Metro Archives - Page 152 of 210

Dec

21

2022

Truck driver kills tricycle rider, hoodlums loot rice

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsAccident, Crime, Metro, Nigeria, RIP, Security

There was tension at Itam Market in the Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State following the murder of a tricycle rider by a truck driver. Market sources told PUNCH Metro that trouble started when the Hausa truck driver, while trying to negotiate space to park for easy offloading of his bags of rice, was obstructed by the tricycle operator and tables used by traders to display their wares, resulting in a traffic snarl. It was gathered that in the ensuing confusion, the driver climbed down from his truck with a machete, which he used on the tricycle rider, who died…

Dec

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Soldiers kill guest at funeral as siblings clash over property ownership

Lifestyle, MetroAccident, Crime, Metro, RIP, Security

A guest, David Chinonso, has been reportedly killed at Owode, Ogombo community, in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, after some military men stormed the burial of one late Mathew Ekpu. The uniformed men, numbering 15, were said to have arrived at the venue in an attempt to stop the corpse from being interred on the premises of the deceased. This led to a confrontation, as one of the deceased’s sons, Victor, was hit in the head with an iron, while Chinonso was shot in the chest. The children of the deceased, who spoke to PUNCH Metro, accused their sibling, Richard, of…

Dec

20

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Govt silent as Fulani Herdsmen kill 46, houses razed down in Southern Kaduna – SOKAPU

Lifestyle, Metro, News2023, Boko Haram, Crime, Herdsmen, Metro, Nigeria, RIP, Security

The people of Southern Kaduna have cried out against the government’s inability to arrest and bring to book the perpetrators of several attacks on the area since 2014. A statement issued by the spokesman of Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Mr. Luka Binniyat, said, “Let it be put on record that in the hundreds of attacks that have put many parts of Southern Kaduna into ruins and thousands killed since 2014, we have not seen anyone arrested and brought to book over these heinous crimes against humanity.” The union lamented what it called “the gruesome mass murder of not less…

Dec

20

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Aro/Ohafia Fed Constituency: Ibe Okwara Intensifies Consultation, Meets Ohafia Farmers’ Corporative Society

Abia State, Amos Oge Kalu, Metro, Ohafia, Politics2023, Abia State, Ibe Okwara Osonwa, Labour Party, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Ohafia, Opinion, Politics

In furtherance of his deep rooted campaign and consultations, the LP candidate for Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa on Sunday met with the members of Ohafia Farmers' Corporative Society. Osonwa while addressing the farmers, assured them of his readiness to facilitate fruitful partnership between local farmers and foreign partners in farm development, processing, packaging and exportation of farm produce to Europe and United States. He also promised the advancement of resources through federal and state government funds which are already available to support mechanised farming in ohafia as well as Arochukwu local Government's. He urged them to be…

Dec

18

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023 – Can you get paid N10,000 in 2,920 days to lose 8 solid years for a Morsel – Opinion

Abia State, News, Opinion, Politics2023, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Richyard Awa Ume

Good day Beloved Nigerian and happy Christmas in advance. Once again I come your way with an opinion. I hope you had time to reflect on our last topic: Our docility has made them take us as stupid people. I also hope you shared the paper with your contacts. Those of you in the diaspora can do well to send my papers to your loved ones back home. I know you want a better Nigeria than some of us inside here. Often people inside a stench hardly notice it. People get used to bad situations to the extent that they…