75-year-old grandpa, others arrested for illicit drugs 

A 75-year-old grandpa, Usman Bokina Bajama (alias Clemen) tops the list of 22 suspects arrested in operations across seven states by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, during which One Million One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty Seven (1,001,387) bottles/capsules of banned new psychoactive substance, Akuskura and tramadol as well as 2,536 kilograms of cannabis were seized …

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Invasion of Iraye: “I Am Innocent” —Otunba Lamina

The Managing Director, Omolamina Global Ventures Limited (OGL), Otunba Kamorudeen Lamina, has called on the people of Iraye community and its environs to disregard malicious statement circulating in the public domain that he was involved in the recent attack on the community, and called for immediate arrest of the perpetrators.  Otunba Lamina explained that he was innocent and was never …

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Lagos Assembly Passes Victim, Witnesses Protection Bill

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed a bill to protect witnesses and victims in the state. The ‘bill for a law to provide for the rights and entitlements of victims and protection of witnesses and for connected purposes’ was passed during plenary presided over by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Mudashiru Obasa. The bill …

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Assault Video: Police Are Committed To The Protection Of Uniformed And Civil Citizens’ Rights Across Board —PPRO

Following a trending video where some individuals were seen grievously assaulting a police officer and attempting to disarm the officer by dragging his loaded AK47 rifle, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, reacted,  restating  the law on serious assault as enshrined on Section 356 (2) of the Criminal Code Act of Southern Nigeria with explanations. However, some media platforms deliberately …

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Obasa to Remi Tinubu At 62: Your Roles In Nigeria’s Democracy Are Indelible 

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has congratulated Senator Oluremi Tinubu on her 62nd birthday. Dr. Obasa, in a statement by Eromosele Ebhomele, his Chief Press Secretary, described the former First Lady of Lagos as one whose love for Nigeria and roles in national unity and development are worthy of emulation by every …

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Hushpuppi Apologises To Victims, Family Members Ahead Of Sentencing, Commends FBI For Arresting Him

Nigeria’s serial internet fraudster facing trial in the United States of America, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, has written to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), complimenting American authorities for arresting him and bringing him to justice for his crimes. The internet fraudster who will soon be sentenced by the US court appreciated the presiding Judge Otis D. Wright …

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Tinubu appoints Yahaya Bello National Youth Coordinator campaign council

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has been appointed as the National Youth Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council. The appointment was conveyed in a letter addressed to Bello, signed by the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, in the letter, stressed that Bello, who was an aspirant in the party’s presidential primaries, held in …

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Nigerians React As Foodstuffs Branded with Peter Obi, Labour Party Surface Online

On Friday, foodstuffs bearing Obi’s name, his vice-presidential candidate, Senator Datti Baba-Ahmed, and the logo of his party were seen pasted on bags of rice and groundnut oil with the inscriptions, “Vote Obi/Datti 2023”, “Obi/Datti 2023”, amongst others surfaced on social media platforms, PUNCH reports. Knocks and criticisms have trailed the alleged attempts by the Labour Party and supporters of …

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Man stabbed by wife’s lesbian partner buried in Onitsha

A man identified as Ikechukwu, popularly known as Ayaaya, who was reportedly killed by a lady suspected to be the lesbian partner of his wife, has been buried in Onitsha. The news of the death of Ikechukwu broke in early August, as he was said to have been stabbed to death by his wife’s lesbian partner, after he allegedly caught …

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Anambra Bans Miniskirts In Schools

The Anambra State Government has placed a ban on the wearing of mini-length uniforms in schools across the state. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh made this known during an interactive meeting with Education Secretaries of public and mission schools held at ASUBEB hall, Awka. The Commissioner didn’t hide her displeasure on what she saw as “the growing …

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