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Kamil Opeyemi There was a bomb scare in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja on Wednesday as disturbing sounds of explosions rocked the Maitama area of the metropolis. The sound had gone so loud that many ran for safety while motorists halted temporarily to get a full understanding of what was happening. However, NPO Reports gathered that the sound of the explosion was heard from a dumpsite not far from Maitama from where some explosions occurred. It was learnt that the sound heard might not be unconnected with empty disused gas cylinders which exploded at the dumpsite while scavengers were burning…
By Halimah Olamide The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency on Friday said an airport official who was caught smuggling drugs into the luggage of a passenger has been arrested and in custody of the agency. NPO Reports that the airport official, who was said to be an official of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria initially, was seen in a now viral video being questioned by the passenger who dealt him some slaps while asking for the content of he put inside his luggage. The official, NPO Reports found, is however not a staff of FAAN but that of a…
By Safiu Kehinde The Operations Manager of the BON Hotels, Bodija, Ibadan Mr. Tunde Solomon, has died. His death was announced by the management in a statement mourning him late Thursday. The management said it believed Solomon’s death was caused by the heart attack he suffered as a result of the heart attack he suffered from the explosions that rocked the Adeyi Avenue area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on January 17. The company said Solomon was a dedicated and highly experienced staff whose death is a huge loss. NPO Reports that the initial death toll had increased as…
Threatens Suicide A Nigerian man who is based abroad has accused the Chief Executive Officer of a major property company in Nigeria, Mr. Emma Onalaja Bamidele, of scamming him of a sum of N40m in a land deal he was invited for. The man who was seen in a now viral video screaming and lamenting his present condition abroad, said he wants to return to Nigeria but there is nothing to return to. He said in the video that he had invested all his life savings totally N40m into the land sale offers by Revolution Plus, a well known property…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has given updates on the explosions that rocked Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Tuesday. NEMA said the explosions was caused by suspected Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). Agency officials however did not state who was responsible for the possession of the devices as investigations continue. There have been suspicions that the explosives were contained in a some vehicles parked in Oyelese Street, by Adeyi Avenue. NPO Reported Tuesday night in the wake of the tension that the explosions emanated from a private residence. A statement by the agency said it got…
By Halimah Olamide There is confusion in Ibadan the Oyo state capital Tuesday evening as explosions are said to be currently rocking the city. As at the time of filing this report, no one had confirmed the source and cause of the explosions as residents scampered for safety. Residents in different parts of the city claim they heard the loud explosions but could not confirm the exact locations. Among residents who have confirmed the explosion online is a renown publisher and educationist, Mr. Gbenro Adegbola who wrote on his X handle “There’s just been a deafening explosion in Ibadan. Hearing…
By Hallimah Olamide President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended all administered programmes by the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA). Announcing the suspension in a statement on Friday, the Director Information, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Segun Imohiosen, said the president’s decision was in view of the “ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance in the management of the agency and its programmes.” “All four (4) Programmes administered by NSIPA, viz; N- Power Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme and Home Grown School Feeding Programme (the “Programs”) have been suspended for a period of six…
By Halimah Olamide The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed that the Governor of Kano state, Abba Kabir Yussuf is the validly elected Governor of the state. The pronouncement by the apex court put paid to months of push over who is the authentic governor of the North-West state of Nigeria. The court dismissed the petition of the All Progressive Congress candidate, Nasir Gawuna who had earlier been granted victory by the Appeal tribunal in November. The court restored to Yussuf, 165,616 votes earlier deducted from his votes by the lower tribunal which the apex court, though agreed was based…
By Halimah Olamide The remand of former Power Minister Dr. Olu Agunloye in Kuje Prison has been described as a possible means of creating a leeway for those who killed the late Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige to have their way over Agunloye. Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, who drew the attention of Nigerians to the connection between the assassination of Ige, who was first the Minister of Power under President Olusegun Obasanjo, said killing of Ige was not unconnected with the Mambilla power project. He said Agunloye worked with him closely in trying to unravel the killers of Ige,…
By Halimah Olamide The Presidency has said that the former Director General of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Babatunde Irukera and his Bureau of Public Enterprises counterpart, Alex Okoh were not dismissed. The Presidency, through the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the President did not intend dismissal in the statement sent out announcing their removal from offices. NPO Reports that in the statement released by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media, he had said both former appointees had been dismissed from office. The use of the word “dismissal” had caused ripples…