Category: Metro
Paul Arisa loses battle to cancer
Paul Arisa, a 27-year-old graduate of Estate Management from Abia State University who went viral last year after his friends solicited for help for h [...]
NSCDC deploys 70 officials to man UTME centres – Commandant
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Niger Command, has deployed 70 personnel to provide security in all the 14 computer-based centres for th [...]
Girls refusing rescue should be forced out –Chibok leaders
Leaders of Chibok community, under the aegis of Kibaku Area Development Association, Tsambido has said the community would never accept such a claim b [...]
Why Switzerland helped Nigeria secure Chibok girls’ release
The spokes person of Switzerland Foreign Ministry Noemie Charton said Switzerland took part in negotiations that secured the release of 82 girls kid [...]
SARS officers rob UNILAG student of school fees
An undergraduate of the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Lagos, Akoka, identified simply as Adetokunbo, has alleged that some operativ [...]
Three Americans of American University embrace Islam
Three associate professors of American University of Nigeria, Yola, owned by former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, have accepted Islam as their faith [...]
UBER drivers declare a strike, protest 40 per cent price cut
Maintenance costs, fuel costs and drastically reduced profits are some of the reasons behind the drivers’ agitations. This isn’t the first time the co [...]
Ambode bans VIOs from Lagos roads
The Lagos State Government has ordered Vehicle Inspection Officers to leave Lagos roads to reposition the outfit. It was gathered that Governor Akinwu [...]
Some abducted Chibok girls refused to be freed – Negotiator …. Released girls to undergo spiritual rehabilitation
Some of the schoolgirls, abducted by Boko Haram militants from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, in April 2014, refused to be part [...]
PDP faction condemns exchange of terrorists for girls’ release
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party condemned the release of some Boko Haram terrorists in exchange for the freedom of Chibok girls. It neverthe [...]