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By Kamil Opeyemi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a kingpin wanted for attempts to ship illicit drug consignments to the United Kingdom. This tops the list of arrests made by NDLEA Operatives through interdiction operations that led to the seizure of four tons of illicit substances in the past week. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja said that the suspect, Obiorah Chigozie had been on the wanted list of the agency since Sept. 15. This, he said, was when a consignment of 1.500kg skunk concealed in flour going to…

The presidency has denied access to many media organisations to cover the ongoing parade to mark the country’s 63rd independence anniversary. It was learnt that access was given to Channels TV, TVC, AIT, Arise TV, cameramen, News Agency of Nigeria Photographer, VON reporter, NAN reporter and the Nation Photographer. A source told the NPO Reports Sunday morning that the presidency media office had provided an online channel through which other media organisation could monitor the event. The parade, which is being done in place of a more elaborate celebration usually at the Eagles Square, Abuja, is part of the manifestation…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says it has opened investigation into an alleged healthcare neglect by Maitama District Hospital, Abuja, which led to the death of one Ms Greatness Olorunfemi. Olorunfemi was reportedly thrown from a moving vehicle along the Maitama-Kubwa highway. She was said to be a member of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Network. Moyosoluwa Oladayo, the YALI Network Abuja coordinator, alleged that the deceased died due to delay by healthcare workers at the Maitama District Hospital. “There is a viral video of her when she was thrown out of the…

By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu on Sunday disclosed that the investigators he mandated to investigate the alleged rots at the nation’s apex bank the Central Bank of Nigeria is almost done with their assignment and will soon submit their reports. The president disclosed this during his Independence day anniversary speech. NPO Reports that the president in July, appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Jim Obazee, as the special investigator. The President asked the Special Investigator to investigate CBN and key Government Business Entities, adding that the investigator would report directly to the…

By Kamil Opeyemi Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections says Chinua Achebe, the celebrated writer of ‘Things Fall Apart’ would weep bitterly today if he came back to observe how his dear country had deteriorated after 40 years of his warning for positive change. Obi, who is the former governor of Anambra , made this known in a statement in Lagos on Saturday. The presidential candidate while addressing the audience at the 10th Anniversary Memorial Celebration organised by The Chinua Achebe Foundation, said that leaders in Africa’s biggest economy must be…

Former Kaduna Governor Yero Resigns From PDP By Kamil Opeyemi Former governor of Kaduna State Mukhtar Yero has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Yero, who was the governor of Kaduna from 2012 to 2015 announced his resignation from the PDP in a letter dated September 30, 2023, which he addressed to the Kaura Ward Chairman of the party in the Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Though no reason was stated for leaving the PDP, the former governor attached his PDP membership card to the letter he submitted. “With gratitude to Almighty Allah, I write to extend…

– Get Additional N25,000 for Next Six Months By Kamil Opeyemi President Bola Tinubu on Sunday announced a partial increase in the wage to be earned by workers in the category he called “Low Grade” workers. In his Independence Day address to Nigerians, Tinubu, who said he is much aware of the hardship Nigerians are going through, asked them to endure. He said the current hardship are the necessary sacrifice that must be made to end the rot of many decades. Announcing the new minimum wage temporary increment, the Nigerian president said a sum of N25,000 would be added…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Ogun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting at Abeokuta upheld the election of Gov. Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday. The three-man tribunal headed by Justice Hamidu Kunaza held that Abiodun was duly elected at the March 18 election. It pronounced the verdict in a petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Mr Ladi Adebutu, seeking the nullification of Gov. Abiodun. Delivering the judgment over a period of 11 hours, the tribunal held that evidence before it showed that the petition lacked merit. The judges held that…

By Kamil Opeyemi Troops of Joint Task Force South-East, code-named Operation UDO KA II, has neutralised four members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), during a gun duel. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday by Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army. Unuakhalu said that the troops encountered the irredentist group on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, while on a routine patrol. According to him, Troops of Joint Task Force South East (Operation UDO KA II) encountered an ambush,…

By Hallimah Olamide The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab on Saturday re-opened the Alayabiagba Market in Boundary, Ajegunle, after adherence to all prescribed sanitation measures by the state. This is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Folashade Kadiri, Director, Public Affairs, of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and made available to newsmen in Lagos. Speaking at Ajegunle, Kadiri quoted Wahab as saying that the government decided to re-open the market after it certified that all checklist given to the officials of the market had been fully addressed. Wahab said that the checklist included placement of…