Category: Metro
$103.64m Abacha loot disbursed to the poor – Uwais
The Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments, Maryam Uwais, has said that the Federal Government has been channelling the recovered Abac [...]
Civil Rights group cautions FG against planned arrest of journalist, Soyombo
A civil rights and advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has reacted to reports that security operatives are on the cha [...]
I’m concerned no one is willing to stand as Sowore’s surety – Justice Ojukwu
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has expressed concern that no one is willing to stand as surety for Omoyele Sowore, convener [...]
UI sets up panel to expose randy lecturers
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, has said that a committee had been set up to expose any sexual misconduct by ra [...]
FG, labour reach adjustment agreement for wages structures
The Federal Government and organised labour have reached an agreement on the implementation of the new minimum wage structures after three days of tal [...]
Escaped lion at Kano zoo cage, captured
After hours of searching for a lion which escaped from its cage at a zoo in Kano, the animal has been captured. The head of the zoological garden, Sai [...]
Onitsha tanker fire: Obiano sympathises with victims’ families, inaugurates investigative panel
The Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano has sympathised the family of a woman and her child who was burnt to death in a tanker accident in Onitsha, t [...]
Boko Haram now ‘substantially’ defeated – Buhari insists
Despite the continuous attack by Boko Haram and other insurgency groups on communities and villages in Nigeria’s northeast, killing, displacing and ki [...]
Aisha Buhari apologises over Aso Villa viral video
Aisha, wife of President Buhari, has apologised for the embarrassment of a video where she was seen shouting at Aso Villa. According to Suleiman Harun [...]
Over 48 doctors kidnapped in two years – NMA president
The president of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Adedayo Faduyile has expressed concern over increasing rate of insecurity in the country. He s [...]