Metro

The magistrate court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has denied the human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, bail. Farotimi was arraigned in court for alleged defamation of the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe…

In a move to combat rising incidents of ‘one chance’ crimes and car theft, the Federal Capital Territory Police Command has said it will commence arrest of vehicles without registration numbers, with only one plate, or using defaced…

Police authorities in Lagos have summoned three officers for allegedly extorting N1m from corps members. Footage of the encounter between the corps members and officers had made the rounds on social media late Friday. The incident is…

Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja has granted bail to Nigerian whistleblower, Isaac Bristol, the man believed to be behind the prominent whistleblower account PIDOM Nigeria, ₦5m bail with one surety in like sum.…

The daughter of renowned human rights lawyer Femi Falana, Folakemi Falana has vehemently denied bribery and corruption allegations involving her father and her brother, Falz, linked to Bobrisky’s reported prison sentence. In a post…

A Prosecutor with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bilikisu Bala, on Monday, told a Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating allegations of corruption against some officers of the Commission, and…

A Lagos High Court has granted an exparte application filed by the State’s Attorney General, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Lawal Pedro seeking to restrict the proposed August 1 nationwide protest, in Lagos to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom…

The Lagos State Government has distanced itself from the rumoured upcoming Oro festival scheduled for August 1 to 15, coinciding with the #EndBadGovernance protest. The government likened it to other religious activities held across…

The Lagos State Government has announced a 90-day traffic diversion on the Odo Iya Alaro Bridge, starting from Monday, July 22, 2024. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the…

The Lagos State Government has clarified plans to ban Danfo and Korope buses along the Lekki-Epe corridor starting from October 1, 2024. According to the Special Adviser on Transportation to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on…

The Lagos State Police Command said it had begun a full-scale investigation into the alleged rape accusation against one of its officers by a 17-year-old girl. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement…

Bandits who abducted two Kaduna journalists and family members, on Saturday, set them free after spending seven days in captivity. Two journalists – The Nation’s Abdulgafar Alabelewe and his Blueprint Newspaper’s counterpart,…

The Plateau State Government says 22 persons have died and one hundred and thirty-two persons injured after a school collapsed in the Busa Buji, Jos North Local Government Area of the state. The Plateau State Commissioner for…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has warned against brutalisation of crime suspects before reporting them to the station. Delta State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Edafe Bright, disclosed this in a post on X on Wednesday while…

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, has disclosed that attempted suicide is a punishable offence in Nigeria. In a statement on X.com on Tuesday, Edafe explained that the law considers attempted suicide an…