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Chadian lady with heroin in her private part arrested at Kano Airport

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A Chadian lady, Vivien Tarmadji, caught with 234.35 grammes of heroin concealed in her private part was nabbed by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja while trying to board an Ethiopian airline flight 911 en route Addis Ababa-Italy. The suspect, it was gathered, has been running a saloon business in Italy since 2016. However, upon her relocation to the country via Libya, she was nabbed by vigilant narcotics agents during an outward clearance of the airline at the boarding…

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Petrol may cost N234/litre as NNPC says N120bn monthly subsidy unrealistic

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THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the price of petrol may be sold between N211 and N234 per litre, because it may no longer be able to pay between N100 and N120 billion a month to keep the pump price at the current level, due to the current situation. Group Managing Director (GMD) of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, gave the indication at the weekly presidential ministerial media briefing featuring the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. He said the product…

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Yoruba groups on self-determination set June 12 as referendum day

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Some Yoruba groups agitating for self-determination on the platform of Assembly of all Yoruba Groups Worldwide, has set aside June 12 as a day of referendum for Yorubas willing to move. Part of the resolutions reached at a meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital by the group with the theme: “The Paramountcy of Yoruba Unity in Tackling The Insecurity Menace in Yorubaland.” According to a communique read by Otunba Deji Osibogun after the meeting, it was resolved that Yoruba self-determination is non-negotiable. Noting various threat to security in…

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Islamic cleric in court for destroying shrine at Badagry

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Alhaji Abdul-Fatai Gbadamosi, a 67-year-old cleric has appeared before a Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly destroying the Aje shrine in Badagry. Gbadamosi is charged with malicious damage and breach of public peace. The prosecution counsel, Inspector Ade Adeosun, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 17 at about 1 p.m. at Ibereko Community, Badagry area of Lagos. The prosecutor alleged that the defendant damaged the Aje shrine, property of Ibereko community. He said that the defendant acted in a manner likely to cause a breach…

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Ifeanyi Uba lied, he failed to pay for campaign billboards -Gov. Obiano’s aide

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The claims by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah that his billboards were destroyed because of his decision to contest for the governorship position in Anambra State on the platform of the Young Progressives Party, has drawn a response from the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano has responded. Senator Ubah had accused agents of the state government of allegedly acting on the instructions of the state governor to carry out the destruction of his campaign billboards. However, the Managing Director of Anambra Signage and Advising Agency, Jude Emecheta, responded that, the state governor,…

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Northern Elders’ Forum says Nigeria is falling apart under Buhari

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Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the Director, Publicity and Advocacy, of the Northern Elders’ Forum has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed in his approach to tackle insecurity. Baba-Ahmed, who was a guest on Arise Television on Wednesday, said, “If I have an opportunity to speak with the president, I’d say: ‘Sir, please, wake up and smell the coffee, this country is falling apart. “It’s in very serious danger; it’s going down under your watch. You swore in 2015 and again in 2019 that you’d protect citizens, the territorial integrity of Nigeria.…

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Covid-19: Slow vaccine rollout raises fears of third wave

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Experts disclosed yesterday, while giving an update on the COVID-19 situation in Africa, where more than 3.2 million people have tested positive, that the third wave has hit East Africa. New infections has risen in Europe, Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Africa. The African Union (AU)’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported an increase in a number of countries with increased infections. The latest data on the AU CDC portal showed that almost 95,000 people had died in Africa after contracting the coronavirus, while close to 2.8 million patients have…

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United Methodist Church vows to breakup from global body over gay marriage

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The United Methodist Church Episcopal Area in Nigeria has threatened to leave the Church’s global body if it endorses same-sex marriage at its 2022 General Conference. Bishop Johnwesley Yohanna of UMCN said at a news conference on Wednesday, that the Nigerian chapter would also leave if the global body endorses the ordination of gay people at the conference. He said while debate on whether the Church should accept homosexuality started 1972, votes cast in 2019 favoured traditionalists who believed that homosexuality was incompatible with Christian teachings. The Bishop said as…

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Parcels of cocaine, heroin being shipped to UK, Ireland intercepted by NDLEA

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted well-concealed parcels of cocaine and heroin being shipped to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. A suspected notorious trafficker, Sikiru Owolabi, who is behind at least two of the parcels, has been traced and arrested after several days of thorough and systematic surveillance by NDLEA operatives. Narcotic undercover agents attached to two international courier companies in Lagos made the seizures. According to NDLEA Director of Media, Femi Babafemi, Sikiru Owolabi was tracked after 1kilogramme of cocaine concealed in cream containers and…

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Why I married my late brother’s fiancée, one month after his death -Groom

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Suleiman Muhammad, the younger brother of Abubakar Muhammad, a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officer who was killed by bandits in an ambush on February 13, 2021, has spoken on his decision to marry the deceased’s fiancée, Hajara Ahmad. His death had come three weeks to his wedding to Hajara — which was higly publicised on several social media platforms. Few weeks after Abubakar’s demise, Sulaiman and Hajara tied the knot on March 20, and the their marriage generated a lot of controversies, especially on social media. Sulaiman decided to clear…

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