Category: Metro

Army: Exercise Crocodile Smile VI Has Nothing To Do With #EndSARS Protest
October 19, 2020 No Responses

Army: Exercise Crocodile Smile VI Has Nothing To Do With #EndSARS Protest

The Nigerian Army has said the newly-launched Exercise Crocodile Smile VI has nothing to do with the ongoing ENDSARS protests across the country. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, indicated this in a statement on Sunday. Musa...
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#EndSARS: Protest Disrupts Vehicular Traffic In Nsukka
October 18, 2020 No Responses

#EndSARS: Protest Disrupts Vehicular Traffic In Nsukka

Human and vehicular traffic were grounded on Saturday on major road’s in Nsukka town, in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, as a result of  the #EndSARS protest.  The large number of protesters converged at the Union Primary School...
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Lee Engineering Boss Seeks Import Duty Waiver, Tax Relief For Indigenous Fabrication Firms
October 17, 2020 No Responses

Lee Engineering Boss Seeks Import Duty Waiver, Tax Relief For Indigenous Fabrication Firms

Executive Chairman, Lee Engineering, Dr Leemon Ikpea, has appealed to the Federal Government to grant import duty waiver and tax relief for indigenous fabrication companies as part of measures to support the government in job creation and boost the eco...
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Badagry Youths Protest Alleged Extortion, Multiple Checkpoints On Expressway
October 14, 2020 No Responses

Badagry Youths Protest Alleged Extortion, Multiple Checkpoints On Expressway

Youths in Badagry area of Lagos State on Tuesday staged protest against the alleged multiple checkpoints and extortion of motorists by law enforcement agents on Agbara-Badagry Expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that youths, in different group...
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Couple, Two Others Arrested Over Alleged Possession Of Human Skull
September 29, 2020 No Responses

Couple, Two Others Arrested Over Alleged Possession Of Human Skull

The Ogun Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested four persons for allegedly being in possession of a human skull.  Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta o...
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Zenith Bank Staff In Court, Explains Transfer Of N359m To Different Accounts
September 23, 2020 No Responses

Zenith Bank Staff In Court, Explains Transfer Of N359m To Different Accounts

A compliance officer with Zenith Bank pic,  Remigius Ugwu, on Wednesday, alleged N359 million was moved from Special Duties ministry account and transferred to different accounts. Ugwu made this known while giving his evidence-in-chief in the ongoing...
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Housewife Seeks Divorce Over Husband’s Gambling Addiction
September 15, 2020 No Responses

Housewife Seeks Divorce Over Husband’s Gambling Addiction

A trader, Fisayo Akibu, on Tuesday approached a Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, seeking dissolution of her 19-year-old marriage to husband, Abiodun over  his addiction to gambling   Testifying, the mother of four, said:”my husband puts all his ea...
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Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Trains Resumes Monday, Increases Fares
September 10, 2020 No Responses

Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Trains Resumes Monday, Increases Fares

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the resumption of Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Train Services (MTTS) from Monday after five months of suspension to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. A statement issued on Thursday by District Public ...
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Marriage Crashes Over Missing Underwear
September 9, 2020 No Responses

Marriage Crashes Over Missing Underwear

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Wednesday dissolved a marraige involving a trader, Sadia Abass, and her husband, Azeez, over a missing underwear. Sadia had petitioned the Court to dissolve her marriage over allegations that he had stolen her...
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Woman Stabs Boyfriend To Death Over Abortion
September 4, 2020 No Responses

Woman Stabs Boyfriend To Death Over Abortion

The Police Command in Anambra State has arrested 25-year-old Onyinye Chime for allegedly stabbing her 29-year-old boyfriend, Eleyi Azubuike, to death with a kitchen knife for suggesting abortion to her.The command’s spokesman, SP Haruna Mohammed, disclosed t...
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Okomu Oil Inaugurates Seven Projects
August 28, 2020 No Responses

Okomu Oil Inaugurates Seven Projects

The management of Okomu Oil Palm Plc has constructed seven different projects within its areas of operations in Edo State as part of measures to speed up development in the benefitting communities. Inaugurating the projects on Friday, the  Managi...
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Ibeju-Lekki Youths Reap Benefits of Dangote Refinery Vocational Training
August 24, 2020 No Responses

Ibeju-Lekki Youths Reap Benefits of Dangote Refinery Vocational Training

Many indigent youths in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State are now counting their fortunes and reaping the benefits from the first batch of the vocational training programme organized by Dangote Oil Refinery.   So far, according to a statement, some of....
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Oyo Extends Maternity Leave To Six months
August 20, 2020 No Responses

Oyo Extends Maternity Leave To Six months

The Oyo State Government on Thursday said efforts are ongoing to ensure that maternity leave for pregnant and nursing mothers who are state employees is extended from four to six months.   This is contained in a statement by the...
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Prudential Zenith Life Insurance Donates N38millionTo Slum2School
August 18, 2020 No Responses

Prudential Zenith Life Insurance Donates N38millionTo Slum2School

Prudential Zenith Life Insurance has donated $100,000 (N38 million) to Slum2school Africa, to help cushion the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on education in disadvantaged communities across Nigeria.   Mr Chuks Igumbor, Managing Director and Chief Execu...
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