Category: Metro
Tribal marks soon to become illegal
A bill seeking to criminalise facial mutilation under the guise of cultural and tribal marks has passed through second reading in the Senate. The bill [...]
Shocking truths about the late Dr Allwell Oji
It has emerged that Dr. Alwell Orji, the medical practitioner who took his life last Sunday by jumping into the Lagos Lagoon, had attempted suicide a [...]
Ex-NNPC boss, Yakubu granted N300m bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu, in the [...]
Third Mainland bridge suicide: Body yet to be recovered ….Family wants to be left alone
Following the death of Dr Alwell Orji who jumped into the lagoon on the Third Mainland bridge of Sunday, palpable grief has enveloped the residents of [...]
Queens’ College resumption postponed indefinitely
Following the health crisis rocking Queens’ College, Lagos, resumption of academic activities at the school has been postponed indefinitely. There had [...]
Senator Melaye dares EFCC from Morocco, alleges probe of accounts
The Chairman senate committee on media, Senator Dino Melaye on Saturday, claimed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is planning [...]
Fire destroys chemicals worth millions in NAFDAC office
Chemicals worth millions of naira were destroyed in a fire that broke out yesterday afternoon at the Oshodi office of the National Agency for Food, Dr [...]
EFCC hands over Amosu’s $2.15m hospital to Air Force
A hospital with medical equipment worth about $2.15m which was seized from a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), has been ha [...]
LAUTECH final year student commits suicide in hostel
A final year student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Adesoji Adediran, has committed suicide. The 500-level stu [...]
Third Mainland Bridge suicide: Rescue effort still ongoing
From the shocking event of yesterday, where motorists on Third Mainland Bridge saw a man identified as Dr Orji jumped to his death from the bridge, it [...]