nigerian metro news 160719

Insecurity: Buhari replies critics, says they are not patriotic President Buhari on Tuesday replied his critics, after being dragged for allegedly having a cold feet in tackling the widespread insecurity in the country. Receiving the National Executives of the Buhari Campaign Organisation...

News Comedian in court over alleged rape ADVERTISEMENT A 24-year-old comedian, Iyanuloluwa Adejumobi, on Tuesday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly raping a woman. However, when the case was mentioned, Magistrate B.O Osunsanmi, did not take the plea of Adejumobi, 26...

The Zamfara State Government has confirmed the kidnap of its Director of Budget, Hamza Salihu. The confirmation was made in a statement by Yusuf Idris, the director-general, press affairs, to Governor Bello Matawalle, in Gusau on Monday. “Zamfara State Governor, Dr Bello Matawalle, has described...

Eyitope Ogunbodede, the vice-chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun state, says the institution will exit the national grid by October to generate its own electricity. Speaking on Monday at a biennial conference of the African Institute for Science Policy and Innovation...

Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, says the military has recorded “great success” in the fight against insecurity. Speaking when he visited the troops stationed at 1 division super camp in Kuyello, Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state on Monday, Buratai said the military had...