Metro – Page 9 – City Business News

June 10, 2025 No Responses

Police Kill Seven Kidnappers

The Nigeria Police Force has killed seven suspected kidnappers and arrested five alleged armed robbers in separate raids across Delta and Kaduna states. Force Public Relations Officer ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi disclosed this in a statement on Monday, referencing the force’s...

June 9, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts Illicit Drugs Packaged As Green Tea

Sixty-six parcels of loud, a strong strain of cannabis, packaged as green tea, have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. A statement.....

June 8, 2025 No Responses

NDDC Promotes Tree Planting, Tackles Environmental Challenges

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has launched a tree-planting campaign aimed at promoting environmental sustainability and community development in the Niger Delta region.The campaign kicked off with a stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt ...

June 5, 2025 No Responses

Customs Reinforces Anti-Fuel Smuggling, Deploys New Officers

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified its efforts to combat fuel smuggling with the deployment of newly inducted officers to Operation Whirlwind, a tactical unit launched in May 2024 to check the illegal movement of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)...

May 31, 2025 No Responses

FRSC Boss Mourns Kano Sports Commission Crash Victims

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, has expressed profound sadness and commiserated with the Kano State Government and the families of the Kano Sports Commission.The Commission athletes were returning from the just concluded Na...

May 31, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Hands Over Forfeited Properties Of Nnamani To AMCON

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has handed over four properties forfeited by Rainbownet Nigeria Limited, a company owned by a former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, to the Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON in Enugu Stat...

May 31, 2025 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 1,577 Jerrycans Of Smuggled PMS

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) through its Operation Whirlwind has intercepted 1,577 jerrycans (39,425 litres) of smuggled petroleum products and eight vehicles used for their transportation, with a combined value of N63,425,000 across the Lagos and Ogun ax...

May 30, 2025 No Responses

Ighodalo Rejects Appeal Court Judgment, Heads To Supreme Court

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has rejected the Court of Appeal judgment which on Thursday upheld the decision of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal whic...

May 29, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Re-arraigns Fadama Society Executives For Alleged ₦178m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, May 29, 2025, re-arraigned two executives of the Covenant Fadama Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, its Secretary, Okewole Dayo, and Chairman, Bishop Katung Jonas before Justice Sharon T. Ishaya ...

May 28, 2025 No Responses

Oyetola Flags Off 3,500 Life Jacket Distribution Campaign in Lagos

As part of the Federal Government’s nationwide water safety campaign aimed at enhancing security on Nigeria’s inland waterways, the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola on Wednesday flagged off the distribution of 3,500 life jackets in L...

May 25, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria Customs Intercepts 65 Stolen Canadian Vehicles

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) International Special Services has commended the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for its unwavering commitment to safeguarding borders and disrupting transnational organised crime through strategic partnerships and intell...

May 24, 2025 No Responses

Customs Impounds 49, 000 Litres of PMS

The Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) has intensified its anti-smuggling operations in Nigeria’s northeastern corridor, intercepting Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and vehicles with a total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of over ₦63 million.According to Customs, the success...

May 22, 2025 No Responses

Court Winds Up Illegal Capital Market Firm

Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi , Lagos, on Thursday, May 22, 2025, ordered the winding up of a fraudulent collective investment scheme firm, CJC Markets Limited, over failure to register with the Securities and...

May 20, 2025 No Responses

EFCC Hands Over 753 Recovered Housing Units To Ministry Of Housing

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 handed over 753 units of houses recovered by the Commission at Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, Abuja to the...