Category: Metro
Hoodlums unleash mayhem on Igbos, destroy shops over election
The Oshodi area of Lagos was on Monday thrown into pandemonium as hoodlums said to be sympathetic to the ruling party, APC, unleashed mayhem and viole [...]
Activist, Deji Adeyanju still in jail despite bail as court registrar absconds
Despite being granted bail on Monday, political activist, Deji Adeyanju is unfortunately still in jail and this may not be unconnected to the ethical [...]
#ArewaMeToo activist, Maryam Awaisu regains freedom
Maryam Awaisu, the author and activist who was arrested in Kaduna yesterday for championing the cause of sexual violence victims in Northern Nigeria, [...]
Falana wants el-Rufai prosecuted over body bag threat
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana is seeking to have a visa ban placed on Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, the Kaduna State governor who says that the general el [...]
Amnesty Int’l demands release of activist, Maryam Awaisu
Amnesty International (AI) has called on the Nigeria police force to urgently release activist and author, Maryam Awaisu, who was arrested by operativ [...]
Court orders release of ex Skye bank chairman, Tunde Ayeni
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been ordered to immediately release a former Chairman of the defunct Skye Bank, Tunde Ayeni, w [...]
Nigeria protests unjust treatment as Ghana deports 723 citizens
Ambassador Michael Abikoye, the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, has protested the unjust treatment of Nigerians by the Ghana Immigration Service [...]
Leah Sharibu still in Boko Haram custody one year after
One of 110 girls abducted from their school in Dapchi in February 2018 by Boko Haram militants, Leah Sharibu is currently still in the custody of the [...]
INEC replaces burnt card readers in Anambra
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has replaced the 4,635 card readers destroyed in an inferno at the head office of the com [...]
Onnoghen appears before CCT, pleads ‘not guilty’
Embattled chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen has pleaded not guilty to the charges filed against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT [...]