Category: Metro

Fayemi Mourns Ex-NCC Board Chairman, Durojaiye
August 25, 2021 No Responses

Fayemi Mourns Ex-NCC Board Chairman, Durojaiye

The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed condolences on the death of an elder statesman and former member of the National Assembly, Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye.  The late Senator Durojaye, who was a prominent chieftain of the National Democratic Coalition...
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FIRS Files Appeal Against Court Judgment
August 16, 2021 No Responses

FIRS Files Appeal Against Court Judgment

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has appealed a recent judgment of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on the issue of Value Added Tax (VAT)collection.    FIRS in a statement issued by its Director, Communications and ...
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Masari Threatens Legal Action Against Customs Over ‘Recurring Killings’
August 14, 2021 No Responses

Masari Threatens Legal Action Against Customs Over ‘Recurring Killings’

Katsina State Governor,  Aminu Masari has condemned the recurring killings of innocent citizens through reckless driving by operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in the state.  In a statement issued by Malam Abdu Labaran, Director-Gen...
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NUJ Condemns Arrest Of MMS Plus Reporter, Demands Apology
August 12, 2021 No Responses

NUJ Condemns Arrest Of MMS Plus Reporter, Demands Apology

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lagos State Council has condemned “in strong terms the arrest of Mr Yusuf Odejobi, a Reporter with MMS Plus in Lagos by the Police”.   In a statement signed by Chairman, Adeleye Ajayi and Secretary,...
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Customs’ Vehicle Kills Five In Katsina
August 10, 2021 No Responses

Customs’ Vehicle Kills Five In Katsina

A Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) patrol vehicle on Monday lost control and killed five persons in Jibia Local Government Area (LGA), Katsina State.  Dalha Wada-Chedi, the acting Controller of NCS in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency...
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Buhari Mourns Hosa Okunbo
August 9, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Hosa Okunbo

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family, friends and associates of late Capt. Idahosa (Hosa) Okunbo, Chairman of Ocean Marine Solutions.  Okunbo, a renowned businessman and philanthropist, died in London on Saturday at 63.  The pr...
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Yar’Adua’s Son Remanded In Prison For Crushing Four To Death
August 6, 2021 No Responses

Yar’Adua’s Son Remanded In Prison For Crushing Four To Death

A Magistrate’s Court in Yola on Thursday remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, 36, the son of late former President Musa Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola.  Yar’Adua,  a student of the American University of...
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Abiola’s Children Seek Buhari’s Intervention Over Sharing Of Father’s Properties
July 18, 2021 No Responses

Abiola’s Children Seek Buhari’s Intervention Over Sharing Of Father’s Properties

The children of the late Kudirat Abiola, wife of the late winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Moshood Abiola, have written to President Muhammed Buhari asking him to wade into a family crisis over the sharing of properties...
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Timipre Sylva: Peace Is Key To Economic Development In Niger Delta
July 2, 2021 No Responses

Timipre Sylva: Peace Is Key To Economic Development In Niger Delta

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...
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Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Raping 85-Year-Old Stepmother
June 18, 2021 No Responses

Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Raping 85-Year-Old Stepmother

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...
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Soldier Commits Suicide After killing Customs Officer
June 4, 2021 No Responses

Soldier Commits Suicide After killing Customs Officer

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...
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Buhari Expresses Outrage Over Murder Of Gulak
May 31, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Expresses Outrage Over Murder Of Gulak

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...
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AIB-N Recovers Black Box, Expands Military Plane Crash Investigation
May 23, 2021 No Responses

AIB-N Recovers Black Box, Expands Military Plane Crash Investigation

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....
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Court Dissolves 38-Year-Old Marriage, Orders Husband To Vacate Home
January 30, 2021 No Responses

Court Dissolves 38-Year-Old Marriage, Orders Husband To Vacate Home

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...
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