Category: Metro

The Lebanese Government has stopped issuing work visas to Nigerians visiting Lebanon to take up jobs as domestic workers due to the rising incidences [...]

House of reps rejects castration as punishment for rapists

The house of representatives has rejected castration of persons convicted of rape as suggested by James Faleke from Lagos state. The house was debatin [...]

Blackmailers on the heels of Tinubu’s son, demand N7m

Activities of some unscrupulous element who are of the opinion that they can make quick money through blackmailers was brought to fore recently when o [...]

Lagos records 697 domestic violence cases during lockdown

The Lagos State Government has said the state recorded rising cases of domestic violence during the last Coronavirus lockdown, with figures jumping to [...]

SERAP drags Buhari to UN over N27b to renovate National Assembly

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken to the United Nations, UN, the battle to stop the Buhari administration from spendi [...]

Three armed boys gang-rape 17-year-old hawker in market

A 17-year-old female hawker has been ambushed and gang-raped by three armed boys, suspected to be street urchins, in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capita [...]

Just in: Kuje prison, Abuja releases Orji Uzor Kalu

Former Abia Governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has been released from Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja where he was serving a 12-year sentence for looting N [...]

24 ladies accuse Babcock student of rape

No fewer than 24 ladies have accused a real estate agent, Godknows Adolphus, of rape. The ladies, in a series of tweets said Adolphus known as Yangi o [...]

Gunmen kill nine in fresh Kaduna village attack

Some gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday invaded Tudu village in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing no fewer than nine persons, [...]

Kogi commissioner accused of assault, rape walks free after interrogation