Metro

Succour has come the way of ailing Nollywood actor John Okafor popularly known as Mr Ibu after the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation offered to cover his medical bills. The good news was made known to the delight of many in a statement shared on the foundation’s official Facebook page on Friday. The statement revealed that the foundation promptly paid off …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Aisha Salihu Malkohi (a.k.a Ummitah, Arab Money) and her husband, Abubakar Abubakar Sadiq Mahmoud (at large) on five- count charges bordering on misappropriation of funds to the tune of NN410,518,000. They were arraigned on Friday, December 8, 2023 before Justice Aisha Mahmud of the Kano State High Court sitting in Kano …

Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued 17 kidnapped victims and recovered rustled cows in Zamfara State. The Force Information Officer, Operation Hadarin Daji, Capt. Yahaya Ibrahim, confirmed the news in a statement on Friday in Gusau. He added that the troops rescued two victims and recovered a commercial vehicle carrying foodstuff along Corner Jollof in the Shinkafi local government …

At least five women died when a container crushed a commercial bus in Anambra State on Friday. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to journalists in Awka. He said the container fell off a trailer and crushed the nearby bus along the Nteje-Awka Road at 7:30 a.m., …

A 40-foot trailer with a faulty brake system on Thursday evening killed a middle-aged female pedestrian along the Ezeiweka axis of the Onitsha-Owerri Road, an official of FRSC has confirmed. FRSC’s Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Awka, the state capital. “According to eyewitnesses, the trailer was …

The proprietor of Great Leaders International School in Agbor-Obi has been taken into custody, according to the Delta State Command of the Nigerian Police Force, on suspicion of raping a four-year-old female student. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, made this disclosure in response to a social media post on Thursday. Edafe said that the police …

Police on Monday arraigned three persons at the Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over an alleged N2.5 million fraud. The defendants – Oliver Qussa (29), Azignon Appoeinane (33), and Kiki Dorcas (40) – were arraigned on a six-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining by pretense, issuance of dud cheque, breach of public peace, and stealing. The police alleged that the …

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested nine suspected armed robbers and recovered several dangerous arms from them as it’s Operation Restore Peace (ORP) and Rapid Response Squad (RRS) continued to crack down on criminal elements in the state. According to the Command PPRO, SP Ahmed Wakili, the joint efforts of ORP and the RRS of the Command have led to …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the President, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Tajudeen Baruwa, and 21 others, including three national officers of the union. According to the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, those arrested have been charged with alleged criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, public disturbance and conducts likely to …

One person has been confirmed dead, and three others are missing after a drilling rig operated by the indigenous oil firm, Seplat Energy, crashed on Tuesday in Delta State. Seplat confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday night. According to the company, the incident occurred on the swamp drilling rig “Majestic” in the Ovhor area of the state. …