Metro
Women protest killings, as 24 victims receive mass burial in Plateau
By Golok Nanmwa, JOS Women from Bin-Per community in Ruff, Kombun District of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest over the killing of
Residents count losses as river ravages C’River community
By Ike Uchechukwu OBUTONG — The tarred federal highway that once knit this historic community in Calabar Municipality together has been erased. In its place yawns a crevice, a raw, widening
How financial pressure from Pastors keeps couples away from wedding in churches
By Elizabeth Adegbesan BESIDES the economic crunch which every Nigerian is experiencing at the moment, there is a new financial pressure that young couples desiring to tie the nuptial nut
Man arrested for allegedly setting wife ablaze in Lokoja
By Boluwaji Obahopo The Kogi State Police Command has arrested a man, identified as Jacob Irewa, for allegedly setting his wife, Berida Irawo, ablaze following a domestic disagreement at Oworo
Captors fed us with garri without water, Eda Oniyo worshippers relive horror in kidnappers’ den
•Say they trekked about 200 km from Ekiti to Kogi •‘Gang leader lived like a king’ By Adetutu Oyebanjo After more than two months in captivity, 14 worshippers of the Christ Apostolic
2km of Chaos: How Asaba-Onitsha Expressway punishes road users, businesses
By Egufe Yafugborhi FOR motorists travelling from Benin through Asaba to Onitsha, the journey is increasingly becoming a test of patience, vehicle endurance and sheer determination. The ordeal reaches a
More knocks on Kano mass wedding: ‘Same compassion should go to schools, hospitals’
By Juliet Umeh The wedding bells have gone silent in Kano. The colourful outfits have been put away, the rice served, prayers offered and the 1,500 couples who participated in
I served university for six months, sent away without receiving any salary – Physically-challenged Nwosu
By Steve Oko For 16 long years after earning his degree from the Abia State University, Uturu, in 2010, Mr. Alexander Nwosu, a Person Living with Disability (PWD), searched for
Deployment tearing military homes apart: Experts propose 12-point rescue plan
By Nkiruka Nnorom & Matthew Johnson Experts at the 2nd National Military Fathers’ Leadership Summit have warned that repeated deployments and prolonged absence of military men, who are fathers, are
STREET HAWKING: Why we defy FCTA to sell on Abuja streets
*Traders speak out amid crackdown *Say hunger and poverty leave them with no choice By John Alechenu ABUJA- It is 1:45pm on Herbert Macaulay Way, one of the busiest roads
