Metro News Archives — Page 5 of 12

February 12, 2024 No Responses

NGX Group Mourns Ogunbanjo, Commiserates With Wigwe Family

Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group) is “deeply saddened to acknowledge the tragic passing of our former Group Chairman, Bamofin Abimbola Ogunbanjo, OFR, and the Group Managing Director of Access Holdings Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, CFR, along with his wife...

January 29, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Declares Ex-Beauty Queen Wanted

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared an ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye wanted. She was declared wanted after escaping from her Lekki, Lagos residence when operat...

December 25, 2023 No Responses

Lagos Shuts Quilox Night Club

Citing safety and other environmental infractions,the Lagos State Government has shut down Quilox Night Club located in Victoria Island. Officials of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) and the Lagos State Safety Commissio...

December 21, 2023 No Responses

Lagos Begins Clampdown On Tankers, Trailers Along Apapa-Oshodi Expressway

The Lagos State Government has ordered all tankers and trailers to immediately vacate the Cele Bus Stop Inward Tin Can Port axis, along the Apapa-Oshodi expressway and stop indiscriminate parking along that axis. The Special Adviser on Transportation to t...

December 18, 2023 No Responses

NPA Burst Fake Electronic Call-Up Syndicate

As part of measures to tackle activities of unpatriotic elements sabotaging its electronic truck traffic management (e- CallUp) system also know as “to” the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and security agents recently undertook a spot check of the M...

September 18, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 6,600 Bottles Of Codeine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 6,600 bottles of codeine-based syrup and arrested six suspects in various raids across the country. A statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, expl...

July 17, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Europe-Bound Student With Drugs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a teenage student, Benjamin Nnamani Daberechi, 19, with Methamphetamine drugs concealed inside crayfish. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi explained that Daberechi ...

May 15, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 5,610kg Of Illicit Drugs In Kaduna

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 218 suspects with 5,610 kilogrammes of illicit drugs in Kaduna. State In a statement on Sunday, the NDLEA Commandant in Kaduna State, Ibrahim Braji, explained that the suspects comprised 206 ma...

May 1, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts Illicit Drugs In Imported Car At Tincan Port

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 126 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis at the Tincan port in Lagos. A statement issued by Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi explained that the drugs...

March 17, 2023 No Responses

INEC Blacklists 100 Ad Hoc Staff Over Alleged Malpractices

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Dr Cyril Omorogbe, on Thursday, disclosed that the commission has delisted 100 ad hoc staff in the state over alleged involvement in election malpractices. Omorogbe, who made the disclosure in an intervie...

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-coun...

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,...