Metro
22 Mar 2017
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded three farmers in prison custody over the alleged death of a Fulani herdsman.
22 Mar 2017
It is three days since the nation was jolted by Dr. Allwell Orji’s suicide by jumping into the lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge; and the twists and turns to the story have been unnerving.
22 Mar 2017
Operatives of the FESTAC Town Police Division in Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, have been accused of torturing a suspect, Albert Okechukwu, to death.Okechukwu, an indigene of Aguleri, Anambra State, was arrested last Friday....
22 Mar 2017
Nasarawa State Police Command has said it would prosecute the killer of a student of Government Science School, Lafia.The state Commissioner of Police, Sadiq Bello, disclosed this to newsmen yesterday in Lafia....
22 Mar 2017
The pupils, who visited The Guardian corporate head-office alongside three of their teachers and proprietor, were shown around the company premises and taught the different stages and processes involved in newspaper production from news gathering to printing.
22 Mar 2017
The Edo State Police Command said it has arrested some herdsmen suspected to have killed the immediate past chairman of Estako East Local Council of the state, Suleiman Afegbua.
21 Mar 2017
The police in Lagos have confirmed the arrest of a middle-aged man found in possession of a fresh woman head and two hands at Muwo area of Badagry.
21 Mar 2017
Head-boy of the school, Goodluck Aguu, who gave the name of the deceased student as Amos Ovey, said the deceased went to buy battery because there was no light in the school. “The alleged killer was on top speed and crushed him to death.
21 Mar 2017
Dr. Allwell Orji, a medical practitioner with Mount Sinai Hospital, Papa Ajao, Mushin, jumped into the lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge, emergency responders have continued to comb the lagoon in search of the doctor’s body to no avail.
20 Mar 2017
Some beneficiaries of the Federal Government initiated N-Power programme in Edo State on Monday protested across major streets in Benin, alleging non-payment of three months’ salaries.
20 Mar 2017
A young Mozambican football player was snatched and killed by a crocodile while training along the banks of a river, his club said on Monday.
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The Minority Leader of Nigeria's House of Representatives, Rt Hon Ndudi Godwin Elumelu has congratulated PDP governors-elect of Delta, Bauchi, Oyo, and other states. "On behalf of the Minority Caucus and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) family in the House of Representatives, I congratulate the governor-elect of Delta State, Hon Sheriff Oborevwori and others so…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Agbu Kefas, has been declared the winner of the Taraba State gubernatorial election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) state returning officer, Prof. Muhammed Abdulaziz, announced on Tuesday that Kefas polled 257,926 votes in the Saturday, March 18, election and has fulfilled the requirements to be named the governor-elect.…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Senator Uba Sani of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the Saturday governorship election in Kaduna State with a slight margin over the People Democratic Party candidate (PDP) Isa Ashiru Kudan. Declaring the result, the State Collation Officer for Gubernatorial Election (SCOGE), Prof.…
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Former Enugu State governor Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has explained why he lost his bid to return to the Senate. Nnamani, a Senator representing Enugu East, lost to Kevin Chukwu of the Labour Party. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that Chukwu polled 69,136 votes to defeat Nnamani who polled 48,701 votes. Nnamani on Monday…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Dauda Lawal, as the winner of the governorship election in Zamfara State. The PDP candidate was declared the winner in Gusau, Zamfara state capital in the early hours of Tuesday with Lawal defeating incumbent governor, Bello Matawalle in what may…