Author: nporeports
It is the perhaps the most unusual – and exclusive – museum in the world, filled with artefacts that have shaped history. But its doors are firmly shut to the public. It is the only place a visitor can see the gun found with Osama bin Laden when he was killed, next to Saddam Hussein’s leather jacket. Welcome to the CIA’s secret in-house museum. Located inside the US intelligence agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia, the collection has just been renovated to mark the agency’s 75th anniversary. A small group of journalists, including the BBC, were given exclusive access, although with…
An unspecified number of people have been burnt beyond recognition at the Iyana Oworo area of Lagos Sunday evening after a commuter bus caught fire. The cause of the fire was not known at the time of filing this report. But images seen showed many people were trapped in the burnin bus while some people who managed to pull out of the bus still died out of exhaustion and were burnt outside the bus. See Video via a twitter user @kingeze042 who shared it on his page:
Italians are deciding whether to choose their most right-wing government since World War Two, in an election being followed closely across Europe. Giorgia Meloni leads the far-right Brothers of Italy party and is aiming to become the country’s first female prime minister allied with two other parties on the right. She has softened her image and resents being linked to Italy’s fascist past. Almost 51 million Italians have the right to vote until 23:00 (21:00 GMT). By midday, turnout was more than 19%, similar to the last election four years ago, and long queues were reported at some polling stations…
Glovo, one of the world’s leading multi-category delivery players, has said that its success in one year of operation in Nigeria is due to the resilience of its partners. Glovo, at an event marking it’s one year in Abuja last Thursday, said the unwavering support of partners has made working environment productive. “We are excited and honored to celebrate the first year of Glovo in Nigeria,” said Lorenzo Mayol, General Manager for Glovo Nigeria. “We owe our success stories to our partners for their unwavering hard work and contributions, our users for their consistent loyalty, trust, and support, and the…
Don’t just accept packages from People; they might just lead you to jail. That was the warning on Sunday as the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency discovered packs of hard drugs stacked inside golden Morn packs. Femi Babafemi, agency spokesman who disclosed this said its officials made the discovery Bizarre! Packs of ‘Cornflakes’ Turns to Cannabis as NDLEA Makes Arrests According to the statement, operatives of the anti-narcotic agency intercepted cannabis weighed 26.20kg concealed in cereal packs through the SAHCO shed for export to Dubai,UAE. The statement further stressed that the consignment was abandoned at the shed before the airport…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against federal government over its failure to publish details of the agreement recently signed with the United States for the repatriation of $23 million stolen by the late dictator Sani Abacha. Joined in the suit as the respondents are President Muhammad Buhari and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. The United States government had, in August, signed an agreement with the federal government to repatriate $23 million Abacha loot to Nigeria. The $23 million adds to the $311.7 million Abacha loot repatriated from the U.S.…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has accused the party of not rewarding those who are committed to it. Igbokwe said those who spend their resources to promote and work for the party even at very difficult times are sidelined when the critical times come. He expressed worries this might have adverse effects. He stated aftermath of the release of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2023 general elections. The council list, which comprises of 422 members, was released on Friday by the PCC Secretary, James Faleke, a federal lawmaker. The…
The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture on Sunday showed the extent of damages to the environment that are being caused by activities of illegal refineries in some parts of the country. According to images shared by ministry, the Minister, Lai Mohammed, had visited captured aerial views of some illegal refinery sites along the Trans-Niger Forcados pipeline in Rivers State to scrutinize the extent of the aftermath of their activities on the environment. In earlier reports by the NPO Reports, the Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi, had also…
It was a bloody day on Friday as terrorists have killed a total of 15 worshippers in a mosque in Bukkuym Local Government Area of Zamfara, North-West Nigeria. The attack brought back memories of previous bloody attacks which claimed many lives. The gunmen had reportedly stormed the Jumu’at central mosque in Ruwan Jema town with residents who were quoted by Reuters as saying that “The armed bandits came on motorbikes while holding their guns and moved straight to the mosque and began to shoot sporadically [at] us,” resident Amimu Mustapha said. Another resident who asked not to be named said…
The Edo Government has said that there was no evidence of the presence of members of the terrorist group, Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP), in any part of the state. The denial is contained in a statement issued on Saturday by Mr Chris Nehikhare, the Edo Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. According to Nehikhare, the attack at Ibillo-Igarra Road Junction, where a Wabaizigan patrol vehicle was burnt on Sept. 22, was carried out by bandits, not ISWAP members. “After a thorough investigation by state security outfits…