Category: Metro
Refund N2.5bn received for supply of plastic chairs – NDDC to Nwaoboshi
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has asked Peter Nwaoboshi, chairman of the senate committee on NDDC, to refund a sum of N2.5 billion he [...]
Women, children killed as gunmen raid Kaduna villages again
Thirty-three people, including women and children, have been killed in fresh attacks on five communities in Zangon Kataf local government area o [...]
Village head arrested for defiling his teenage daughter in Ogun
Operatives of the Ogun State command of the Nigeria Police have arrested a village head, Rasheed Sholabi, the Baale of Oose Agbedu Ajibawo in Owode-Ye [...]
Katsina youths protest insecurity, block highway
Some angry youths from Turare, Marke and Dogon Ruwa villages in Dutsin-ma Local Government Area of Katsina State early Thursday morning blocked Dutsin [...]
Presidency insists north-east residents must accept ‘rehabilitated’ terrorists
Community leaders in areas affected by insurgency have been directed to work with relevant agencies to end rejection of rehabilitated Boko Haram fight [...]
Wike slams N7bn libel suit against THISDAY newspapers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has slammed a N7 billion suit against ThisDay Newspapers over an alleged libelous story published against him. The [...]
FUTA suspends student for hacking Premium Times website
The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) has suspended one of its students for a hacking the website of Premium Times, a Nigerian online news [...]
Policeman arrested for raping virgin at gunpoint, impregnating her
A police officer attached to Western Quarry Limited, Sergeant Innocent Yakubu, has been accused of forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 17year-old [...]
ISWAP, Al-Qaeda taking over West Africa, US warns
The United States has said that the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda terrorist groups were gradually taking over the West African region after being displac [...]
Soldiers, not Boko Haram attacked my convoy – Zulum
Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, says the attack on his convoy was carried out by soldiers.
On Wednesday, the governor’s convoy was attacke [...]