Metro

Senator Aliyu Wamakko has lost his younger brother, Buba Wamakko, at age 66. The deceased was the district head of Gedawa in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State. He died early Monday at the Uthmanu Danfodiyo University…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Twenty seven commercial motorcycle riders, popularly known as okada riders, who left Nigeria and took illegal routes to Ghana were on Friday, April 3, arrested and paraded by the Ghanaian Police. The okada riders…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has cautioned officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force currently deployed for the enforcement of the lockdown and social restriction orders to ensure that the rights…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Emir of Jere in Kaduna state and husband of Senator Esther Nenadi Usman who was the Minister of Finance during the Obasanjo administration, Dr. Sa’ad Usman is dead. A younger brother of the late Emir, Alhaji Aminu…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Federal Government has announced a reduction of the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to N123.50 per litre. According to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Executive Secretary,…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Federal Government, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of the ongoing reconstruction work at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika disclosed this after an…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Commissioner, Ministry of Human Services and Social Development, Kaduna State, Hajiya Hafsat Baba has expressed her sadness over the death of an Almajiri boy who drowned while being  allegedly hidden by his…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Nigerians will from Wednesday, April 1, 2020, pay more for electricity, it has been gathered. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had disclosed this in its December 2019 Minor Review of Multi-Year Tariff…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Following the lockdown directive by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari on the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sun 29 March, 2020, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has ordered the shutdown of…
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By Bukola Olasanmi No fewer than 75 monarchs demoted by Ogun State Government have dragged Governor Dapo Abiodun to court for reversal of their downgrading. In the suit, which joined the Commissioner for Local Government &…
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Singapore’s High Court has ruled to uphold the criminalisation of homosexuality, the Human Dignity Trust have confirmed. The decision would have overturned an anti-gay colonial law instated in 1938 under British rule. Gay rights…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Criticisms have trailed the introduction of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code by the Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners’ Chapel), to enable members make online payments of offerings and tithes, as…
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By Bukola Olasanmi The Network of People living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) says the comment of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on HIV/AIDS “is a complete violation of the anti-stigmatisation and discrimination law of 2014”.…
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State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has terminated with immediate effect the appointment of his Special Assistant on Digital Media, Muritala Adigun, popularly known as Adigun Ibadan, for allegedly feeding the public with misleading information.…
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A fruit seller at Agungi area of Lagos State has been arrested for washing his wares with liquid from the drainage. A woman identified as Tobi Odukoya had raised alarm over the incident on Twitter a few days ago. “Good Morning, anyone…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Business mogul, Chief Mrs Shade Okoya has described as false, reports making the rounds that guests at the 80th birthday celebration of Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, H.E Adesola George Oguntade are…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Intensive fumigation of the State House has begun, reports say. Fumigation experts arrived at the Villa about 9.30 am to commence the exercise, which a source said would cover all the offices at the Presidential…
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed the closure of markets in the state that do not sell essential commodities such as medical equipment, water and foodstuff. Mr Sanwo-Olu said in a press conference on Tuesday that the…
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A 15-year-old, Prince Oloyede Adeyeoba, has been confirmed as the Arujale of Okeluse in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. Prince Adeyeoba’s appointment was approved by the Ondo State Executive Council presided over by Governor…
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By Sylvanus Okpe The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has asked the Muslim Ummah to search for the new moon of Sha’aban 1441AH as from Tuesday, March 24. The was disclosed via a statement signed by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, the…
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A Chief Magistrates ‘ Court in Osogbo, Osun on Friday ordered that the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, be served with court papers by substituted means. Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara also ordered the Monarch to appear in Court…
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By Toby Prince A man has revealed that he isn’t ready to be quarantined or self-isolate because of his wife's unbearable attitude. On 9 March, the government of Italy under Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte imposed a national quarantine,…
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By Toby Prince American televangelist, Kenneth Copeland, has warned his followers to keep donating to the church, even if they lose their jobs as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Copeland is ranked the world's richest preacher…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Air Peace said it is downsizing flight operations in response to the adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, the carrier said it is suspending flight operations on the Lagos / Sharjah / Dubai…
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By Sylvanus Okpe Following the rapid spread of coronavirus in Nigeria, the Anambra State government has banned public gathering in the state until further notice, starting from Monday, March 23. The state government via a statement…
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By Bukola Olasanmi Private fuel marketers are yet to reduce the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), while retail stations belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have started selling at N125 per litre.…
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No fewer than 15 former staff of NTA-Star Television Network Limited, also known as Star Times have dragged the company before the National Industrial Court, sitting in Abuja, over unpaid N9.6million unpaid salaries and allowances. The…
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The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) said on Wednesday night it is comfortable with any precautionary measure put in place by the government to protect the lives of Nigerians from the scourge of Coronavirus. The National President…
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By Bukola Olasanmi A married man has landed in serious trouble after contacting coronavirus while on a secret holiday trip to Italy with his mistress. He is now in isolation in the UK with his wife. His unsuspecting wife who is in…
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By Toby Prince   The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management finally capitulated to the call by many Nigerians for the 2020 Batch A Stream 1 orientation scheme to be suspended. The camp, which opened last…
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