Metro News

A man who killed 35 people in a car attack in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last month has been sentenced to death. Newslodge recalls that on November 11, Fan Weiqiu, 62, deliberately ran over people exercising outside a...

A two-story building still under construction collapsed at 20 Ozuitem Street in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State. The building, which was reportedly owned by a "very wealthy" Umuahia resident, collapsed on Christmas Day, when workers there had taken the...

The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base, FOB, Igbokoda, has intercepted a ship filled with about 100,000 liters of stolen crude oil off the coast of Idiogba-Mahin in Ilaje Local Government Area of ​​Ondo State. The base commander, Captain Aliyu Usman,...

Chaos erupted in the state capital of Gombe on Christmas Day when a commercial bus driver lost control of his vehicle and ran over several Christian worshippers. Newslodge reports that Christmas celebrants were in a procession from Tumfure community to...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Kano State Command, has arrested 34 suspects with different quantities of illicit substances. This was contained in a statement by the command's spokesperson, Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, on Wednesday in Kano. Muhammad-Maigatari quoted the agency's State...

The Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Cyril Mathew, has confirmed the death of two persons in a road accident in the state. Newslodge reports that the sector commander said the accident occurred at Ikhinero...

At least five people were reportedly abducted by gunmen on Saturday in Obbo-Ayegunle in Ekiti LGA of Kwara State. The victims were returning to their Odo-Owa base after a marriage ceremony held in Ope town in neighboring Kogi State when...

A suspect, identified as Efe Onoetiyi, and others have been arrested by the police for the murder of Paulinus Okon. Previously, Paulinus had been reported missing on September 8, 2024 by his brother, after he went out with his friend,...

Suspected arsonists have set fire to the palace and properties of a self-proclaimed monarch, HRH Emmanuel Akamisoko Dauda-Shelika, Nyamkpa IV, in Kogi State. Newslodge gathered that the monarch's vehicle and other properties inside the palace were burnt in the incident...

A fire has destroyed shops at Afia Nkwo market, Isiama Ohafia, in Ohafia Local Government Area of ​​Abia State. The fire, which broke out on Friday morning, destroyed property worth millions of naira. Some of the victims who spoke to Newslodge...