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NDLEA Applies All Society Approach To Curb Drug Use Among Nigerian Youths

– Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd.) – By Ademola Idris  The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd.) has decried the use illicit drugs among young persons of school age in Nigeria, saying “it has taken a worrisome dimension.” According to him, a large percentage of young persons of school age have been found to use all kinds of… []

Ohanaeze Orders DSS To Arrest Asari Dokubo For Threatening Igbos

– Asari Dokubo – By Ademola Idris  The Department of State Services (DSS) has been given an ultimatum to arrest a former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo. Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) who referred to as for Dokubo’s arrest after he threatened Igbos with AK-47 weapons. The former militant chief acknowledged that if not for the intervention of the British, he would have been promoting the… []

Reactions As Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Rejects Photo With Tinubu

– President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Saturday come under fire after posting pictures of herself with other Presidents at the Paris Global Financial summit but conspicuously missing Bola Tinubu, the President of Nigeria. It was reported on Tuesday that President Tinubu jetted out of Nigeria to Paris in France to attend the… []

N240m fraud: Appeal Court Orders Sen. Akpan’s Arrest, Upholds Conviction

– Senator Bassey Akpan The Appeal court sitting in Calabar has upheld the conviction of Senator Bassey Albert Akpan on money laundering charges by a Federal High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State and ordered his arrest on Friday. Justice Agatha Okeke had on December 1, 2022, found Senator Akpan, then governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, guilty of seven-counts of money laundering preferred… []

IGP Egbetokun Unveils New Strategy As He Appoints Tunde Disu Principal Officer

– IGP Egbetokun  The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Olukayode Egbetokun, has appointed Commissioner of Police Tunji Disu as his Principal Staff Officer. Egbetokun announced Disu’s appointment while unveiling the new policing strategies for the Nigeria Police Force. The IGP publicized the new strategy aimed at achieving operational successes and re-igniting public trust during the inaugural conference with strategic police managers, comprising members of the… []

Court Grants DSS Powers To Prosecute Cyberstalking

– File picture of DSS -By Ademola Idris  A Federal High Court in Yenagoa on Friday dismissed a preliminary objection filed by a defence counsel challenging the prosecution powers of the Department of State Security (DSS) to prosecute cybercrimes. The DSS had on Oct. 18, 2021, arraigned a teenager before the court on one count charge of cyber-stalking. The defendant, according to the prosecution, allegedly… []

Multiple Crisis Hits NSiTF As Workers Petition HoS Over Welfare

The recent welfare battle between management and staff of Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) may not abate as soon as expected with the leadership of staff union on platform of Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) petitioning the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoS). In a fresh petition signed by ASSBIFI President, Bala Tijani, Chairman, Opeoluwa… []

I’m Now A Lion Ready To Devour Enemies — Acting IGP, Egbetokun

– Vice President Kashim Shettima  decorating Mr Kayode Egbetokun as the acting Inspector-General of Police. Vice President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday decorated Mr Kayode Egbetokun as the acting Inspector-General of Police. He performed the short ceremony in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. – Mr Kayode Egbetokun, Acting Inspector-General of Police. Shettima was assisted by Egbetokun’s spouse, Mrs Egbetokun at the event witnessed by… []

Police Explains Why Skit Maker, Trinity Guy Should Be Arrested

– Trinity Guy  The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has revealed why popular skit maker, Trinity Guy, should be arrested. Adejobi, who had previously warned skit makers who use pranks for a living to regulate them because they endanger Nigerian lives, posted the video on his Instagram account on Monday. The Police spokesperson, who strongly condemned the video, urged people that have been… []

Bill Gates, Dangote Meet Tinubu In Aso Rock (Photos)

– Bill Gates in a handshake with Tinubu  Business tycoon, Aliko Dangote and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, were in Aso Rock earlier today. The visit is part of the Gates Foundation’s commitment to working closely with communities and leaders to support innovation. Expected also to be discussed at the meeting which is holding behind closed-doors are issues of global… []

[Eid-el-Kabir]:Sultan Announces Sallah Day In Nigeria

-Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III Wednesday June 28, 2023 has now been declared as Eid-el-Kabir, being Sallah day. Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III announced this on Sunday night in a message posted on social media by the moonlighting. The message said, “The Sultanate Council Sokoto has declared Monday 19/June/2023 as the first day of Zul-Hijjah 1444 AH. “Accordingly Wednesday 28/June/2023 will… []

“Stop Wasting Your Time My Brother” – Nigerian Popular Pastor Tells Obi

– Peter Obi  The senior pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, has urged the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to find something else to do instead of waiting for justice at the Election Petition Tribunal. On Sunday, Giwa said while addressing his members in Akure that Obi was only entertaining Nigerians. He said:” I knew he couldn’t… []

Police Officer Killed As Unknown Gunmen Attack Okorocha

– Rochas Okorocha. Some unknown gunmen attacked the convoy of Imo West Senator, Rochas Okorocha. Okorocha’s convoy was attacked at the Ihube community on the Okigwe-Enugu expressway on Friday, leaving one policeman dead. The former Imo State governor was en route to the burial ceremony of a former Imo State governor, Ihedioha Ohakim, when he was attacked. He disclosed this on Sunday at Amaimo in… []

Lagos Govt Begins Demolition Of Alaba International Market

The Lagos State Government on Friday began the process toward removal of distressed buildings in the Alaba International Market in Ojo Local Government of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the enforcement team of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) and the Lagos State Task Force embarked on the joint exercise. The team which went round to re-seal several buildings… []

Tinubu Promises To Tackle Criminal Activities In FCT

– President Bola Ahmed Tinubu  As criminal activities keep increasing in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and environs, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has begun to look into the security situation in the city and in states bordering the territory. After a closed-door meeting with the President yesterday, Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, reviewed the security challenges springing up in his state when Tinubu asked him… []

Tinubu Mourns Dokpesi As Management Reveals Real Cause Of Death

– President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu – By Adegboyega Johnson  President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Monday mourned the death of Daar Communications founder and owner of African Independence Television, Raymond Dokpesi, saying he would be sorely missed. Dokpesi died on Monday at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja. Tinubu’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by his media officer, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz The President… []

N900m Debt: Aero Contractors Insist On Payment Before Releasing Cally Air Asset

– Cally Air plane  – By Simi Onakan  The only visible asset of Cross River state-owned airline, Cally Air, might have run aground after two years of operations and operational debt in excess of N900 million to its technical partner, Aero Contractors. About two weeks ago, representatives of Cross River State Government, led by Jake Ottu Enyia and Effiong Udiba, Commissioners for Aviation and Asset… []

CJPAN Rejoices With Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat As They Are Sworn In For Second Term

– Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu And his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat  Celebrity Journal Publishers’ Association of Nigeria, CJPAN has felicitated with Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat. In a statement released by the Public Relations Officer of the association, Adegboyega Johnson the association kudos Sanwo-Olu’s selfless service to Lagos State in the last four years and urges him to do more. Speaking from… []

Tinubu: Subsidy Funds Will Be Re-channelled Into Better Investment In Public Infrastructure, Education, Health Care, Jobs

– President Bola Ahmed Tinubu  President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, took the oath of office in Abuja as Nigeria’s 16th president, and immediately swung into action, announcing, in his inaugural speech, an end to the country’s controversial petrol subsidy. The subsidy had over the years been an albatross that hindered the economy by stripping it of badly needed development funds. The president signalled a resolve to… []

CJPAN Congratulates Tinubu, Shettima, Urges New President And His Vice To Remain Focused

Celebrity Journal Publishers’Association of Nigeria, CJPAN an umbrella body of Publishers of soft sell journal in Nigeria has congratulated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima on their historic swearing-in in office as President and Vice President respectively. In a statement signed by the President of the association, Mr. Ola Mohammed urged the newly sworn-in President and Vice President to be magnanimous in… []