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EFCC Arraigns Macmillan Publishers Over $156,711 Fraud

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Macmillan Nigeria Publishers Limited before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja over an alleged $156,711.87 fraud. The EFCC docked Macmillan Nigerian Publishers Limited alongside one Fasasi Bola before Justice Mojisola Dada an amended six-count charge bordering on obtaining goods by false pretence at their re-arraignment yesterday. The anti-graft agency in the charge to the charge… []

BRT Driver Flees As Bus Crushes Mother To Death, Daughter Hospitalised

A 26-year-old mother of one, Reini Akakpo has been killed by a BRT bus in the commercial city of Lagos The driver of the vehicle is said to have fled the accident scene and is nowhere to be found at the time of this report The victim’s daughter who was with her during the incident, however, survived with injuries according to eye-witnesses, A Bus Rapid… []

Gunmen Behead Ex-Lawmaker In Anambra

A former lawmaker representing Nnewi South 2 Constituency in the state assembly during the administration of former governor, Chris Ngige, bin Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east was reported beheaded by unknown gunmen. The victim, Nelson Achukwu, was reportedly abducted a few months ago by gunmen who accused him of providing information to military authorities. He was, however, released after his abductors realised he was not guilty… []

2023: A New Nigeria Beckons With Tinubu As President, Says Lagos Assembly

– Obasa, Tinubu Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly resumed plenary on Monday with a resolution to write commendation letters to Northern governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for their collective decision that resulted in the victory of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu during the party’s recent convention. President Muhammadu Buhari, Southern governors on the platform of the APC, the Conference… []

BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu Places Indefinite Ban On Okada

-Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has banned the operations of commercial motorcycles otherwise known as Okada, in six Local Governments. The governor announced that the ban is “indefinite and total”. Sanwo-Olu asked the Lagos Police Command and other security agencies to enforce the ban. The six local governments listed by the governor are Ikeja, Surulere, Eti-Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island, and… []

Just In: Buhari Presides Over FEC Meeting, Asks Ministers Seeking Political Offices To Resign

The Federal Executive Council meeting is ongoing at the State House, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the weekly virtual meeting. A source hinted Metropolix Online that the president has ordered an immediate resignation to any minister seeking political offices in the next general elections. Details of this will be published later. The meeting holding at the council chambers is being attended by Vice… []

AMCON takes over assets of Aeroland Travels Limited over N1.8bn debt

– Mr. Segun Adewale (Aeroland) Sequel to the order of Honourable Justice D.E. Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Lagos Division, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over assets belonging to Aeroland Travels Limited, and its directors over an indebtedness of N1.8bn. It would be recalled that Justice Osiagor gave the ruling on February 7, 2022, and in compliance to the enforcement… []

Former Nigerian Senator, Francis Arthur Nzeribe Dies At 83

-Sen. Arthur Nzeribe Former Nigerian Senator, Francis Arthur Nzeribe is dead. A source told Metropolix Online Nzeribe died at a foreign hospital following an undisclosed ailment Sunday morning and was aged 83. “He died this morning in a hospital abroad. The family will soon release a statement,” the source said. In 2017, the photograph of ageing and possibly sick Nzeribe, sitting languidly, with medics around… []

BREAKING: AfDB President, Akinwunmi Adesina Picks N100m APC Nomination Forms

– Akinwunmi Adesina Months after some Nigerians called for the President of the African Development Bank and former minister of Agriculture, Dr Akiwumi Adesina to vie for Nigeria’s most exalted seat. The amiable banker we gathered might have eventually given in on Saturday and obtained copies of his Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to vie for the All Progressives Congress presidential ticket. This is… []

Pandemonium As Another Two-Storey Building Collapses In Lagos

Just five days after a three-storey building caved in at Ebute Metta area of Lagos, killing 10 people, another two-storey building has collapsed at Ago Palace Way area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, emergency officials report. The two-storey building located at Chris Igadi Street, off Ago Palace Way, opposite Kilimanjaro/ AP filling station, collapsed around 3.00am on Saturday. Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency… []

Dashed Hope: Tinubu Stops Sanwo-Olu Second Term Bid, Anoints Mustapha Olorunfemi

-Mustapha Olorunfemi Weeks after the news of his second term endorsement broke, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu may not be lucky to smell the seat again as Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and members of his inner political circle have told the governor to forget his second term bid as Governor of Lagos State. A Nigerian media platform, News of The People, report that the new anointed… []

Presidency 2023: Oshiomhole to declare today

-Comrade Adams Oshiomole Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole will declare for the 2023 presidency today. His media aide, Victor Oshioke, said this in a Tuesday statement. He stated that Oshiomhole would make an official declaration at 3 pm at the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Arts and Culture in Abuja. “The formal declaration of Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole to… []

Ebute-Meta building collapse: Death toll now 8

-The Collapsed Building The death toll at the collapsed Ebute-Meta three-storey building had risen to eight. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Southwest Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. NAN reports that the eight dead persons include five males and three females. An old three-Storey building collapsed at N0 24 Ibadan Street, off Herbert Macaulay Way,… []

Nollywood Actress, Chinedu Bernard slumps in church, dies

-Late Chinedu Bernard Nollywood actress Chinedu Bernard has slumped in a church and confirmed dead in a hospital. She was reportedly confirmed dead by doctors at the East Side hospital in Enugu State. She was said to have slumped while cleaning the Chapel of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church inside Federal Housing area in Enugu State. It was learnt one of the Reverend Fathers… []

Ochnaya: Court Acquits Lecturer Of Rape, Death Of 13-Year-Old, Convicts Wife Of Negligence

-Ogbuja, late Ochanya, Victor State High Court sitting in Makurdi on Wednesday, acquitted Andrew Ogbuja, a lecturer at the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, accused of raping a 13-year-old Ochanya Ogbanje. Also, the court on Thursday convicted the wife of the lecturer, Felicia Ogbuja The 13-year-old schoolgirl later died at the Federal Medical Centre in Makurdi on October 17, 2018, as a result of complications arising… []

BREAKING: Alaafin Of Oyo Dies At 83

-Alaafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo, is dead. Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo, has died at the age of 83. Details of his death are still sketchy, but Daily Trust gathered that the prominent Yoruba monarch died late Friday. His remains have reportedly been moved to Oyo town where his burial rites are currently underway. This is… []

BREAKING: Court sacks ex-Speaker Dogara from House of Reps

-Hon. Yakubu Dogara Mr Dogara, who represents Bogoro/Dass Federal constituency of Bauchi State, was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019 has just been sacked from the House of Representatives. A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared his seat vacant not long ago. The judge, D.U. Okorowo, on Friday, ruled that Mr Dogara’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)… []

BREAKING: NAF aircraft crashes in Kaduna, many feared dead

A military aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Airforce, NAF, has crashed in Kaduna state with many officers on board reportedly killed. According to a source, it was a Super Mushak, which is trainer aircraft that crashed inside the Nigerian Airforce facility in Kaduna, while on a training mission. Just last year a military aircraft conveying the former Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10… []

Chrisland Schools Suspends 10-year-old Female Pupil After Being Raped in Dubai

-Chrisland School building Students from Chrisland High School had gone to Dubai in March to participate in the World School Games between March 10-13, 2022. There a 10-year-old female pupil whose name is not given as at the time of filling this report has been suspended for taking part in a truth-or-dare game in Dubai. The school announced the girl’s suspension in a letter to… []

N3.6bn Fraud: Court Halts Clearance Of Ex-NDDC Director, Omatsuli

-Tuoyo Omatsuli A 3-man panel of Appeallate court sitting in Lagos Division, has voided the clearance of a former Executive Director, Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC), Tuoyo Omatsuli, of an alleged case of money laundering to the tune of N3.6 billion. Justice Saidu had on November 11, 2020, discharged the former NDDC Director of the alleged offence after upholding his no-case submission. “I have… []