metro news today 200318

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has reiterated the role of judicial officers in the preservation of democratic principles in the country, descibing corrupt judges as a ‘disaster’. According to a statement signed by his media assistant, Awassan Bassey, the CJN spoke at the … Read...

A nine-year-old boy shot dead his sister, 13, in the southern US state of Mississippi following an argument about a video game controller, local media reported Monday. The tragedy took place Saturday when the girl refused to give up the controller, … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

Mothers who over eat during the period when they are breastfeeding may have children who are at increased risk of becoming obese and going through early puberty, a new study of mice suggests. Early puberty may lead to increased risk of diabetes or reproductive problems later in life, … Read...

The police have paraded two men they said were members of an armed gang terrorising Kogi State. The police said the suspects had confessed to being provided with weapons and financial support by Dino Melaye, a senator from the state. The development could further complicate … Read more via...

Despite adjusting the 2018 May/June Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) exam timetable, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has rejected the amendment and demanded that the Islamic Jumat prayer time be excluded from the periods of the examinations. The West African Examination...

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE A man simply known as Jimoh (surname withheld) has ended up marrying two wives after he engaged a Lagos State Polytechnic student simply known as Ola in a sex romp and impregnated her. The incident happened at Oboye area of Ejigbo, Lagos where Jimoh met Ola and took … Read...

A total of 54 students graduated with first class degree certificates in the 2016/2017 academic session of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Joseph Eberendu Ahaneku, made the disclosure, on Monday, in his office during the press...

By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-A Nigerian Air Force student pilot escaped death Monday, when a Diamond 40 Trainer Aircraft he used on a solo mission developed problem mid air in Kaduna State. The incident, according to the Air Force spokesman, Air Vice Marshal Olatokunbo Adesanya, in a statement, “was …...

By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos—THE Women Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria, WOWICAN, in 19 Northern states and Abuja, has called on Muslim mothers across the country to join it for an expanded campaign against abduction of school girls by insurgents. The Chairperson of WOWICAN, Mrs. Leah...