Metro News Archives — Page 11 of 12

September 9, 2021 No Responses

Customs Investigate Alleged Shooting Of Katsina Commissioner’s Motorcade

The Nigeria Customs Service has set up a committee to investigate the alleged shooting of a motorcade of a Katsina State commissioner by its operatives. The motorcade of Katsina State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Umar Gwajo-Gwajo,...

September 3, 2021 No Responses

Police Recover Stolen Dangote Truck, 900 Bags Of Cement

The Delta Police Command has confirmed the recovery of an articulated vehicle laden with 900 bags of cement which was allegedly stolen last Tuesday by robbers at Okpella in Edo. Command spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe explained in a statement on Thur...

August 26, 2021 No Responses

Ex-NCC Board Chairman, Durojaiye To Be Buried Sept 18

The family of late Sen. Biyi Durojaiye, second Republic Senator and former Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says he will be buried. on Sept. 18. Mr Abimbola Durojaiye, the eldest son of the late Durojaiye, disclosed this to the...

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 Democra...

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,...

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...

July 17, 2021 No Responses

NIS Rescues Four Victims Of Human Trafficking

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has rescued four female victims of human trafficking in Jigawa State. The Comptroller, Mr Isma’il Abba, told Journalists in Dutse on Friday, that the victims were rescued on Thursday at Gurai village in Babura Loca...

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...

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...

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...

January 28, 2021 No Responses

Man Kills Wife, Son In Anambra

The Police Command in Anambra State has arrested one Chukwuemeka Obijofa, 28, for allegedly killing his wife, Chisom Chukwuemeka, 26 and his four-year-old Son with a shovel. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Ha...

January 20, 2021 No Responses

Court Remands Dismissed FRSC Personnel Over Alleged N673,000 Fraud

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday ordered the remand of a dismissed personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Tokunbo Ajisafe, accused of defrauding one Raji Jimoh of N673,000.The defendant, who was arraigned on a three-count charge of crimina...

January 13, 2021 No Responses

Court Remands Hairstylist For Allegedly Beating Up Ex-Husband

A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, on Tuesday ordered that a 23-year old hairstylist, Gift Paul, who allegedly beat up her former husband be remanded in a correctional facility. The police charged Paul with criminal trespass, assault and...

November 3, 2020 No Responses

Man Allegedly kills Girlfriend In Hotel Room

The Ogun police command says it has arrested a 31-year-old man, Rexlawson Johnson, an indigene of Ebonyi, over alleged gruesome murder of his girlfriend, Patricia John. Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s Spokesman, said in a statement that the suspect ...