Category: Metro
Sokoto Hisbah Commission records 155 rape cases in 6 months
Sokoto State Hisbah Commission said it recorded 155 rape cases in six months, adding that it mostly involved young girls and teenagers between the age [...]
Four lawmakers in video where Akeredolu sneezed, ill, refuse to take COVID-19 test
Four out of the 19 members of the Ondo state house assembly who accompanied Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor, to Abuja, are currently sick but have refu [...]
Police arrest lady who got her friend gang-raped in Adamawa
A 30-year-old lady identified as Zainab Ja'afaru has been arrested by men of the Adamawa state police command for allegedly arranging for her friend t [...]
EFCC arrests, arraigns Abia big boy for $8.5m U.S bank scam
The Port Harcourt zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday, June 30, arraigned Onwuzuruike Kingsley Ikenna (a.k.a Nwant [...]
Dubai police extradites ‘Instagram billionaire’ Hushpuppi to US
Criminal mastermind, Raymond Igbalode Abbas, more popularly known as ‘Hushpuppi’ has been extradited from the United Arab Emirates to the United State [...]
Insecurity in Nigeria worse than civil war – Emir of Daura
The Emir of Daura, Katsina State, Dr Umar Farouk Umar, has raised the alarm over what he described as multifaceted security threats facing the nation. [...]
Ondo health commissioner dies of COVID-19
Ondo state commissioner of health, Wahab Adegbenro, has died of COVID- 19 complications. Adegbenro died at the state’s infectious disease hospital on [...]
Court orders seizure of 46 houses, land linked to ex-NSITF boss, Ngozi Olejeme
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an order of interim forfeiture in relation to 46 property including houses and parcels of land suspected to [...]
UK auctioner sells Igbo statues stolen during civil war for N86m
Christie’s, a British auction company, has defied criticisms to sell two Igbo life-sized wooden statutes which disappeared during the civil war for an [...]
Man beats girlfriend to death for refusing him sex
The police in Oyo state have arrested 26-year-old Shagbada Erigga pictured above for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Happiness Winifred, 30, for ref [...]