Category: Metro
Senate okays death penalty for drug traffickers
The Senate has approved the death penalty for dealers and importers of cocaine, heroin and other hard drugs into the country.
The proposed capital [...]
Press freedom, civic space shrinking in Nigeria under Tinubu – Group
Press freedom is on the decline and there is a shrinking of the civic space under President Bola Tinubu, a group of civil society and media organisati [...]
Nigerian journalists, civil organisations, protest in Abuja, demand release of Daniel Ojukwu, FIJ reporter
Nigerian journalists and members of some Civil Society Organisation (CSOs), on Thursday, assembled at the Nigerian Police Force Headquarters in Abuja [...]
First News Media apologises to Femi Gbajabiamila for reporting falsehood about him as editor, Samuel Olatunji tenders resignations asks to paid his one year owed salary
The General Editor, First News Media, Segun Olatunji, has resigned from his appointment. This came as the newspaper published a story with which it ap [...]
I was asked by some Nigerian officials to pay bribe in crypto for ‘issues to go away’ – Binance CEO
Richard Teng, Binance’s chief executive officer says some unknown persons in Nigeria demanded huge payments in digital currency to make their problems [...]
Mother of 4-year-old who died in Abuja school owned by Joy Emordi, protests, alleges cover up
The mother of the late four-year-old Miguel Ovoke, who recently died at the BrickHall School located in the Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura, in Abuja, on Mo [...]
Fred Ajudua released on bail following arrest for land grabbing
Socialite and alleged fraudster, Fred Ajudua who was arrested over a matter pertaining to land dispute and forgery has been released on bail.
Ajudu [...]
Ex-FCMB manager, Precious Placidus bags 121 years imprisonment over N112m fraud
A former manager of First City Monument Bank, FCMB, in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nwachukwu Placidus, has been handed a cumulative 121 years jail term fo [...]
Court orders Linda Ikeji to pay Neo Black Movement N30m over defamatory article
A high court in Effurun, Delta, has ordered blogger, Linda Ikeji to pay N30,000,000 as general damages to the Neo Black Movement (NBM) of Africa over [...]
Gihan Mbelu, VGC chairman found dead in his car
The Lagos State Police Command has launched an investigation into the death of Gihan Mbelu who was until his death, the chairman of the Victoria Garde [...]