Category: Metro

Minister of State Petroleum Resources Chief Timipre Sylva has urged Niger Delta youths to be at the vanguard of promoting peace in the region to be able to attract investment and developments. Speaking during a courtesy call on him by...

The Police Command in Ekiti State on Thursday said it has arrested a 65-year-old man, Durodola Ogundele, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his stepmother.  A statement by the command’s Spokesperson, Mr Sunday Abutu, in Ado-Ekiti, said Ogundel...

A soldier attached to 243 Recce Battalion Ibereko, Badagry, LCP Mahmud Sulaiman, turned the gun on himself after he shot dead a customs officer at Seme border on Wednesday.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred...

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed outrage and disgust over what he called “the heinous murder“ of Adamawa politician Ahmed Gulak in Owerri by yet to be identified gunmen.  The president reacted on Sunday in a statement issued by his Senior...

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB -N) has commenced investigation into the military plane crash which claimed 11 lives including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, on Friday in Kaduna State....

A Mapo Customary Court, Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday dissolved a 38-year-old marriage between a trader, Justina Bassey and her estranged husband, Evans, over financial exploitation and a threat to life.Delivering judgment, the court’s President, Chief Ademola...

The Police Command in Anambra State has arrested one Chukwuemeka Obijofa, 28, for allegedly killing his wife, Chisom Chukwuemeka, 26 and his four-year-old Son  with a shovel. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Ha...

The High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has sentenced a 23-year-old man, Iniobong Moses, to life imprisonment for raping his 3-year-old step-daughter in Ikot Akpe, Uyo Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom.  The Court, presided over by Justice...

The Pathfinder Justice Initiative (PJI) is organising a two -day training for law enforcement officers, prosecutors and Judges on investigation of trafficked victims and prosecution of human traffickers in the country.The workshop is funded by INSighT- Buildin...

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday ordered the remand of a dismissed personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Tokunbo Ajisafe, accused of defrauding one Raji Jimoh of N673,000.The defendant, who was arraigned on a three-count charge of crimina...

A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered that a 23-year old hairstylist, Gift Paul, who allegedly beat up her former husband be remanded in a correctional facility. The police charged Paul with criminal trespass, assault and...

The Zone 4 Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) comprising Plateau, Benue and Nasarawa States, commenced OPERATION ZERO TOLERANCE with the aim of ensuring sanity on the road during the Christmas and New Year Operations from 15 December,...

A Shari’a court sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna, on Tuesday ordered one Nur Aminu, 25, to refund the N50,000 dowry she received from her husband Abdulrahman Garba, in exchange for divorce. The judge, Malam Salisu Tureta, gave the order after the...