Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized a total of 8,852 kilogrammes (8.8 tons) of Canadian Loud, an imported synthetic strain of cannabis after a 30-minute gun fight with armed men who were escorting the consignment loaded in two long trucks. According to a statement on Sunday, 7 May, 2023, by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, the operatives acting on credible intelligence laid ambush for the traffickers along the Eleko beach road in Lekki and at about 4:51am last Thursday, 4 May, 2023, two long trucks conveying the illicit consignments were flagged down…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
1. The Kogi State Government wishes to draw the attention of the general public to the antics of mischief makers and ethnic bigots to stoke the flames of ethnic resentment, division and hate by agents of political desperation who are bent on destroying the unity and peace enjoyed by the State. 2. Their unintelligent approach has been to push ethnically divisive words and attribute same to Governor Yahaya Bello in order to incite certain ethnic groups against his person and his administration. These statements are not only false, but also an ignominy of dragging our state back to the conquered…
Pero Adeniyi, mother of three kids for music star, Innocent Idibia (2Baba) has finally confirmed that she has moved on with life without her ex. Pero today revealed the face of the new man in her life as she celebrates him on his birthday. She showered praises on her celebrant-lover for standing with her against all odds. “Thank you for loving me and the kids unconditionally, against all odds you stood by me. You are and will remain the best part of me. From my heat to God’s ears, I love you forever!!! Happy birthday my own!!!! She gushed It…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A former First Lady and widow of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Hajiya Turai, has said that her late husband never desperate to become president of the country but destiny decided otherwise. Turai stated this while peaking to BBC Hausa Service on the 13th-year anniversary of his death, saying her late husband never liked politics and she could only describe him as an accidental politician. “His life ambition was to be a teacher, come home from school, sit with his family and crack jokes till another day. He never wanted politics or governance but as Allah…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A forty-seven-year-old Nigerian based in the United Kingdom (UK), Mrs Abigail Marshall Katung, has been elected to represent Little London and Woodhouse Ward in the 2023 Leeds City Council elections for the second term. Mrs Katung, wife of the elected Nigerian Senator, Barr. Sunday Marshall Katung got re-elected in the just concluded May 4th local elections in England, United Kingdom.A statement issued on Saturday, 6 May, 2023, explained that Tom Riordan, Returning Officer of the elections, announced that Mrs Katung polled 1,908 votes to emerge the winner of the election.She ran and won the election on the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A student of Anglican Girls Secondary School (AGSS) Nnewi, Anambra state, Ejikeme Joy, has emerged as the overall best student in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with an aggregate score of 362. Joy’s scores in English Language, Physics, Biology, and Chemistry were broken down as 98, 89, 94, and 81 respectively.The state Commissioner for Education, Prof Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, commended her performance, describing it as “excellent and very outstanding”.The state government also reacted to the news, with a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Charles Soludo, Christian Aburime, saying that Ejikeme’s excellent feat brought…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ahead of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, the Flying Eagles of Nigeria left the country on on the night of Saturday, 6 May, 2023 n for a two-week training tour in Argentina 20 players and the coaching crew made the trip to Bueno Aires, Argentina for the camping exercise. AC Milan midfileder, Victor Eletu is expected to link up with the contingent in the South American country on Sunday (today). The Flying Eagles will head to Mendoza after their stay in the country’s capital. Ladan Bosso’s tutored side will face Dominican Republic and Italy in their…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ikechukwu Simeon Ebelebe, an Igbo philanthropist and business man based in Lagos, who was kidnapped in his home town of Owerre-Akokwa in Ideato-North LGA of Imo State upon returning home was killed after his abductors collected N10 million from his family. According to the story posted on social media, he was murdered two weeks ago and the Police recovered his body and deposited it in a mortuary. His body was identified in a mortuary.HIs remains were found in a bush in Orumba South LGA, Anambra State. It happened that the locals reported a foul smell in the area and…
Mr. Babatunde Tonode, a traffic officer with the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) was over the weekend presented with a ‘DIAMOND SERVICE AWARD’ along with a cheque of N75,000 for exceptional service to the motoring public in Lagos. The award ceremony, put together by Unifeed Project Initiative (UPI) in conjunction with Access Bank Plc. was to appreciate workers, particularly uniformed personnel. The Lead Sponsor of Unifeed Project Initiative, Mojibade Sosanya said the vision for the initiative was born out of passion she witnessed in April, 2021 when she saw Lastma Officers and other uniformed personnel a very sunny day…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, a first-time senator when the 10th senate is inaugurated in June,has withdrawn his bid for the position of Senate President and has instead endorsed a former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio. Umahi speaking to newsmen on Friday, 5 May, 2023 after a meeting with Akpabio revealed that he had met with President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who advised him not to run. The Governor confirmed that he was not considering the post of Deputy Senate President and had stepped down for his “brother” Akpabio. Senator representing Borno South Senatorial District, Ali Ndume, said…