Metro
Flash floods: Ekoli river swallows 200 homes, farmlands in Bayelsa
By EMEM IDIO OBOGORO: For almost a decade, residents of Obogoro Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have watched helplessly as the Ekoli River steadily eats into
Curtains of Fear: How keke tarpaulins hide robbers, rapists in Warri, Effurun
•Women carrying Babies, a trap to fool passengers •Delta PPRO calls for vigilance By Jimitota Onoyume, Assistant News Editor The tarpaulins constructed in several commercial keke to shield passengers from
Full List: Names of 37 miners who died in NSCDC custody
Names of the 37 suspected illegal miners, who died in the custody of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Niger State, have been released. Meanwhile, NSCDC has arrested
Fresh Plateau attacks: Pastor, 8 passengers killed
*Women, children flee Barkin Ladi as gunshots persist *I’ll protect our people with all I have — Mutfwang By Golok Nanmwa JOS – At least nine persons have been killed
Economic crunch: Many employers now prefer commission-based salaries
By Elizabeth Adegbesan A quiet but radical shift is reshaping Nigeria’s formal employment landscape. Trapped under the weight of soaring operational costs, high inflation and dwindling consumer purchasing power, Economy&Lifestyle
Killing over alleged blasphemy rocks Sokoto
• Cleric survives knife attack in mosque, worshipers kill assailant, probe stokes controversy By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto Tension has gripped parts of Sokoto metropolis following the stabbing of controversial Islamic
Miners’ deaths: Adeyanju rejects panel payment, vows to expose cover-up
By Luminous Jannamike Human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju has joined the committee investigating the deaths of alleged gold miners in Minna, Niger State, vowing to expose any attempt to shield
3 Abia policemen arrested over extortion of 200 victims via ‘sting operations’; 4 at large
By Steve Oko, UMUAHIA Three police officers attached to the S-Squad of the Abia State Police Command have been arrested over alleged extortion, abuse of police powers and other acts
‘I want to be a pilot’ – 9-yr-old ‘detained’ at LASUTH over N4m bill
By Fred Iwenjora At the male surgical ward of Lagos state University Teaching Hospital Ikeja Lagos is Paschal Chinaecheta Duru, a 9-year- old boy who has become very popular for
Mother, three children burn to death in Rivers
By Davies Iheamnachor A mother and her three children have died in a tragic fire incident in the Okochiri community of the Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State. Read
