Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde It was goal galore at the Molineux Stadium as Noni Madueke scores first career hat trick in Chelsea’s 6-2 over Wolves today. The Blues earned their first win of the season and under new manager, Enzo Maresca, with a stellar performance against Wolves. After suffering 2-0 defeat to Manchester City in last week’s league opener, Chelsea travelled to Molineux Stadium in their first away game of the season. The West London club were fired to an early lead as Nicholas Jackson’s two minutes header went past Wolves goalkeeper, José Sá. Wolves managed to bring the game on level…

Safiu Kehinde Two Policemen have been confirmed dead with other three injured in a clash between members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria popularly known as Shiites, and operatives of the Nigerian Police Force at Abuja today. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command’s Spokesperson, Josephine Adeh. As contained in the statement, the suspected members of the Islamic group armed with machete, improvised explosive devices, and knife had launched an unprovoked attack at five police officers on duty at Wuse area of Abuja. The group allegedly set three Police Patrol van ablaze, killing…

Safiu Kehinde A 36 Year-Old Nigerian businessman has excreted 68 wraps of cocaine following his arrest by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). This was disclosed in a statement issued by the agency on its official X handle today. According to the statement, the Onitsha-based businessman, identified as Ibeanusi Solomon Nosike, was arrested the local wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on the 8th of August 2024. Recounting the ordeal of his arrest, NDLEA disclosed the he came under surveillance following his arrival from Anambra state. He had, allegedly, swallowed the pellets of cocaine in a Lagos hotel…

Halima Olamide A Nigerian journalist Juwon Soyinka has been arrested by operatives of the Department of State Security on arrival in Lagos on Sunday. Soyinka was allegedly picked up by the security operatives over an undisclosed reason as at the time of filing this report. He was said to have left messages for some of his contacts. Calls placed to his Nigerian MTN phone number were not answered as at the time of filing this report. He was said to have hinted some of his contacts after arriving at the Muritala Mohammed airport today after his was picked up by…

Halimah Olamide Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps, have arrested 20 individuals on offenses bordering environmental infractions. The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this via an X post on Sunday. The individuals were arrested along Ojodu-Berger on Saturday night and in the early hours of Sunday morning. According to Wahab, they were arrested during patrol and monitoring of the area. He wrote; “During patrol and monitoring of Ojodu-Berger yesterday night and early hours of today, operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps @LAGESCOfficial arrested 20 individuals for committing environmental infractions.”

Safiu Kehinde The Nigerian Ports Authority’s (NPA), Abubakar Dantsoho, has, appointed seven Port Managers. Dantsoho announced the appointment yesterday in Lagos while stressing that new port managers in the country would ensure seamless operations at the ports. The appointees include, Adebowale Lawal Ibrahim, who is to serve as Port Manager of Lagos Port Complex, and Abubakar Sani Isa, who is the Port Manager of Tin Can Island Port Others include, Abdulrahman Hussaini, for Onne Port, Sa’adu Dahiru Mohammed, Delta Ports Warri, Ekine Ibifiri Alex for Calabar Port, Emmanuel Anda for Lekki Port, and the retained Kenechi Edith Okezie for Rivers…

Safiu Kehinde Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has explained the reasons for the increment in cost of Nigerian Passport acquisition. This was contained in a post on NIS’ official X handle. According to the post, the increment was based on four reasons among which include cost of production. NIS also disclosed that the increment was based on the agency’s effort to create more passport front offices and biometrics centres. The post read in part; “4 Reasons for the Increase in Price of Nigeria Standard Passport “Increment in passport standard and quality, ensuring that the Nigerian Passport continues to maintain the ICAO…

Agency Report Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov has been arrested by French police at an airport north of Paris. Mr Durov was detained after his private jet had landed at Le Bourget Airport, French media reported. According to officials the 39-year-old had been arrested under a warrant for offences related to the popular messaging app. Russia’s embassy in France is taking “immediate steps” to clarify the situation, according to Russia’s TASS state news agency. Durov had been travelling on his private jet, French TV channel TF1 said on its website. Telegram is particularly popular in Russia, Ukraine and former Soviet…

Agency Report The Japanese Government and Federal Government of Nigeria have express commitment to deepen bilateral relations and collaborate to address shared global challenges. This is according to a statement by Ms Shimada Mami, Third Secretary, Culture and Information/General/ Protocol Section, Embassy of Japan in Nigeria, on Saturday in Abuja. Mami said that both countries made the commitment on Saturday at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) Ministerial Meeting. The secretary said that the agreement was reached during a meeting between Ms. Kamikawa Yoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and her Nigerian counterpart, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, Minister…

Safiu Kehinde The immediate former Director General of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency Ahmed Abubakar Rufai has said he resigned from his position because of some undisclosed family issues. He said it’s nothing serious in an interview he granted TVC shortly after dropping his resignation letter on Saturday. He said he has spent 7 years on the job noting that he has mentored and trained a good number of officers who can take the job further. “There are quite number of reasons why I did that some personal family issues. But nothing serious actually. “I discussed with Mr. President, he understood…