Metro

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, a form of high-strength marijuana, weighing 4,173.5 kilograms at Tincan Island Harbor in Lagos. The consignment has a street value of N10.4 billion. NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the success of …

The Ogun I Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted contraband items with a customs-cleared value of N6.77 billion in a major anti-smuggling operation across the state’s border corridors. The Acting Controller of the Customs Area, Deputy Controller Olukayode Afeni, disclosed this during a press conference in Idiroko, Ogun State on Tuesday, stressing that the seizures were recorded …

At least 72 people were reported killed after Tumfa market in Zurmi LGA of Zamfara State was hit by a military airstrike. Garba Ibrahim Mashema, a community leader, told AFP that some of the victims’ bodies were “exploded beyond recognition” in Sunday’s incident. “The actual death toll is difficult to determine at the moment. Everyone, both residents and bandits, went …

The National Emergency Management Agency and the International Organization for Migration on Monday received 170 stranded Nigerians repatriated from Libya under the Assisted Voluntary Return Programme. The returnees arrived at the cargo terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, at around 3.36pm on board an Air Buraq Airlines flight from Tripoli. Speaking to journalists, the Head of NEMA Lagos Operations …

At least 11 people died in a car crash at the Eruku Bridge along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway on Sunday. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in the state, Oludare Ogunjobi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abeokuta by the command’s General Education Officer, Mr Odunsi Afolabi. Ogunjobi said a gold colored Toyota vehicle with registration …

Hundreds of Ijaw indigenes of Warri Federal Constituency in Delta State on Monday staged a protest at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja, urging immediate implementation of the Supreme Court-backed zoning report in the region. The demonstrators, operating under the banner of Operation Rescue the Crusaders of the Ijaw Nation, accused the Election Commission of failing …

Eight persons died in an auto crash along the Omu-Aran-Ilorin Highway in Irepodun local government area of Kwara State on Friday night. The Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr. Stephen Dawulung, said in a statement issued by the agency’s spokesman in the state, Mr. Busari Basambo, on Saturday in Ilorin that an articulated vehicle …

Former Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has expressed grief over the death of the Chief Imam of Yewaland, Sikirullah Babalola, describing the late Islamic cleric as a symbol of unity and peace. Babalola, who was also the president of the League of Imams and Alphas in Ogun State, died on Saturday at the age of 98. In a condolence message …

A commotion broke out on Sunday afternoon outside the main gate of the Ugbowo campus of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) when a man was shot dead in his car. In a video circulating online, the vehicle that appears to have collided with another car can be seen with bullet holes in the windshield, and the man appears dead at …

An articulated truck has crushed a commercial motorcyclist and his passenger to death on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Sunday. General Manager of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday by the agency.Director of Public Relations and Enlightenment, Mr Taofig Adebayo. Bakare-Oki said it was regrettable that the accident occurred at …