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Metro

‘I was beaten with cutlass, shovels,’ Rivers man recounts experience with dreaded OSPAC vigilance group

Mr Clifford Woko, a property developer, alleges that he was tortured by members of OSPAC, a local vigilance group in…

Football

No apology for 2010 World Cup miss: Yakubu Aiyegbeni

Former Super Eagles striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has said he won't apologise for the open goal he missed during the 2010…
Governor Yahaya Bello of KogI: Yet to repair the cold chain store to receive COVID-19 Oxford-Astrazeneca for Kogi

Politics

Group promises to buy presidential form for Yahaya Bello

A pro-youth group has promised to buy Yahaya Bello an Expression of Interest and Nomination Form if he decides to…

Metro

Akeredolu to boost Agriculture

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has reiterated his commitment to continue to boost the agriculture sector in spite of…

Metro

NIN: NIMC appeals to PLWD applicants to be calm

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Lagos State on Thursday urged all physically-challenged applicants for the National Identification Number…

Metro

Anambra hunter shoots wife, self to death after roasting son

Anambra hunter, Mr Uchechukwu Nweke, kills wife, Patricia, son, Obinna, before shooting self to death with his dane gun

Metro

Abuja bizman Abdulrahman Aliyu docked for N250m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has charged Abuja-based businessman Abdulrahman Aliyu with forgery of documents and misappropriation of…
Airtel

Business

NCC renews Airtel Nigeria’s licence

Airtel Africa, a telecommunications provider in 14 countries, said the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the renewal of spectrum…

Headlines, News

Ifeanyi Okowa hit by cruel double death blows

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa mourned at two fronts Thursday: he lost his 88 year-old father, Sir Arthur Okorie Okowa and also…

Headlines, News

Service chiefs need Senate confirmation: Keyamo, 4 other SANs tackle Buhari

The service chiefs appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, need the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate to clothe their…

Metro

FRSC backs Lagos’ restrictions of trucks, trailers’ operations

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos State Sector Command on Thursday aligned with the State Government’s planned implementation of…
Atiku

News

Atiku receives second dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Dubai

Former Nigeria's Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has received his second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Yemzzy

News

Afropop singer, Yemzzy drops “Son Of Moses” EP

Afro-pop singer, Adeola Adeyemi Olamide popularly known as Yemzzy has finally released his debut project, an extended playlist titled “Son…

News

#EndSARS: Rivers judicial panel winds up after two months

The Rivers State Judicial panel set up to investigate alleged cases of police brutality has concluded sitting. It is now…
Amnesty International

News

#LekkiShooting: Amnesty International accuses Nigerian government of cover-up

Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian government of covering up those responsible for the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Alausa…
Manager

Metro

Man in court for abducting his children

A 45-year-old man, Keneth Okoro, on Thursday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over the alleged abduction…
Court frees Manfred Genditzki, the accused killer in Germany’s so-called “bathtub murder” after spending more than 13 years in prison

Metro

Ex-vigilante member jailed 6 months for slashing colleague’s finger

A Grade I Area Court, Nyanya Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced a former of vigilance group, Auwalu Abdullahi, to six months…
Sunday Igboho and Ooni of Ife

Headlines, News

Fulani herdsmen: Ooni sends warning to Sunday Ighoho

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has advised Sunday Adeyemo, well known as Sunday Igboho, not to take laws into…

News

Red Cross urges frontline health workers, others to observe COVID-19 protocols

Mrs Adebola Kolawole, the Chairman, Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), Lagos State branch, has called on frontline health workers and…

Metro

Ebonyi to launch 2021 rabies campaign

The Ebonyi Animal-Mediated Rabies Control Programme (EBARAP) Committee said plans have been concluded for the launch of its rabies campaign.

Metro

Godwin James bags 6 months for cyber fraud

Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on Thursday sentenced a man, Godwin James, to six months imprisonment…
Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle buys 450 truckloads of food for Ramadan

Metro

Zamfara test runs digital FM station

The Zamfara Government on Thursday began the test transmission for the multi-million naira digital FM station.

Metro

EFCC arrests Dubai-based internet fraudsters

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office has arrested seventeen suspected internet fraudsters in the…
Airtel Africa announces offer to buyout Nigeria minorities

News

Airtel rolls out NIN registration points across Nigeria

Airtel Nigeria commences the National Identity Number (NIN) registration in some of its retail outlets across the country.

Headlines, News

Sunday Igboho’s eviction notice to Fulani herdsmen illegal – Falana

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has attacked Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho for issuing quit notice to Fulani herdsmen in Igangan,…

Metro

Imo police officers arrested for assaulting 5 civilians

The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Nasiru Mohammed, has said some officers of the command in the state had…

Entertainment

Oscar winning actress, Cloris Leachman is dead

multiple winning American actress and comedian Cloris Leachman has died at the age of 94.
Sen. Magnus Abe

Politics

APC faction picks candidates for Rivers LG election

A faction of APC in Rivers finalises plans to participate in the state's April LG election with selection of councilorship…

World News

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine: South Africa to receive 1m doses Monday

South Africa is expected to receive the first batch of 1 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday, produced…

Headlines, Metro

Army unleashes 300 female soldiers on bandits on deadly Kaduna-Abuja Expressway

The Nigerian Army has deployed 300 female soldiers to battle bandits and kidnappers on the deadly Kaduna-Abuja Expressway.
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