Category: Metro
Mount pressure on FG over my daughter’s release’ — Leah Sharibu’s father begs media
Nathaniel Sharibu, father of Leah, the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in Boko Haram custody, says the federal government is yet to contact his family re [...]
Offa robbery: Wanted man, Michael Adikwu, ex-SARS operative, arrested
An ex-policeman, Michael Adikwu, was among the four men wanted for their part in the notorious Offa robbery that claimed many lives and has now been a [...]
“I deserve praise instead of condemnation on 24bn headquarters” – Magu
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has defended the Commission’s N24 billion new office, brushin [...]
Nigerians react to NAFDAC shutting Emzor, two others over codeine syrup
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control, NAFDAC has shut down Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited, Bioraj Pharmaceutical [...]
Melaye re arrested in court after getting N90m bail
The police have re-arrested Dino Melaye, the lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district. Melaye was arrested after he was arraigned before a [...]
Buhari orders recruitment of 6,000 policemen
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recruitment of 6,000 additional policemen as part of fresh measures to address the nation’s security chall [...]
No fire incident at CBN headquarters – Official
The reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN head office building was on fire yesterday is false, says the CBN acting Director, Corporate Communi [...]
FG bans production of cough syrups containing codeine in Nigeria
Following an investigation conducted by BBC on the growing menace of drug abuse, specifically the use of cough syrup with codeine, The Federal Ministr [...]
Most northern youths uneducated, school dropouts – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that most youths from the Northern part of the country were either uneducated or school dropouts. He said because [...]
Home of Nwodo, President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo bombed
The country home of the embattled President General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo at Ukehe in Enugu State, was today rocked by bomb bl [...]