Category: Metro

Man Remanded Over Alleged Rape Of 85-Year-Old Woman
June 17, 2020 No Responses

Man Remanded Over Alleged Rape Of 85-Year-Old Woman

A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 32-year-old man, Mohammed Zulfaralu, in a correctional centre for allegedly raping an octogenarian. The defendant, who resides at Gidan Kwana, Kwanar Dangora Village, is facing a...
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Senate President Mourns Osinowo
June 15, 2020 No Responses

Senate President Mourns Osinowo

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has received with shock and sadness the news on Monday of the death of Senator Adebayo Osinowo.  Lawan condoled with Senator Osinowo’s family, friends, political associates and also the government and people of ...
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Buhari Condoles Ighodalo Over Wife’s Death
June 15, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Condoles Ighodalo Over Wife’s Death

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock at the passage of Mrs Ibidun Itua-Ighodalo, wife of Pastor Itua Ighodalo of Trinity House, based in Lagos. The president made his feelings known in a condolence message released by his Special Adviser on...
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Court Sentences Driver To 15-Year Jail For Raping Employer’s Daughter
June 12, 2020 No Responses

Court Sentences Driver To 15-Year Jail For Raping Employer’s Daughter

An Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced a driver, Francis Apai, to 15 years imprisonment for raping his employer’s 17-year-old daughter in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Sherifat Solebo sentenced Apai after finding him gui...
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Mother Of 13 Gives Birth To Quadruplets In Zaria
June 9, 2020 No Responses

Mother Of 13 Gives Birth To Quadruplets In Zaria

A 34-year-old housewife, Hauwa’u Sulaiman, of No. 70 Alfadarai in Zaria, also a mother of 13, gave birth to a set of quadruplets at the Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Zaria, on Friday, June 5.Sulaiman told the News Agency of Nigeria...
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Police In Ogun Arrests Lovers For Faking Kidnap
June 5, 2020 No Responses

Police In Ogun Arrests Lovers For Faking Kidnap

The Police Command in Ogun has arrested a 17-year-old girl, Seun Adekunle, and her 25-year-old boyfriend, Basit Olasunkanm, for allegedly faking kidnap of the girl. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made the discl...
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Buhari Condemns killing Of UNIBEN Student, Omozuwa
June 3, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Condemns killing Of UNIBEN Student, Omozuwa

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of an undergraduate of the University of Benin, Miss Uwaila Omozuwa, by rapists at a place of worship in Benin. The president on his verified twitter page: @MBuhari on Tuesday directed the police...
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NCWS To Edo Govt: Fish Out killers Of UNIBEN Undergraduate
June 1, 2020 No Responses

NCWS To Edo Govt: Fish Out killers Of UNIBEN Undergraduate

The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has called on Edo Government to ensure that killers of Vera Omozuwa, a 100-level Microbiology student of University of Benin (UNIBEN) are brought to book.The President NCWS, Mrs Laraba Shoda, made the call...
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Immigration Boss Warns Against Extra Charges On Passports
June 1, 2020 No Responses

Immigration Boss Warns Against Extra Charges On Passports

The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede,  has warned personnel of the service against extra charges on passport issuance. Babandede gave the warning during a virtual meeting with passport officers nationwide on Monday i...
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Taiwan Decriminalises Adultery
May 29, 2020 No Responses

Taiwan Decriminalises Adultery

Taiwan’s top court on Friday nullified a decade-old criminal adultery law under which having extra marital affairs could result in jail term. The court revoked Article 239 of Taiwan’s Criminal Code, which stipulated that a“ married person who commits adu...
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Stephanie Linus Unveils “Hygiene First” Campaign
May 25, 2020 No Responses

Stephanie Linus Unveils “Hygiene First” Campaign

    By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com As people and nations around the world grapple with the new reality of Coeronavirus Disease (COVID 19), Stephanie Linus is inspiring a long-term and purposeful lifestyle change among Nigerians to stimulate personal and commu...
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Buhari Mourns Karibi-Whyte
May 23, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Karibi-Whyte

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his condolences to the government and people of Rivers over the passing of legal icon, author and law professor, Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, conve...
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Interstate Movement: FRSC Turns Back 1,292 Vehicles
May 19, 2020 No Responses

Interstate Movement: FRSC Turns Back 1,292 Vehicles

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), turned back 1,292 vehicles from Ogun and Lagos States’ boundaries in the last two weeks, while enforcing the Federal Government’s restrictions on interstate movements. Mr Samuel Obayemi, FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer i...
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NRC Makes Wearing Of Face Masks Mandatory
May 14, 2020 No Responses

NRC Makes Wearing Of Face Masks Mandatory

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has flagged off sensitisation and awareness campaign against COVID-19 among its staff and those residing in railway compound in Lagos. The NRC Managing Director, Mr Fidet Okhiria, performed the ceremony, according to a st...
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