Category: Metro

Businessman Excretes 120 Wraps Of Cocaine
March 3, 2025 No Responses

Businessman Excretes 120 Wraps Of Cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 42-year-old Turkey-bound Angolan businessman Mbala Dajou Abuba at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano for attempting to traffic a large consignment of cocaine, which he ingested. In a statement...
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Lagos Clampdown On Illegal Dredgers 
February 27, 2025 No Responses

Lagos Clampdown On Illegal Dredgers 

The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Waterfront Infrastructure Development, has launched a massive clampdown on illegal dredgers operating in the State, ordering them to stop work immediately.   According to the state government, the&n...
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Customs, Stakeholders Strategise To Combat Money Laundering
February 26, 2025 No Responses

Customs, Stakeholders Strategise To Combat Money Laundering

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS)has intensified efforts to tackle money laundering at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by bringing together key government agencies in a high-level stakeholders’ meeti...
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GTCO Distributes 3,000 Gas Cylinders To Ogun Community
February 26, 2025 No Responses

GTCO Distributes 3,000 Gas Cylinders To Ogun Community

As part of ongoing efforts to enhance the quality of life for households and empower women in underserved communities, GTCO Plc at the weekend launched its Waste for Gas initiative which saw over 3,000 residents of Obafemi Owode Local Government...
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FG Summons MultiChoice Over Subscription Rate Hike
February 26, 2025 No Responses

FG Summons MultiChoice Over Subscription Rate Hike

The Federal Government through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has summoned MultiChoice Nigeria over its move to hike subscription rates for DStv and GoTV.  Customers under the pay-TV company recently woke up to a notifi...
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LASTMA Decorates Permanent Secretary As Traffic Mayor
February 24, 2025 No Responses

LASTMA Decorates Permanent Secretary As Traffic Mayor

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Waterfront Infrastucture Development , Mrs Lolade Aina has been decorated as a Special Traffic Mayor by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).The event which took place on Monday in her office was conducted ...
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NDLEA Arrests Thai lady At Lagos Airport
February 23, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Thai lady At Lagos Airport

Alleged attempt by a 24-year-old Thai lady, Ms. Pattaphi Wimonnat, to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.60 kilograms into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos has been thw...
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Court Convicts CEO For N2b Fraud
February 21, 2025 No Responses

Court Convicts CEO For N2b Fraud

Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has convicted and sentenced the Chief Executive Officer, Micheno Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, Uno Michael Eke to one year imprisonment for conspiracy, obtaining property by fa...
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Alleged N32b Fraud: Bank, Others Challenge Court’s Jurisdiction
February 20, 2025 No Responses

Alleged N32b Fraud: Bank, Others Challenge Court’s Jurisdiction

Fidelity Bank Plc and three others have challenged the jurisdiction of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to hear a charge filed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) against them on charges of alleged conversion of about...
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Edwin Clark Dies At 97
February 18, 2025 No Responses

Edwin Clark Dies At 97

Elder statesman and former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark has passed away at the age of 97.In a statement issued by the Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, it was confirmed that Clark died on Monday...
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EFCC Operatives Storm Ekpoma, Arrest 47 Suspected Fraudsters 
February 18, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Operatives Storm Ekpoma, Arrest 47 Suspected Fraudsters 

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday, February 15, 2025 arrested 47 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Ekpoma, Edo State. According to EFCC, the suspects were arr...
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NDLEA Intercepts Illicit Drugs Hidden In Bus Compartment
February 17, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts Illicit Drugs Hidden In Bus Compartment

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted parcels of illicit drugs concealed in a specially constructed compartment of a bus. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a post on X on Sunday on Sunday explain ed that the hidden...
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Alleged N12.3b Fraud: Onasanya In Court, Otudeko To Know Fate March 17
February 14, 2025 No Responses

Alleged N12.3b Fraud: Onasanya In Court, Otudeko To Know Fate March 17

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, February 13, 2025 adjourned till March 17, 2025 for ruling on the application filed by Oba Otudeko, Chairman of Honeywell Group, challenging the jurisdiction of the...
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EFCC Arrests 13 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Benin
February 11, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests 13 Suspected Internet Fraudsters In Benin

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 13 suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State.A statement issued by EFCC explained that the suspects’ arrest followed credible intellig...
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