Metro – City Business News

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 predictable...

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...

August 17, 2026 No Responses

Group Tasks Sanwo-Olu On Dealer Number Plate Enforcement

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Association of Progressive Freight Forwarders of Nigeria (APFFLON) has appealed to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, to urgently review the state government’s directive on the use of dealer number plates, wa...

August 11, 2026 No Responses

NADDC, NYSC Flag Off CNG Retrofitting Training For Corps Members

The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), in collaboration with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has flagged off a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Retrofitting Training Programme for 300 Corps Members, aimed at equipping young Nigeri...

August 5, 2026 No Responses

NURTW, RTEAN Sign MoU To Transform Public Bus Operations In Lagos

The Lagos State Government, alongside the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the implementation of the Lagos Sta...

July 31, 2026 No Responses

Two Chinese Bag Five Year Jail Terms In Nigeria

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentence of two Chinese, Zhang Hong Lin and Gao Pei Hai, before Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi,...

July 27, 2026 No Responses

Lagos To Acquire 3,000 Compactor Trucks

By ebosele@hotmail.com The Lagos State Government has announced plans to acquire 3,000 compactor trucks over the next three years as part of a major initiative to strengthen waste collection and evacuation across the state.Managing Director/Chief Executive Off...

July 25, 2026 No Responses

LAMATA Engages AfDB On Green Line Rail Project

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI), has advanced plans for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Green Line with a high-level stakeholder engagement involving representatives...

July 23, 2026 No Responses

EFCC Hands Over Recovered N108m To Firm

The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, handed over the sum of N108 million to a company, Greenwich Planet Sun King Nigeria Limited, in Lagos.The money, handed over in...