Category: Metro
Come back home and face security challenges, PDP tells Buhari
With the deteriorating security challenges in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to cut short his private visit to the United King [...]
Zainab Aliyu: CAN demands Leah Sharibu’s freedom too
The Christian Association of Nigeria, Northern State chapter, has congratulated the parents of Zainab Aliyu for their daughter’s release from Saudi Ar [...]
How FG secured release of Zainab Aliyu from Saudi Arabia over drug-related offence
It is no longer news that the federal government secured the release of Zainab Aliyu, a student who was arrested and detained on arrival in Saudi Arab [...]
Activist groups task FG to investigate abuse of women arrested in Abuja
A coalition of women’s rights activists, development workers and academics have called on the federal government to investigate the arrest and alleged [...]
Did you know? While Boko Haram fighters earn N1m daily, Nigerian soldiers get N1000
A member of the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCNI), Dr. Sidi Ali Mohammed, has disclosed that Boko Haram fighters receive $3000 (a [...]
Man seeks N20bn compensation for wrongful imprisonment
Clinton Kanu who was recently released after spending 27 years behind bars for wrongful imprisonment, is demand a N20bn compensation for a crime he di [...]
Nigeria’s 201m population figure: FG faults UNFPA claims
The Federal government has faulted a report by the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, in its 2019 state of the world population report which state [...]
Police arrest killer of Kaduna 1st class monarch, spiritual father of kidnappers
The Police said it has nabbed its biggest catch since the launch of Operation Puff Adder with the arrest of Malam Salisu Abubakar, said to be the spir [...]
Group protests Abba Kyari’s daughter, Aisha’s NSIA appointment
Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance, a civil rights organisation, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order an investigation into [...]
Police to start using taser, stun guns for low-risk operations – IGP
The acting inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu says the police are in the process of acquiring and deploying less lethal weaponry; such as tas [...]