Category: Metro
Shi’ites attack National Assembly, shoot policemen
Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as Shi’ites, on Tuesday invaded the National Assembly and shot two policemen. The Shi'ites [...]
COZA: PUNCH newspaper sacks editor over offensive cartoon
The PUNCH newspaper has sacked its Daily Editor, Martin Ayankola over an offensive cartoon published last week Thursday. The sack was due to its back [...]
Senators seek death sentence for rapists, pedophiles
The Nigerian senate is pushing for the death penalty for rapists, weeks after allegations of sexual assault against senior religious clerics sparked n [...]
How Ajimobi awarded self, wife, others N1bn worth of cars
Facts have emerged on how the immediate past Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi used discretionary powers to award cars worth over N1billion as exit p [...]
Customs officer who promoted self to DCG, undergoes psychiatric evaluation
Nura Dalhatu, an Assistant Superintendent of Customs, who promoted himself to the rank of Deputy Comptroller-General and invaded the office of the Com [...]
Abbo pleads not guilty over sex toy shop assault, granted N5m bail
The senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Senator Elisha Abbo has pleaded not guilty to one count of assault at a sex toy shop durin [...]
Delta communities lament taking of farmlands, killings, raping by Fulani herdsmen
There have been continued attacks by gunmen alleged to be Fulani herdsmen, forcing many residents Delta communities, particularly those of Ubulu-Uku, [...]
NAPTIP makes case for convicted rapists to be castrated
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other related offences has expressed concern over the rising cases of rape and c [...]
Finally, police arraign Senator Abbo over assault
The Nigerian police has finally concluded its investigations and have arraigned Senator Abbo who was caught on tape assaulting a nursing mother at an [...]
Lagos residents drag Sanwo-Olu over N1.4m donation to Eagles
Lagos residents have faulted the governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the $5,000 he donated to each Nigerian player for the Round of 16 vic [...]