Category: Metro
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 [...]
Police arrest father, stepmothers who chained boy for two years
Police authorities in Kebbi state have arrested a father and three stepmothers of an 11-year-old boy who was chained and kept in an animal stall for t [...]
Video: Repentant bandits told us a Northern governor is commander of Boko Haram in Nigeria – Ex CBN deputy gov
As Nigerians continue to search for a lasting solution to the lingering crisis in Southern Kaduna, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nig [...]
Police arrest 65-year-old man, two others for raping minor repeatedly in Taraba
A 65-year-old man, Ahmadu Garba, and two others, Abubakar Bala, 37, and Suleiman Ahmadu, were recently paraded by the police for raping an 11-year-old [...]
Chrisland teachers turned me to an enemy, says mother of sexually abused child
“I had read Pastor Nomthi Odukoya’s book, ‘No! Don’t Touch Me There’, so like I just sometimes did, I told my daughter ‘don’t let anyone touch your we [...]
Gunmen kill 13 in fresh attack on Benue community
No fewer than 13 persons were reportedly killed in an attack on Edikwu community in the Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident, accord [...]
Man sentenced to life imprisonment for infecting raped minor
A tricycle operator, Blessing Kingsley, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl and infecting her with Hepatitis B.
K [...]
Kano-based singer sentenced to death over ‘blasphemy’
Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a singer based in Kano state, has been sentenced to death by hanging over a song alleged to have blasphemed against the Prophet M [...]
Magu probe: We mistakenly transferred N573m to Prophet Omale, says FCMB
The managing director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Adam Nuru says the bank made an error of posting N573 million into the church account of Emm [...]
I was rich before appointment — Malami writes Buhari after being accused of using office to acquire wealth
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF) and minister of justice has reacted to the coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) p [...]