Metro

Gunmen who attacked Government Science College, Kagara in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State on Wednesday morning came in motorcycles, a resident who witnessed the incident has said. 27 students and 15 others including staff…
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A fire outbreak at customs IDPs camp along Mafa road, Maiduguri, Borno State has reportedly led to the death of an infant baby and injury of two others. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the fire incident occured twice on Tuesday, February 16.…
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The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has hailed the sentencing of the owner of Victoria East Park Hotel and Suite, Igbogbo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Fredrick Ebiesuwa, and his wife, Tinuola Oyegunle, to 40…
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The identity of Kano Hisbah commander who was arrested after he was allegedly caught with a married woman in a hotel has been revealed. His name is Sani Rimo, a senior official with the Kano State Hisbah Board. He is said to be in…
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The management of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education (AIFCE) has confirmed the death of a senior lecturer, simply identified as Mr Echetama, who slumped and died in a lecture hall on Tuesday. The Acting Public Relations Officer…
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Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly attacked a military base and killed seven soldiers in an ambush carried out in Borno state. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the affected soldiers who were attached to the 153 Task Force Battalion in Marte…
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Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested a 28-year-old medical doctor, Chijioke Precious over alleged internet fraud in Owerri, Imo State. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the medical…
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A woman has killed her husband in Ondo State over suspicions of infidelity. The man was killed after he allegedly received a call from another lady. The suspect identified as Queen Beatrice was said to have hit her husband, Emmanuel…
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Detectives attached to the Lagos Police Command have arrested a man, David Idibie, for allegedly beating his wife, Juliana, 42, to death in Ajah. The incident occurred on Tuesday night at their Joado Street, Oke Ira Nla residence. It…
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Suwaiba Shuaibu, 18, has been remanded in prison by a magistrate court sitting in Kano for allegedly stabbing her husband’s 17-year-old fiancée, Aisha Kabir, to death. The suspect was arrested on January 2, 2021 and during interrogation,…
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40 suspects who were arrested for allegedly involving in kidnapping, cattle rustling and culpable homicide have been paraded by the Adamawa State Police Command. The suspects were paraded by the new state commissioner of police at the…
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Exclusive  reports obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, disclosed that the United States government asked the federal trial court in Virginia to impose a stiff sentence on Obiwanne Okeke, aka Invictus Obi, 33, to serve as a deterrent to other…
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Osun state police command on Tuesday paraded a man, Adeboye Moshood, 40, caught with human legs and other body flesh. Addressing journalists at the State Police Command headquarters in Osogbo, Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode said…
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Several students at Government Science College (GSC) Kagara, in Niger State, have been abducted by bandits. The bandits in military uniforms stormed the school premises which has close to 1000 students on Tuesday night, overpowered the…
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Tragedy as eleven people including the village head of Kusherki in Rafi local government area of Niger state, the Dakacin Kusherki, Alhaji Masud Abubakar have been reportedly killed by armed bandits in Munya. The wife of the slain village…
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An 18-year-old identified as Abdullahi Saminu has been remanded in a correctional centre by a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano for allegedly defiling a 3-year-old girl. Saminu lives at Rangaza Quarters Kano and faces a count charge of…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has denied allegations that its proposed new chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa was involved in corrupt practices. Hours after President Muhammadu Buhari nominated him as EFCC chairman on Tuesday,…
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A lawyer and counsel to suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tosin Ojaomo has reacted to the appointment of new anti-graft agency boss, saying justice has not been served regarding the probe of…
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A yet-to-be identified teacher has been accused of brutalizing a student over failure to submit Agricultural science assignment. This sad incident was made known by a Twitter user @empresswodi who uploaded pictures of the brutalized…
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Obinwanne Okeke popularly known as Invictus Obi was on Tuesday jailed for 10 years in the United States for a computer-based intrusion fraud scheme that caused approximately $11 million in known losses to his victims. “Today’s sentence…
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Police have reportedly arrested a senior official with Kano Hisbah after he was allegedly caught with a married woman in a hotel in Kano. The Hisbah Corps is a religious police force created in northern state, Kano and it is responsible…
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A senior official with Kano Hisbah who is in charge of arresting prostitutes in the state has been arrested after he was allegedly caught with a married woman in a hotel. The Kano State Hisbah Corps is a religious police force in…
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A security staff of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Mgbechi Wekwa has been remanded by a Chief Magistrate sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday over an alleged unlawful and sexual abuse of a 16-year-old year old girl.…
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Nigerian teenager identified as Omar Farouk who was sentenced by a Sharia court has relocated from Nigeria due to threats to his life. Recall that the teenager, Farouq was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he wqs accused of using…
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Two suspected fake military officers in a new VIP edition of Toyota Hilux Jeep loaded with a total of 394 compressed parcels of illicit drugs concealed in different parts of the vehicle have been intercepted by operatives of the National…
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