Category: Metro
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
The police have released Abdulmumuni Danga, Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, who assaulted and raped a lady over a facebook post after pre [...]
I will never grant amnesty to bandits again – Masari vow
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has vowed never to grant amnesty to bandits again, saying his government was betrayed on two occasions by bandits [...]
ICPC withdraws fraud charges against Dikko, ex-customs boss
A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed charges of fraud brought against Abdullahi Inde Dikko, a former comptroller-general of the Nigerian Custom [...]
Kogi Governor pressures police to release commissioner arrested for assaulting, raping lady over Facebook post
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi and top officials of the state government are piling pressure on the Nigeria Police Force to release Mr Abdulmumuni Dang [...]