Category: Metro

NDLEA Arrests Ex-Footballer Over Alleged Attempt To Smuggle Cocaine
June 30, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Ex-Footballer Over Alleged Attempt To Smuggle Cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an ex-international football player and his businessman partner over an alleged attempt to smuggle a consignment of cocaine into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. The NDLEA...
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Nigeria To Arraign MultiChoice Chairman, MD, Others
June 25, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria To Arraign MultiChoice Chairman, MD, Others

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has fixed October 7, 2025, for the arraignment of the Chairman of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, Adewunmi Ogunsanya; and the Managing Director of the c...
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EFCC Arrests Ex-NNPCL Officials Over  Alleged $7.2b Fraud
June 24, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests Ex-NNPCL Officials Over  Alleged $7.2b Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Umar Isa, over an alleged $7.2 billion fraud linked with the rehabilitation of the Kaduna, Warri...
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EFCC Arraigns Medical Doctor For Alleged N39.1m Fraud
June 20, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Medical Doctor For Alleged N39.1m Fraud

The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 19, 2025 arraigned one Dr. Nekabari Dambere Nathan, a Port Harcourt-based medical doctor before Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, sitting....
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Olori Janet Afolabi To Youth Corpers: Acquire Additional Skills For Brighter Future
June 19, 2025 No Responses

Olori Janet Afolabi To Youth Corpers: Acquire Additional Skills For Brighter Future

Olori Janet Afolabi, Queen of Apomu Kingdom, has delivered a motivational speech to about 3,000 National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, members, encouraging them to acquire skills and be financially independent.Olori Afolabi in her speech, emphasised the importance...
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Court Jails Ecobank Staff One Year For N2.4m Cybercrime
June 16, 2025 No Responses

Court Jails Ecobank Staff One Year For N2.4m Cybercrime

Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, June 16, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Solomon Stephen Ufayo, a staff of Ecobank Plc, to one-year imprisonment for cybercrime.The convict was arraigned on Friday, May...
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EFCC Arraigns Director For Alleged N13.8b Fraud
June 16, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Director For Alleged N13.8b Fraud

The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned the director of Glossalalia Nigeria Ltd and Pelenged Nigeria Ltd, Precious Williams before Justice S. I . Mark of the Federal High Court, sitting in...
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NDLEA Intercepts N1.1b codeine
June 16, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts N1.1b codeine

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 157,800 bottles of codeine-based syrup at Port Harcourt Ports, Onne, Rivers.The shipment has an estimated street value of over ₦1.1 billion, according to a statement released on Sunday in Abuja...
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Dangote Deploys 4,000 CNG Tankers For PMS, Diesel Distribution
June 16, 2025 No Responses

Dangote Deploys 4,000 CNG Tankers For PMS, Diesel Distribution

With effect from August 15, 2025, Dangote Refinery will begin the distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and diesel to marketers, petrol dealers, manufacturers, telecoms firms, aviation, and other large users across the country, with free logistics to boos...
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Minister Unveils NDDC Projects In Cross River
June 15, 2025 No Responses

Minister Unveils NDDC Projects In Cross River

The Minister of Regional Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh, has commissioned the Ultra-Modern NDDC Cross River State Office and a road network totalling 8,137 km in Calabar South and Municipality. He also flagged off the first phase of distributing Handheld Ti...
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Lagos Loses N4tri Annually To Traffic Congestion, Vows To Enforce e-Call-Up
June 14, 2025 No Responses

Lagos Loses N4tri Annually To Traffic Congestion, Vows To Enforce e-Call-Up

The Lagos State Government is to begin enforcement of its Electronic Call-Up (e-Call-Up) system for tankers and other articulated vehicles operating on the Lekki-Epe Corridor with effect from June 16.The government said that the enforcement would be in an effo...
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Firm Drags Zenith Bank To UK Parliament, ICC Over $64m Contract Judgment
June 14, 2025 No Responses

Firm Drags Zenith Bank To UK Parliament, ICC Over $64m Contract Judgment

The stage is set for another round of legal battle between Zenith Bank and Owigs and Obigs Nigeria Limited over what the company terms institutional sabotage.In a petition before the UK Parliament and the International Criminal Court Hague, Owigs and...
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EFCC Arraigns Top Executives Of Sun Trust Bank Over Alleged $12 Million Fraud
June 14, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Top Executives Of Sun Trust Bank Over Alleged $12 Million Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, June 13, 2025 arraigned the duo of Halima Buba and Innocent Mbagwu before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja for alleged fraud.The defendants, who are Managing Director/Chief Execu...
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Edo Inaugurates N1b Interest-Free Loan Scheme For Traders, Farmers
June 14, 2025 No Responses

Edo Inaugurates N1b Interest-Free Loan Scheme For Traders, Farmers

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo on Friday inaugurated a N1billion interest-free loan scheme, targeting farmers and traders across the state.According to Okpebholo, the initiative would support over 5,000 beneficiaries.He said that it was designed to stimu...
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