Category: Metro

POWA President Pledges Improved Welfare For Police Widows, Orphans
January 15, 2025 No Responses

POWA President Pledges Improved Welfare For Police Widows, Orphans

The President of the Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA), Dr. (Mrs.) Elizabeth Egbetokun, has reiterated the commitment of her leadership to improving the welfare of police widows and orphans in 2025.She made the pledge on Wednesday, 15th January 2025, during...
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EFCC Arrests Internet Fraudsters In Benin City
January 15, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests Internet Fraudsters In Benin City

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State. According to EFCC, the suspects were arrested based on cre...
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Alleged N33.8bn Fraud:  EFCC Presents Four More Witnesses Against Saleh Mamman
January 14, 2025 No Responses

Alleged N33.8bn Fraud:  EFCC Presents Four More Witnesses Against Saleh Mamman

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, January 13, 2025 presented four more witnesses in the ongoing trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja.  Mamman is being.....
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NDLEA Arrests Priest, Intercepts ₦1.1b Codeine
January 13, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Priest, Intercepts ₦1.1b Codeine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a traditional chief priest of the Igunuko Shrine, Bariu Aliu, in the Alpha Beach area of Ajah, Lagos State.  In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, explained that Aliu’s&nb...
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NDLEA Arrests Lagos Fabric Merchant For Drug Trafficking
January 5, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Lagos Fabric Merchant For Drug Trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested wanted drug kingpin and Lagos socialite, 61-year-old Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye.According to NDLEA, the socialite was arrested on Wednesday, 1st January, 2025, in her mansion at Okota area...
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50% Discount: Luxury Bus Owners Increase Trips As Travellers Laud Tinubu
December 30, 2024 No Responses

50% Discount: Luxury Bus Owners Increase Trips As Travellers Laud Tinubu

The Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria (ALBON) has announced an increase in the number of scheduled trips on the Lagos-southeast and Lagos-south routes which will last until the end of the Christmas/New Year season.This is in response to...
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NDLEA Intercepts 1,960kg Of ‘Ghanaian Loud’
December 30, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 1,960kg Of ‘Ghanaian Loud’

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted two boats loaded with 1,960 kilograms of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis at the Eleko beach in Lekki area of Lagos.   In a statement issued on Sunday. NDLEA...
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Four Drug Lords Forfeit VGC Houses, N67m, $50,000
December 26, 2024 No Responses

Four Drug Lords Forfeit VGC Houses, N67m, $50,000

Four drug kingpins arrested in connection with the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of cocaine at an Ikorodu residential estate in 2022, have been convicted by a Federal High Court, Lagos, presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro who sentenced them...
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EFCC Arraigns Businessman For Alleged $35m Fraud
December 24, 2024 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Businessman For Alleged $35m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, December 24, 2024, arraigned a businessman, Akindele Akintoye before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on charges bordering on money laundering and contract fraud.Akint...
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Yuletide: Luxury Bus Owners Begin 50% Fare Discount, Laud Tinubu
December 24, 2024 No Responses

Yuletide: Luxury Bus Owners Begin 50% Fare Discount, Laud Tinubu

Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria (ALBON) has commenced the implementation of a 50 percent fare discount on designated long distance routes across the country.The decision is based on a recent partnership agreement reached between the Federal Governm...
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Lagos CP To POWA: Be Of Good Conducts, Support, Pray For Your Husbands
December 22, 2024 No Responses

Lagos CP To POWA: Be Of Good Conducts, Support, Pray For Your Husbands

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Olawale Ishola on Saturday urged police officers’ wives in the state to be of good conduct anywhere they find themselves.Ishola, while gracing the end of the year party for police officers’ wives i...
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Tinubu Mourns Stampede Victims In Abuja, Anambra
December 22, 2024 No Responses

Tinubu Mourns Stampede Victims In Abuja, Anambra

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday cancelled all his official events in Lagos, including his attendance at the 2024 Lagos Boat Regatta in honour of the stampede victims in Abuja and Anambra State. The two tragedies claimed lives and left many others...
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Xmas: Travellers Seek Fare Discount For Road Trips
December 21, 2024 No Responses

Xmas: Travellers Seek Fare Discount For Road Trips

Intending passengers to various destinations for the Christmas and new year day celebrations have cried out to the Federal Government to extend the free rail services announced early in the week, to road transport routes across the country.Alternatively, the t...
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Ibadan: 35 Minors Confirmed Dead
December 20, 2024 No Responses

Ibadan: 35 Minors Confirmed Dead

Not less than 35 minors have been confirmed dead in a stampede at a funfair held at Islamic High School, Orita Bashorun, Ibadan. The incident which happened on Wednesday drew condemnation from many, including the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde,...
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