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NDLEA Arrests Pregnant Woman, Seizes Over 4,000kg Narcotics In 8 States

NDLEA has raided two clandestine drug stores in Lagos where a pregnant woman was arrested with 1,442 kilograms of skunk. Mr Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, stated on Sunday in Abuja that four men including a 62-year-old were also arrested with…

20/12/2021

Air Passengers May Face Flight Delays, Cancellations Over Weather Conditions — NCAA

THE Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has advised pilots and airline operators to delay, cancel or divert flights whenever they are threatened with visibility. This was contained in NCAA Weather Advisory Circular dated November 29, 2021, signed by NCAA Director-General Musa Nuhu…

20/12/2021

How SSS Diverted N4million Taken From Federal Inland Revenue Service Coffers For Our Feeding Monthly — El-Zakzaky

Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has narrated his ordeal and that of his wife in detention and the refusal of government agencies to release their passports. In an interview with PUNCH, the Shiite leader accused the President Muhammadu…

20/12/2021

Shelve Your Presidential Ambition, VON DG Tells Tinubu

The Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) and foundation member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has asked National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to shelve his 2023 presidential ambition and support a young person.…

20/12/2021

Fresh $5.8bn Loan: SERAP Writes Buhari, Seeks Moratorium On Borrowing

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “issue an immediate moratorium on borrowing by the Federal Government and the 36 states to address a systemic debt crisis, prevent retrogressive economic measures, and the disproportionately negative impact of…

20/12/2021

EFCC Set To Verify Assets Of Bank CEOs, Top Managers

Following compliance with its March 2021 directive to top bankers to submit their assets declaration, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is now set to verify their claims. More than 500 bank executives, including 120 Chief Executive Officers/Managing Directors and Executive…

18/12/2021

EFCC Arrests Ibadan Socialite Over Alleged N25m Fraud

Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Ajayi Oluwabukola Temitope, for allegedly obtaining money to the tune of N24.9million by false pretence. The 42-year-old Ibadan socialite was arrested following a series of petitions. The…

18/12/2021

Subsidy: NLC Fixes Jan 27, Feb 1 For Nationwide Protests

The Nigeria Labour Congress has said it would embark on protest rallies from January 27, 2022, nationwide to reject the planned increase in the price of premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol by the Federal Government. The NLC said the protests would…

18/12/2021

Borno IDPs Protest Against Closure Of Camps

Internally Displaced Persons in teachers village camp on Friday staged a protest against the Borno State government’s decision to close the camp without any proper alternative accommodation for them either in their ancestral homes or elsewhere. They also alleged unfair distribution of…

18/12/2021

Suspected Killer Of Ex-Governor Lucky Igbinedion’s mother Arrested

The suspected killer of Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, mother of former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, has been arrested by police operatives. The Octogenarian who died on Thursday, 2 December at 85 years, was allegedly strangled to death by her house…

17/12/2021

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