Metro Archives - Page 115 of 211

Oct

28

2023

Police detain teenager for murdering a mother of 8 children in Gombe.

NewsCrime, Metro, Rape, RIP, Rivers State, Security

The Gombe State Police Command presented eighteen-year-old Mustapha Adamu Isa, also known as Abbati, on Friday in connection with the alleged murder of Aishatu Abdullahi Adda Damori. Unknown individuals murdered Damori, 58, a mother of eight children, in her bedroom last Friday. Speaking at the procession, ASP Mahid Mu'azu Abubakar, a spokesman for the Gombe State Police Command, stated that Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, the deceased's son, filed a formal complaint at Pantami Division, stating that his mother had been killed at 9:30 p.m. with a knife by an unidentified individual.. After receiving reliable information, the investigative team led by Assistant…

Oct

26

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Demian paraded by the police in Port Harcourt for killing his lover.

Lifestyle, MetroCrime, Insecurity, Metro, Rape, RIP

The police in Rivers state have confirmed reports of the murder of a 300-level student of the University of Port Harcourt, Justina Otuene, by Demain Okoligwe, a 400 level student of the same institution. Parading the suspect before newsmen today October 26, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Nwonyi Emeka, said on Wednesday, October 25, at about 3.30pm, operatives of Ozuoba Division received a complaint from a good Samaritan and neighbor, name withheld, of Road 20, back of NTA Ozuoba that he went to his house where one Demain Okoligwe ‘m’ a fellow tenant resides and perceived a very bad…

Oct

25

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Tax tribunal orders MTN to pay $72.5m

News5G Network, Business, Economy, Metro, MTN

The Lagos State division of the Tax Appeal Tribunal has ordered MTN Nigeria Communications to pay $72,551,059 in tax default to the Federal Inland Revenue Services from 2007 to 2017. However, the Tribunal absolved the telecommunication firm from paying the sum of $21,039,807 as penalties and interest on the principal sum. A five-person panel led by Professor A. B. Hamed gave the verdict and order recently while delivering judgment in an appeal numbered TAT/LZ/VAT/075, filed by the telecommunication company against the request by the FIRS to pay the default. The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation released a…

Oct

19

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

APC chairman detained in Jigawa on charges of raping and impregnating a housegirl

MetroAll Progressives Congress, Crime, Metro, Rape

The 56-year-old chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Roni Local Government Area, Saleh Idris, has been detained by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly raping his housegirl. In a statement to OHAFIATV News, CSC Adamu Shehu, the NSCDC's Jigawa State Command spokesman, confirmed the arrest. According to him, the victim's brother filed a complaint alleging that the suspect had sexually assaulted and pregnant his sister, 14, who worked as a housekeeper at the suspect's home, and that's why the suspect was taken into custody on Wednesday. "The case was reported at NSCDC Roni LGA…

Oct

10

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Wole Soyinka Attended UI But Didn’t Graduate, He Was Rusticated — Obaseki Reveals

Education, Lifestyle, News, Opinion, PoliticsEducation, Metro, Opinion, Politics, Wole Soyinka

The Director of Researcher and Strategy of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed that Nobel Prize winner Prof. Wole Soyinka attended the University of Ibadan (UI), but can’t present the institution’s diploma due to him being “rusticated” and not completing his program at the University of Ibadan. Obaseki made the declaration on Sunday after learning that a Bola Tinubu classmate had appeared in court to confirm that the president was their classmate. This occurs in the midst of the dispute surrounding President Tinubu’s academic record and the appeal that was brought before the Supreme Court. The primary question, according…