Metro News Archives — Page 7 of 9

March 29, 2022 No Responses

NRC Confirms Attack On Abuja-Kaduna Train

The Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Fidet Okhiria, has confirmed attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train by suspected bandits on Monday night. Okhiria however told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that ”information concerning the attack was still sketchy,...

March 19, 2022 No Responses

Court Orders DNA Test To Determine Paternity Of Children

A Grade A Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan, Oyo State has ordered for DNA tests on the three children of a divorce-seeking couple, Alhaji Lukman Shittu, and embittered wife, Fisayo Shittu. The court gave the order so as to unrave...

February 26, 2022 No Responses

Uromi Bank Robbery: Edo CP Confirms Recovery Of N37m, Five Abandoned Vehicles

The Police command in Edo on Friday confirmed that some monies suspected to be carted away by robbers during Thursday’s armed robbery attacks on some banks in Uromi, have been recovered. Mr Phillip Ogbadu, the State Commissioner of Police confirmed...

February 25, 2022 No Responses

Gunmen Raid Four Banks, Kill Seven Persons

Gunmen attacked four banks and a Police Divisional Headquarters on Thursday as they laid siege on Uromi town in Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen got to the town in their numbers and in several...

February 11, 2022 No Responses

School Bus Driver Bags Life Sentence For Defiling 4-Year-Old Pupil

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a 39-year-old driver, Abiodun Matthew, to life imprisonment for defiling a pupil of University of Lagos (UNILAG) Women Society School. Matthew, who was charged with sexual assault...

February 4, 2022 No Responses

Okomu Oil Suspends Operations

The Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo State has suspended operations in the aftermath of what the management described as a “terrorist attack“ on Tuesday. “For now, we are forced to shut down our operations to save lives from possible...

January 27, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Ex-Customs Boss, Hamman Ahmad

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Ahmad family on the passing of the former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hamman Ahmad. In a condolence message released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media an...

January 8, 2022 No Responses

Police Pledges To Rescue Kidnapped Retired Customs Officer

The Police Command in Kwara State on Friday pledged to do everything humanly possible to rescue a retired Customs officer, Mohammed Zarma, abducted in the state. The command Spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, in a statement explained that as part of...

December 23, 2021 No Responses

Truck Crushes FRSC Official

An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been crushed to death by a truck at Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Road in Ogun State. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday.&...

December 17, 2021 No Responses

SIFAX Group Boss Mourns Oba Olowu

Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, Group Executive Vice Chairman, SIFAX Group, has described the death of Olowu of Owu kingdom, Oba AdegboyegaDosunmu, Amororo II, as a great loss to the company and the nation. The monarch, who died at the weekend, was the...

December 4, 2021 No Responses

Gunmen Attack Okomu Oil

One Police officer and an unarmed private security driver attached to Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc are in critical conditions following attack by gunmen who allegedly were in the company’s rubber plantation to steal wet rubber cup lumps. City Busin...

November 29, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercepts N71m Cash

The Katsina State Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a vehicle loaded with more than N71 million. Briefing Journalists on Monday, Acting Controller at the command, Alhaji Dalhat Wada-Chedi, said: “We intercepted the mo...

November 8, 2021 No Responses

Police Probes Death Of FAAN’s AGM

The Lagos State police command has commenced investigation into the death of Mr Abdulrahaman Musa, Assistant General Manager (AGM), Electrical Engineering Department, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN), Lagos. The police spokesman in Lagos, CSP...

November 3, 2021 No Responses

Pupils Abducted In Edo

Two pupils of Glory Land Group of Schools in Edo State were kidnapped on Tuesday at 5.35 p.m on the Igarra-Auchi Road, near Ikpeshi, Akoko Edo Local Government Area. The spokesman for the police command in the state, SP Kontongs...