The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 56-year-old suspected trafficker, Lawal Lateef Oyenuga in Lagos, who was said to be on a mission to deliver 400 grams of cocaine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The illicit items were reportedly concealed in a pair of palm sandals. According to the anti-narcotic agency, the incident led to the swift follow …

Two policemen were injured with one of them unconscious as Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri escaped unhurt after a truck crushed two vehicles in his convoy on Saturday. According to a witness, the incident happened shortly after the governor and some of his commissioners entered a black Mercedes bus at the end of a wedding at Agga mosque in Dougirei …

The Itsekiri National Youths Council (INYC) has kicked against the newly-composed board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) describing the nominations for both the Chairman and Managing Director as “a calculated attempt by the administration of the President Muhammadu Buhari to subjugate the oil bearing people of Warri kingdom”. In a strongly-worded petition signed jointly by INYC President, Isaac …

The massive flood that hits several parts of the country in the last two weeks are receeding and displaced victims are returning to their hitherto affected communities. According to the National Emergency Management Agency, over 1.4 million persons were displaced, with about 500 persons reported dead as at October. More than 790,000 persons were also dislocated, while 1,546 persons were …

A daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs Hanan Sha’aban has decried what she described as low reportage of rape, sexual and gender-based violence cases in the country. At the inauguration of the Hanan Buhari Foundation, which took place at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villla, Abuja, on Friday evening, Sha’aban said that Nigeria’s rape culture had been in existence and …

Anambra State under the watch of Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has been turned into a marketing peach. This declaration was made by Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, in a keynote address at the 2022 Symposium of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the state Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, which held at Awka on Thursday. The commissioner …

For the third consecutive year, Lagos State has recorded no single case of armed robbery attacks on banks and other financial institutions operating within its boundary. The development hinted of a significant improvement in security surveillance and the sustainability of measures adopted in checking organised crimes. On Thursday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu shared the progress with stakeholders in the security circle …

Nigerians on a radio programme have called on governments at all levels and relevant stakeholders to tackle irregularities affecting the proper utilisation of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) in Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the country. The calls follow investigations by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) exposing how mismanagement of funds meant to improve PHCs across …

The new Osun State Commissioner of Police, Faleye Sunday Olaleye has commended the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi and the Ogunsua of Modakeke, Oba Joseph Olubiyi Toriola Ajibise Ogo I over the sustenance of peace between the people of their communities. During his courtesy visit to the palace of the Ogunsua on Tuesday, the CP said that it …

It was an emotional moment for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday when he listened to firsthand stories of young boys and girls retrieved from the streets in different parts of Lagos. The Governor literally winced in discomfort, as he paid attention to heartbroken narratives of how the youngsters suffered social exclusion and ended up on the streets. Some of them …