Category: Metro News

200-level UI medical student ‘commits suicide over low CA score’

March 3, 2026

Ifeoluwa Akinmade, a 200-level medical student at the University of Ibadan (UI), has reportedly died after consuming a harmful substance. The death was announced on Monday in a statement jointly signed by Folusho Olu-Adegbola and Babatunde Dauda, president and general secretary of the UI Medical Students Association (UIMSA). According to the statement, Akinmade died despite receiving urgent […]

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20 year-old reportedly kill father’s stepmother in Plateau

February 3, 2026

A 20-year-old, Ibrahim Mutari, has allegedly killed his father’s 70-year-old stepmother, Hauwa Abubakar, in Yanbula community of Jos North local...

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Court upholds death sentences for five Offa robbery convicts

January 31, 2026

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Friday dismissed the appeals of five men convicted over the...

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705 Nigerian refugees return home to Banki from Cameroon

January 30, 2026

A second group of 705 Nigerian refugees has returned from Cameroon to Banki town in the Bama Local Government Area...

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Eight die in Oyo road crash

November 26, 2025

Eight people have been confirmed dead, while four others are receiving treatment at Oyo State General Hospital following a crash...

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LAUTECH campus shut over protest

November 9, 2025

The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology has ordered a two-week closure of its Iseyin campus. This followed a...

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Collapsed Lagos building occupants ignored distress signs – Residents

October 28, 2025

Some residents of Cole Street in the Oyingbo area of Lagos State, where a two-storey building collapsed, leaving one person...

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Police arrest herbalist, brother for killing client, motorcyclist in Delta

October 26, 2025

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old herbalist, Amechi Okwuokenye, and his 26-year-old brother, Smart Okwuokenye, for allegedly...

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Driver crushes school boy to death in Osun, abandons vehicle

October 25, 2025

A yet-to-be-identified commercial driver has crushed a pupil to death in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State. The tragic incident...

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Defiled @ 12, a mother @ 13: ‘Pastor said I would die if I told anyone’

October 25, 2025

It began with just N1,500, money meant for a textbook. But for one family in Atan, Ogun State, that small...

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Police arrest 12 suspected cultists in Osun

October 24, 2025

The Osun State Police Command has arrested 12 suspected members of a notorious cult group and recovered three firearms, two...

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Photo News: Niger buries tanker explosion victims, offers survivors free treatment

October 23, 2025

The Niger State Government has conducted a mass burial for victims of the petrol tanker explosion that occurred in Essa...

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BREAKING: Chaos as police shoot, tear gas Sowore, others in Abuja (Video)

October 20, 2025

Security operatives on Monday fired tear gas canisters at protesters, including human rights activist Omoyele Sowore, who had gathered in...

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Police Arrest Osun NURTW Chairman’s Personal Assistant with Guns

October 20, 2025

Operatives of the Osun State Police Command have arrested one Ismail Damilare, popularly known as Killer, a suspected member of...

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Customs Officer Found Dead In Katsina Hotel After Night With Three Women

October 16, 2025

A Customs officer, Assistant Superintendent of Customs (ASC) Lawal Tukur, has been found dead under mysterious circumstances in a hotel...

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“I’ve Forgiven Her” – Father Of Late Bilyaminu Bello Accepts Tinubu’s Pardon For Maryam Sanda

October 14, 2025

The father of the late Bilyaminu Bello, Alhaji Ahmed Bello Isa, has publicly accepted the clemency granted to his daughter-in-law,...

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Governor Ademola Adeleke Cuts Short Medical Trip, Visits Akinlalu Over Amotekun Killings

October 13, 2025

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Monday visited Akinlalu town to commiserate with the families of three residents killed...

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Nigerian Army Personnel Commits Suicide After Killing Wife Inside Wawa Military Barracks

October 13, 2025

A soldier committed suicide on Saturday after killing his wife at the infamous Wawa military Cantonment, New Bussa, Kainji, Niger...

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Infant allegedly shot dead, others injured as local hunter misfires during burial ceremony in Ilesa

October 12, 2025

Tragedy struck on Saturday at Oke-Iro Street, Ilesa, Osun State, as a local hunter allegedly shot an infant who died...

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Outrage as father allegedly brutalises teenage daughter in Osogbo

October 10, 2025

A father, simply identified as Tesojue, has allegedly beaten his daughter to a state of unconsciousness. In a video posted...

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Drama As Man Allegedly Steals N290,000 Onboard Ibom Air

October 10, 2025

There was a mild drama aboard an Ibom Air flight from Uyo to Abuja on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, when...

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Arraigned: Carpenter rapes, kills own grandmother

October 10, 2025

A carpenter, Ahmed Toheed, has been brought before an Akure Magistrate’s Court sitting in Oke-Eda, for allegedly raping and killing...

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Akinlalu: Abuja Police Storm Osun Amotekun Offices, Arrest 20 Personnel

October 9, 2025

Some police officers reportedly from Force Headquarters, Abuja, stormed the operational base of the Osun Amotekun Corps in Oke-Fia on Wednesday and...

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Police seek relatives of dumb man found in Osun

October 6, 2025

The Osun State Police Command has called on members of the public to help identify a man found wandering in...

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Man attempts suicide after sexually assaulting six-year-old girl in Ondo

October 5, 2025

The Ondo State Police Command has said a man, Bolaji Oluwasetire, who was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a six-year-old...

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15 more corpses recovered from Kogi boat accident

October 3, 2025

The Kogi State Commissioner for Agriculture, Timothy Ojomah, on Wednesday confirmed that 15 additional corpses had been recovered from last...

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Stray bullet kills Osun graduate after NYSC call-up

October 3, 2025

A fresh graduate of the Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, simply identified as Taoreed, has been confirmed dead after...

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ARISE TV reporter Somtochukwu jumped to death – FCT Police

October 1, 2025

Contrary to reports that alleged hospital negligence led to the death of Arise News correspondent Somtochukwu Maduagwu, the Federal Capital...

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Updated: Osun Amotekun kills 3, recovers rifles after ambush

October 1, 2025

The Osun State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, on Tuesday, said some operatives of the agency were ambushed while responding...

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Tinubu condemns Arise News anchor’s death, orders probe

September 30, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has condemned the death of a news anchor with Arise News Television, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who lost her...

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