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Gives More Details over suspected arrested with tubers of yam where hard drugs were concealed A 56-year-old widow and mother of four, Mrs. Ajisegiri Kehinde Sidika has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos over her attempt to traffic 400grams of cocaine concealed in her footwear to Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Femi Babafemi, Director,Media and Advocacy of the agency disclosed this on Sunday in a statement released in Abuja. He said,”the suspect who claims to be a businesswoman trading in adults and children’s wears on Lagos Island was…

The aggrieved five governors of the Peoples Democratic Party have met in Lagos on Sunday. At the meeting are Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and Victor Ikpeazu of Abia State. The governors, who have come the name G-5, are opposed to retaining power in the Northern part of the country have also called for the National Chairman of the party Iyorchia Ayu to be sacked. The meeting was ongoing at the time of filing this report. An aide to one of the governors confirmed that…

• Rampaging Soldier Killed The Nigerian Army on Thursday said a soldier has shot and killed a staff of one of the Non-Governmental Organisations providing humanitarian support in the North-East. The Nigerian Army disclosed this a statement signed by the Assistant Director,Army PPRO, Major Samson Nantip Zhakom, said the soldier also shot a colleague and injured the co-pilot of one of the United Nations helicopters. According to the statement, troops who witnessed the incident immediately felled the errant personnel before more damage is done. “The Theatre Command Operation HADIN KAI regrets to inform the public of a sad occurrence…

Nancy Pelosi is standing down as Democratic leader in the US House of Representatives after nearly two decades in charge. The 82-year-old is the most powerful Democrat in Congress and the first woman to serve as speaker of the House. She will continue to represent her California district in the lower chamber of Congress. It comes as Republicans are projected to take back control of the House following the midterm elections. Republican Kevin McCarthy has won the party’s nomination to be speaker in the new Congress and is likely to succeed Mrs Pelosi. “I never would have thought that someday…

One hundred days to the opening polls slated for next year’s general elections, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmud Yakubu, has said stakeholders must do their part for the slated elections to come to reality. In a special statement released and personally signed by the INEC chairman morning of Wednesday, he said the commission was doing its own part but called on all other parties to do theirs. He said he had made it clear to all that elections are multi-stakeholders concerns adding that while INEC was carrying out its constitutional duties, it expects all others to…

APC Campaign Flag Off:Tinubu’s ‘God Bless PDP’ Prayer Prophetic, Says Ologunagba The Peoples Democratic Party has shown how happy it is over the error committed by Bola Tinubu presidential canddiate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the flag off of the campaign in Jos, Plateau State on Tuesday. , as “prophetic” While rounding up his speech, Tinubu had said: “God bless PD…” but quickly corrected himself by saying “God bless APC.” Reacting, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, described the development as “prophetic.” Ologunagba, in a statement said Tinubu had further confirmed his innermost conviction that his party,…

Few days after he dismissed Peter Obi’s investment on behalf of Anambra State in a brewery as now inconsequential, Governor Chukwumah Charles Soludo, on Monday threw another stone into the house of the Labour Party’s candidate Peter Obi. The Anambra Governor simply dismissed Obi as being no threat to anyone in the 2023 presidential race. His submission was contained In an article titled “History Beckons and I will not be Silent (Part 1). The Governor said Obi is creating a path to victory for presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu. He said the Labour Party itself…

The United States has allocated $50 million for 2023 general elections. The US Consul General, Mr Will Stevens made this disclosure on Monday in Ibadan capital of Oyo State during an open session of election reporting workshop for journalists organised by West Africa Broadcast & Media Academy (WABMA). According to Stevens, the budget will cover training of journalists, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and technical assistance among others to ensure transparent exercise. The Consul-general said that the focus of the United States was to ensure that Nigeria’s 2023 general elections are peaceful and credible. He noted that US government has been…

The presidential candidates of the All Progressive Congress Bola Tinubu and Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, have again met at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja Monday afternoon. According to the APC campaign office which released the video of the encounter, Tinubu was on his way out of Abuja to Jos where the flag off of the party’s campaign is holding on Tuesday while Atiku was returning to Abuja after a campaign rally. The duo could be seen chatting as they sat close to each other. Others seen in the video include a former presidential aspirant in the PDP, National…

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday said its operatives have arrested a wanted Baron Kazeem Afolabi popularly called Adekaz. The agency had two weeks ago declared the Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels wanted over allegations bordering on drugs trafficking and money laundering. His problem began after the arrest of one Afolabi’s agents called Bolujoko. He was said to have been arrested on Thursday and taken into custody where is currently being interrogated. According to a statement by NDLEA, his lid was blown open after the arrest of one of his mules, Bolujoko Muyiwa Babalola, a Lagos BRT…