Alpha Beta
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is presently interrogating a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fow [...]
FRSC wants markets relocated after crash that killed 16 in Ondo
The Federal Road Safety Corps has urged local governments in the country to relocate markets from highways. FRSC Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, made [...]
Boko Haram wipes out entire village after air force ignored rescue call
The Nigerian Air Force did not respond to calls for support when suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked Takulashi village in Shikarkir ward, Chibo [...]
We won’t disclose identity of officers deployed to Lekki tollgate – Army
The Nigerian Army says it will not disclose the identities of its officers who were sent to Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020.
Soldiers had shot at [...]
Obong of Calabar asks governor Ayade to step aside
Edidem Ekpo Otu, Obong of Calabar, has asked Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River state, to step aside. The prominent traditional ruler blamed Ayade f [...]
I spent 22 days in SARS custody, lost my pregnancy – Victim recounts
A middle-aged woman, Ndubuisi Obiechina says she lost her two-month pregnancy while being detained for twenty-two days at the Special Anti-Robbery S [...]