nigerian metro news 060819

#RevolutionNow: Soldiers, police take over Gani Fawehinmi Park in Lagos By Opeyemi Kehinde, Lagos | Published Date Aug 6, 2019 12:18 PM Armed soldiers and mobile policemen, on Tuesday, took over Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos, proposed venue for the continuation of the #RevolutionNow...

A Pastor of the Living Faith Church, in Romi New Extension, a suburb of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Jeremiah Omolara has been shot dead by gunmen along the Kaduna- Abuja Expressway. Omolara was shot twice on the chest by the gunmen who abducted his wife and son. The son later...

Nigeria’s world-famous author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said the Igbo have been treated unfairly by the rest of Nigeria, especially after the war, 49 years ago and therefore recommended the setting up of a truth and reconciliation committee. read more

n 2011, General Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), called for a revolution in Nigeria — albeit through the ballot box. Via a statement by Yinka Odumakin, his spokesman at the time who has now turned to one of his fiercest critics, Buhari asked...

A 26 year old carpenter, Adebayo Azeez, who was sentenced to two years in prison for stealing ram, told the court that hunger made him do it. read more

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it will comply with the order that Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), should beallowed to go to India for medical treatment. A high court in Kaduna had given the order on Monday following an application filed by Femi...