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After struggling with himself for a while, young Ayilara O Oluwaseunfunmi, a Muslim turned Christian decided to yield to the call of God but … Read more via www.nairaland.com – https://ift.tt/2zvAN9N Get More Nigeria Metro News

The United Nations says 881 children were either killed or maimed by Boko Haram and Nigerians Security Forces in 2017. This was contained in the UN Secretary-General’s report on ‘children and armed conflict’. Many of the casualties were recorded after aerial bombardments and the targeting of...

A woman has died in Anambra after her husband allegedly hit her with a pestle. According to Facebook user, Chinaechendo Nelly, who took to the platform to share the sad story, said the woman came back from her shop and her husband asked her to … Read more via Welcome To Ladun Liadi’s Blog –...

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Thursday admitted that the efforts by the Nigerian military to tackle Boko Haram, kidnapping and cattle rustling in the North-Central and North-West of the country, has yielded mixed results. Buratai stated this in a statement, to...

Marian Folarin, a bread seller, on Thursday, confessed before a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan that it was her lover that impregnated her and not her husband, Kayode Folarin. Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA – https://ift.tt/2rRky2v Get More Nigeria Metro News

Chairman of Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum (NGF), Gov. Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara, says state governors can not enforce maximum security in their domains because they are not in control of security agencies. Yari told newsmen in Abuja at the end of an NGF meeting on Thursday that the...

For Nigerians who work or live in Mile 2, along Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, Ajegunle, Okokomaiko and Orile area of Lagos State, among others, stories about the activities of trailer and truck … Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2qQyskg Get More Nigeria Metro News

As part of efforts to eliminate malaria in Nigeria, the Federal Government will be securing $300 million in new financing from the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank and African Development Bank. According to a press statement made available to Premium Times, the commitment was made known on...

With culture, tourism and art, Ogun State sets the pace, while others follow. Besides, with culture as the tool for integration in African, Ogun State blazes the trail and it also leads the trail as the tourism hub of the world. Gamour and excitement trail the three-day African drum festival...

Members of the Shi’ite group, on Saturday, took over the streets of Abuja to demand for the release of their leader, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, being held in custody since 2015. The group which had been embarking on peaceful protest in the Federal Capital Territory Capital (FCT) since 2017, and...

The Presidency has dismissed Ahmed Salkida’s latest information that only 15 of the remaining 113 abducted Chibokschoolgirls in captivity of Boko Haram are alive. Sakilda, a Nigerian journalist believed to be based in Dubai and self-acclaimed negotiator in the Chibok girls saga, had made this...

The police has named a 29-year-old alleged drug baron as one of the brains behind the April 5 bank robberies in Offa, Kwara State. Adegoke Shogo, described as a mega distributor of Indian hemp, allegedly provided part of the logistics used during the operation that claimed at least 17 …...

The Managing Director, AG-Dangote Construction Company, Mr. Ashif Juma, has said the firm will deliver the Obajana-Kabba Road in Kogi State by December. According to Juma, the project will be the longest concrete road in the country and will traverse the North and South. Click here to read more

A member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Gboyega Aribisogan, has been arrested by security agents and whisked to an unknown destination. Aribisogan, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress in 2017, was arrested at about 6.30 am on Wednesday...

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday sacked the Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Mr. Reginald Okun. Obaseki also approved the retirement of the General Manager of the Edo State Waste Management Board, Mr. Aiyamenkue Akonofua. Click here to read more

Lagos State Police Command said yesterday it recovered 188 guns and 280 ammunition between September and last weekend. Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal, who spoke at a news briefing in Ikeja, said among the weapons were those voluntarily returned by residents in compliance with directives of...

An acclaimed Pastor of the Holy Gathering Evangelical Church of God, Papalanto, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun state, Oluwatobiloba Ipense, has been arrested for allegedly killing his secret lover, Railat Sanni, for ritual purposes. The victim was a 35-year-old divorcee with five kids...

A marketer of CBT software, Tope Sulyman, 36 of No. 4 Igbaja Adewole Ilorin, Kwara state, who allegedly defrauded an educational institute, Easiprep Nigeria Limited, of the sum of N2,022,400.00, has been arraigned before an Ilorin chief magistrate court. The accused was arraigned on a two-count...

The Police High Command on Tuesday said that the six suspects including two who indicted Senator Dino Melaye and Mohammed Audu for alleged gun running who escaped from the lawful custody of the Nigeria Police Force ‎in Kogi State last week have been re-arrested. In a statement made available...

A young man, identified as Tochukwu Idu Chianugo, has been arrested for allegedly beheading a woman in Enugu. The victim, one Susanna Enejere, of Ugbene Ajima village in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, had gone to farm on March 26, 2018, but failed to return. Click here to...