Wheelchair-bound drug dealer, ex- convict, others arrested by NDLEA

Wheelchair-bound drug dealer, ex- convict, others arrested by NDLEA

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a drug dealer, 45-year-old Godwin Emuneyin, who is physically challenged and uses his wheelchair as a cover to deal in illicit substances such as methamphetamine and cannabis in Afuze, the headquarters of Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State. The anti-narcotics agency revealed that the suspect was arrested on Tuesday, November 7, at his base in Afuze following credible […]

November 13, 2023 90

NEWS

Campaign council hails Ododo’s victory, seeks support for governor-elect

The Independent Campaign Council of the Ododo/Joel Campaign Organisation has congratulated Alhaji Ahmed Ododo on his victory in the Kogi State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Ododo of the All Progressives Congress the winner of the November 11 governorship election. According to the results announced by INEC, Ododo polled 446,237 votes to emerge victorious. In a statement signed by Media Director, Jacob Edi, on Monday, […]

November 13, 2023 66

BUSINESS

Spend $150m Abacha loot on N’Delta, activist tells Tinubu

A Niger Delta rights activist, Ozobo Austin, has called on President Bola Tinubu to appropriate the $150m Gen. Sani Abacha loot to boost critical infrastructures in the Niger Delta region, saying “the money is part of the Niger Delta oil funds being stolen by Abacha.” Ozobo, in a statement on Wednesday, maintained that “no region but the Niger Delta should benefit from the money, and it would amount to injustice […]

November 9, 2023 100

NEWS

Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak suffers stroke

Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of popular technology company, Apple, has reportedly been hospitalised in Mexico City on Wednesday, after suffering a possible stroke. According to a report by CNBC, the 73-year-old scientist and tech entrepreneur was scheduled to participate in a World Business Forum event in the Mexican capital’s Santa Fe neighbourhood. A report by TMZ noted that Wozniak completed his speech at the event but later informed his wife […]

November 9, 2023 94

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Ondo college assures protesting students of NYSC mobilisation

The proprietor of the College of Education, Ero, Ondo State, Mr Oyeleye Fasua, on Thursday, appealed to the protesting students of the institution to be calm, saying the issue of mobilising them for the National Youths Service Corps would be addressed. The students of the college on Monday staged a protest over the failure of the institution to mobilise them for the NYSC after completing their degree programmes in the […]

November 9, 2023 83

NEWS

Tinubu, Akeredolu congratulate Osemawe on birthday, coronation anniversary

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Osemawe of Ondo Kingdom, Oba Victor Kiladejo, on the occasion of his 70th birthday and 17th coronation anniversary. The was contained in a congratulatory letter signed by the president and made available to our correspondent, on Sunday by the Chairman of the Anniversary Planning Committee, Chief Steve Akinretoye. In the president’s letter titled, “Congratulatory message on your birthday and coronation anniversaries”, President Tinubu described […]

November 6, 2023 108

POLITICS

BREAKING: Appeal Court declares Natasha winner Kogi central senatorial election

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Tuesday, declared Natasha Akpoti-Uduagan of the Peoples Democratic Party as the duly elected candidate for the Kogi Central Senatorial Election held in February 2023. The court further dismissed the appeal filed by Abubakar Ohere of the All Progressives Congress for lacking in merit.

October 31, 2023 82

POLITICS

Dattijo’s speech sparks calls for Supreme Court reforms

Against the backdrop of claims by former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Musa Datijo, that the Chief Justice of Nigeria wields enormous powers capable of derailing the course of justice, the House of Representatives has reiterated its readiness to look at the allegations and come up with what is best for the nation’s judiciary. Justice Datijo, until recently a member of the bench at the apex court, bared his […]

October 30, 2023 64

POLITICS

APC petitions NBA over Abure, Kenneth Okonkwo’s utterances, LP kicks

The ruling All Progressives Congress has written the disciplinary committee of the Nigerian Bar Association to report what it labelled as ‘deprecating remarks’ against the justices of the Supreme Court by the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, and a spokesman of the party campaign council, Kenneth Okonkwo. In the petition signed by the National Secretary of APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru, the ruling party disclosed that making inciting […]

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