Category: Metro
Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesha sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually assaulting minor
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja domestic violence and sexual offences court on Thursday, July 14, sentenced Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka [...]
Tinubu’s dark past threatens lifelong presidential ambition as report establishes links to drug trade
By his own admission, being president of Nigeria is a lifelong goal he hopes to achieve.
On June 8, at the Eagle Square in Abuja, he took a giant s [...]
Graft allegations dog Nigeria’s main presidential hopefuls, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu
The fight against corruption has been a top campaign issue in Nigeria’s last two presidential elections, but the history of graft allegation [...]
Music executive Efe Ogbeni, 2 others, Olayinka Odunlami, Nelly Wambugu face fraud lawsuit in US
Nigerian Music Executive Efe Ogbeni has been sued at a United States District Court of Western Tennessee by Prime Reality Ventures LLC, a Venture Capi [...]
Over 600 inmates including Boko Haram members, Abba Kyari escape as terrorists attack Kuje prison
The ministry of interior says about 600 inmates escaped from Kuje prison in the federal capital territory (FCT).
This is despite earlier wa [...]
OPEC Sec Gen, Barkindo dies after meeting with Buhari
The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Muhammad Barkindo, is dead.
Barkindo died late Tuesday.
The Group Ma [...]
FG replaces newly appointed accountant-general
Sylva Okolieaboh, a director at the Treasury Single Account (TSA) department, has replaced Chukwuyere Anamekwe as acting accountant-general of the fed [...]
Court jails Nigerian senator for seven years
Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North senatorial district, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for money laundering.
The senat [...]
Ekweremadu’s counsel reveals how organ donor, David Ukpo refused to return to Nigeria, lied about his age
Legal counsel to senator Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, has explained how David Ukpo Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor refused [...]
Ekweremadu drags NIMC, NIS to court over controversy on organ donor’s real age
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others over c [...]