Metro
Fire destroys shops, goods at Abuja’s Kugbo furniture market
By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja A fire outbreak at the popular Kugbo Furniture Market along the Abuja-Keffi Expressway has destroyed several shops and goods worth millions of naira. The fire, which
Barracks: Police IGP Disu takes reconstruction to the ground
By Emma Nnadozie FOR years, the decrepit state of police barracks across Nigeria has been a recurring symbol of the difficult conditions under which many police officers and their families
Nigeria Independence: Meet 16 men, 2 women who led judiciary in 66 years
By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor With her swearing-in as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, on Friday, August 23, 2024 and substantive CJN on September 30, 2024, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
Commuters stranded as floods cut off Agbarho/Ughelli road
•Traffic grinds vehicles to a halt in Ughelli •Julius Berger urged to maintain alternative roads By Akpokona Omafauire AGBARHO—THE three days heavy downpour has caused severe flooding of parts of
Chimamanda’s son’s death: Hospital asks court to stop inquest
Chimamanda Adichie, Nigerian author, and her husband, Ivara Esege, have asked the court to dismiss a suit filed by Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital seeking to halt the coroner’s inquest into the
Fire guts Customs Western Marine Command office in Lagos
Fire gutted the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Western Marine Command office in Apapa, Lagos, on Monday, destroying property worth millions of Naira. The fire, which reportedly started at about 10:23
Woman arrested over alleged alcohol smuggling
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta ABEOKUTA — The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Ogun State Command, has arrested a woman identified as Shobowale Balikis for allegedly attempting to smuggle alcohol concealed in
Alleged Fatal Assault: NLC declares strike in Delta
…Commissioner denies ordering attack as police arrest suspect, govt orders probe By Egufe Yafugborhi & Ochuko Akuopha ASABA — Organised labour has declared a strike in Delta State over the
37 miners’ death: CSOs demand mining sector overhaul; illegal operations deepen, fuel revenue flight
By Luminous Jannamike & Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA — The last thing many of the miners arrested around the Wushishi-Lukoto axis of Niger State could have expected when they were taken
Plateau: Killings, attacks continue despite curfew
By Golok Nanmwa – JOS The curfew was meant to bring a measure of calm to some of the communities in Plateau State that had, in recent days, been shaken
