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Six #EndSARS protesters finally regain freedom after four years in custody

A Lagos State Magistrate Court in Ogba has discharged six men who were arrested during the 2000 #EndSARS protests and have spent almost four years in prison. The defendants, identified…

Gong August 23, 2024

Metro News Nigeria

Tragedy as truck crushes grandmother, granddaughter to death in Ogun

Barely 24 hours after a truck rammed into a vehicle and a pedestrian in the Lafenwa area of Ogun State killing four persons and injuring two, another truck has crushed…

Gong August 23, 2024

Metro News Nigeria

Tenant defiles landlord’s seven-year-old daughter

The Chief Magistrate of the Iyaganku Family Court in Ibadan Oyo State, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a tenant, Kareem Mojeed, for allegedly defiling his landlord’s…

Gong August 22, 2024

Metro News Nigeria

Stories of how over 1,400 protesters are languishing in Police custody

There are over 1,400 protesters, Nigerian youths who participated in the 10-day #Endbadgovernance protests, languishing in Police custody across the country. “Many of the protesters in Abuja are (being held)…

Gong August 21, 2024

Metro News Nigeria

Anambra State indicates houses built by illegal developers risk demolition

Houses built by quacks, non-certified developers or fake development control agents across Anambra State risk demolition due to the incessant building collapses in the state suspected to be because of…

Gong August 21, 2024

Metro News Nigeria

Security agents apprehend 27 kidnappers, kill IPOB members in Enugu

A combined force of security agencies has neutralised at least 27 individuals suspected of being kidnappers and members of the Eastern Security Network, the security arm of the Indigenous People…

Gong August 21, 2024

Metro News Nigeria

21-year-old female student acting as girlfriend for N15,000 found dead in Kwara

A 21-year-old female student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Mojisola Awesu, who was contracted by her friend to act as a girlfriend for another private varsity student…

Gong August 20, 2024

Metro News Nigeria

Taskforce dismantles illegal shanties, roadside stalls in Lagos

The Lagos State Taskforce said it undertook a cleanup exercise along the Mile 2 Oke on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway. The exercise led to the removal of illegal shanties, roadside vendors,…

Gong August 20, 2024

Metro News Nigeria

Osun State pastor impregnates 13-year-old stepdaughter

A teenage resident in Osogbo, Osun State, (name withheld), has accused a clergy also based in the town, simply identified as Femi, said to be her stepfather, of putting her…