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By Kamil Opeyemi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have nabbed no fewer than 24 drug suspects in Lokoja, Kogi. The Kogi NDLEA Commander, Mr Abdulkadir Abdullahi, confirmed this while addressing newsmen in Lokoja on Saturday. Abdullahi said that the arrests were sequel to the ongoing NDLEA Mop-up exercise as directed by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, for a total clamp down on drug peddlers and users across the country. “The NDLEA Command here in Kogi has commenced and intensified raids across the state, particularly at drug joints and spots. “So far, 24…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Senate at an emergency session on Saturday extended implementation period for the N819 billion 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act from June 30 to Dec. 31. This followed the consideration and expeditious passage of the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act (Amendment) Bill. Senate Leader Ibrahim Gobir had earlier during plenary, led the debate on the general principles of the bill. Gobir said that the bill was read for the first time on May 24. He said that the bill sought to amend the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act to extend the implementation from the June 30 to Dec. 31.…
By Kamil Opeyemi No fewer than five persons on Saturday reportedly drowned when a car plunged into a canal along River Niger in Kogi. NPOReports learnt that the incident happened at Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi at about 4.30 p.m. on Friday. While confirming the incident to newsmen on Saturday, the state FRSC Corps Commander, Stephen Dawulung, described it as “very unfortunate”. Dawulung said that the road was not a conventional one but that because of the advantage it offered to travellers as a short route, they kept plying it. The FRSC sector commander called on motorists…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of four persons around Mountain Top University, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Chief Routes Commander and Public Education Officer of the sector, Florence Okpe, in a statement, also revealed that two others survived unhurt. According to the statement, the crash which occurred in the early hours of Saturday involved Lexus RX350 with registration number KTU738HM and a Mack Truck registered as T21024LA. “A total of six persons were involved, four dead, while two others escaped unhurt,” she said. Okpe stated…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a mother and another woman, who allegedly attempted to sell a nine-month-old baby. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Saturday in a statement. Hundeyin said that members of the public and operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) foiled the crime on Friday. He said that the deal was uncovered at Oshodi area, when one Oge Okolie, aged 25, who was the intermediary between the baby’s mother and the prospective buyer, was arrested on the suspicion of stealing the baby. “Passengers on…
The Presidency on Saturday announced that there would be a final address to Nigerians on Sunday at 7am. A statement by Femi Adesina, his media Adviser, which was made available to the NPO Reports on Saturday said all media houses are advised to tune in for the broadcast. The President is expected to hand over to his successor, Bola Tinubu on May 29 rounding off a two terms of eight years as President of Nigeria. Buhari was first elected in 2015 completing a first term of four years after which he was re-elected in 2019 for another four years.
By Chido Onumah General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will leave office on May 29 after eight uneventful years. We hope it is the last time we hear from a man who rode to power eight years ago promising to end insecurity, strengthen the economy and fight corruption, none of which he achieved. Thankfully, he has vowed not to intervene in our national life and expressed his willingness to disappear to Niger Republic if we request accountability after almost a decade of ruinous leadership. It is a fitting testament to the leadership calamity of the past eight years that Gen. Buhari (retd.)…
A former house of the television reality show has died in the United States. He is Joseph, Ada. Recall that Joseph, who was in the same set of the show with the likes of Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, featured in the 2006 edition of the show. He was a flight attendant at the Virgin Nigeria Airline before he joined the show. The reality had reportedly relocated to the United states after the show and has been living there since then. He was said to have been diagnosed of pancreatitis which led to his death.
My second term will be much more rewarding for Lagosians, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Friday. He gave the assurance during the commissioning of Oke-Odo Junior High School (Education District IV) at Ebute-Metta in Lagos Mainland. Sanwo-Olu said the newly commissioned school was another manifestation of his administration’s commitment to the provision of conducive environment for learning and teaching in all public schools in line with the THEMES agenda of his government. The facilities in the newly commissioned Oke-Odo Junior High School are 15 blocks of classrooms, a laboratory, a Staff room, a Sick Bay, a Principal Office, a Vice…
A Review Of ’30: Three Decades Of The New Nigerian Cinema – A Bystander’s Verdict’ By Professor Toyin Falola Anyone can choose to be an observer. Any observer can choose to document and publish their observations. However, what stands Steve Ayorinde’s recently published documentation of observations out is authority — hence my decision to title this piece “From the Mouth of the Authoritative Bystander.” Authority is earned: in Ayorinde’s case, he has earned the authority to comment on the emergence and growth of the new Nigerian cinema because he is unarguably one of Nigeria’s best and most celebrated film and…