Category: Metro
DCP, 6 others killed, emergency response bay set ablaze as Shiites clash with security agents
Usman Umar, deputy commissioner of police in charge of operations in the federal capital territory (FCT), has been killed during a protest by members [...]
Like Obasanjo, Alaafin writes Buhari over killings in South West
Lamidi Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo, has written to President Muhammadu Buhari to say that the people in the south-west are worried about the criminal [...]
Pupils, teachers desert schools over herdsmen attack in Ogun
Teachers and pupils have deserted primary and secondary schools in Alabata villages in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State following attacks [...]
How my daughter was abducted since 2016 – Father of Sen Abbo’s ‘wife’
Pastor Alfred Dari, the father of Emily Eric, the alleged ‘wife’ of embattled Sen Elisha Abbo who was caught on camera assaulting a woman in a sex toy [...]
Lawyer who stabbed husband to death in Oyo pardoned, AG explains why
A week before the expiration of his tenure in May this year, the then Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, pardoned an official of the Oyo State Min [...]
Our lives are in danger – Timi Dakolo cries out, reveals Femi Falana is their lawyer
Popular musician, Timi Dakolo, on Sunday lamented that his life, as well as the lives of his wife, Busola, and his three children, have been at risk s [...]
Samson Siasia begs kidnappers to release his mum, says, “I don’t have money”
Former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia on Friday begged the kidnappers of his 76-year-old mother, Madam Beauty Ogere to release her unconditionally. [...]
Kidnappers demand N70m ransom for Samson Siasia’s mother
Kidnappers of the mother of former Super Eagles striker and coach, Beauty Siasia have established contact with Samson Siasia and are demanding N70 mil [...]
El-Zakzaky’s trial: We have no hand in it – FG
The federal government says it is not involved in the ongoing trial of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN). The Shi’ia [...]
Aviation security heads suspended indefinitely over breach at Lagos airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended indefinitely, the aviation security unit heads on duty when an unidentified man disrupt [...]