Metro

The presidency has announced the death of “scores of people” in an attack in Sokoto on Saturday. The presidency said the attack occurred in “three communities in Rabah Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State.” Sokoto, like neighbouring Zamfara and Katsina states, has witnessed random attacks by armed men who …

The centenarian and Nigeria’s oldest prisoner, Pa Celestine Egbohuche, who had been at the confines of Enugu Maximum Prison for over 19 years has finally regained freedom. Pa Celestine was released on Thursday to his only surviving daughter, Chisom Celestine, through a non-governmental organisation, Global Society for Anti-corruption which had …

No fewer than five operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Rivers State Police Command have been arrested for allegedly torturing a radio broadcaster with Nigeria Info, Port Harcourt, Mr Kofi Bartels. Bartels had suffered a swollen knee after he was hit several times by the policemen in Mgbuoba, Obio/Akpor Local …

Residents of Okwulaga Afaraukwu in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State yesterday took to the streets of Umuahia, the state capital, to protest against the killing of an indigene of the area by a trigger-happy police officer, identified as Collins Akpougo. Afaraukwu is the hometown of the leader …

A Delta State High Court sitting in Ughelli has sentenced a 40-year-old farmer, Alex Obigho, to death by hanging for the murder of the steward and cook of the traditional ruler of Kiagbodo community. The court presided over by Justice A. O. Akpovi, while delivering the judgment on Thursday, found …

A senior employee of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Chukwudi John, has been killed by unknown gunmen at Ogwashi-Uku in the Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state barely a month after a contract staff of the institution, Prince Chukwuedo, was killed on the school premises. John was reportedly …

A man from Liokom village in the Wanihem community, Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, was on Wednesday, May 29, allegedly buried alive by angry villagers for beheading his elder brother. The man was said to have been buried in the same grave with his slain brother. It …

A single mother of three children, Lovett Ighorodhe, slumped and died during the Delta State Governor Annual Elders’ Tournament Walk tagged: ‘Walk to Health’ in Asaba on Monday. The 10-kilometre walk that was strictly for Delta residents between the ages of 55 and 70 without gender discrimination was one of …

Gunmen on Sunday at Gbarantoru community in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, abducted the wife of a lecturer with the Niger Delta University. Sources in the community told the Newsmen that the incident occurred early on Sunday and that the gunmen fired many shots to announce their arrival. The gunmen reportedly entered …

Four persons were critically injured on Sunday when a two-storey building collapsed in Owerri, Imo State. The incident, which happened at 4:34pm at Number 10, Amaram Extension Street, less than a kilometer from Dan Anyiam Stadium, where the governor-elect held a nondenominational church service ahead of his inauguration next Wednesday, …