Metro

Family of the traditional ruler of Ejemekwuru Community in Oguta Local Council of Imo State, Eze Obinna Duru, has petitioned the state Commissioner of Police (CP), Ahmed Barde, over alleged unlawful arrest and continued detention of their father.

Operatives of the CP-Decoy Squad of Delta State Police Command have recovered the stolen Mercedes-Benz GLB Sports Utility Van (SUV) in Delta State, four days after a suspected buyer, identified simply as Henry, absconded with the vehicle in Abuja.

Lagos State government, yesterday, arraigned a 17-year-old boy before Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, sitting in Ikeja, for allegedly abducting and defiling a 15-year-old girl.

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has approved the dismissal of Inspector Kabiru Odeyemi, who killed 23-year-old generator technician, Bakare Idris, on Sunday, May 28, 2023.

The Police in Rivers State have arrested a 40-year-old man, identified simply as Obadiah, for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl at Ojike street, Mile 1 Diobu.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has revealed it impounded 206,835 bags of rice worth N4,731,285,707 billion from 1,745 anti-smuggling raids across the country within one year. The spokesperson of the Nigeria Customs, CSC Abdullahi Maiwada, disclosed this in a discussion with newsmen on Tuesday and noted that the raids taking place between May 2022 and…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified the public of the illegal importation of foreign unauthorized sugar manufactured in Brazil and India. NAFDAC disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. According to the agency, the products are imported through Cameroun (Douala), Niger, Chad and Benin Repbulic into the Nigerian…

An ad hoc committee has been set up by the Senate to probe the consistent failure of governments to complete the East-West road since 2006. Considering a motion sponsored by Senator Barinada Mpigi on the urgent need for construction of the Onne, Eleme axis of the East-West road, the Upper Chamber decided to set up…

Eight suspects have been arrested in Katsina State after setting a vehicle belonging to the police on fire. It was gathered on Tuesday that the suspects were protesting as officers tried to arrest a traffic offender at Kofar Guga. Police spokesperson in the state Abubakar Aliyu said the protesters aided the traffic offender’s escape before…

The Kwara State government has revoked its directive that reduced working days from five days to three days for civil servants following the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government. The state government had recently reduced civil servant work days to relieve the impact of the fuel subsidy removal on civil servants in the…

A Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate Ejikeme Mmesoma has admitted that she was graded to have scored 249 by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and not 362. “It’s not my fault that I printed my result like that and they said that I forged my result. It’s not my fault. So, them…

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned one Isyaku Ibrahim on one count amended charge of criminal misappropriation to the tune of N12,000,000. Ibrahim was arraigned before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court. The charge reads: “That you, Ishiyaku Ibrahim (aka Alhaji Ishiyaku Ibrahim) sometime between…