Category: Metro
Independence Day bombing: Court jails Charles Okah, Nwabueze for life
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced Charles Okah and his co-defendant, Obi Nwabueze, to life imprisonment for masterminding the bom [...]
We will support Ghana in their corruption war says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday assured his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Akufo-Addo, of Nigeria’s support to Ghana in tackling the menace of endemic [...]
DSS releases detained journalist, Tony Ezimakor
Tony Ezimakor, the detained Abuja bureau chief of Daily Independent newspaper has been released by the Department of State Service (DSS) after seven d [...]
JAMB official makes U-turn, says superior, not snake used N36m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has smashed a syndicate that specialises in diverting funds from the account of the Joint Admissions and [...]
DG NTDC Folorunsho Coker and wife divert N3bn LSGNPPA money
A federal high court in Lagos has frozen the bank accounts of Lagos State Government Number Plate Production Authority, LSGNPPA over an alleged fraud [...]
Buhari’s visit to Taraba, Benue, an afterthought – Fayose
Months after the killings in Taraba, Benue, Zamfara, Yobe and Rivers State instigated by both cattle herders and Boko Haram, President Buhari is set t [...]
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 [...]