Category: Metro
Military blames limited manpower for Southern Kaduna killings
The Commander of Operation Safe Haven in Kaduna State, Major General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, has revealed that the military does not have enough manpower [...]
Motorcyclist bags 20 years imprisonment for testing daughter’s virginity
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 37-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Emmanuel Idoko, to 20 years imprisonm [...]
Appeal court jails ex-air force director for receiving over $300,000 cash gift
The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has sentenced Mohammed Alkali Mamu, a former director of administration of the Nigerian Air Force, to two years i [...]
Senator Manager denies receiving 19 contracts from NDDC
Senator James Manager has denied receiving contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission after the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill A [...]
Bandits kill lawyer, abduct his wife, son in Kaduna
Haro Gandu, a lawyer with the Kaduna state ministry of justice, has been killed while his wife and son were abducted. The incident occurred on Sunday [...]
Man arrested for raping four-year-old girl in Adamawa
A 26-year-old man, Pwadimadi Zeham has been arrested by men of the Adamawa state police command, for raping a four-year-old girl in the state.
The [...]
‘Repentant” graduate terrorists paid N20,000 each
The 601 ‘repentant’ terrorists who are being reintegrated into their communities have been given N20,000 stipends and some basic equipment to practise [...]
Nigeria safer, more secured than five years ago – Buratai
Nigeria is safer and more secured than in 2014, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has stated. He spoke during a sit-o [...]
Pastor’s son arrested for raping five-year-old in Akwa Ibom
The police in Aka Ibom State have arrested a pastor’s son for raping a five-year-old girl. The suspect, Victor Felix Ukpong, 29, was said to have rape [...]
Gunmen attack Southern Kaduna communities again, kill nine
Some gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Friday night attack three communities in Jema’a and Kaura Local Government Areas of the Southern Kaduna [...]