Category: Metro

Customs Intercepts 1,577 Jerrycans Of Smuggled PMS
May 31, 2025 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 1,577 Jerrycans Of Smuggled PMS

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) through its Operation Whirlwind has intercepted 1,577 jerrycans (39,425 litres) of smuggled petroleum products and eight vehicles used for their transportation, with a combined value of N63,425,000 across the Lagos and Ogun axis.Speaking in Lagos...
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Ighodalo Rejects Appeal Court Judgment, Heads To Supreme Court
May 30, 2025 No Responses

Ighodalo Rejects Appeal Court Judgment, Heads To Supreme Court

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has rejected the Court of Appeal judgment which on Thursday upheld the decision of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal whic...
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EFCC Re-arraigns Fadama Society Executives For Alleged ₦178m Fraud
May 29, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Re-arraigns Fadama Society Executives For Alleged ₦178m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, May 29, 2025, re-arraigned two executives of the Covenant Fadama Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, its Secretary, Okewole Dayo, and Chairman, Bishop Katung Jonas before Justice Sharon T. Ishaya ...
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Oyetola Flags Off 3,500 Life Jacket Distribution Campaign in Lagos
May 28, 2025 No Responses

Oyetola Flags Off 3,500 Life Jacket Distribution Campaign in Lagos

As part of the Federal Government’s nationwide water safety campaign aimed at enhancing security on Nigeria’s inland waterways, the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola on Wednesday flagged off the distribution of 3,500 life jackets in L...
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Nigeria Customs Intercepts 65 Stolen Canadian Vehicles
May 25, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria Customs Intercepts 65 Stolen Canadian Vehicles

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) International Special Services has commended the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for its unwavering commitment to safeguarding borders and disrupting transnational organised crime through strategic partnerships and intell...
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Customs Impounds 49, 000 Litres of PMS
May 24, 2025 No Responses

Customs Impounds 49, 000 Litres of PMS

The Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) has intensified its anti-smuggling operations in Nigeria’s northeastern corridor, intercepting Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and vehicles with a total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of over ₦63 million.According to Customs, the success...
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Court Winds Up Illegal Capital Market Firm
May 22, 2025 No Responses

Court Winds Up Illegal Capital Market Firm

Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi , Lagos, on Thursday, May 22, 2025, ordered the winding up of a fraudulent collective investment scheme firm, CJC Markets Limited, over failure to register with the Securities and...
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Senate To Criminalise Ripening Of Fruits With Chemicals
May 22, 2025 No Responses

Senate To Criminalise Ripening Of Fruits With Chemicals

The Senate has raised alarm over the growing use of dangerous chemicals, particularly calcium carbide, by fruit vendors to artificially ripen fruits, resolving to amend existing laws to criminalise such practice. Describing use of hazardous substances for frui...
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EFCC Hands Over 753 Recovered Housing Units To Ministry Of Housing
May 20, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Hands Over 753 Recovered Housing Units To Ministry Of Housing

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 handed over 753 units of houses recovered by the Commission at Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, Abuja to the...
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EFCC Arrests 120 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos
May 19, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests 120 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 120 suspected internet fraudsters, comprising 95 male and 25 female at various locations in Lagos.The suspects were arrested on Monday, May 19, 202...
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NDLEA Nabs 80-Year-Old Man With 2.3kg Illicit Drugs
May 19, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Nabs 80-Year-Old Man With 2.3kg Illicit Drugs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 80-year-old Man, Ayuba Ashiru over the possession of 2.3 kilogrammes of skunk packaged in nylons and papers for retail. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said Ashiru was.....
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Tinubu Meets Peter Obi, Fayemi At The Vatican
May 18, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Meets Peter Obi, Fayemi At The Vatican

President Bola Tinubu, Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential candidate, and former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi met at Pope Leo XIV’s installation mass on Sunday in Rome.Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga in a post on his social media p...
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Boat Accident Claims 27 Lives In Kwara
May 18, 2025 No Responses

Boat Accident Claims 27 Lives In Kwara

A boat mishap has claimed the lives of at least 27 people in the Gbajibo community in the Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. The tragedy occurred barely seven months after a similar incident claimed the lives of 100...
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EFCC Arraigns Businessman Over Alleged N24m Fraud
May 17, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Businessman Over Alleged N24m Fraud

The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a businessman, Oviri Oghenebrume Believe and his company, Grant Impex Nig. Ltd before Justice H. A. Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Warri, Delta...
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