Day: February 2, 2023

Some yet-to-be-identified assailants, suspected to be cultists, have shot dead a member of the Anambra State Vigilante Service attached to the Central Security, Obosi, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident occurred on Thursday opposite the St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, Obosi, along Nkpor/Obosi highway. PUNCH Metro gathered that men of

A Lagos family has denied chasing pupils of a private school, Shalom Group of Schools, from the school premises in the Baruwa area of Ipaja, Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria had reported that some hoodlums claimed that they had a court judgment to take possession of the land, part of which the school

Members of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Delta State Chapter have protested against multiple taxations charged school owners in the state. The protesters who took to the streets in Asaba, the state capital, called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to as a matter of urgency stop the collection of renewal fees from school

Justice O. A. Oresanya of a Lagos State High Court has awarded N5m damages against a singer, Ikuforijimi Abdulrahman, aka Oxlade, over a leaked explicit sex tape with a woman on a social media app, Snapchat. A sex tape of the singer went viral online on February 9, 2022, as the artiste later apologised to

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested 12 suspects for allegedly dealing in petroleum products and hard drugs. The suspects were paraded by the NSCDC Commandant in Lagos State, Usman Alfadarai, on Wednesday, at the agency’s office at Alausa, Ikeja. The NSCDC spokesperson, DSC Abolurin Olumide, in a statement, “The anti-vandal

The Lagos State Government has said its reviewed Lagos State Unified Schemes of Work, learning devices and specialised e-books will promote deep learning for learners. Speaking at the unveiling, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, represented by the Secretary to State Government, Mrs Folashade Jaji, stated that the Lagos curriculum was holistically examined and it

A policeman, Inspector Sunday Akagu, on Thursday, told a Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island, how Assistant Superintendent of Police Drambi Vandi, the suspected killer of a Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, asked him for a bullet to replace his after shooting the woman on Christmas Day. Vandi is standing

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed a decisive response to any country threatening Russia and lashed out against Germany for promising tanks for Kyiv. His threats came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the Kremlin was consolidating its forces for a fresh offensive. Zelensky was speaking in Kyiv beside EU chief Ursula von der

A Kano State Upper Sharia Court, on Thursday, dissolved the 16-year-old marriage of Asiya Ganduje, daughter of  Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. Asiya had approached the court seeking the dissolution of the marriage with her husband, Inuwa Uba, on the ground that she was tired and fed up with the relationship which produced four children. The Presiding

…this election is war, says Adebanjo The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the forthcoming presidential election, Peter Obi, and his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed, describing them as the best among others. The SMBLF backed Obi on Thursday after its marathon meeting in Abuja attended