Category: Metro

  • Months After, 350 Escapees from Suleja, Maiduguri Prisons Remain at Large

    Months After, 350 Escapees from Suleja, Maiduguri Prisons Remain at Large

    Over 350 inmates who escaped from the Suleja and Maiduguri correctional facilities earlier this year remain unaccounted for, months after their escape due to severe flooding. The Nigerian Correctional Service has yet to provide updates on efforts to recapture the fugitives. On April 24, 2024, heavy rains caused the walls of the Suleja Medium Security…

  • Serikin Gobir’s Death: Durbar Committee pays condolence visit to Emir of Ilorin

    Serikin Gobir’s Death: Durbar Committee pays condolence visit to Emir of Ilorin

    Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has described the late Serikin Gobir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ahmad, as a loyal traditional title holder in the Ilorin Emirate and an easy going man. Alhaji Sulu-Gambari made this observation on Monday when members of the Ilorin…

  • THE MIDDLE BELT COUNCIL OF ELDERS SUPPORTS TRUE FEDERALISM

    THE MIDDLE BELT COUNCIL OF ELDERS SUPPORTS TRUE FEDERALISM

    The Middle Belt Elders Council, MBEC, has thrown for true federalism its weight behind the campaign for true federLism in Nigeria, as against the return to regional government, as obtained in the past.A press release jointly signed by its chairman and secretary, General Zamani Lekwot and Jonathan Ishaku, and made available to newsmen stated that,Hry…

  • Many Nigerians Unaware of Their Electricity Rights – NERC

    Many Nigerians Unaware of Their Electricity Rights – NERC

    The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has urged Nigerians to familiarize themselves with their rights as electricity consumers and to ensure that service providers meet their obligations. During a three-day Customer Complaints Resolution Town Hall Meeting in Osogbo, NERC’s Commissioner for Customer Affairs, Aisha Mahmoud, emphasized the importance of customers knowing their rights. She noted…

  • Fuel Subsidy Removal: Kwara set to receive 5,000 electric tricycles

    Fuel Subsidy Removal: Kwara set to receive 5,000 electric tricycles

    Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Amid incessant rising costs of fuel in Nigeria, Kwara State is set to be flooded with commercial electric tricycles to ease transportation problem in the State. This was disclosed on Thursday at the stakeholders meeting held on Electric Tricycles Acquisition Scheme in Ilorin, the state capital. Addressing the stakeholders, the Director-General…

  • Diasporan real estate investors have expressed outrage over the demolition of Win

    Diasporan real estate investors have expressed outrage over the demolition of Win

    Homes Global Estate in Okun, Ajah, Lagos. The demolition, reportedly carried out by the Federal Ministry of Works for the ongoing Lagos-Calabar coastal road project, has left investors calling on President Bola Tinubu for urgent intervention. The investors allege that the estate was demolished due to claims it violated the 2006 gazetted alignment for the…

  • Operation ‘Wetie’ in Rivers State: From Genesis to Revelation

    Operation ‘Wetie’ in Rivers State: From Genesis to Revelation

    Since Nigeria’s return to civil rule in 1999, Rivers State, often called the “treasure base of Nigeria,” has seen five governors: Peter Odili, Celestine Omehia, Chibuike Amaechi, Nyesom Wike, and the current governor, Simnalayi Fubara. The state’s first major political crisis erupted in 2006 during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship nomination for the 2007…

  • Bandits Kill Abducted Kebbi District Head, Isah Daya

    Bandits Kill Abducted Kebbi District Head, Isah Daya

    Bandits have killed the abducted district head of Kanya, Isah Daya, in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. Daya was kidnapped along with nine other members of his community on October 6, 2024. The Kebbi State Police Command confirmed Daya’s death on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, after his body was found in a…

  • Osun Government Stands Firm on NURTW Suspension

    Osun Government Stands Firm on NURTW Suspension

    The Osun State Government has reiterated its decision to maintain the suspension of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), emphasizing that this action serves the best interests of the public and enhances the overall welfare of the state. Governor Ademola Adeleke suspended NURTW operations in January 2023, introducing the Osun State Transport Management…

  • Heavy Protest Hits Port Harcourt Over Rivers LG Poll

    Heavy Protest Hits Port Harcourt Over Rivers LG Poll

    Hundreds of protesters, including members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), flooded the streets of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday to oppose the upcoming local government elections scheduled for October 5. The demonstrators, holding various placards, gathered at the PDP Secretariat and marched along Azikiwe Road toward the…