Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of Cocaine and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis concealed in incense candles, game packs, dry hibiscus leaves and ladies’ native wears. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued Sunday said the interception was made at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. He said I’m Abuja, two suspects: 60-year-old Ademola Elusakin and 34-year-old Nuhu Adamu were arrested on Monday 15th July with 30.0kg of the same psychoactive substance along Kwali-Gwagwalada-Abuja expressway on their way from Lagos to Nasarawa state. Babafemi noted that Elusakin…
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The Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatisation, Senator Orji Kalu has backed calls for part-time legislature at both federal and state levels. The former Abia governor said this in an interview published on his verified Facebook page over the weekend. Kalu said this would help the nation cut costs and enhance the citizenry’s trust in the polity. He maintained that this would be part of austerity measures to reduce cost of governance, arguing that regional government is another viable alternative. Kalu noted: “I think it will be a very good idea if my colleagues and other members of the Houses of…
The President of United States, Joe Biden has announced his withdrawal from the presidential race Biden in a statement he personally signed on Sunday said it has been his intention to seek reelection, but he believed it was in the best interest of his party and the country for him to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling his duties as President for the remainder of my term The statement reads: “My Fellow Americans, Over the past three and a half years, we have made great progress as a Nation. “Today, America has the strongest economy in the warld.…
Amid public suspicion of incompetence against Senator Ademola Adeleke shortly after he took office as the Governor of Osun, his elder brother, Dr. Deji Adeleke, boasted that he would be the first to address a press conference if the governor showed traces of incompetence. One would wonder what would prompt the business mogul to throw himself a personal challenge in a matter that is not only obvious but publicy verifiable. Yesterday, I raised the issue, reminding the business mogul that two years down the line, we are yet to hear from him. While awaiting his official response, a colleague and…
A chieftain of Labour Party, Prof. Par Utomi has challenged the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga that he is part of the planned nationwide protest against bad governance scheduled to commence On August 1, 2024. Onanuga had in a post on his verified X account alleged that supporters of the presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi were the sponsor of the protest. Onanuga said: “I have been on the trail of one of the protest planners, who is nameless but claims to have an internet radio station, PTM100.88 Abuja.…
The Association of Concerned Citizens of Nigeria on Revenue and Economy (ACCNRE) has advocated the establishment of an Independent Revenue Inspectorate Agency of Nigeria (I-RIAN) to regulate and monitor tax collection. A yax Analyst and founder of the association, Orji-Philip Orji made the demand at a news conference in Abuja on Friday. He said that a bill had been submitted to the 9th and 10th National Assembly to support the demand, and had pass second reading in the House of Representatives and Senate. He said that the bill titled, “National Inspector General for Tax Crime Commission (NIGTCC) would ease the…
The Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Radda has assured that said that the state would soon conduct local government elections in compliance with the judgement of the Supreme Court. TheHintsNews reports that apex court had in its ruling said it was an act of gross misconduct paying local government allocation through states. Justice Emmanuel Agim-led seven-man panel also upheld the position of the federal government that state governors lack authority under the law to arbitrarily dissolve democratically-elected local governments councils and set up caretaker committees in their place as ubiquitously practiced. However, Radda in a statement issued Saturday in Abuja by…
Communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and neighbouring communities in Niger state have continued to groan as insecurity in the areas shows no sign of abating. As a matter of fact, the residents of the affected communities in both FCT and Niger states can no longer sleep with their two eyes closed, not even the deployment of a team of policemen has curtailed the activities of the daredevil bandits. For instance, things are no longer at ease in Garam community in Niger state. The community shares a boundary with the Kuduru, another community under Bwari Area Council, FCT. Most…
Governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke has paid six months of inherited half salary debt from the past administration of the All Progressives Congress. Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed disclosed this on Friday while reacting to a post by Reno Omokri via his verified X account. TheHintsNews reports that Omkri while reacting to a post by publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu had claimed that there were reports of half salaries the state government was owing workers and other incidents of hardship on the state workers, despite a 45 percent increase in federal allocation to the state.…
The newly appointed African Union Youth Ambassador for Peace for West Africa, Ms. Simone Diouf has called for more support from the government, civil society and partners on the implementation of Nigeria’s National Action Plan on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS). Diouf made the call on Thursday in Abuja at an event organised by Building Blocks for Peace Foundation (BBPF) in collaboration with the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)-West Africa, with the theme: ‘‘Advancing Youth, Peace and Security Agenda in West Africa’’. The meeting attended by over 50 peace activists and civil society organisations across Nigeria…