Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, have arrested 121 suspected drug traffickers and sealed 13 properties belonging to them. The NDLEA Commander, Mr Umar Adoro, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kaduna that the operation was conducted in September. Adoro said 27 notorious drug joints were dismantled across the state. He said the illicit drug outlets were located in Kawo, Kabala Costain, Numba Zango, Zaria City, Sabon gari, Nupe street and Unguwar Muazu. Others are Unguwar shanu, Maraban Jos, Dan Magaji, Hayin Banki and Kafanchan among others. He added that…
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Somalia’s government says it has killed Abdullahi Nadir, one of the co-founders of the armed group al-Shabab, in an operation with international partners. The country’s information ministry said in a statement late on Sunday that the operation that killed Nadir happened on Saturday. It said he was al-Shabab’s chief prosecutor and was in line to replace the group’s leader, Ahmed Diriye, who is sick. “His death is a thorn removed from the Somali nation,” the statement said. “The government is grateful to the Somali people and international friends whose cooperation facilitated the killing of this leader who was an enemy…
James Ewruje has confirmed his new status as the champion of the newly rebranded Lekki Scrabble Classics in Lagos. The Master player claimed the overall title and emerged the best among the 100 players who competed in more than 12 games at the one-day tournament held on Sunday. Ewruje shrugged off the challenges of tournament top favourite Tega Okiemute of Delta State in the last round to cement his pole-position on the log with 11 wins, one defeat. He also recorded a spread of 599 cumulative points in his path to victory. The defeat would be costly as Okiemute tumbled…
The management of Imo Angels Football Club of Owerri has congratulated newly elected Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau; Vice President Chief Felix Anyansi-Agwu and members of his Executive Committee on their emergence at the just concluded 2022 NFF elections held in Benin City, Edo State. A statement signed by the club’s Proprietress, Ms Jenny Anusiem, described the election of Gusau as the next President of the Football House as a worthy reward for his loyalty and also a square peg in a square hole given his wealth of experience in the administration of football over the…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau Former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Mike Igini has advised those planning to rig the 2023 general election to bury the thought, insisting the elections will be won or lost in the Polling Units. This is even as he has applauded the current National Assembly (NASS) for passing the new Electoral Act Amendments Bill which President Muhammadu Buhari gave his assent to become the 2022 Electoral Act. Igini who recently retired as the Akwa Ibom state REC spoke on Channels Television breakfast programme Sunrise Daily which was monitored in…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed has commended the agriculture intervention initiative of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA). The Minister who spoke at the commissioning of Pandagric Novum state-of-the-art farm in Nasarawa State by the Vice-president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo at the weekend, said the NSIA initiative was very commendable. The farm, which is located in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, is supported by the NSIA in partnership with Signature Agri Investments. Mrs. Ahmed also commended the foresight and the commitment of the NSIA in serving as a catalyst…
The 2022 conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) slated for Thursday, October 6 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos will be headlined by experts and moral authorities from different fields of human endeavour listed to serve as panellists at the conference. They include the former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr. Solomon E. Arase, human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, and Dr. Chichi Aniagolu-Okoye, Regional Director, Ford Foundation (West Africa). The chairman, 2022 Conference Committee, Mr. Ken Ugbechie was quoted in a press statement by the Publicity Secretary of GOCOP, Remmy Nweke,…
Yesterday, Nigeria celebrated her 62 years of flag independence. Yes, a once proud nation, now badly totemised to the very bottom of the world’s socio-economic pole has come of age. We have added another year to the silent pain of a broken nation, hijacked since independence by illiterate, stubborn Fulani caliphate hegemony that has succeeded in imposing graft-driven circus, called governance. Welcome to Nigeria’s 62 circus years bondage. Independence Remembrance Day is no longer the thanksgiving day of freedom from servitude and colonial imposition. It is no longer the day when we remember the birth of a new nation, a…
The Kwara Fire Service says it has recovered two corpses after a vehicle plunged into a river at Akerebiata area in Ilorin. The Head of Media and Publicity of the service, Mr Hassan Adekunle, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Ilorin. He said that the two human bodies and a Toyota Yaris car with registration number: APP544E, was recovered from a river opposite Olusola Saraki Abattoir in Ilorin. “Rumour had it that the incident occurred during the Friday night downpour when the casualties were struggling to drive through the bridge and suddenly got stuck by the flood…
Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested two suspected cultists in the state and recovered firearm from them. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos. He said that the suspected cultists were arrested on Sept. 23 at about 6.30 p.m. during a routine police patrol by detectives from Badagry division. The PPRO said that the police team was suspicious of the suspects’ movement within Ajara community and launched an attack on them, while other members of the gang took to their heels upon sighting the operatives. “After a…