Category: Metro
Five-year jail term awaits false whistle blowers
The Senate on Wednesday recommended a five-year jail term for false whistle blowers or N10m fine against persons who raise false alarm on hidden loot [...]
Mob sets banks on fire for shielding police officer who killed tanker drivers
A mob earlier today set two banks in Apapa, Diamond and Sterling bank Lagos on fire after a mobile policeman attached to Diamond Bank on Burma Road al [...]
Diezani loses Banana Island house as court order seizure
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the temporary forfeiture of a property at Banana Island, Lagos, reportedly bought for $37.5m in 2 [...]
Shoprite sales girl in court for stealing over N5million
A sales girl who works with Shoprite stores, Mariam Mufutau has been arrested and arraigned before a Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing the sum o [...]
“Enough is enough” thunders Corps Marshal on FRSC operatives brutality
FRSC corps marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, has condemned the unprovoked attacks and molestation of operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps on the highway [...]
Fear of kidnappers causes Lagos govt to halt vacation teaching
The Lagos State Government will not hold its annual holiday special teaching this year for fear of kidnappers. Tagged ‘Science Vacation Course for Sec [...]
$144m slush fund: I’m ready to go to jail — Diezani Alison-Madueke
Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who is being investigated for a series of multi-billion dollar fraud and money laundering offences [...]
Abia Speaker wife: FRSC officials to undergo surgery
Two Federal Road Safety Corps officers, shot at by policemen in the convoy of the Abia Speaker wife on Saturday, have been scheduled for surgery on Mo [...]
Kidnapped Lagos pupils yet to be freed after N31m ransom payment
Parents of the six kidnapped Lagos pupils of the State's Model College, Igbonla Epe, have paid N31m ransom to the criminals who kidnapped their childr [...]
FRSC officers shot at for stopping wife of Abia Speaker
The Abia State House of Assembly Speaker, Chikwendu Kalu, according to eye witnesses on Saturday, allegedly ordered some policemen in the state to sho [...]