Category: Metro

Justice P.I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday recommended a 14-year-old drug dealer, Samuel Ayoade, for counseling by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Oyo…

The Nigerian Army says it has rescued 42 women, 51 children and two men used by Boko Haram terrorists as labourers on a farm in different clearance operations in Borno.…

Five months after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Disability Act into law in January 2019, its implementation has yet to begin. The lack of action by the government is at…

France is creating a G7 task force to study how central banks ensure cryptocurrencies like Facebook’s Libra are governed by regulations ranging from money-laundering laws to consumer-protection rules, France’s central…

A domestic staff has killed his employer and her mother in Surulere area of Lagos, two days after resuming duty. The sad incident happened on Thursday at No 4 Ogulana…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said a total of 14,036 Nigerians have voluntarily returned home under the Assisted Voluntary Returnees Programme which began in April 2017. The…

Inflation rate increased by 11.40 percent in May, 2019, being 0.03 percent points higher than the 11.37 percent rate recorded in April, 2019. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) released, yesterday,…

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama has rejected payment vouchers tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the trial of former Secretary…

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Behind Bars Rights Foundation (BBRF), on Monday staged a protest against the alleged rape of a two-year-old girl by a 52-year-old landlord, Emeka Okwuosa. The defilement…

A raging inferno has consumed a section of the main market in Markurdi, Benue State with about many shops and goods worth millions of naira destroyed, officials said Tuesday night.…