Author: Npo_report
The candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, Hon Leke Abejide, on Sunday, paid a courtesy visit to His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello, CON, to congratulate him for the peaceful conduct of the election and wish him well in his future endeavours as he prepares to hand over to the Governor-elect in a few days. Abejide, who is currently representing Yagba Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, commended Governor Bello for what he described as his notable achievements during his administration and declared his support for the Governor-elect, Ahmed Usman…
The Niger Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested four suspects for allegedly operating an illegal refinery to produce Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO) in Tafa Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Minna by Superintendent of Corps (SC), Nasir Abdullahi, Civil Defence Public Relations Officer (CDPRO) in the state. According to the statement, “with a renewed vigour, the anti-vandal squad of the command, through credible intelligence, arrested the suspects at Sabon Wuse area of Tafa local government area of Niger State for their alleged involvement…
By David Orji Ten storey Mandillas Building in Lagos has been gutted by fire on Sunday. The fire, which eye witnesses said started about 1.30pm had destroyed properties worth several millions. Director of Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State, Mrs. Margaret Adeseye, said there was no record of any casualties in the incident. The fire, it was gathered started from a warehouse on the first floor of the building before spreading to other floors. Men of the state Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Police, and other emergency responders raced to the scene to put out…
By Halimah Olamide The real owner of some drugs that an airport operative attempted to smuggle into the luggage of a passenger at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport has been caught. The man, who is said to have confessed to being the owner said he wanted to get the substances to Ghana using any available methods. NPO Reports that a passenger had discovered that a substance was being inserted into his luggage while on his way to Accra Ghana last Wednesday. The angry passenger was seen in a now viral video slapping the airport official. Preliminary findings by the NDLEA…
Safiu Kehinde Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has disclosed the interception of 5.6 million pills of Opoid pills in Kano State as well as 1,274 parcels of Cocaine and Colorado in Lagos. The agency made this known in a recent publication on its official website earlier today. As contained in the statement, the large consignments of Cocaine and Colorado, linked to one 41-year old Akara Chibugo, were concealed in containerized household items and vehicles imported from Durban, South Africa and Canada at the Tincan Seaport in Lagos following months of intelligence gathering. “Following coordinated intelligence and months…
By Kamil Opeyemi The remaining four sisters of the Mansoor Kadiryah family have been rescued and reunited with their family. Their uncle, in a statement in the early hours of Sunday said the four sisters, who were abducted with their father and now killed elder sister, said they have been reunited with the family. Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, with her four sisters and their father, Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar, were abducted by kidnappers in their residence in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Their abductors thereafter issued a deadline for the payment of ransom. The kidnappers made good…
By Halimah Olamide Operatives of the police command in Abuja have arrested a man who faked his own kidnap on Saturday as a ploy to defraud his own brother. NPO Reports there was pandemonium after some police officers stormed the River Park Estate while trying to arrest the man who had faked a kidnap for his brother who lived in the state to pay ransom. Peace was temporarily disrupted in the estate as many residents thought there was a kidnap case. Many residential estates in the Federal Capital Territory have come under siege in recent times, with abduction of residents.…
By Safiu Kehinde The Enugu State Government has explained its decision to demolish properties at the Enugu Centenary City, accusing the originators of the video of trying to de-market the state for investment. Aka Eze Aka, the State Commissioner for Information, and the Executive Chairman, Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), Mr Uche Anya, stated this when they took newsmen round the demolished building that housed suspected kidnappers on Saturday in Enugu. The government said it only demolished illegal and uncompleted structures, which served as kidnappers’ hideout, stressing that it was yet to demolish any of the unapproved structures in…
Nigeria’s Under 20 Women’s football team, the Falconets have booked a place in the finals of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup scheduled to hold in Colombia, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 22. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Falconets qualified for the World Cup after defeating their counterparts from Burundi by a lone goal in the second leg of their FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round fixture. The match which was played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, saw Opeyemi Ajakaye scoring the only goal of the encounter in the 79th minute. The goal…
By Kamil Opeyemi A former Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has said that he gets a sum of N577,000 monthly as pension from the state government. Fashola, NPO Reports recalls, served as the Governor of Lagos state from 2007 to 2015. He thereafter went ahead to serve as Minister in the cabinet of former President Muhammadu Buhari for 8 years. Speaking on an Arise TV programme, Perspectives, Fashola said though there are many stories of billions of Naira being peddled around, he can categorically say all he gets monthly is a sum of N577,000 monthly. “The benefit I…