Category: Metro

NDLEA Arrests Autoparts Dealer 
September 30, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Autoparts Dealer 

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Lagos-based auto parts dealer, Ejiofor Chiwuzie, for attempting to export consignments of heroin and cannabis hidden inside LED rechargeable lamps and the metal legs of sofas.  According to the agency, Chiwuzie attempted...
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EFCC Arrests Ishaku Over Alleged N27b Fraud
September 29, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Arrests Ishaku Over Alleged N27b Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and detained a former Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, for alleged involvement in a N27 billion fraud. The former governor will face trial on 15 counts, including criminal breach of trust,.....
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Alleged ₦3.1bn Fraud: I Delivered $15.8m Cash To Suswam In His Residence, Says Witness
September 29, 2024 No Responses

Alleged ₦3.1bn Fraud: I Delivered $15.8m Cash To Suswam In His Residence, Says Witness

Abubakar Umar, the Sixth Prosecution Witness in the trial of former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has narrated before the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja presided over by Justice Peter Lifu, how in 2014, he converted the sum of...
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Lagos Seals Orchid Shopping Centre
September 28, 2024 No Responses

Lagos Seals Orchid Shopping Centre

The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO) has sealed off Orchid Shopping Center’s premises located along Orchid Road, Eti-Osa. A  statement shared on X.com on Friday by the state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Waha...
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NDLEA Impounds N13b Opioids At Tincan Port
September 23, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds N13b Opioids At Tincan Port

The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted opioids worth N13billion at the Tincan port complex, Lagos State. A statement issued on Sunday by the Agency’s Director of media and publicity, Femi Babafemi explained that up to 250 million...
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Humanitarian Crises: Why Nigeria Needs Collective Response, By UN Rep, Fall
September 18, 2024 No Responses

Humanitarian Crises: Why Nigeria Needs Collective Response, By UN Rep, Fall

Mohamed Malick Fall is the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria. In this exclusive interview, he speaks on the need for a collective response to humanitarian crises in Nigeria, obstacles to humanitarian interventions, and the work of...
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NAFDAC Shuts Down Cosmetics Factory
September 18, 2024 No Responses

NAFDAC Shuts Down Cosmetics Factory

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down an illegal factory producing counterfeit cosmetic products at Benue Plaza, Trade Fair Complex in Lagos State. In a post on its X handle on Tuesday, NAFDAC...
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Floods: NDDC To Builds Six Multi-Purpose Emergency Shelters
September 18, 2024 No Responses

Floods: NDDC To Builds Six Multi-Purpose Emergency Shelters

The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has disclosed that the Commission in building six multi-purpose emergency shelters in Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers states for Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the even...
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Afolabi Foundation Donates Rice To 250 Widows 
September 11, 2024 No Responses

Afolabi Foundation Donates Rice To 250 Widows 

The Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation (AAAF) in partnership with Mrs. Folashade Afolabi, wife of Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Chairman, SIFAX Group, has distributed bags of rice to 250 widows in Lagos. The donation was aimed at providing support to vulnerable househo...
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EFCC To Prosecute Bank Executives
September 11, 2024 No Responses

EFCC To Prosecute Bank Executives

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday disclosed plans to prosecute Bank Executives soon.   Speaking at the 17th annual conference of the Chartered Institute Bankers of Nigeria, the Chairman of the EFCC, Ola Olukoyede said the...
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Ogun To Unveil 100 CNG Buses
September 10, 2024 No Responses

Ogun To Unveil 100 CNG Buses

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has announced plans to unvei 100 brand new 18-seater Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses.The Governor, who disclosed this in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta on Monday, explained that the Federal Government would make ava...
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NDLEA Intercepts Europe-Bound Cocaine
September 9, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts Europe-Bound Cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads and hair treatment cream containers heading to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus. A statement signed by the Di...
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EFCC Returns 53 Cars, $180,300 Recovered From Fraudsters To Canada
September 7, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Returns 53 Cars, $180,300 Recovered From Fraudsters To Canada

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over 53 vehicles and $180,300 stolen by fraudsters to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede made the revelation during the handover of the assets in...
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NAFDAC Harps On Exclusive Breastfeeding
September 1, 2024 No Responses

NAFDAC Harps On Exclusive Breastfeeding

The Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has urged nursing mothers to champion optimal breastfeeding of their children with a view to improving the health status of their newborns and l...
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