Metro Archives — Page 12 of 41

August 17, 2023 No Responses

Majestic Rig: NIMASA Dispatches Search, Rescue Team

In line with the mandate of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, which includes safe shipping and cleaner oceans, a team comprising of Search and Rescue and marine accident investigation officers have been dispatched to the scene of...

August 15, 2023 No Responses

Fidelity Bank Distributes Food Packs To Benue IDPs

Fidelity Bank Plc has distributed over 1,200 food packs to the internally Displaced Persons in Makurdi, Benue State in its ongoing commitment to eliminate hunger among vulnerable persons in the society. The event, which took place on Thursday, 10 A...

July 24, 2023 No Responses

Lagos: 103 Dead EndSARS Victims Not From Lekki Tollgate

The Lagos State Government, on Sunday responded to a leaked memo revealing its approval of N61,285,000 for the mass burial of 103 victims of the #EndSARS protest against police brutality in 2020. The state government said contrary to what it...

July 19, 2023 No Responses

Senate Probes NDDC’s N6.5b Shore-Line Contract

The Senate is to investigate the N6.5 billion shoreline protection contract awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Ondo State in 2006. The Senate resolution was on the heels of a motion adopted by the Senator representing Ondo...

July 11, 2023 No Responses

DBN Empowers 1,000 MSMEs

The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) in continuation of its capacity development training programmes for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria, has organised a one-day training for over 1,000 small businesses across six states in the North-Ea...

June 25, 2023 No Responses

Prof. Lai Oso: Sudden Departure Of An Erudite Communicator

The Bible alludes in Ecclesiastes chapter 3and verses 1 and 2 that “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to...

June 22, 2023 No Responses

Photo News

Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko (Middle), Chairman Lagos State Water Corporation, Engr. Mumuni Adekunle Badmos (left) and the Chairperson, Apapa Local Government Area, Hon. Idowu Sebanjo during the commissioning of the re...

June 13, 2023 No Responses

Excitement As Thousands Throng Ecobank Adire Lagos Experience

It was a beehive of activities and funfair at Ecobank Adire Lagos Experience which took place over the weekend at the sprawling Ecobank Pan African Center (EPAC), Lagos. The 3-days Adire exhibition which is the second edition according to the bank...

June 5, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Destroys Three Tons Of Skunk In Edo Forest

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA} has destroyed a large warehouse of skunks, used to store 231 jumbo bags of the psychotropic substance weighing 3,003 kilograms at Iwe forest in Owan West local government area of Edo state. A...

May 31, 2023 No Responses

Fuel: Price Hits N520 In Edo, Delta

Fuel pump price is now between N400 and N500 in Edo and Delta, as long queues on Tuesday morning, resurfaced in the few filling stations opened for business. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the sudden hike in...

May 25, 2023 No Responses

Woman In Court Over Alleged N2.9b Fraud

A 32-year-old woman, Ijeoma Iwegue, appeared before a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged transfer of N2.9 billion. Iwegue, whose residential address was not given in court, pleaded not guilty to a three-count charge bordering on fraudul...

May 23, 2023 No Responses

Three Kidnapped Seafarers Freed

The three seafarers who were kidnapped in early May from Grebe Bulker, a bulker vessel managed by Eagle Bulk Ship Management Singapore, have been rescued, the company confirmed.World Maritime News report that the vessel was boarded by pirates whilst in...

May 15, 2023 No Responses

Dana Air Celebrates Hilda Baci, Mum With Free Tickets

Dana Air has announced its support for the Guinness World Record-breaking Chef, Hilda Baci, with one year of free tickets for all her domestic travels. Hilda surpassed the current world record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual. The...

May 15, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 5,610kg Of Illicit Drugs In Kaduna

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 218 suspects with 5,610 kilogrammes of illicit drugs in Kaduna. State In a statement on Sunday, the NDLEA Commandant in Kaduna State, Ibrahim Braji, explained that the suspects comprised 206 ma...