Category: Metro
Akwa Ibom signs law to imprison rapists for life
Governor Emmanuel Udom has signed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law , VAPPL, 2020, which empowers judges to hand down life imprisonment to [...]
LAWMA contractors sacked for defrauding LASG of millions
The Lagos State Government has terminated the appointments of contractors with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority because the operators violat [...]
Man stabs wife to death in Lagos, commits suicide
A Nigerian man who resides at Victory Park Estate in Lekki, Lagos, has committed suicide after stabbing his wife to death.
Bala Elkana, a spokesper [...]
Gunmen again attack Borno villages, kill five
For the third time this month, gunmen on Saturday, attacked three communities in Borno State, killing five herdsmen and stealing 480 cows, PremiumTime [...]
Immigration nabs two Indians at Lagos airport for illegal entry
The Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has intercepted two Indians for irregular ent [...]
Man kills own children, injures 72-year-old father in Anambra
A 34 year old man, Ifeanyi Apusiobi has killed his two biological children with wooden pestle Chinecherem Apusiobi and Obinna Apusiobi, while they wer [...]
Man arrested for raping neighbour’s 6-year-old daughter in Anambra
Men of the Anambra state police command have arrested a 20-year-old man identified as Chikwado Anijiofor, for raping his neighbour’s 6-year-old daught [...]
Court acquits man accused of defiling neighbours’ 9-year-old daughter
A man accused of defiling his neighbour's 9-year-old daughter has been discharged and acquitted by a Lagos High Court. Niyi Oyelami, who was accused 5 [...]
Primary school teacher arrested for laundering N550m belonging to her 24-year-old son
A primary school teacher, Mrs. Roseline Uche Egbuha has been arrested following an investigation which exposed her alleged involvement in money launde [...]
Broadcaster who criticised Lai Mohammed released after 45-day detention
The Nigeria Police Force has released Rotimi Jolayemi, the broadcaster who insulted the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a [...]