Category: Metro
Boy hawking in Aba falls into gutter, gets drowned after heavy rainfall
A boy less than 10 years old who was hawking in Aba has died after he fell into a gutter after a heavy rainfall and drowned.
The boy's corpse was f [...]
Polish activist writes Buhari over teenager sentenced for blasphemy, says, “Jail me, set him free”
Piotr Cywinski, director of Auschwitz Memorial in Poland, says he is ready to be imprisoned in Nigeria so that Umar Farouq, a 13-year-old boy senten [...]
UK to seize $39m from lawyer who helped Ibori launder money
The United Kingdom has intensified efforts to seize more than $39 million from a convicted lawyer who it said helped former Delta State Governor Jame [...]
Terrorists kill 15 soldiers, policemen, others on Zulum’s convoy
Jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State group on Friday killed 15 security personnel in an ambush on the convoy of Borno State governor, Babagan [...]
Wike calls for outright dissolution of SARS as police kill Rivers musician
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has asked the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to urgently reform or dissolve the Special Anti-Robb [...]
Internet fraudster, Okpoh on FBI watchlist surrenders to EFCC
Felix Okpoh, a suspected internet fraudster on the watchlist of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), has surrendered to the Economic and Finan [...]
UK lawmakers write Commonwealth over bloodshed under Buhari
Some United Kingdom lawmakers have written the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland QC, over widespread violence in Nigeria. The lawm [...]
Ex-minister accused of arresting hotel staff, stripping them naked for stealing N5,000 in Delta
A former Minister of State for Education, Kenneth Gbagi has been accused of arresting four of his hotel staff and stripping them naked for alleged [...]
Ex Ekiti governor, Fayose loses elder sister
A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has announced the death of his elder sister, Mrs Moji Ladeji. He made this known in a tweet on Monda [...]
Student killed by boyfriend who was paid N2m to use her for ritual in Lagos
Toluwalase Kembi said to be a 20-year-old Business Administration student of the Federal polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State has been confirmed dead [...]