Metro – City Business News

November 6, 2026 No Responses

Customs Begins Release Of Abandoned 98 Power Equipment Containers

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commenced the clearance and release of 98 containers of abandoned power sector equipment at Nigerian ports, following President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive for the immediate evacuation of consignments that have remained trapped for between...

October 8, 2026 No Responses

Moove Shuts Down Nigeria Operations, Transfers Vehicle Ownership To Customers

Moove, a global mobility company founded in Lagos, has announced plans to shut down its operations in Nigeria and transfer ownership of eligible vehicles worth about ₦35 billion to existing customers.The company made the announcement on Thursday, six years a...

October 5, 2026 No Responses

Tinubu Mourns 32 NAF Personnel, Orders Probe

President Bola Tinubu has expressed profound sadness over the crash of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) ATR-42 aircraft near a naval base in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State on Monday morning.The aircraft was reportedly on a routine mission from...

September 29, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Probes Suspect Arrested With $265,000

The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigation of a suspect arrested with $265,000 at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, Kano State.The suspect, Adam Musa Adam, a male passenger wi...

September 29, 2026 No Responses

FRSC Deploys 170 Ambulances For Emergency Rescue

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed more than 170 ambulances across the country to strengthen emergency response and rescue operations following road traffic crashes.The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Osondu Ohaeri, disclosed this on Mond...

September 19, 2026 No Responses

Tinubu: States Must Deliver Lower Transport Fares From October 1

By ebosele@hotmail.com President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed state governments to intensify efforts to reduce transportation costs, with a target of ensuring that more Nigerians begin to benefit from lower fares from October 1 through the expansion of compr...

September 17, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Probes Suspect Arrested With Counterfeit $212,200

The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigation of a suspect, Usaini Ibrahim, arrested with counterfeit currency totaling $212,200( Two hundred and Twelve Thousand, Two Hundred United States Dollar)...

September 5, 2026 No Responses

Lagos Blue Line Moves 9m Passengers In Three Years

By ebosele@hotmail.com Three years after commencing commercial operations, the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line has transported more than nine million passengers in over 70,000 trips, reinforcing its position as a major driver of safer, faster and more...

September 3, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Arraigns Man For Alleged N1.09b Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, arraigned one Mahmud A. Abubakar before Justice N.C. Nwabulu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja.Abubakar was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering...

September 2, 2026 No Responses

CGC Warns Wildlife Traffickers, Vows Stronger Crackdown

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has warned individuals and criminal networks involved in wildlife trafficking that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will intensify efforts to disrupt their activities through intellig...

September 1, 2026 No Responses

Obaseki Mourns Dan Orbih

Former Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has expressed sadness over the death of Chief Dan Osi Orbih, describing the late politician as a prominent Edo son and influential figure in Nigerian politics.Orbih, who died at the age of 64, was...

August 26, 2026 No Responses

GOCOP Mourns Former President, Dotun Oladipo

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has expressed sadness over the death of its former President, Dotun Oladipo, publisher of The Eagle Online.Oladipo died on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at the age of 56.He was President of GOCOP from...

August 17, 2026 No Responses

Lagos Apprehends 175 Vehicles Over Dealer Plate Violations

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS) on Monday apprehended 175 vehicles for violating regulations governing the use of dealer number plates.Under the Lagos State Transport Sector Reform Law, 2018, dealer number plates are str...

August 17, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Probes $73,000, £15,957, 827,800 SAR Intercepted By Customs

The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation of a suspect, Haruna Yusuf and multiple undeclared foreign currencies, , $73,000( Seventy Three United States Dollar) £15,957 ( Fifteen Thousand, Nin...