Metro News – City Business News

November 8, 2025 No Responses

Lagos Seals Unauthorised Buildings, Gives QMB Mart 72-Hour Ultimatum

The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has intensified its enforcement operations in the Lekki and Ikoyi axis of the state, sealing several buildings found to have commenced construction without the mandatory authorisation or building approval from the government.During the...

September 28, 2025 No Responses

Police Confirm Abduction Of 17 Passengers Along Calabar Waterway

The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed the abduction of 17 passengers by sea pirates along the Calabar Waterways.The command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, DSP Igri Ewa, who made the confirmation on Saturday in Calabar, said that the passengers....

August 20, 2025 No Responses

Court Freezes Four Accounts Linked To Ex-NNPCL Boss, Kyari

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the temporary freezing of four Jaiz bank accounts linked to the immediate-past Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr Mele Kyari, over allegations of fraud. J...

June 14, 2025 No Responses

Lagos Loses N4tri Annually To Traffic Congestion, Vows To Enforce e-Call-Up

The Lagos State Government is to begin enforcement of its Electronic Call-Up (e-Call-Up) system for tankers and other articulated vehicles operating on the Lekki-Epe Corridor with effect from June 16.The government said that the enforcement would be in an effo...

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...

April 16, 2025 No Responses

Police Declares Frank Nneji’s Daughter, ABC Transport Founder Wanted

The Nigeria Police Force has declared wanted Ihuoma Julia Nneji, daughter of the founder of ABC Transport Plc, Frank Nneji over alleged cyber crime.City Business News reports that Miss Nneji was declared wanted Tuesday night by the office of the...

April 16, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Arrests 40 Suspected Internet Fraudsters

Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in Bida and Minna Local Government Areas of Niger State.They were arrested following credible intelligence that lin...

April 15, 2025 No Responses

Court Jails Man For Refusal To Accept Naira As Legal Tender

Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Uzondu Precious Chimaobi to four years imprisonment for his refusal to accept the Naira as a legal tender.Chimaobi was...

April 9, 2025 No Responses

EFCC, Army, NIS Join Forces Against Terrorist Financing

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has renewed its collaboration with the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Immigration Service to combat terrorist financing in the South-East.This rapprochement came on Tuesday, March 8, 2025, when the EFCC’s Ac...

April 6, 2025 No Responses

18 Passengers Killed In Ogun Road Accident

Few hours after a road accident claimed seven lives on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Ogun State Sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that 18 people died in a multiple-vehicle crash along the Ikorodu/Sagamu road, while four...

March 28, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Declares Aisha Achimugu Wanted

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Aisha Sulaiman Achimugu wanted over allegations of money laundering and criminal conspiracy.In a statement issued on Friday, EFCC called on the public to provide information about her whereabouts...

March 23, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Indian Woman With Heroin

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 42-year-old Indian woman, Ms. Neetu Neetu, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, with 72 parcels of heroin concealed in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates.A statement issued on...

March 22, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Probes Suspect Arrested with $578,000

Operatives of the Lagos Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have commenced investigations of a suspect, Okorie Sylvernus Sunday, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, by the Nigeria Customs Servi...

March 21, 2025 No Responses

Security Agents Trail Kidnappers Of ABC Transport Passengers

Security agencies have intensified efforts to rescue 11 passengers of ABC Transport and seven passengers of River State Transport company.The passengers were kidnapped on March 16, 2025 in Kogi State while on their way to Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.I...