Metro
10 Jul 2023
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sued a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah over an eight-count charge at a Federal High Court in Abuja. These charges filed on Monday, June 26, include eight counts related to allegations of document fabrication, conspiracy to commit a felony, and other offences. The eight-count charges come…
10 Jul 2023
Niger State Governor Mohammed Umar Bago has directed the dissolution of all statutory commissions, boards, parastatals and the termination of all political appointees appointed before May 29, 2023. Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Abubakar Usman said this in a statement. According to Usman, Governor Bago ordered the dissolution and termination of appointments with immediate…
10 Jul 2023
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Adamawa governorship election, Aisha Dahiru, popularly called Binani has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC declared null and void the purported declaration of Binani by the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) as the winner of the state governorship election held…
10 Jul 2023
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has said it will delist any loan application harassing customers. The FCCPC also stated that it will ask Google to permanently delete such apps from its app store. This is in reaction to the continued harassment and defamation Nigerians go through in the hands of digital lenders.…
10 Jul 2023
Anambra State governor Chukwuma Soludo has issued a directive regarding Mmesomma Joy Ejikeme, the student who admitted to fabricating her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result. Ejikeme claimed to have scored 362 as against the 249 marks the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) recorded as her tally. JAMB's spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed that “all…
10 Jul 2023
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings until July 18th and 19th, 2023. APC in a statement by its National Secretary Iyiola Omisore said the postponement is necessitated by the regional and sub-regional schedules and engagements of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who emerged as the new…
10 Jul 2023
A former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dipo Fasina, popularly known as Jingo, has been found in Turkey after being reported missing at the airport. Fasina was declared missing on Saturday, July 1. This incident was confirmed by the current President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke. The 76-year-old was travelling to…
10 Jul 2023
A man has died of electrocution while vandalising a transformer in Ogbe Quarters, Ute- Okpu community, in the Ike North-East Local Government Area of Delta State. The state Police spokesperson DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the incident on Sunday. “Yes, it is confirmed. The young man is a vandal and unfortunately, he was electrocuted,” Edafe said.…
10 Jul 2023
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, expressed concerns over alleged plan to deploy a former police commissioner, Mohammed Barde, accused of disrupting the April 15 supplementary polls in Adamawa State, to Imo State for the November gubernatorial election.
10 Jul 2023
Properties and goods worth several millions of naira were destroyed following a heavy downpour that lasted several hours in Makurdi at the weekend.The worst hit area was Wurukum, the part of Makurdi where the bridge across the river Benue is sited.
10 Jul 2023
Goods and properties estimated at billions of naira were destroyed during a fire outbreak at the power line section of Ariaria International Market, Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State
10 Jul 2023
Police Operatives attached to Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a suspected cultist in highbrow Ikoyi.The suspect identified as Idris Ayinla was reportedly intercepted by police detectives on routine check up along Oniru area of Ikoyi, while he was in a car with his colleagues perhaps going to the Oniru beach.
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The Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu, has hailed road marshals nationwide for their doggedness and sacrifices in checkmating routes violations thereby reducing road traffic accidents by 42 per cent.
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The Oyo State Police Command has announced that it is investigating a shooting incident that occurred in the early hours of Monday, April 22nd, at a popular nightclub along the "Under G" area of Owode-Ogbomoso. The police, in a statement on Thursday, said the shooting incident claimed the life of one Iyanda Damilola. A distress…
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Authorities have confirmed the escape of 118 inmates from the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, Niger state, following a heavy downpour that wreaked havoc on the facility, Wednesday night. The rain which lasted hours was said to have destroyed part of the main facility and the perimeter fence giving way for the inmates to escape.…
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A yet-to-be-identified elderly passenger has passed away in a commercial bus while travelling along the Ogbomoso-Ilorin expressway in Kwara State. Eyewitnesses said the deceased was believed to be in his late 60s. The incident, which left fellow passengers in shock, reportedly occurred after the bus experienced mechanical problems near Ote town. According to Abeni Okin,…
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A Nigeria woman, Clara Chizoba Kronborg, has broken the Guinness World Record (GWR) for the longest interviewing marathon. Kronborg who is a social media entrepreneur broke the world record with a time of 55 hours and 24 seconds, according to GWR. Kronborg in setting a new record smashed the previous one which was 37 hours…
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Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have killed two people, including the chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for Mai Dabino community in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State, Saidu Basa. The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon at about 3:30 pm, along the road leading from Mai Dabino to Danmusa. It was learnt that…
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A former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr. Joe Abah, has narrated how an air crash was averted in Lagos on Friday. Abah, who made this disclosure in a post on his X handle, said he boarded a 7:00 am Ibom Air flight in Lagos, heading to Abuja. The flight also had…
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A fire incident disrupted flights at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Thursday morning. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), in a statement on Thursday, said smoke was detected emanating from the E54 bridge at 05:29 hrs. FAAN's director of public affairs and consumer protection, Obiageli Orah, said the airport engineers immediately…
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As the whereabouts of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, remain unknown a week after he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and placed on a watch-list by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)