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My family members & close friends have told me repeatedly that there’s no hope for this country & that Nigeria is not worth dying for but I have spent years arguing with them.... Read more via Nairaland – https://ift.tt/2HI0hUq Get More Nigeria Metro News

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have attacked motorists near Lantaiwa, a community located 70 kilometers north from Damaturu the Yobe state capital. According to reports, the sect members stormed the community, shooting sporadically. The Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations, Sector...

Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Emir of Kano, HRH Lamido Sanusi, yesterday, advocated the enactment of laws by state governments, criminalising indiscriminate breeding of children, and leaving them to roam the streets begging for alms.... Read more via Newtelegraph –...

The Chinese government on Thursday said that 29 foreign citizens in China were infected with Coronavirus with two of them dead and nine quarantined . China added that 18 persons had recovered and discharged from the hospital noting that there was no Nigerian among the 29 foreigners infected...

The University has urged the public to disregard the claims that Daibo Davies graduated from the institution. The management of Lagos State University (LASU) has reacted to reports that Daibo Davies, a 21-yr-old man, who plunged into Lagos lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge was a … Read...

Nigeria has not been faring well in global rankings in recent times. A new report shows that Nigeria is ranked the bottom 10 for performance on child flourishing.... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2HLH5VO Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar lll, expresses the confidence that despite the current situation of things, Nigeria will overcome the security challenges in the country. The sultan says killings in the country have escalated to the point that the rich are avoiding the poor for…...

A lady was filmed flogging her mother after her pastor told her that her mother is a witch. In a horrific video shared by a social media user identified as Sam Ituama, the lady is seen hitting her mother with a cane in public. According to Ituama, the lady’s pastor revealed … Read more via...

A doctor in Imo state, Cherechi Okonko, is currently clinging to life at the emergency unit of the Federal … Read more via NaijaGists.com – https://ift.tt/2v3galQ Get More Nigeria Metro News

The death of two police officers who were killed by some unknown gunmen has been confirmed by the Nigerian police Ondo state command. According to The Nation, the policemen on Monday, February 17, were attacked by the bandits at a checkpoint along Ode Irele-Ajagba Road in Irele local...

Officers from the Phnom Penh police post of Toul Tompong 2 on Thursday, February 19, handed over a 28-year-old Nigerian man to the Immigration Department's Office of Investigation and Procedure... Read more via Linda Ikeji’s Blog – https://ift.tt/37EaaNG Get More Nigeria Metro News

Police in Gatundu North, Kiambu County,Kenya are holding five siblings, on allegations of ganging up and beating their elder brother to death on Sunday after he allegedly demanded a share of the dowry paid for their eldest sister.... Read more via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s Blog –...

Emir Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, on Thursday, said fathers who are too poor to cater for their children should beg for alms themselves and stop sending out their children as Almajiris. … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2V95WuY Get More Nigeria Metro News

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Kogi State command. DAILY POST recalls that 11 persons were abducted in the State on Monday, while six persons, including a law school student were kidnapped earlier on Sunday... Read more...

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Pensions Ltd has set aside N400 million annually to cushion the effects of delayed payment of pension benefits to police retirees. Hamza Suleiman, its Managing Director, said the company was also working toward enhanced welfare package and improved pension...

A 35-year-old man, Nana Ofori, on Thursday appeared before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding a cleric of N4 million on the pretext of helping him get a USA visa. Ofori is facing a two-count charge of fraud and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty. … Read more via...

A witness, Mr Michael Udeh, Head of Anti-fraud Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) alleged that the 56 sacked officers of the corps, were recruited through a “racketeering syndicate” and so they are fake officers. Udeh, was led in testimony by NSCDC Defence Counsel...

Three children have reportedly been killed in a midnight fire in a community in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that parents of the children were not at home when the incident happened... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News –...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, arraigned an ex-banker, Akinwole Oluwaseun Dosunmu, alongside his wife, Motunrayo Olanike Dosunmu before Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan for alleged financial fraud...

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