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The Police in Lagos State have arrested a 32-year-old man, Abubakar Ibrahim for alleged illegal possession of firearms. Spokesperson of the police in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the arrest on Monday on his verified X handle@BenHundeyin. He said that the police intercepted and arrested the suspect while his accomplices escaped. “The suspect and two others were stopped by police officers at about 2:00 a.m on Monday in Igbo Elerin in the Ojo area of the state. “Though all three fled, but the suspect was eventually apprehended and searched. “Found in his bag were a locally fabricated double-barrel firearm,…
The Police Command in Kaduna State said its operatives have arrested three car snatchers and recovered the same number of stolen vehicles from the suspects in Kaduna. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Hassan said its operatives attached to Zaria city Divisional Headquarters had on Dec. 23 , 2023, at about 0600 hours acted on credible information and the suspects were arrested at Agoro- Tudun Wada Zaria. He said that one of the suspects was 28 years old of Hayin Baki Birnin Gwari Kaduna State, who…
By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu on Monday signed into law the 2024 budget in the tune of N28.7trn. The document, which had earlier been approved by the National Assembly, was signed at a brief event at the Presidential Villa. The budget is N1.2tn higher than the budget he proposed to a joint session of the National Assembly on November 29, 2023. Then, the President had pegged the budget deficit for the 2024 fiscal year at N9.18tn. He stated, “The N9.18tn deficit is lower than the N13.78tn deficit recorded in 2023 which represents 6.11 per cent of GDP. “The deficit…
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced her surprise abdication in a new year TV address. She will formally step down on 14 January, which will be 52 years to the day since she became queen. “I will leave the throne to my son, Crown Prince Frederik,” she announced. The 83-year-old is the world’s only reigning queen and the longest serving current monarch in Europe, taking the throne after the death of her father King Frederik IX in 1972. Unlike British royal tradition, there will be no formal crowning ceremony for Crown Prince Frederik, who is 55. Instead, his accession will…
Benjamin Kiplagat, who has represented Uganda at three Olympic Games, has been found dead in Kenya, with local reports saying he had been stabbed. Kiplagat, 34, reached the semi-finals of the 2012 London Olympics in the 3,000m steeplechase. He was reportedly found in a car with stab wounds to his chest and neck, near the Kenyan town of Eldoret, known as a top training centre for athletes. Kenyan police say they have launched an investigation into his death. World Athletics said it was “shocked and saddened” by news of Kiplagat’s death. Credit: BBC News
By Halimah Olamide Nigeria’s First lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Monday held the country’s First baby of the year saying expectant mothers must prioritize their health. Mrs. Tinubu said mothers must seek to know their HIV/AIDS status. She said this will enable them prevent mother to child transmission of the disease and help they themselves stay healthy. The First Lady was speaking at the National Hospital, Abuja where she welcomed the First baby of the year 2024 in the Federal Capital Territory. According to a statement by Busola Kukoyi, her media assistant, the First Lady appealed to well meaning Nigerians…
By Kamil Opeyemi An Akwa Ibom woman Ekere Ebong, Mrs. Ekemini Ebong who was brutalized by her husband, Ekere Ebong has asked for a discontinuation of the case. The couple went viral about three weeks ago when the husband was recorded beating his wife till she was loosing blood. Neighbors were seen to have rescued the woman accusing him of wickedness. The government of Akwa Ibom had stepped in arresting Ekere. But the assaulted woman in a public statement dated 20 December has asked the police to release her husband, and that the children were “inconsolable looking for their father.”…
By Halimah Olamide Former President Muhammad Buhari has expressed concern over the rate of drug abuse in Katsina State, saying all concerned indigenes must unite to end the menace. Buhari stated this at a dialogue in Katsina, organised by a group of concerned Katsina elders, Katsina Consultative Forum (KCF), with the theme, ‘Tackling the menace of drug abuse among youths in Katsina State.’ According to him, the issue of drug abuse among the youth and women in the state is a great concern, therefore, there is the need to fight and address the menace in the society. “Our youths represent…
Police in Anambra said they have neutralised two members of a gang that killed two Police personnel on Dec. 29, 2023. CP Aderemi Adeoye who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Monday, said the gang members were neutralised during a raid on their camp in Ogboji, Orumba South Local Government Area, on Sunday. Adeoye said a 51-year-old old kidnap victim was rescued in the process and a Lexus Jeep recovered. He said other items recovered were four Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), two Pump Action and 16 live cartridges. He said the IEDs had been…
By Kamil Opeyemi All appointees of President Bola Tinubu will demonstrate whether they intend to stay in his administration or will ship out. The president said scorecards is the reason he set up a performance and evaluation desk which is charged with the responsibility to monitor how appointees deliver on their responsibilities. The desk is headed by the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala Mohammed. Speaking to Nigerians on Monday, the president said “We have set the parameters for evaluation. “Within the first quarter of this new year, Ministers and Heads of Agencies with a future…