Author: NPO Admin II
By Hallimah Olamide Princess, one of the “All Stars” housemates of the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show has been evicted. This was announced by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu during the live eviction show on Sunday. The housemates up for possible eviction were: Ike,Tolanibaj, Pere, Frodd, Doyin, Princess, Venita, Whitemoney, Adekunle, Neo and Seyi. According to the vote percentage at the end of the eviction show, Seyi has the lowest vote of 0.89 per cent, Princess gets 1.54 per cent while Ike has 1.59 per cent. The trio of Bisola Aiyeola of the “See Gobe” season, Dorothy Bachor from “Lockdown” season and…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Police Command in Anambra says it has busted a criminal gang and recovered two pump action guns and a Mercedes Benz SUV. The command’s Spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who made the disclosure in a statement issued on Sunday in Onitsha, said that the gang was busted by the Police-led Forward Operating Base at Aguata. Ikenga said that on Aug. 3, at about 8.30 p.m., a detachment of police-led forward operating base at Aguata, while on patrol of Uga-Ezinifite expressway, saw a Mercedes Benz SUV drive past at a very high speed. “The police suspected that they…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Lagos State Government said on Sunday that it had suspended the General Manager of the Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency, sacked and blacklisted the facility managers over an elevator accident that led to the death of Dr. Vwaere Diaso. The Lagos State Government disclosed this in a statement shared on its website on Sunday. “The Lagos State Government, in recognition of the importance of providing functional and comfortable accommodation for health workers, outsourced the management of the House Officers Quarters to a facility management company. The Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency oversees…
Some FCT residents on Sunday appealed to the Federal Government to provide buses and rail transportation in Abuja to ease the high cost of transportation for workers. The residents, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said the removal of fuel subsidy had led to an increase in the prices of goods and services. They, however, said this had brought untold hardship to Nigerians. Mr Sunday Amos, a civil servant, said he found it difficult to go to work since the increase of fuel from N537 to N617. “I have been forced to drop my car due…
By Hallimah Olamide The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says there is no plan to deploy youth corps members to Niger Republic to fight a war to restore democracy in that country. The NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr Eddy Megwa, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja in response to a video he said was circulating on social media, alleging that members would be deployed to Niger Republic. He stated that “management wishes to state that there is no iota of truth in the story fabricated by the purveyor, a skit and content creator. “The public,…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it has arrested 21 persons including touts, illegal foreign exchange dealers, hawkers and scavengers at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Mr Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, FAAN, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. He said that the suspects had been handed over to the Police for further action. According to him, the arrest is part of FAAN’s effort to sanitise the airport environment and rid it of touts and others engaged in illegitimate activities. “The Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMTF) and…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) have arrested a fake couple, Kingsley and Roseline Ilonzeh for ingesting 184 wraps of cocaine. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said that the suspected drug traffickers were purportedly going for medical treatment in India. Babafemi said that the drugs weighed 3.322Kg, while another 100 grammes of the drug was concealed in the woman’s private part. He said that the two suspects were intercepted at the Screening Point 1, Terminal 1 of the international wing of the Lagos…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Police Command in Lagos State says it is investigating the death of Mr Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sen. Solomon Adeola. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development to newsmen on Sunday. “Police confirmed the killing of Mr Adeniyi Sanni. The wife told the police that her husband called saying he was stopped by ‘some soldiers’ demanding to see his papers. “He was later found dead with about five bullet holes in his back and three shells of expended ammunition by his body. Investigation has…
By Kamil Opeyemi Nigeria’s advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to court over his alleged failure to publish spending details of about N400bn so far saved as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit. According to statement made available to the NPO Reports on Sunday, the suit is numbered FHC/L/CS/1514/2023. It was filed last week at the Federal High Court in Lagos. The suit, according to the statement by Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP’s Deputy Director, followed reports that the Federal Government has saved N400bn within the four weeks…
NDLEA intercepts 57,450 pills of Tramadol, Rohypnol, others in Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 57,450 pills of tramadol, rohypnol and exol-5 along Abaji-Abuja highway from a suspect, Mr Joseph Usman. A statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, said that 4,082 bottles of codeine-based syrup were also recovered from a suspect, Joseph Usman. Babafemi said the suspect was arrested in a commercial bus coming from Onitsha, Anambra State, to Abuja on Friday. Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI), attached to courier companies in Lagos…