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Governor Nyesom Wike appoints new chairman and members for the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC.

Wike doles out N70 million to families of 3 slain police officers

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

While Wike gave each of the widow of the slain policemen N20 million, the injured police officer who is still…
Six months after he was attacked in New York, Salman Rushdie shares photo showing scars to his face and a darkened lens in his glasses

Salman Rushdie shares photo of new look six months after brutal attack

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Rushdie himself released the photo via his Twitter handle on Tuesday 7 November in apparent reaction to the photo the…
Thabo Mbeki

Thabo Mbeki to lead Commonwealth observers for Nigerian polls

Ademola Adegbamigbe

3 years ago

Former President of South Africa, H.E. Thabo Mbeki, will lead a team of Commonwealth election observers to Nigeria, which will be holding…
Salman Rushdie speaks in a rare and rich interview with David Remnick, six months after his brutal attack onstage at an event in New York.

What Salman Rushdie said in first ‘public outing’ after brutal attack

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

According to the BBC, in the interview Salman Rushdie's voice sounded as it ever did - witty, fie
Atiku says history will vindicate him

Hypocrite: Atiku makes U-turn on Naira redesign policy

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Atiku lamented that there had been widespread anxiety across the country, arising from the poor execution of the naira redesign…
Delta Government explains why it returned Ogochukwu Nwabude, a woman begging for alms in Asaba with her baby to her home state of Anambra

Delta youths stage huge protest against Okowa’s ₦120bn loan request

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The protesters under the aegis of concerned stakeholders from several civil society organizations (CSOs), specifically warned commercial banks in the…
Fuel

Fuel price: No plans to shutdown stations – IPMAN

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Alhaji Mojeed Adesope, IPMAN Publicity Officer, Ibadan Depot, had called for the closure of all IPMAN filling stations on Feb.…
The presidential campaign council of Labour Party says its candidate, Peter Obi, was attacked two times during his campaign in Katsina State

Cash Crunch: ‘Bear with CBN’, Peter Obi urges Nigerians

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

According to the former governor of Anambra state, currency redesign, which caused the scarcity of Naira, is not new to…
Afenifere says Buhari is to blame for nation's woes

Tinubu my tested, trusted successor – President Buhari

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

"Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been my political ally for over 20 years. I have confidence in his ability and capacity…
Mr. Tony Elumelu, founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chair of the Board of UBA, opens up on how he got his first banking job.

How I got my first banking job and rose to the top – Tony Elumelu

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Elumelu, was named on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020,
ISWAP

‘How terrorists shot 41 vigilante operatives dead in Katsina’

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The slain vigilante operatives were from 11 villages in Bakori local government of the state, Katsina Police Command’s Public Relations…
Bola Tinubu.

Presidential poll: What Nigerian farmers are planning to do to Tinubu

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Bello said the directorate comprised over 100 recognised commodity associations cutting across agricultural production, manufacturing, processing and marketing of food…
Ex-minister closes case in libel suit against former Nigerian envoy, Onoh

Onyeama: My biggest regret as Foreign Affairs Minister

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The minister said all the illegal acts and sharp practices contributed to the manner Nigerians were being treated with disdain…
An eyewitness, John Terwase, narrates how heavily armed invaders killed three persons in Mbasombo community of Gwer East LG of Benue State

Again, Fr. Alia wins Benue APC governorship primary

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The Court of Appeal sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, had last week, ordered APC to conduct fresh primary…
Kano Fire Service said Mustapha Aliyu was recovered from the well in an unconscious state and was pronounced dead by doctors at the hospital

Ondo man Josiah Godwin kills master, throws corpse inside well

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The family of Joseph narrated to journalists in Akure on Thursday how Godwin threw the remains of his master inside…
Osun governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Monday began the battle to reverse his sack by the Osun governorship election Tribunal at the Court of Appeal, Abuja.

JUST IN: Oyetola defeats PDP at Supreme court

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

However, while throwing out the appeal on Thursday, a five-member panel of justices, in a unanimous judgment led by Justice…
Auxillary

Trial of Oyo PMS boss ‘Auxillary’ for destroying posters of Tinubu, others adjourned

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Auxillary is charged with six counts bordering on conspiracy, unlawful damage and breach of public peace.
Task force

MNJTF troops capture 40 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, kill 40

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

He added that the troops also destroyed several terrorists camps during the clearance and stabilisation operations in the region conducted
Buhari still grieve for Chibok girls in captivity

Buhari sad over demise of Emir of Dutse, Sanusi

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Sanusi died on Tuesday evening at the age of 79 after a brief illness.

JUST IN: Emir of Dutse, Nuhu Sanusi is dead

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The First class monarch was born in 1945 at Yargaba village in Dutse, the capital of Jigawa State. He attended…
Obasa

Naira Redesign: ‘Nigerians are suffering, economy in danger’

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The CBN had announced a 10-day extension of the deadline for currency swap at the weekend, but at a sitting…
Buhari with Gov Ganduje in Kano on Monday

DSS, police must arrest PDP’s spokesman over purported attack on Buhari – Tinubu’s camp

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

There have been reports of attack on the convoy of the president on Monday in Kano by irate youths, but…
NBA, DSS

DSS smashes syndicates selling new naira notes, implicates bank officials

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

DSS' spokesman, Peter Afunanya, in a statement on Monday said in the course of its operations, in some parts of…
The fatal accident

Sanwo-Olu orders investigation into Ojuelegba fatal accident

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

A 20-feet containerised truck fell from the Ojuelegba bridge on a commercial bus on Sunday, crushing nine people to death.
Lagos docks Ketu Asikpata, the driver of truck with container that fell and killed nine people inside a bus for involuntary manslaughter

Container falls off truck in Lagos, crushes 9 persons to death (video)

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

An articulated truck conveying a 20ft container fell on a commercial bus at Ojuelegba, Lagos on Sunday killing nine persons.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have successfully dismantled a trans-border drug cartel and arrested five leaders of the syndicates operating in parts of the world. These activities were done in a special operation that lasted weeks during which different quantities of skunk, methamphetamine, and ephedrine as well as air compressors used to conceal and distribute them globally were recovered. Leaders of the cartel which spreads across Dubai, UAE; Cotonou, Benin Republic; Togo; Oman, Thailand, and Europe as well as Lagos, Imo, and Onitsha in Anambra state, while on Christmas and New Year holidays in their villages were still coordinating efforts to send their illicit consignments to Dubai and other parts of the world. Their lid was blown open on Thursday 29th December 2022 when their freight agent, Onyeisue Collins Chukwudi was arrested by NDLEA officers at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos for attempting to export three big automobile air compressors to Dubai. A quick follow-up operation led to the recovery of additional five compressors at his home at 24 Legacy road, Ayobo area of Lagos. A total of 27.50kgs of skunk were taken out of the air compressors after welding equipment was used to cut them open. Further investigations revealed that the freight agent was working for a bigger organized criminal group. As a result, extensive operational tools were deployed to track the first kingpin, Onuoha Peter Obioma who lives in Benin Republic and Togo but comes occasionally to do business in Lagos. The efforts paid off on Saturday 7th January 2023 when Obioma walked into the waiting arms of NDLEA operatives with a bag containing additional air compressors used to conceal 15.7kgs skunk and a crystalline substance that later tested positive to methamphetamine after the Agencys sniffer dogs identified compressors with drug concealment. Obioma's statement led to the unraveling of two other leaders of the cartel: Dubai-based Ugo Kelechi Alex (aka KC) and Iwueke Ugochukwu (aka Odugwu), an Onitsha, Anambra-based businessman, who were at that point still enjoying the Christmas and New Year holidays in their village in Imo state. A well-coordinated operation was thereafter carried out on Tuesday 10th January at their ancestral homes in Umuobi village, Igbejere community, Ihitti-Uboma LGA, Imo State, while the arrow head of the cartel identified as Ezenwekwe Obinna Nicodemus, an automobile parts dealer at Alaba International market, Lagos was put under surveillance. A Lexus SUV and a Toyota jeep were immediately recovered from Kelechi and Iwueke. After so many dramatic bids to evade arrest, NDLEA operatives eventually pinned Obinna down at a bar in Mazamaza, Mile 2 area of Lagos on Saturday 14th January. A search of his home led to the recovery of 607 grams of ephedrine, a handful of Cannabis weighing 20 grams as well as other paraphernalia, including 271 grams of dimethyl sulfone used as a cutting agent for ephedrine, a chemical precursor and an active ingredient for the production of methamphetamine. A weighing scale and an International passport were equally recovered from his house. In his reaction to the special operation that led to the dismantling of the trans-border cartel, Gen. Marwa commended all the officers involved in the effort. He stated that the feat is a confirmation that his warning to drug barons at a media briefing on 18th January is no fluke but a work plan well-grounded on the determination and commitment of the officers and men of the Agency to rid Nigeria of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking.

NDLEA busts trans-border cartel, arrests 5 kingpins in special operation

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have successfully dismantled a trans-border drug cartel and arrested five leaders…
Three hoteliers arrested in connection with beheading of woman in Adamawa hotel

5 Cameroonians in police custody for alleged kidnapping

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

SP Suleiman Nguroje claimed that the crime was thwarted by reliable information provided by a good Samaritan, which resulted in…
The Lagos chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Wednesday evening that it will soon issued appropriate directive to its lawyers on the judgment of Court of Appeal which affirmed Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the March 18 Governorship Election in the state.

Sanwo-Olu pulls out of governorship debate: Read why

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

This follows the broad daylight shooting in Surulere area of Lagos by thugs allegedly loyal to the PDP's governorship candidate,…
The presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, in 2023 elections, Peter Obi

This is what Peter Obi did in Borno today (Video, Photos)

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Before the rally, he held a townhall meeting with the youths and paid homage to the Shehu of Borno in…

Jonathan pained by this sad news: Speaks

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

In a condolence message to Governor Sule, Jonathan described his death as painful and prayed to God to comfort the…
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