The Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday said it has destroyed three tons of skunk in Edo forest, seized 76.9kg loud from Canada and recovered 390kg illicit drugs in Kano, Kaduna, Borno, Oyo raids. The agency made this known in a statement signed by its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi,…
Gbade, the elder brother of the late Timothy Adegoke, a former master’s student at Obafemi Awolowo University who was found dead at Hilton Hotels Ile-Ife, Osun State, in November 2021, speaks on how the bereaved family received the news of the conviction of owner of the hotel, Dr Ramon Adedoyin, and two of his workers,…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that US$2.1 billion and N3.1 trillion public funds of oil revenues “budgeted as fuel subsidy payments are missing and unaccounted for between 2016 and 2019, as documented by the…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has urged the present administration under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to engage in genuine dialogue with organised labour and other stakeholders over petroleum subsidy removal to reach a fair and reasonable solution. The party gave the advice in a communique at a retreat for the elected officials on its platform,…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted his assets declaration form to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). A tweet shared by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, todayJune 3, states that the CCB acknowledged receipt of the president’s form today. The asset declaration form is a schedule of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999)…
In line with the governor’s directive, the demolition commenced early Sunday morning at the Race Course playground, where all illegal structures were razed to reclaim the encroached land. In a continued effort to reclaim encroached public land, Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has led the demolition of additional structures near Daula Hotel and ongoing…
French footballer, Karim Benzema has left Real Madrid. According to a tweet by journalist, Fabrizio Romano, official statement confirms the player and the club’s decision to part ways after 14 years Details later…
••• Urges members to embrace unity Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has called on stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to put aside their differences and work towards the unity of the party, just as he emphasised the healing process must begin immediately. He made the appeal at the weekend, during the ongoing…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, called on stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to put aside their differences and work towards the unity of the party. This was contained in a statement signed by Sulaimon Olanrewaju, Chief Press Secretary to Oyo State Governor. According to the statement, Makinde made the appeal during…
Lionel Messi was jeered by a section of Paris Saint-Germain supporters as he played his final game for the club in the Ligue 1 champions’ 3-2 home defeat by Clermont on Saturday. Messi’s expected departure from the French giants after two seasons was officially confirmed by PSG in a statement shortly before Saturday’s game. “His…
