nigerian metro news 161019

The Federal Government is reportedly working out a plan centered on "disengaging" over 200,000 beneficiaries of the government’s social intervention programme, N-Power. President Buhari's Senior Special Assistant on Social Investment, Maryam Uwais who disclosed this in an interview on Nigerian...

The Nigerian community in South Africa has confirmed the killing of one of its members, 41-year-old, Ikenna Innocent Otugo, in Empangeni, South Africa on Tuesday October 15th. Acting chairman of Nigerian Union, South Africa (NUSA) in the Kwazulu Natal Province, Sylvester Okonkwo, who confirmed...

The Morogoro Regional Commissioner, Wilbroad Mutafungwa, said the five pupils drowned in a flooded river while going home from school. Mutafungwa told a news conference in the Morogoro municipality, situated 200 kilometres west of the commercial capital Dar es Salaam that four bodies of the...

The Lagos state police command will investigate Pedro police station over bribery allegations. Frank Mba, Nigerian police spokesman, made this known on ‘Your View’, a breakfast show on TVC, on Wednesday. TheCable had reported the investigation which exposed bribery at the station. Fisayo...

Many citizens are hungry — Experts All is well – Agric minister As Nigeria joins the world to mark the World Food Day today, stakeholders in the food sector have decried the rising number of Nigerians being ravaged by hunger. A development many experts attribute to inadequate production of food...