Category: Metro

Beauty Queen: I Was Raped By Gambia’s Ex-President
June 26, 2019 No Responses

Beauty Queen: I Was Raped By Gambia’s Ex-President

BBC—A 23-year-old former beauty queen in The Gambia, Fatou Jallow, has said she was raped in 2015 by ex-President Yahya Jammeh when he was in office. Her testimony is part of a Human Rights Watch and Trial International report that...
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LASG Sacks 34 LASTMA Officers
June 22, 2019 No Responses

LASG Sacks 34 LASTMA Officers

Lagos State Government in the last 18 months fired not less than 34 officers of the State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) with two others under investigation for extortion and other sundry issues. The Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat and LASTMA...
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Elumelu To Empower 1,000 Northern Youths
June 16, 2019 No Responses

Elumelu To Empower 1,000 Northern Youths

Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation,  Tony Elumelu, has pledged to empower 1000 young entrepreneurs in northern Nigeria.Speaking on Saturday at Bayero University Kano (BUK), while receiving Doctor of Business Administration, Honoris Causa from the universi...
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Apapa Gridlock: Presidential Taskforce Gets Extension
June 15, 2019 No Responses

Apapa Gridlock: Presidential Taskforce Gets Extension

The Federal Government has extended by two weeks, the time given the Presidential Taskforce on the Apapa traffic gridlock to resolve the matter following a request for extension by members of the taskforce and other stakeholders.Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, S...
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NBC Shuts Down AIT, RAY POWER
June 7, 2019 No Responses

NBC Shuts Down AIT, RAY POWER

The Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the license of Daar Communication Plc, promoter of AIT, RAY POWER until further notice. The Director-General of NBC, Modibbo Kawu announced the shutdown on Thursday. He attributed the action to alleged fa...
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Continental Tyre Mobilises Support For SOS Children’s Village
May 24, 2019 No Responses

Continental Tyre Mobilises Support For SOS Children’s Village

Continental is extending its support to the disaster relief efforts in Mozambique following the devastation and destruction caused by Cyclone Idai by donating funds to SOS Children’s Village.Continental Tyre South Africa (CTSA) has donated R25 000, while...
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NIMASA Donates Relief Materials To Delta IDPs
May 24, 2019 No Responses

NIMASA Donates Relief Materials To Delta IDPs

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has reiterated the Federal and State government’s concern about providing adequate succour aimed at alleviating the sufferings of the Internally Dis...
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Auto Accident Claims 16 Lives In Kano
May 5, 2019 No Responses

Auto Accident Claims 16 Lives In Kano

No fewer than 16 persons have died on Friday evening when three vehicles collided at Tukai Village in Dambatta Local Government Area in Kano State. The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, Kabiru Ibrahim,...
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Buhari Condemns Kaduna Violence
March 17, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Condemns Kaduna Violence

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the actors in the communal and persistent violence in Kaduna State to come to terms with the fact that mutual violence has no winners, but losers on both sides of the conflict. Reacting to the...
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Lagos Building Disaster Claims 10 Lives
March 14, 2019 No Responses

Lagos Building Disaster Claims 10 Lives

At least 10 people have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos. The school, which was on the top floor of the four-storey building in Ita Faji...
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Buhari Condoles With Nigerian Air Force, Relations Of The Dead In Helicopter Crash
January 4, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Condoles With Nigerian Air Force, Relations Of The Dead In Helicopter Crash

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian Air Force, and relations of five people who lost their lives in a military helicopter crash January 2 in Damasak, Borno State. The President mourns Flight Lieutenant Perowei Jacob (...
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Buhari Condemns Communal Violence In Kaduna State
October 21, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Condemns Communal Violence In Kaduna State

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the latest communal violence in Kasuwan Magani in Kaduna State which claimed 55 lives. Reacting to the violent clashes, President Buhari said the frequent resort to bloodshed by Nigerians over misunderstandings that can...
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Traders Lament Harassment, Closure Of 400 Nigerian-Shops In Ghana
September 25, 2018 No Responses

Traders Lament Harassment, Closure Of 400 Nigerian-Shops In Ghana

The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) have petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over the alleged consistent and repeated threats, intimidation and harassment as well as the closure of o...
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US Postpones Deportation Of Deaf Nigerian Immigrant
September 23, 2018 No Responses

US Postpones Deportation Of Deaf Nigerian Immigrant

 The United States immigration officials have postponed the deportation of a deaf immigrant from Nigeria in the U.S. illegally. The Detroit Free Press reports that 48-year-old Francis Anwana and his attorneys met with Immigration and Customs Enforcement offic...
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