Metro

One of the armed bandits terrorising Yagba West local government council has been arrested by security agents in Kogi state. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the six-man gang attacked people along Oke-Ere road of Yagba West and atempted to…
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Osun state is in the league of top states with highest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa, ranked 17th in Nigeria with 2236 confirmed cases, 658 cases on admission and 45 deaths as at Friday 8:42 am 19 February 2021. Many…
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Nine dealers of illicit drugs have been arrested and a total of 1, 292 kilograms of cannabis sativa and its seeds reportedly seized by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ondo State Command. This was contained…
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Tension in Delta community as unknown gunmen attacked lightworld company situated along Airport Road in Warri South Local Government Area. The sad incident happened on Thursday, February 19. WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the armed men…
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A teenage student of Community Secondary School, Ikot Ewa, in Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River State and 12 other alleged criminals have been arrested and paraded by Police in the State. Parading the suspects on Friday, the…
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Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command attached to Ejigbo Division on 16th February 2021, at about 10 pm arrested four suspects for gang-raping a teenager in Ejigbo area of Lagos. The suspects identified as Jimoh Kamoru, 16, Lukman…
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Former chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team Abdulrasheed Maina on Friday told the Federal High Court, Abuja that his leg might be amputated if not granted bail to have adequate medical care. The defendant told Justice Okon…
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Ondo state Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, has said that any cow seen wandering the streets of Akure, will be arrested. This comes after the South West government banned open grazing. According to Akeredolu, his government…
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The Ekiti Government on Thursday denied reports alleging that its tax officials locked up a private primary school in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, and made the pupils of the school to suffer for hours. WITHIN NIGERIA reports that a…
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Vaatia College, a privately owned secondary school in Makurdi, has been shut down by the Benue state government following the outbreak of a strange illness that has left nine students with mild paresis. Joseph Ngbea, the Commissioner for…
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Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have uncovered underworld ‘academy’ for the grooming of internet fraudsters. WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the ‘academy’ located in Arab…
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A 21-year-old young man identified as Godgift Aboh has been reportedly stabbed to death by a 28-year-old lady, Ebiere Ezekiel over an argument about missing N1,500. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the sad incident happened at Obele in Yenagoa…
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Despite the dedication of the former governor of the state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and his successor, Adegboyega Oyetola towards road construction and repairs in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State for 10 progressive years, there are still…
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A 45-year-old man identified as Anya Okorie and Usman Ali have been arrested by the Lagos state police command for parading themselves as serving police inspector and military man respectively. This was contained in a statement released…
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The 'repentant' leader of the gang of bandits that abducted over 300 schoolboys in the Kankara and recently surrendered some weapons, Auwalun Daudawa has disclosed how easy it is to get gun. Recall that Auwalun and six of his lieutenants…
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Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen on Thursday, reportedly killed no fewer than seven persons, four of whom were farmers, returning from their farms in Edo State. It was gathered that the incident occurred at Ugboke, Oshodi, Okokodo, Ariyan…
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A judge of the Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, February 17 pardoned a rapist identified as Dennis Kiyede. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the rapist, Kiyede was being prosecuted by the police on a one-count-charge of…
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Jigawa State Hisbah Board has destroyed over 3000 bottles of alcohol confiscated in Kazaure local Government. The local Government commandant Malam Bello Musa Kazaure disclosed this after destruction of the alcohol in Kazaure. He said…
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The Federal Government has been called by the Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) to take urgent actions to douse the tension across the country caused by activities of armed Fulani herdsmen. The group also noted that another civil war could…
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Barely 24 hours after the abduction of students, teachers, and others from Government Science College, Kagara, unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked some communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State abducting…
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A federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has granted an interim mareva injunction directing commercial banks to block Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited accounts for alleged oil theft. The order which was granted to…
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The arrest of a grandmother, Funmilayo Olalere, in Amondo village, near Ile-Ife, has been ordered by the Osun State Government on Wednesday after she reportedly assaulted  her grandchild living with her. The grandma was said to have…
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At the resumed hearing of the Offa bank robbery case at an Ilorin high court on Wednesday, suspects in a recorded video clip told the court how they killed no fewer than eleven innocent persons during the robbery tragedy. Recall that the…
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Armed men suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents reportedly invaded and killed four mobile police officers in Bursari local government council of Yobe State. This tragic incident has been confirmed by the police public relations…
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Armed bandits have reportedly attacked a vehicle and injured two people at the Kurmin Idon axis of the Kaduna-Kachia road in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state. This tragic incident was confirmed on Wednesday, February 17 by…
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