Category: Metro News

DSS Threatens Legal Action Against Daar Communications Over Alleged ‘False Report’ On Lagos Assembly Crisis
Litigation, Metro News

DSS Threatens Legal Action Against Daar Communications Over Alleged ‘False Report’ On Lagos Assembly Crisis

Sobechi Obasi- February 19, 2025

  The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a legal threat against Daar Communications PLC, owners of Africa Independent Television (AIT), over a report ... Read More

FG Bans Public Parade Of Criminal Suspects, Citing Human Rights Concerns
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FG Bans Public Parade Of Criminal Suspects, Citing Human Rights Concerns

Sobechi Obasi- February 19, 2025

  In a landmark policy shift, the Federal Government (FG) has directed the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to end the public parade of criminal suspects, ... Read More

World’s First Openly Gay Imam, Moegsien Hendricks, Shot Dead In South Africa
Metro News

World’s First Openly Gay Imam, Moegsien Hendricks, Shot Dead In South Africa

Sobechi Obasi- February 17, 2025

  Moegsien Hendricks, recognized as the world’s first openly gay imam, was shot and killed in Bethelsdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa, on Saturday, February 15, ... Read More

Miss Universe Africa Chidimma Adetshina’s Mother Detained In South Africa, Faces Deportation
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Miss Universe Africa Chidimma Adetshina’s Mother Detained In South Africa, Faces Deportation

Sobechi Obasi- February 17, 2025

Anabela Rungo, mother of Miss Universe Africa and Oceania 2024, Chidimma Adetshina, has been detained by South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs over allegations of ... Read More

Igbo Town Unions Petition UN, ECOWAS Over Lagos Property Demolitions
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Igbo Town Unions Petition UN, ECOWAS Over Lagos Property Demolitions

Sobechi Obasi- February 17, 2025

  The Association of Igbo Town Unions (ASITU) has petitioned the United Nations (UN) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over the ... Read More

Ndume Urges Nigerian Government To Probe Allegations Of USAID Funding Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda
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Ndume Urges Nigerian Government To Probe Allegations Of USAID Funding Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda

Sobechi Obasi- February 17, 2025

Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, has called on the Nigerian government to launch a thorough investigation into allegations that the United States Agency for ... Read More

NNPC Dismisses Viral Video Claiming Dangote Refinery’s Petrol Lasts Longer, Threatens Legal Action
Litigation, Metro News

NNPC Dismisses Viral Video Claiming Dangote Refinery’s Petrol Lasts Longer, Threatens Legal Action

Sobechi Obasi- February 17, 2025

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has debunked claims circulating in a viral video that petrol refined by Dangote Refinery and sold at MRS ... Read More