Local and regional news updates, covering events, stories, and developments in metropolitan areas.
Several people have been trapped as a one-storey building collapsed in Minna, the Niger State capital. The building which is located at in Sabon Gari area of Minna collapsed on Friday, May 17, 2024. Emergency officials who raced to the scene succeeded in rescuing seven persons who are receiving treatment at the Minna…
An aide to the governor of Delta state, Ossai Ovie Success, has berated actor Zubby Michael, for wearing a red t-shirt to the funeral of his late colleague Jnr Pope, which held in Enugu state on Friday May 17. In a post shared on his X handle, Ovie argued that it is disrespectful and…
Dr Anuoluwapo Adepoju, the founder of MedContour Services Ltd, has been convicted on all 5 charges following several botched surgeries at her clinic. The cosmetic surgeon conducted a failed plastic surgery that resulted in the death of one Nneka Onwuzuligbo in 2020. She was tried alongside her clinic, MedContour Services Ltd., on a…
Shocking footage shows Sean “Diddy” Combs punching and kicking his former girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, in a hotel hallway in 2016. The footage, captured from multiple angles and obtained by CNN, shows the music mogul chasing Ms Ventura down the hallway in a towel, before attacking her near the elevators. He then attempts…
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja, has dismissed the bail application of an Executive of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan. Justice Nwite held that Gambaryan is likely to jump bail if bail is granted to him. The company and its executive were arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on…
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the death of 15 persons in a mosque attack in Gadan village in Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, Shafi’u Abubakar, on Wednesday, May 15, sprayed the mosque with petrol, locked its doors and set it on fire, trapping about 40 worshippers. The motive…
The man who denied using the money his wife gave him to pay for her cesarean section to buy a phone and dog is being called out over a post he shared just days after his wife gave birth to their first child. Facebook user Chu Dy and his wife welcomed their daughter on…
President Bola Tinubu has approved May 27 to June 6 as Federal Capital Territory Week for the inauguration of various projects executed under his administration. The Minister of FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, stated this while inspecting some of the projects in preparation for inauguration to celebrate Tinubu’s one year in office. “By the approval of…
Former Ibadan transport union leader, Mukaila Lamidi, also known as Auxiliary, has been remanded in prison by an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on allegations of murder. Chief Magistrate Olabisi Ogunkanmi ordered his remand at the Agodi Correctional Centre due to the court lacking jurisdiction. Lamidi, who was previously declared wanted by…
Adamawa State high court has issued an arrest warrant against the embattled State Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Hudu Yunusa Ari. Justice Benjamin Manji Lawan issued the warrant on Wednesday, ordering the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest and produce the embattled REC in court with…
The managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, has held an high-level engagements with China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) top executives, and the China Development Bank (CBD) to concretise decisions on the next development horizons for Lekki Port. NPA boss recently represented the Federal Government at the Board Meeting of the…
A new mum has cried out for help after her husband allegedly abandoned her at the Alimoshso General Hospital in Igando, Lagos State. The newlywed explained that she got pregnant shortly after their wedding and as her due date approached, she developed severe pain and breathlessness and was taken to the hospital where doctors…
A teen who started college at the age of 10 earned a doctorate degree at 17 Dorothy Jean Tillman II’s participated in Arizona State University’s commencement on May 6. It was the latest step on a higher-education journey the Chicago teen started when she took her first college course at age 10. In…
Niger state imams have called for the immediate sack of Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy Ohanenye for petitioning the Inspector General of Police and filing a lawsuit against the speaker of Niger state house of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji who proposed a plan to sponsor the weddings of 100 orphan girls. Speaking after an emergency…
A 10-year-old boy with “big plans for the future” has taken his own life. Sammy Teusch, from Greenfield, Indiana, died by suicide on May 5 and, according to his family, he was being bullied up until the night he passed away. The boy had been bullied again and again at school over his teeth…
Ilerioluwa Aloba died under controversial circumstances on September 12, 2023. He was buried the following day but after Nigerians demanded justice, his body was exhumed on September 21 for an autopsy to determine the cause of his death. On Wednesday, May 15, at a coroner’s inquest, the pathologist stated that the cause of death of…
On Wednesday, May 15, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Organized labour and its Trade Union Counterpart (TUC) stormed out of the minimum wage committee meeting with the federal government over the latter’s offer of N48,000 new minimum wage. Recall that the organized labour presented a proposal of N615,000 minimum wage to the federal government. The…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 33.69 percent in April, as prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages soared. The NBS shared the inflation data in its consumer price index (CPI) report on Wednesday. “Looking at the movement, the April 2024 headline inflation rate showed an increase of 0.49% points…
Chinedu Mmom, commissioner of education in Rivers state, has resigned from his position. Mmom, a loyalist of Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), said his current workspace has become “toxic”. In a letter dated May 15 and addressed to Siminalayi Fubara, governor of the state, the commissioner said there is “loss of…
An unidentified individual has ignited a fire at a mosque in Laraba Abasawa, situated in the Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, during the morning prayer session. The distressing incident, which transpired on Wednesday morning, resulted in injuries to worshippers who were present at the time. Witnesses indicated that the attacker employed petrol to…
The Cross River State Government has secured $3.5 billion in funding from Afreximbank in Cairo for the Bakassi Deep Seaport Project. Governor Bassey Edet Otu announced this development via his official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday. According to Governor Otu, the collaboration between the state government and Afreximbank will foster economic growth and development…
The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has stated that the police will fish out a nursing mum filmed feeding her baby alcohol. The disturbing video showed the woman who spoke in Yoruba, hailing her baby girl as she gulped the alcohol. Reacting to the video, Adejobi wrote ‘’Another assignment…
Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested singer Portable. The singer was arrested today May 14 following a petition from a car dealer. Portable allegedly purchased a G-Wagon worth N27 million from the car dealer, made a down payment of N14 million and took the vehicle away with the promise to pay the…
The Edo State Government has taken custody of the 4-year-old girl who was allegedly sexualised for content creation by her father. The 28-year-old father had posted sensual pictures and videos of the minor on Instagram which sparked public reaction. Following calls for his arrest and prosecution, the Edo State Police Command, on Sunday, apprehended…
In a surprising turn of events, the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, has withdrawn his support from a controversial wedding ceremony planned for 100 female orphans in his constituency. The girls are said to be orphaned IDPs in Niger State. The decision came after a legal challenge initiated by the…
The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has formally reached out to the Inspector General of Police, IGP and filed a request for a legal order to prevent Speaker Abdulmalik Sarkindaji of the Niger State Assembly from overseeing the marriage of 100 orphaned girls. The speaker had revealed his intention to provide marriage support for…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has freed a man Idris Musa who was arrested in 2010 by the police over the murder of one Ali Kolo and abandoned in Kirikiri prisons for 14 years without trial. Musa who has since developed mental disorder according to his prison record was first arraigned by the…
A Columbia student has ripped up her diploma during a graduation ceremony, in a pro-Palestinian protest. Tarsis Salome, a Columbia social work graduate, tore up her certificate while on stage, after weeks of protests at the university over investments linked to Israel. Other students zip-tied their hands and showed pro-Palestinian signs. This…
A 32-year-old Nigerian doctor, Uzochukwu Davis Igboanugo, has been killed by a drunk driver in the United States of America. Uzochukwu, the son of prominent Igbo businessman, Chief I.K.B. Igboanugo, the founder of I.K.B Industries Limited, was killed while driving home after work three weeks ago. The grieving father who confirmed the tragic incident in…
The Department of Development Control, under the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has issued a 24-hour demolition notice to the proprietors of 500 unauthorized markets and makeshift structures along the Karmo – Dei-Dei Road corridor in Abuja. Mr. Garba Jibril, Sector Monitor and Assistant Director in the department, who oversaw the operation in Abuja on…
The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has disclosed how God dealt with some billionaires who questioned his accountability over their tithes. Pastor Adeboye disclosed that four billionaires from one of the branches of RCCG had written to him demanding to know how the ministry spent their tithes. Addressing…
