Metro Archives — Page 19 of 41

May 9, 2022 No Responses

Nzeribe: Family Begins Consultations For Funeral Rites

The family of late Sen. Arthur Nzeribe has commenced traditional consultation for the funeral rites of the late business mogul and politician. Late Nzeribe died at the age of 83 years on May 5 following protracted illness. The family made...

May 6, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands Two For Allegedly Exhuming Boy’s Corpse

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded two men in a correctional centre for allegedly being in possession of human head, exhuming and cutting off head of a six-year-old boy. The defendants, Lukuman Kusimo, 55, and Oluwaseyi Olojede, 5...

May 3, 2022 No Responses

Okomu Oil Denies Attempt To Kidnap Expatriate Workers

The Management of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc, on Monday, denied reports of alleged kidnap attempts on its expatriate workers The company’s Communications Officer, Mr Fidelis Olise, in a statement, decried the reports published in some online mediu...

May 1, 2022 No Responses

Eid-el Fitr: FRSC Cautions Fleet Operators Against Reckless Driving

As Nigerian Muslims celebrate Eid-el Fitr festival, the Jos Zonal Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised operators of fleet vehicles to abide by traffic rules and regulations. Mr Wobin Gora, Commanding Officer of the zone ...

April 27, 2022 No Responses

Ataga: Court Dismisses Objection By Chidinma’s Lawyer To Cross-Examine Access Bank’s Employee

A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday dismissed the objection raised by the counsel to Chidinma Ojukwu to cross-examine an employee of Access Bank over the late Mr Usifo Ataga’s bank statements tendered as exhibits. ...

April 24, 2022 No Responses

Police Foil kidnapping In Ore, Rescue Nine Victims

The Police command in Ondo State on Saturday, foiled an attempted Kidnap of nine passengers on the Lagos/Ore expressway. A statement issued by SP Funmilayo Odunlami,Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), Ondo State Command on Saturday explained that ...

April 22, 2022 No Responses

Police Arraign Housewife, Lover Over Alleged Adultery

The Police Command in Benue State, on Thursday, arraigned Terver Ukyagh, 35, and a housewife, Sewuese Peter, 35, before a Makurdi Upper Area Court over alleged criminal conspiracy, adultery and intimidation. The Prosecutor, Insp Veronica Shaagee, told th...

April 20, 2022 No Responses

Court Remands School Driver For Allegedly Defiling Three-Year-Old Pupil

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday, ordered that a 37-year-old primary school driver, Kingsley Okwumbu, be remanded for allegedly defiling a three-year-old pupil of the school. The police charged Okwumbu, who resides in Ikeja area of Lagos...

April 8, 2022 No Responses

Taxi Driver Bags 30 Months Imprisonment For Dangerous Driving

An Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced one Adelaja Ogundairo, a taxi driver, to 30 months’ imprisonment and three months community service for driving dangerously and knocking down a police officer. The convict, during the trial...

April 6, 2022 No Responses

Man Bags Life Imprisonment For Raping, Robbing Student At UNILAG

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a man, Collins Okechukwu, to life imprisonment for raping and robbing a 25-year-old student (name withheld) at the University of Lagos. Delivering judgement, Justice Abiola Soladoye, ...

April 4, 2022 No Responses

Gunmen Attack FRSC Patrol Team, Kill Two Personnel

A team of Patrol Operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FTSC) comprising of an Officer, a driver and two other staff on patrol operations have been attacked by unknown gunmen leading to the death of two personnel with one...

April 3, 2022 No Responses

Train Attack: NRC Confirms Safety Of 170 Passengers, 21 Missing

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed the safety of about 170 passengers that were on board the attacked AK9 Abuja to Kaduna train on March 28, 2022. In a statement on Saturday, Mr Fidet Okhiria, NRCs Managing Director, explained...

March 29, 2022 No Responses

NRC Confirms Attack On Abuja-Kaduna Train

The Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, has confirmed attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train by suspected bandits on Monday night. Okhiria however told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that ”information concerning the atta...

March 22, 2022 No Responses

Lagos Sanctions Six Indicted LASTMA Officers

The Lagos State Government has disciplined six officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) over misconduct while performing their official duties. The Assistant Director, Public Affairs of LASTMA, Mr Olumide Filade, confirmed this i...