Category: Metro
Media houses, AIT and Sun Newspaper on sacking spree
The management of the African Independent Television, AIT owned by Chief Raymond Alegho Dokpesi, yesterday sacked at least 300 of its staff nationwide [...]
Abuja parents pay for children to learn British accent
Some parents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have admitted that they pay extra fees for their children to learn how to speak with British accen [...]
Military employs fishermen, farmers in search for missing Dapchi schoolgirls
The military has employed the services of local fishermen and farmers in the search for the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls, the head of counter-insurgenc [...]
Gov Umahi bans grazing after clash left 4 injured in Ebonyi
A clash between farmers and herdsmen in Akaeze, Ivo LGA of Ebonyi State, yesterday, left four persons from both sides seriously injured. While three h [...]
How Patience Jonathan, Shagaya used NGO to launder N3.3bn – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos not to unfreeze a Unity Bank account with a balance of N1 [...]
Chinese girl rides bicycle from Morocco to Lagos
A Chinese female cyclist, Huang Shuang, who rode from Morocco to Lagos, Nigeria, within five months, says she is convinced that anybody can achieve an [...]
Enenche donates relief as Ortom laments increased presence of cows
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has raised fresh concerns of possible herdsmen attacks in the state. The governor dropped this hint when he led the [...]
Efforts being made to recover stolen money – JAMB registrar, Oloyede
The case of a snake swallowing N36million belonging to JAMB shocked Nigerians but that may be just the tip of the iceberg. The commission's registrar, [...]
Parents say 105 girls missing after Dapchi school attack
More than 100 girls are missing after a Boko Haram attack on a school in Dapchi, Yobe State, earlier this week, according to parents of the abducted c [...]
Why Amaechi, Fashola won’t allow Buhari fight corruption – Archbishop Chukwuma
Archbishop of the Enugu Anglican Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Most Reverend Emmanuel Chukwuma, has said that former governors of Rivers and Lag [...]