Category: Metro

An 18-year-old student of AD Rufai College of Education and Legal Studies, Muhammad Isa has been arrested by the Bauchi state police command for kidna [...]

14 shot dead as gunmen raid village in Niger

The Niger police command says 14 persons have been killed by gunmen at Ukuru Village in Mariga local government area of the state. Wasiu Abiodun, t [...]

Boko Haram now recruiting child soldiers – MNJTF

Nigerian army colonel and Chief of Military Public Information for The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Timothy Antigha has raised an alarm of [...]

Two brothers arraigned in court over death of Arotile

Nehemiah and David Adejo, two brothers detained over the death of Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, were on Thursday a [...]

60 year old man to be stoned to death for raping 12-yr-old girl in Kano

An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday sentenced a 60-year-old man, Mati Abdu, to death by stoning after he was convicted for raping a 12 [...]

Teenage orphan accuses stepfather, hoodlums of rape in Ogun

A homeless orphan has accused her stepfather, identified simply as Okanla, of having carnal knowledge of her while she lived with him in the Itori are [...]

Insecurity: Allow responsible citizens carry rifles, Ortom tells FG

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has urged the Federal Government to allow responsible citizens to protect themselves with weapons such as AK-47 ri [...]

21-year-old man rapes neighbour’s children

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 21-year-old man, Happiness Sunday, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s children, be re [...]

Boko Haram fighters are like scavengers desperate for food – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has described Boko Haram insurgents in the north-east as “mere scavengers desperate for food”. Buhari said the service c [...]