Metro Archives - Page 27 of 210

Dec

01

2025

Special Invitation To Ikenna Ukwa Progressive Group Summit And Empowerment To Youths, Women & The Disabled.

Abia State, Current Events, Metro, News, Politics, Social IssuesAbia State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Politics

The Central Planning Committee cordially invites You to The Ikenna Ukwa Progressive Group Summit and Empowerment to the Youths, Women & Persons‑with Disabilities, in Arochukwu /Ohafia Federal Constituency powered by Hon Ikenna Nicolas Ukwa, the Senior Legislative Aide to the Senate President of Nigeria. The epoch making events has been scheduled to hold as follows: Date: Sunday 7th December 2025 Venue: Ohafia Central School Playground , Elu Ohafia, Abia State Time: 10:00 am The summit will bring together youths, women, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and community leaders around a common vision of progress and ensure every demographic (especially the vulnerable)…

Nov

30

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

JUST IN: Terrorists Launch Fresh Attack On Isanlu Makutu-Idofin Highway In Kogi, Several Persons Feared Kidnapped

Metro, News, Social IssuesBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Metro, Nigeria

A group of terrorists have launched a fresh attack along the Isanlu Makutu–Idofin corridor in the Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State, leaving residents and travellers in a state of fear. Eyewitnesses said that the attackers struck suddenly on Saturday afternoon, causing people in the area to scamper for safety. Meanwhile, the exact number of victims abducted during the incident has not yet been confirmed, as details remain sketchy. Local sources said the situation has heightened tension across nearby communities, with many residents staying indoors while travellers are diverting routes to avoid the troubled stretch of road. However,…

Nov

30

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

NTIFE 2025: Hon. Minister Hannatu Musawa Reimagines Nigeria’s Art, Culture, Tourism for Global Capital, Local Prosperity

Column, Cultural Heritage, Current Events, News, Opinion, PoliticsMetro, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics

The Honourable Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa, has renewed her call for strategic partnerships and sustainable investment in Nigeria’s rich cultural, tourism and creative assets, in alignment with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. Speaking at the 2025 edition of the Nigeria Tourism Investors Forum and Exhibition (NTIFE) in Abuja, organised by the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), the Honourable Minister said the administration is determined to reposition art, culture, tourism and the creative economy as central pillars of national development, job creation and inclusive growth. She noted that…

Nov

30

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Retired Delta High Court Judge Found Dead In Asaba Home, Allegedly Murdered.

Metro, News, Social IssuesCrime, Metro, Nigeria, Politics, RIP, Security

A retired High Court judge in Delta State, Justice Ifeoma Okogwu, has been found dead in her Asaba residence, prompting a full-scale police investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death. According to security sources who spoke to Zagazola Makama, the late judge was discovered in her sitting room at No. 8 Tom Halen Street, behind IBTC Bank, with her hands and legs bound and her mouth gagged with a wrapper. Her brother, Emeka Okogwu, found the body during a visit early Saturday morning and immediately reported the incident to the police at about 8:00 a.m. Patrol teams were subsequently deployed…

Nov

28

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Release Nnamdi Kanu To Us Or Release Him To Britain – Ngige Tells Tinubu After Convoy Was Attacked.

Current Events, Metro, Social IssuesCrime, Metro, Security

Ex-governor of Anambra State and immediate past Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has given an account of how his convoy was attacked by gunmen on Wednesday. The former governor spoke to journalists when presidential candidate in 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, visited him to commiserate with him on the attack. Ngige said he had been in Anambra since Saturday, and had sent his personal aides on errand, including taking one of his cars for maintenance when they were attacked on their way back, leading to the death of one lady, while his police orderly was shot in…