Metro

Yakubu confessed that he returned home on the said date and found his father sleeping on a mat under a tree, went into his (father)’s room, took his loaded gun and shot him at close range.

The Prosecutor, Vincent Osuji, had told the court that Habibu Usman of Abattoir Market Association, Karu, reported the case at Karu Police Station on Sept. 28.

The Police prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Danladi, told the court that Aisha Bashiru, wife to the accused person, reported the matter at Lapai Police Division on Sept. 19.

A family source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos that the gunmen invaded the house of the deceased at about 1:00 a.m on Friday and killed the traditional ruler.

Barely four days after the abduction of the Managing Director of Ogba Zoological Garden, Andy Ehanire, in Benin City, another group of unidentified gunmen on Wednesday abducted a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Lawrence Adorolo

Specialist doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, have recommended a kidney transplant for 21-year-old Ebunoluwa Adesanya.

The Nigerian Immigration Service in Ikoyi, Lagos has commissioned a newly constructed clinic for the use of officers and passport applicants. The facility was donated by Nigerian Breweries...

The Lagos State government yesterday arraigned seven illegal dredgers picked up along the waterfront in Lagos.

Tears and lamentations shredded the quietness of a sleepy community yesterday as people gathered around a newborn baby with his umbilical cord still attached, who was found dead along Dibue road...

Passengers of a luxury bus belonging to the Young Shall Grow Motors, yesterday escaped death in an accident at Charity bus-stop, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.

Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of police (ASP), the 28-year-old suspect identified as Abiodun Joseph, allegedly kidnapped a 12-year-old girl, Tobiloba Aleshiloye and a boy, Yussuf Kudus, aged eight.

Among those who lost their lives were two school-aged children, while eight others sustained varying degree of injuries in the accident, which occurred around 9:00a.m. in Lokoja, Kogi State capital.