Metro
1 Mar 2016
Three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior seminary have been abducted by unknown gunmen.
1 Mar 2016
A middle-aged man, Dare Falana, on Tuesday told an Igando Customary Court that he caught his wife, Ganiyat, eating ``Tantalizer’’ take-away with her boyfriend in his living room.
1 Mar 2016
Two men - Barry Asemota and John Jonathan – were on Tuesday brought before a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates' Court, Abuja, charged with defrauding a businessman of N10, 000.
1 Mar 2016
Three men were burnt to death in an early morning accident on Tuesday in Isolo area of Lagos after their vehicle carrying plastic jerry cans of fuel caught fire.
23 Feb 2016
THREE persons, who yesterday appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos have been charged with the murder of one Helen Peters, aged 40. The accused are Henry Uwadiegwu, 25, a security guard; Monday Ochonu, 25, his accomplice and Taiwo Adebiyi, 57, a nurse. The trio were alleged to have conspired to kill…
23 Feb 2016
IT was another day of reward at the weekend for Mrs. Josephine Agwu, the airport cleaner who found $28,000 and other foreign currencies totaling about N12 million and refunded it to the owner early last year. She was among the 19 eminent Nigerians that were honoured at the 2015 Sun Newspaper awards held in Lagos.…
23 Feb 2016
ALTHOUGH children within the age bracket of zero -five years are highly receptive to sounds, given that they can recognize the voice of their parents and caregivers, there is regrettably no serious programme for their cognitive development in Nigeria. The resultant effect is the recent high level of radicalism, delinquencies and other criminal tendencies in…
23 Feb 2016
THE issue of climate change has become as enigmatic to some, divisive to others, yet its effects are now felt around the world more than before. Flood waters rage where dry lands once ruled, and droughts persist where rainfall once made its easy landings. These are troubling signs for mother earth, some might say.…
22 Feb 2016
Tragedy yesterday struck the community of Onyikwa Alike in Ikwo local council of Ebonyi State as one Onuigbo Nwankwoeke was allegedly killed by his kinsman, Michael Ochaya, while trying to recover N100 debt owed him by the suspect Nwankwoeke, aged 50, The Guardian gathered met his untimely death at Michael’s house, when he went to…
22 Feb 2016
Authorities clarify issues over death of female student IT was a chaotic scene yesterday as motorists and other road users scampered to safety when students of Lagos State University (LASU) locked horns with members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), popularly known as Agberos. For several hours, the Lagos-Badagry Expressway was…
22 Feb 2016
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Emmanuel John, 26-year-old, for duplicating the car key of his boss, Mrs. Flora Ighalo, and later absconding with it without the knowledge of the owner.
22 Feb 2016
THE atmosphere was frenetic as the convoy of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, made way to the nondescript camp housing the over 400 distraught victims who ran away for dear lives following the activities of Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has been awarded the ‘Symbol of Peace’ among recipients of the maiden edition of the ‘100 Most Notable Peace Icons in Africa’ honour.
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An All Progressive Congress (APC), chieftain, Professor Yusuf Magaji, has extolled President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for considering Prof. Abiodun Sule for the coveted office of Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The politician in a statement, yesterday, described the maritime expert as fit for the responsibility. Magaji said while Sule is…
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The basic education model adopted by Nigerian states including Bayelsa, Edo, Lagos, Kwara has been commended at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78). The commendation was given on the sidelines of the General Assembly at a Devex event organized to discuss the topic “Transforming Education: Overcoming crisis, improving learning Outcomes.” Speaking at a panel…
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Federal government has expressed sadness over the ambush and killing of personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Nigerian Police and Nigerian Army while on official duty at Ehime Mbano Local government area of Imo state
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Community leaders in Kurebe, in Shiroro local council of Niger State has distanced themselves from an online news publication that alleged mining companies operating in the area paid bandits certain amount of money for protection. In a joint interview granted to newsmen in Minna by Haruna Salihu Kurebe, a community leader and Jamilu Abubakar, APC…