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NiMet workers suspend strike after FG’s intervention

Employees of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) have called off their strike following the federal government’s intervention. The workers on Wednesday commenced an indefinite strike over welfare issues, including “NiMet’s…

Gong April 25, 2025

Entertainment Metro News

2Baba Idibia allegedly set to Wed Natasha Osawaru on Friday

Award-winning Nigerian music legend, Innocent "2Baba" Idibia, is poised to tie the knot traditionally with Honourable Natasha Osawaru in what sources describe as a highly anticipated and carefully planned ceremony.…

Gong April 24, 2025

Tunji-Ojo tasks paramilitary chiefs on progressive leadership, gong-news.com

Metro News Nigeria

Tunji-Ojo orders probe into alleged N5.2m extortion by NSCDC officers

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has ordered an immediate investigation into the alleged extortion of N5.2 million by officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. The directive…

Gong April 22, 2025

Metro News Nigeria

Delta State Gov Aide: Police begin probe as Family accuse husband of her death

Special Adviser to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Trade and Export, Mrs Shimitte Love, has been confirmed dead. Though the circumstances leading to her death are hazy at the time of…

Gong April 22, 2025

Metro News Nigeria

BREAKING: Fresh protests breaks out in Jos over killings

Fresh protests broke out in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Monday over the persistent killings of indigenous residents by suspected Fulani militants. The demonstrations, which were led by Christian…

Gong April 21, 2025

NDLEA arrests Hajj pilgrims with cocaine gong-news.com

Crime Metro News

NDLEA Discovers Cocaine Hidden in Religious Books

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a shipment of cocaine bound for Saudi Arabia. According to a statement on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, the cocaine…

Gong April 21, 2025

Crime Home Metro

Kidnappers to die by hanging in Nigeria

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has declared that kidnappers found guilty in the state will face death penalty by hanging. Okpebholo assured his readiness to sign the death warrants…

Gong April 19, 2025

Two suspected coup plotters on the run as military makes more arrests

Metro News Nigeria

Security Measures: Plateau bans night grazing, restores vigilante patrols

Plateau State Governor Caleb Mutfwang yesterday took measures to halt the incessant attacks on rural communities by gunmen. “To restore calm and strengthen vigilance, I hereby announce the following measures,…

Gong April 17, 2025

Metro News Nigeria

Army Needs Over 200 South East Youths for recruitment – Official

Brigadier-General Chima Ekeator, leader of the Nigerian Army Force Headquarters Recruitment Sensitisation Team in Anambra, has expressed concern over the low turnout of applicants from the South-East in the ongoing…