Category: Metro
Navy seizes 1,831 bags of rice smuggled from Cameroon
The Nigeria Navy forward operating base (FOB) at Ibaka in Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom has arrested 24 suspects with 1,831 bags of smuggled [...]
Custom officials raid market for foreign rice, vegetable oil
Less than a week to Christmas, officers and men of the Adamawa/Taraba Command of the Nigeria Customs Service decided to raid Mubi town market for fore [...]
Sowore: Miscreants attack protesting activists in Abuja
Suspected miscreants on Monday attacked and disrupted a peaceful protest organised by a coalition of civil society groups over the continued detention [...]
Police detain Shina Peller, his club, Quilox sealed
The police in Lagos State have arrested and detained a member of the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, at the Moroko Police Station. Peller, who [...]
Ajimobi operated 60 bank accounts, withdrew N5.2bn 3 weeks to handover and left N19k – Makinde
The Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde has said that his predecessor, Abiola Ajimobi, left a balance of N19,000 from N5.2 billion he allegedly withdrew [...]
US puts Nigeria on ‘Religious Persecution’ watchlist
The United States has put Nigeria on its Special WatchList (SWL) for governments that have engaged in or tolerated severe violations of religious fre [...]
Collapse of Governance: Everyone seems to have lost their voice in Yorubaland – Danjuma
Former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. T.Y. Danjuma (retd.) has voiced his concern on the deafening silence emanating from the South West. He said that [...]
You have no business in governance if you don’t want criticism – Alaafin speaks on hate speech bill
Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, has come hard on the National Assembly, berating the Senate over the introduction of the anti-hate spee [...]
Ondo Pastor arrested over missing child sues DSS for N100m
Barely 24 hours after Pastor Alfa Babatunde's church, Sotitobire Miracle Centre in Akure, Ondo State, was set ablaze by an angry mob over claims that [...]
Boko Haram attacked six communities in three weeks – Zulum
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum has expressed concerns over recent attacks by Boko Haram in some towns and villages of Askira-Uba loc [...]