Category: Metro

COVID-19: Stallion Group To supply Free Rice, Fish To Government-Run Hospitals
April 3, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Stallion Group To supply Free Rice, Fish To Government-Run Hospitals

Stallion Empowerment Initiative, the philanthropic arm of foremost conglomerate, Stallion Group, has pledged its support to Nigeria by committing to provide locally produced rice and fish to all the government-run hospitals dedicated to Coronavirus Disease for the next three months.A...
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COVID-19: Ikeja Electric Suspends Disconnection For Non-Paying Customers
April 1, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Ikeja Electric Suspends Disconnection For Non-Paying Customers

Non-Paying customers within Ikeja Electric Plc franchise network will not be disconnected during the two-week stay-at-home period enforced by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19.According to the Disco, the decision to suspend all disconnection activi...
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Kaigama Seeks Support For New Archbishop Of Jos
March 31, 2020 No Responses

Kaigama Seeks Support For New Archbishop Of Jos

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has urged the government of Plateau, Catholic faithful and all citizens of the state to support the new Archbishop of Jos, Most Rev. Mathew Audu.Kaigama, who is the immediat...
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Confusion As Groom Dies On Wedding Day In Jos
March 22, 2020 No Responses

Confusion As Groom Dies On Wedding Day In Jos

A groom-to-be, Mr Samuel Yarling, of Lamingo, Jos, has reportedly died on his wedding day leaving his bride-to-be and both families devastated. The wedding which was slated for March 21, at the ECWA Church Seminary, had sent two families into...
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Coronavirus: Lagos Urges Residents To Remain Vigilant
March 17, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus: Lagos Urges Residents To Remain Vigilant

Lagos State Government on Tuesday urged residents to always be vigilant of the ravaging Coronavirus, in spite of World Health Organisation (WHO)’s accolades on the feat achieved in Nigeria.The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso, lau...
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LASEMA: 17 Dead, 25 Injured In Abule Ado Pipeline Explosion
March 16, 2020 No Responses

LASEMA: 17 Dead, 25 Injured In Abule Ado Pipeline Explosion

The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu has disclosed that 17 bodies have been recovered while 25 casualties are being treated for injuries sustained in the Abule Ado pipeline explosion. Oke-Osanyintol...
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Osinbajo’s Outrider Dies In Road Accident
March 14, 2020 No Responses

Osinbajo’s Outrider Dies In Road Accident

The Presidency has announced the death of a police outrider on the convoy of Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, in a statement in Abuja,...
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Nigerian Navy Impounds 94,800 Litres Of AGO
March 12, 2020 No Responses

Nigerian Navy Impounds 94,800 Litres Of AGO

The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom, has seized 94, 800 litres of illegal Automative Gas Oil (AGO) at Agbani Offshore in Rivers.Captain Peter Yilme, the Commanding Officer of FOB, stated this...
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Aminu Ado Bayero Emerges New Kano Emir
March 9, 2020 No Responses

Aminu Ado Bayero Emerges New Kano Emir

Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has approved the appointment of Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, as the 15th Emir of Kano.Until his new appointment, Bayero was the Emir of Bichi.The Secretary to the state government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji made the...
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I’m Tired Of My Wife’s Lifestyle, Man Tells Court
March 5, 2020 No Responses

I’m Tired Of My Wife’s Lifestyle, Man Tells Court

An Ibadan-based businessman, Samuel Ademokoya, on Thursday urged a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 12-year-old marriage to his estranged wife, Victoria, because he was tired of her lifestyle.In his petition before Chief Ademola Odunade, the Pres...
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Court Bars Hospitals From Demanding Compulsory Blood Donations From Pregnant Women
March 2, 2020 No Responses

Court Bars Hospitals From Demanding Compulsory Blood Donations From Pregnant Women

An Ikeja High Court has ordered government hospitals in Lagos State to stop demanding compulsory blood donations from women seeking antenatal and maternity services.Justice Raliat Adebiyi, in the judgment delivered on Monday, also restrained government hospita...
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Navy Impounds 956 Bags Of Rice
March 2, 2020 No Responses

Navy Impounds 956 Bags Of Rice

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, has arrested 10 suspects for allegedly  smuggling 956 bags of banned 50kg rice in the state.The Commanding Officer, Capt. Peter Yilme made the disclosure...
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NIMASA Donates Relief Materials To 20, 000 Displaced Persons In Borno
February 24, 2020 No Responses

NIMASA Donates Relief Materials To 20, 000 Displaced Persons In Borno

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), on Monday donated relief materials for distribution to 20, 000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno.The Director General of the Agency, Dakuku Peterside, made the disclosure at the presen...
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NPA Empowers Over 200 In Imo State
February 20, 2020 No Responses

NPA Empowers Over 200 In Imo State

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA ) has donated good and items to over 200 people at Umuoziri Inyisi, Ikeduru LGA of Imo State as part of its  Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative.NPA explained that the initiative is geared towards equipping.....
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