Author: Halimah Olamide

Senator Shehu Sani, has advised former Niger Delta Militant Leader, Asari Dokubo to cool down over his attack on President Tinubu. He made the assertion in an X post on Sunday. He also advised that the rewards of some sacrifices comes in spiritual forms and not in vanities. “Comrade Asari should cool down,the rewards for some sacrifices comes in spiritual forms and not in vanities.” He wrote. NPO reports that Dokubo had accused the president of betrayal and neglect. He apologized to past Ijaw leaders who he had condemned for forming alliance with the North He claimed that he spent…

Osun APC Tells Members, Supporters The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the public to disregard controversial leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele’s prophecy of the APC succeeding in the forthcoming 2026 elections in the state on the leadership of the unregistered Omoluabi Movement, Mr Rauf Aregbesola. This was contained in a statement by the state’s APC Director of Media and Information, Chief Kola Olabisi. Prophet Ayodele had stated in the video recording that the condition in which the Osun APC could emerge victorious in the forthcoming 2026 elections is for the…

The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) says the Blue Line Rail has resumed operations this morning after Saturday’s fire incident. Mr Kolawole Ojelabi, Head, Corporate Communication, LAMATA, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on Saturday, a spark, inducing fire, took place at a section of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) near the old NEPA station by Eko Bridge around Apongbon area of Lagos Island. Ojelabi noted that the development disrupted operations on Saturday. “Following the spark, the system isolated the section for…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has Intercepted consignments of opioids concealed in soles of shoes and hair attachments heading to the United States, United Kingdom and Cyprus. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja stated that operatives of the agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos intercepted the consignments. Babafemi said that a total of 2,118 pills of tramadol concealed in soles of 13 pairs of shoes going to Cyprus were seized at the export shed of the Lagos airport on Oct. 12. He said that additional 380 tablets were recovered…

Following the collapse of a building in Abuja, the police has confirmed that five persons have been rescued. This was disclosed in a statement by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh on Sunday. According to the statement, preliminary investigations revealed that the building was previously demolished by authorities of the FCT due to being located in an illegally acquired area. It was further disclosed that the structure was further compromised by scavengers who had been tampering with the remnants for scrap metal, ultimately leading to its secondary collapse. “A total of five individuals were successfully rescued from the…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered an underground storage of illicit drugs in Lekki. This was disclosed by the NDLEA Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday. A video sighted by NPO Reports showed the moment operatives of the agency bursted the storage facility. The drugs were discovered underground in the bedroom of a suspect. According to Babafemi, the suspect stores illicit drugs, covers it with padlocked iron plate, rug & covers it with his mattress on which he sleeps.

No fewer than 40 people have been trapped under the rubble after a building collapsed in Sabon Lugbe area of the Federal capital city, Abuja. According to information gathered by NPO Reports, the incident occurred on Saturday around 5pm. The building was reportedly under construction. In a viral video on X, residents were seen making efforts to rescue those trapped beneath the debris.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNCP) has clarified that the search for more bodies is still ongoing and no additional bodies have been found. The Company’s Chief Corporate Communication Officer, Olufemi Soneye, made this known in a statement on Sunday. Recall that NPO reported that an helicopter operated by East Winds Aviation crashed on Thursday in Port-Harcourt on its way o the NNPC storage facility. However, according to Soneye, only three bodies were found in the chopper and no other bodies have been found. “The NNPC Ltd. wishes to announce that beyond the three bodies found in the ill-fated helicopter…

A section of the Lagos Blue Line track has been gutted by fire. According to information gathered by NPO Reports, the incident occurred around 4:12pm on Saturday. It was disclosed that it broke out at a spot opposite the NEPA Station, near the Eko Bridge, in the Apogbon area of Lagos State. The State Governor’s spokesperson, Mr Gboyega Akosile, made this known in an X post. He confirmed that no casualties were reported and that there was no train service at the time of the incident. Meanwhile, emergency responders had swiftly swung into action to contain the fire. “Lagosians in…

No fewer than five former students of the Command Secondary School Abakaliki Ebonyi state have died after the bus they were traveling crashed and caught fire. NPO Reports learnt that members of the Alumni association of the school were traveling to honour a Commander of the school who was said to have spent 40 years in the college. It was gathered that the bus had ran into a ditch at a construction site after which the fuel tank caught fire. In the process it was leant that the driver of the bus managed to come out of the ill-fated bus…