Metro

The Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State approved the appointment of Hon. Ismaila Ahmed Gadaka in the role of the new Emirate Mai Gudi. In a declaration by the Secretary of the State Government of Yobe, Baba Mallam Wali, and made available to the journalists of Damaturu by his press secretary, Shuaibu Abdullahi, revealed that the appointment follows the …

Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has eliminated the prejudice of a report on the Vandalization of the Lagos-Ibadan standard measuring pathway. NRC Implementing Director, Dr. Kayode Opeifa, made clarification in a statement issued by the Head of Corporate Public Relations Officer, Mr. Callistus Unyimadu, on Saturday at Lagos. He said: “NRC management has observed with a concern of a report published …

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, criticized the decision of the Governor of the State of the Niger, Urar Bago, to close FM Badeggi, a private property radio station in Minna, for alleged incitements and non -ethical conduct. The minister, in a declaration issued on Saturday through his special assistant in the media, Rabiu Ibrahim, insisted on …

Dayyabu Haladu, a casual worker at the state Pilgrims Welfare Board, has been awarded a permanent and pensionable employment by Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf after she returned $16,000 that went missing during the most recent Hajj operation in Saudi Arabia. This was revealed in a statement released on Tuesday in Kano by his press secretary, Malam Bature Dawakin Tofa. …

Police operations in Akwa Ibom have arrested two cult suspects in the state of Akwa Ibom. Spokesman for the State Police Command, Timfon John, said in a statement on Saturday in Uyo that the suspects were arrested during a hotel raid in Ikot-Audota, an emergent region of the state in the state. John said the operators recovered firearms, ammunition, and …

Lagos State University (Lasu) academic and non-academic staff have begun unlimited strikes, effectively killing operations at the main campus of institutions and affiliated centers in Ikeja and Epe. The strike, which officially began on Thursday, July 31, 2025, was jointly declared by four main staff unions at the university for unresolved welfare issues and other problems remaining with the management …

The head of the army staff, the lieutenant general Olufemi Oluyede, has raised concern about the inability of the Nigerian army to provide housing for about 13,000 new recruits that should join forces this year. Oluyede, who spoke to Abuja on Thursday during a supervision visit of the Senate Committee for the Army, attributed the challenge to the limits of …

Disruptive video footage has been shared on a social media platform that shows when the kidnappers of two children and points-off officers (POS) tortured and well-examined in the forest in a place that is said to be the state of Kwara. This is after their family failed to pay the ransom of N50 million which was demanded by criminals. In …

Elvis Nosakhare, a 41 -year -old Nigerian man who lives in the United Kingdom, was sentenced to six years in prison for having sexually attacked his girlfriend’s minor daughter. According to Thames Valley police, Nosakhare met the victim’s mother through a platform of online appointments before committing the crimes, which investigators described as a “disgusting betrayal of trust”. The accidents …

Judge Hannah Ajayi from the Kawara State High Court, Ilorin, on Thursday, punished an Islamic cleric, Abdulrahman Bello, to death by hanging over the killing of a last year student from the State Education College, Ilorin, Hafsat Lawal. The judge, however, issued and released Ahmed Abdulwasiu, Suleiman Muhydeen, Jamiu Uthman and Abdulrahman Jamiu from the accusation of the murder. Ajayi, …