Category: Metro
Zamfara State Governor diverts N500m Paris Club refund to repay loan
Governor Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari of Zamfara State and Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum has allegedly diverted N500 million from the recent Pa [...]
Customs seizes 13 smuggled cars belonging to serving senator
The Comptroller-General of Customs Compliance Task Force, says it has impounded 223 vehicles 13 of which belong to a senator in Kano State. The Task F [...]
Taiwo Obasanjo files suit to stop son’s wedding
Taiwo Obasanjo, wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday filed a suit at an Ikeja High Court, seeking to stop the wedding of her son, Olu [...]
4 years after, murdered Cynthia Osokogu gets justice
Justice Olabisi Akinlade of an Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced to death, two of the four persons accused of killing Cynthia Osokogu [...]
Son of Nasarawa State governor to face manslaughter charge
Khaleel Umar Al-Makura, son of the Nasarawa State Governor, Umar Al-Makura, is to be prosecuted for manslaughter. He was arrested on Tuesday for the k [...]
Tribal marks soon to become illegal
A bill seeking to criminalise facial mutilation under the guise of cultural and tribal marks has passed through second reading in the Senate. The bill [...]
Shocking truths about the late Dr Allwell Oji
It has emerged that Dr. Alwell Orji, the medical practitioner who took his life last Sunday by jumping into the Lagos Lagoon, had attempted suicide a [...]
Ex-NNPC boss, Yakubu granted N300m bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu, in the [...]
Third Mainland bridge suicide: Body yet to be recovered ….Family wants to be left alone
Following the death of Dr Alwell Orji who jumped into the lagoon on the Third Mainland bridge of Sunday, palpable grief has enveloped the residents of [...]
Queens’ College resumption postponed indefinitely
Following the health crisis rocking Queens’ College, Lagos, resumption of academic activities at the school has been postponed indefinitely. There had [...]