Category: Metro

Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Raping, Robbing Student At UNILAG
April 6, 2022 No Responses

Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Raping, Robbing Student At UNILAG

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a man, Collins Okechukwu, to life imprisonment for raping and robbing a 25-year-old student (name withheld) at the University of Lagos.  Delivering judgement, Justice Abiola Soladoye, who described Okechukwu as a...
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Gunmen Attack FRSC Patrol Team, Kill Two Personnel
April 4, 2022 No Responses

Gunmen Attack FRSC Patrol Team, Kill Two Personnel

A team of Patrol Operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FTSC) comprising of an Officer, a driver and two other staff on patrol operations have been attacked by unknown gunmen leading to the death of two personnel with one...
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Train Attack: NRC Confirms Safety Of 170 Passengers, 21 Missing  
April 3, 2022 No Responses

Train Attack: NRC Confirms Safety Of 170 Passengers, 21 Missing  

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed the safety of about 170 passengers that were on board the attacked AK9 Abuja to Kaduna train on March 28, 2022.   In a statement on Saturday, Mr Fidet Okhiria, NRCs Managing Director, explained...
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NRC Confirms Attack On Abuja-Kaduna Train 
March 29, 2022 No Responses

NRC Confirms Attack On Abuja-Kaduna Train 

The Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, has confirmed attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train by suspected bandits on Monday night.  Okhiria however told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that ”information concerning the atta...
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Lagos Sanctions Six Indicted LASTMA Officers
March 22, 2022 No Responses

Lagos Sanctions Six Indicted LASTMA Officers

The Lagos State Government has disciplined six officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) over misconduct while performing their official duties.  The Assistant Director, Public Affairs of LASTMA, Mr Olumide Filade, confirmed this i...
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Court Orders DNA Test To Determine Paternity Of Children
March 19, 2022 No Responses

Court Orders DNA Test To Determine Paternity Of Children

A Grade A Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan, Oyo State has ordered for DNA tests on the three children of  a divorce-seeking couple, Alhaji Lukman Shittu, and embittered wife, Fisayo Shittu.  The court gave the order so as to unrave...
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Uromi Bank Robbery: Edo CP Confirms Recovery Of N37m, Five Abandoned Vehicles
February 26, 2022 No Responses

Uromi Bank Robbery: Edo CP Confirms Recovery Of N37m, Five Abandoned Vehicles

The Police command in Edo on Friday confirmed that some monies suspected to be carted away by robbers during Thursday’s armed robbery attacks on some banks in Uromi, have been recovered.  Mr Phillip Ogbadu, the State Commissioner of Police confirmed...
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Gunmen Raid Four Banks, Kill Seven Persons
February 25, 2022 No Responses

Gunmen Raid Four Banks, Kill Seven Persons

Gunmen attacked four banks and a Police Divisional Headquarters on Thursday as they laid siege on Uromi town in Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen got to the town in their numbers and in several...
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Stanbic IBTC Bank Customer Protests Alleged Frozen Of Account  
February 23, 2022 No Responses

Stanbic IBTC Bank Customer Protests Alleged Frozen Of Account  

Chief Oluwarotimi Fadoju, a Customer at the Stanbic IBTC Bank, Ring Road branch, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday created scene inside the banking hall, protesting alleged frozen of his account over Tax Identification Number (TIN) certificate.  Fadoju, who c...
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Dangote Faults FRSC On Ogun Accident Report  
February 19, 2022 No Responses

Dangote Faults FRSC On Ogun Accident Report  

By ebosele@hotmail.com  — The management of Dangote Group has denied ownership of a truck involved in a fatal crash that claimed several lives on Friday along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.  In a statement sent to City BusinessNews Online, Dangote Group...
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Abba Kyari: Police Unravel Identities Of Suspected Drug Barons, NDLEA Collaborators
February 15, 2022 No Responses

Abba Kyari: Police Unravel Identities Of Suspected Drug Barons, NDLEA Collaborators

The Force Headquarters, on Monday unraveled the identities of the suspected drug barons who allegedly colluded with DSP Abba Kyari and four others to ferry illicit drugs into the country.  Abba Kyari and his team were declared wanted by the...
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School Bus Driver Bags Life Sentence For Defiling 4-Year-Old Pupil
February 11, 2022 No Responses

School Bus Driver Bags Life Sentence For Defiling 4-Year-Old Pupil

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a 39-year-old driver, Abiodun Matthew, to life imprisonment for defiling a pupil of University of Lagos (UNILAG) Women Society School.  Matthew, who was charged with sexual assault...
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Okomu Oil Suspends Operations
February 4, 2022 No Responses

Okomu Oil Suspends Operations

The Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo State has suspended operations in the aftermath of what the management described as a “terrorist attack“ on Tuesday.  “For now, we are forced to shut down our operations to save lives from possible...
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Railway: Firms Drag Minister To Court Over Alleged Unlawful Award Of Contract 
February 4, 2022 No Responses

Railway: Firms Drag Minister To Court Over Alleged Unlawful Award Of Contract 

Three construction companies have dragged the Minister of Transportation and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) to a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged unlawful award of 190-km rail line construction to a Chinese Firm without due process. ...
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