Category: Metro
ASUU commences two weeks warning strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has embarked on a two- week warning strike with effect from Monday. Its National President, Professor [...]
Second case of Coronavirus confirmed in Nigeria
The federal government has confirmed the second case of coronavirus in the country. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, announced this on Monda [...]
Boko Haram: Police officers’ wives demand husbands’ redeployment
Wives of police officers fighting Boko Haram in the North-East marched through some streets in Jos dressed in black attire, protesting against the [...]
Kidnapper arrested on wedding day in Imo State
The Imo State police command has arrested a suspected member of a kidnap gang who abducted, Rev. Fr. Cyriacus Onunkwo and subsequently killed him in 2 [...]
Mother to TheNiche’s MD, Amaechi kidnapped, gunmen demand N20m ransom
Gunmen have kidnapped Madam Appolonia Amaechi, a retired teacher and the mother of Ikechukwu Amaechi. maechi is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief [...]
New suspected coronavirus cases confirmed negative
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi has said that the three patients who were suspected to have contacted coronavirus (COVID-19) in [...]
Police arrest woman used by ‘pastors’ to perform fake miracles
Bose Olasukanmi, a 44 year old woman who was used by several ‘fraudulent’ pastors to perform fake miracles has been arrested by operatives of the Insp [...]
UK based Nigerian cleric, wife jailed for 34, 11 years
An evangelical cleric based in the UK, Michael Oluronbi has been jailed for 34 years in Britain after he was convicted of a catalogue of rape and sexu [...]
NIMC director arraigned for defiling two year-old girl
A family court sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital has arraigned the state director of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr. Ik [...]
FG releases fresh N620m to fight coronavirus
The federal government has released N620 million, the second tranche of funds, to fight coronavirus, TheCable is reporting.
Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi, [...]