Category: Metro
Premium Times sacks reporter over false report on Miyetti Allah
Online newspaper, Premium Times, has sacked its Jos-based reporter, Mr. Andrew Ajijah, over a false story credited to Miyetti Allah on the mayhem in P [...]
Senators, Aminu Tambuwal, call for sack of service chiefs
Some lawmakers in the Senate are calling for the sack of the Service Chiefs in the country following the increasing spate of killings across the count [...]
Tanker explosion: Lagos to prosecute owner and driver, restricts tankers to designated routes
The Lagos State Government is perfecting plans to prosecute the owner and driver of the ill-fated fuel tanker which exploded last Thursday on Otedola [...]
Police brutality, extortion have reached frightening level – CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has directed that Chief Magistrates should periodically inspect police stations and other [...]
How Muslim cleric hid Christians inside a mosque during Plateau attack
A Muslim cleric in Plateau state reportedly hid over 200 people, including Christians, inside a mosque during the recent attack in the state. Accordin [...]
Arrest leadership of Miyetti Allah now over killings – Gov. Ortom
Irked by last weekend’s mass murder in Plateau state that claimed over 100 lives, Governor Samuel Ortom has again called for the immediate arrest and [...]
Nigeria named 9th most dangerous country for women
Nigeria has been named the ninth most dangerous country for women in the latest report released by Thomson Reuters Foundation on Tuesday. Nigeria made [...]
DSS releases Abaribe as Nyako denies ordering his arrest
The Department of State Services has released the lawmaker representing Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe even as a Federal Hi [...]
Miyetti Allah chairman denies linking Plateau killings to reprisal attacks
Danladi Ciroma, chairman of north central zone of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has denied linking the killings in Pl [...]
Death toll now 135 as Buhari visits Plateau State
•Plateau State CP removed, redeployed to Force Headquarters
•Shehu Sani wants victims of ‘mindless killings’ buried close to Aso Rock
•Security agen [...]