Hoodlums Attack And Set Iree’s Palace On Fire
There is Palpable tension Iree community, Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State as hoodlums attacked and razed the palace of Aree of Iree, Oba Ponle Ademola days after the state government ordered him to the palace. It was gathered that the hoodlums attacked the palace after security operatives allegedly stormed the community and arrested one of the kingmakers. The was...
NCS Intercepts Container Load Of Tramadol Worth N1.5bn From India
The Nigeria Customs Service Apapa Command apprehended a 40-foot container from India containing twenty cartons of tapentadol drugs, a new variant of tramadol worth N1,560,000,000. Yusuf Malanta, the controller in charge of the Command Comptroller, revealed this information during a press briefing on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at Classic Terminal Festival Town in Lagos. According to him, the cargo arrived at...
Kano Govt. Warns Politicians Against Campaigns At Religious Centers
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has cautioned political parties against whipping up religious sentiments during campaigns while canvassing for votes from the electorate ahead of the 2023 general elections. Ganduje made the call on Thursday in Kano while declaring open the fourth National Inter-Religious Conference organized by the state government. He also urged strict adherence to a directive issued by the Independent...
AIDS-Related Deaths Decline From 264,463 To 51,000 – FG
Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has disclosed that AIDS-related deaths had declined from an estimated 264,463 persons in 2015 to about 51,000 as of October this year. According to Boss Mustapha, this was due to the ongoing efforts by present the administration to improve access to HIV services. He spoke in Abuja during the commemoration of...
2023: I Believe It’s Time To Pass Gender Bill – Senator Olujimi
Senator Biodun Olujimi says it is time to pass the Gender and Equitable Opportunities Bill, 2022, as the 2023 general election approaches. Olujimi, the representative of Ekiti South Senatorial District, spoke on the bill at an event that was held in Abuja on Thursday. The event was a one-day Policy Dialogue on: “Gender and Equitable Opportunities Bills: Challenges, Prospects and Way...
Kano Tricycle Riders Association Pledges 500,000 Votes For Bola Tinubu
The Kano State Tricycle Association Forum has pledged to mobilize 500,000 votes for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2023 elections in Nigeria. The Chairman of the forum, Alhaji Mansir Tanimu, said this on Thursday at the Kano State Road Traffic Agency office. He spoke when he paid a courtesy visit to the...
AEDC Disconnects Power Supply To Niger Ministries Over N1.3b Debt
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has disconnected electricity supply to the Niger State Government ministries and parastatals over unpaid N1.3 billion electricity bills. Legal Officer, AEDC, Aminu Ubandoma, revealed this development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday. Ubandoma, who spoke in Minna, the Niger State capital, said the company had no choice but to disconnect supply as the debt...
Final Year Medical Student Dies In Ghastly Accident Along Aba-Umuahia Expressway (GRAPHIC PHOTOS, VIDEO)
A final year student of Abia State University, ABSU Uturu, Michael Kalu Igwe has died in a ghastly auto crash along Aba/Umuahia expressway, ABN TV reports. ABN TV gathered that the medical student student was traveling on a Toyota Corolla car with registration number KUJ-102 CL when the incident happened. He was said to have rammed under a parked articulated vehicle,...
300-Level UNIZIK Student Commits Suicide Over Alleged Inability To Cope With Studies
A 300-level student of Business Administration at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK, Ebuka Joshua, has reportedly committed suicide after taking a sniper. This was confirmed by Unizik Plus, a campus press outfit in the school via a Facebook post on Friday. “300L, UNIZIK Student Of Business Administration Reportedly Dies After Poisoning Himself With Sniper. | #unizik_plus “Stories have it that the deceased Ebuka...
4 Yahoo Boys Die Of Drug Overdose While Celebrating Cash Out
Four suspected yahoo boys have died of drug overdose along the Nasco Egei Road of Biogbolo community in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The Bayelsa State Police Command said the unfortunate incident occurred at about 12 am on Friday, December 2, after the intake of two pills in celebration of a mysterious financial breakthrough by the deceased. ABN TV reports that they died...
