Metro
12 May 2023
Ogun State government has reassured that it would not tolerate the activities of land grabbers in the state, vowing to deal with anyone found culpable with the full wrath of law.
12 May 2023
Justice Abiola Soladoye of a Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, yesterday, sentenced a 26-year-old automobile technician (popularly called Rewire), Sunday George, to life imprisonment for sexually defiling his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter.
12 May 2023
There was pandemonium, yesterday, in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, as some Hausa traders engaged the Amotekun Corps in a fierce battle over their relocation from Atikankan area to the Agric Olope market.
12 May 2023
A suspected Internet fraudster, Precious Ojo, popularly known as Obago, has been arrested by operatives of Benin Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Oghara, Delta State.
12 May 2023
About 20 communities in Engenni kingdom of Ahoada-West Local Council of Rivers State have barricaded the Mbiama axis of the East West road over the deplorable state of the road.
12 May 2023
Following the devastating effect of flood on Imo State residents last year, the state government has commenced massive awareness and sensitisation programmes in 637 autonomous communities of 27 local councils of the state.
11 May 2023
The People's Democratic Party (PDP), Ondo State chapter, has revealed that it will fully participate in the forthcoming local government polls scheduled to hold on December 16, 2023. According to the party, its decision to partake in the electoral process was taken after extensive consultation with its leaders and members. The chairman of the party…
11 May 2023
President -Elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to overhaul the small and medium scale enterprises development agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN, NDE, and Industrial Training Fund (ITF). The Association of Nigeria Artisans and Technicians (ASNAT), in conjunction with the Rikiji Foundation, argued that as movers of Nigeria's micro economy and service providers, they had…
11 May 2023
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, suspended the managing director, directors and secretary of the Board of Seplat Energy Plc, pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice filed by three aggrieved shareholders. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, also gave an order compelling the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to constitute and…
11 May 2023
Women in Anambra on Thursday in Awka staged a peaceful protest against what they termed “barbaric widowhood practices". They demanded the stoppage of the ritual where widows were forced to drink from the water with which their spouses were bathed preparatory to burial. The protesters were led by Ms Hope Okoye, chairperson of the agency…
11 May 2023
The Osun House of Assembly on Thursday constituted seven ad hoc committees to midwife the smooth inauguration of the 8th Assembly in the state on June 6. Mr Simeon Amusan, the Clerk of the Assembly, while constituting the committees at the assembly floor, said the committees were constituted to avoid unnecessary vacuum and constitutional crisis.…
11 May 2023
Nigeria’s first Olympic gold medalist, Chioma Ajunwa, was on Thursday decorated as a Deputy Commissioner of police. The 52-year-old was decorated by her new boss, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Frank Mba. Ajunwa made history as the first Nigerian to win gold at the Olympics, when she achieved the feat in the long jump event at…