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Following the attacks on the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service and the Nigeria Police in Imo State, Governor Hope Uzodinma said about 50 suspects have been arrested. Gunmen had invaded the two public facilities on April 5, razing down the institutions and freeing over 1,800 inmates. During the attack, one person suspected to […]
The NDLEA Chairman, Buba Marwa, receives a briefing from the FCT Command of the Agency, Mohammed Malami Sokoto on April 23, 2021. Credit: NDLEA The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has warned owners/operators of supermarkets and confectionaries to rid their stores of cannabis cookies, biscuits and other products laced with illicit substances. NDLEA […]
The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra has revealed the real person behind UK asylum offered to its members. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been fingered as the brain behind the proposed asylum to be given by the United Kingdom to members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign […]
An Instagram comedian and social media influencer, Nwagbo Chidera, also known as Pankeeroy, has been arrested for alleged Internet fraud. Chidera was arrested alongside 34 others at the James Court in the Lekki area of Lagos State by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged involvement in computer-related fraud. The other suspects include Chinedu Christian, Gafar Adedamola, Chuka Richard, Dibo Samson, […]
– State set to double food security, reduce inequality gap via market-centric plan An audacious agricultural growth plan that will enhance food sufficiency in Lagos State has been unveiled by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The five-year food security road map will see a sustained public and private sectors’ investment in agricultural value chains, to give Lagos comparative […]
Hausa cattle traders on Thursday evening at the New Artisan Market attacked government officials and destroyed a police vehicle. It was gathered that the crisis was triggered by an order from the State High Court that declared the New Artisan Market a security threat because of its proximity to the Government House and some officials from the State government house demolished the market. However, an attempt translated to a fierce resistance […]
Following calls for the immediate sack of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami for showing sympathy for the deadly activities of insurgents, the Presidency has urged Nigerians to accept the apology he has tendered. According to the Presidency, Pantami’s past comments in support of terrorist groups like Taliban and Al-Qaeda was 20 years ago , urging […]
Barely a week after being doused by the Delta State Police Command, tension and anxiety are rising again in Itsekiri land over the Olu of Warri’s crown. The crisis rocking the ethnic nationality over the recent announcement of the passage of Ogiame Ikenwoli and the selection of Prince Tsola Emiko as the Olu-designate is reaching […]
would be funded by financial institutions. It also disclosed that about N288bn from the N500bn of the package funded through the 2021 budget has so far been released, adding that it was currently in the process of releasing a second batch. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, disclosed this on the side-lines of the National Steering […]
A 31-year-old woman has confessed on how her boyfriend made to sell her only child for N300,000 to a buyer in Imo State. According to the woman, Titilayo Kudaisi, her boyfriend, Seyi Akinsete whom she met four months had been into the business of stealing and selling babies. Titilayo, who was paraded alongside her boyfriend at the police headquarters in […]
