Category: Metro
Ondo teacher sentenced to life imprisonment for defilement
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has sentenced a teacher, Omotayo Adanlawo, to life imprisonment for defiling a 10-year-o [...]
Mailafia recants, says he got information on northern gov leading Boko Haram from traders
Obadiah Mailafia, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says he got the information about a northern governor leading Boko Hara [...]
Teen kidnappers abduct neighbour’s 6-year-old son in Bauchi
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 [...]