Metro News Archives — Page 3 of 9

March 8, 2023 No Responses

Businessman Jailed Over Forged N100m Fidelity Bank draft

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a businessman, Ernest Uduebor, for possession of forged Fidelity bank draft of N100 million. Justice Ramon Oshodi sentenced Uduebor to one-year imprisonment following his guilty plea to the amended one-count charge of possession of a...

February 23, 2023 No Responses

Apapa Customs Handover 20 Cartons Of Tramadol To NDLEA

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has handed-over 20 cartons of hard drugs to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Lagos. The drugs were concealed as sweets in a 40ft container, while the consignee had declared...

January 28, 2023 No Responses

Court Dissolves 15-Year-Old Marriage Over Alleged Money Ritual

A middle-aged housewife, Mrs Olawumi Olasemo on Friday prayed a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her union to estranged husband, Wale Olasemo on grounds of attempted money ritual and domestic violence. Olawumi, told the court that...

January 21, 2023 No Responses

Court Jails Medical Doctor For Negligence

Justice Adedayo Akintoye of Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, has sentenced a medical doctor, Ejike Orji, to one year imprisonment for negligence and endangering the life of a 16-year-old patient. Ejike and his wife, Grace Orji,...

January 16, 2023 No Responses

Police Rescue Kidnapped DPO

The Police Command in Plateau has rescued the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Pankshin, SP Nwapi Augustus, who was abducted by gunmen. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Su...

January 11, 2023 No Responses

Police Confirm Death Of Seme DPO

The police in Lagos on Tuesday confirmed the death of SP Mojeed Adebayo Salami, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Charge of Seme border Police Station. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, told the News Agency...

January 10, 2023 No Responses

Gunmen Abduct Edo Customary Court President

The President of Igueben Area Customary Court, Mrs Precious Aigbonoga, was on Monday abducted by gunmen, around Ugoneki axis, on her way to Court in Igueben Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo. The Chairman of the Lion Bar, Chief Nosa...

January 9, 2023 No Responses

FG Condemns Kidnapping Of Train Passengers In Edo

The Federal Government has described the kidnapping of train passengers at Tom Ikimi Train Station, Igueben in Edo as despicable and utterly barbaric. In a statement issued by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, ...

January 6, 2023 No Responses

Couple, Six Others Nabbed For Allegedly Killing, Selling Lady’s Parts In Ogun

The Police Command in Ogun State has arrested a couple and six others for allegedly killing and dismembering a 26-year-old mother of two, Oyindamola Adeyemi. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a stat...

January 5, 2023 No Responses

Court Remands Two Brothers For Allegedly Enticing Married Woman

A Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday, ordered the remand of two brothers, Saifullahi Hamisu, Mujahid Hamisu and one Hassana Surajo, in a Correctional Center for allegedly enticing a married woman. The defendants, who lives at Bachirawa Quarters...

January 1, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Seizes 1766.9419kg Illicit Drugs, Arrests 296 Suspects In Oyo

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command arrested 296 suspects for various drug related offences in 2022. In a statement on Saturday, the Agency’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs Mutiat Okuwobi, explained that the arrested suspects...

December 24, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Mobile Courts Convicts 84 Drivers

The Niger Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has secured conviction of 84 motorists for various traffic offences through mobile courts in Suleja and Chanchaga local government areas of the state. The Sector Commander in the state,...

November 21, 2022 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria Takes Financial Literacy To Markets, Sensitizes Traders On New Naira Notes

Ecobank Nigeria, an affiliate of the leading pan-African banking group, the Ecobank Group has taken financial literacy and inclusion to traders in several markets across the country being part of activities to mark “Ecobank Day”, 2022. Cit...

October 31, 2022 No Responses

My Gratuity Not Enough To Pay Ransom, Wife Of Kidnapped UI Don Pleads

Dr Adebola Agbaje, wife of Prof. Adigun Agbaje, the kidnapped University of Ibadan (UI) don, has pleaded for the release of her husband, saying her expected gratuity was not enough to pay the N50 million ransom demanded. In an exclusive...