Akin akinola The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a female supplier of ammunition to bandits, Bilkisu Suleman. The 28-year-old suspect came top on the list of 12 other suspects arrested by NDLEA operatives in new year interdiction operations in Kaduna, Lagos, Niger, Kogi, Kano, Borno, and Osun states. Bilkisu was arrested on Wednesday 3rd January by NDLEA officers on patrol along Zaria Kano expressway in possession of 249 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition concealed in a black nylon bag kept in her ladys handbag. NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued Sunday…
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Halimat Ibrahim Niger Delta Progressive Youths League has expressed dismay over the campaign of calumny, media brigandism, and unnecessary blackmail against the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu. The group in a statement issued Saturday by its National President, Comrade Ebiegberi Jonathan said the the group was not oblivious of the fact that the fictitious articles sparsely circulated by a few patronizers of yellow journalism, maliciously linking Edu to the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) financial misappropriation. It described it as a diversionary antic by a set of individuals who are irked by Edu’s transparency…
Akin Akinola A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has urged President Bola Tinubu not to toe the ignoble path of his predecessors who only mourned victims of killings in press statements, thereby reducing themselves to mourners-in-chief instead of taking responsibility as commanders-in-chief. Dogara gave the advice when he led some serving and former members of the House on a condolence visit to Governor Caleb Mutfwang on Saturday in Jos, Plateau State over the recent massacre of about 200 people in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi local government areas. He urged the President to rise to the…
Adeniyi Adedeji The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Dr. Oluwatoyin Madein, has clarified that the OAGF does not make payments on behalf of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for projects and programmes implemented by the MDAs. Madein, in a statement issued Saturday by the Director of Press, Bawa Mokwa stated this while reacting to media reports concerning a request from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to pay grants to vulnerable groups in some States of the Federation. She stated that allocations are released to self-accounting MDAs in line with the budget, and such MDAs are responsible for…
Obagah Izuagie The Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu has extended his heartfelt condolences to the paramount ruler of Igala kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Alaji Mathew Opaluwa over the death of his sister, Mallama Meimunat Opaluwa-Sani and her granddaughter. Audu in his condolence message Friday in Abuja described the deaths of the late Mallama Opaluwa-Sani and her five-year-old granddaughter as tragic and sacrilegious. He said that that the death of Mallama Opaluwa-sani, Akwuma Attah Igala was a loss to the entire Igala Kingdom, urging everyone to remain strong. Prince Audu also called on security agencies to investigate the alleged arson…
Veteran Nollywood filmmaker and actor, Chief Adedeji Aderemi, popularly known as Olofa Ina is dead. Olofa Ina was 73-year-old as at the time of his death. However, the cause if his death could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report. The news of his death was announced by fellow actor, Saidi Balogun, via his Instagram handle (@SaidiBalogun), on Thursday night. He posted Olofa Ina’s picture with a caption “Goodnight legend Chief Deji Akinremi (Olofa Ina) RIP.”
Obaga Izuagie The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has delivered relief materials for distribution to provide immediate succor to persons affected by the recent attacks on some communities in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State. The materials were delivered in line with NEMA’s mandates for timely intervention to save lives in disaster and emergency situations. A statement on Thursday by NEMA Head of Press, Manzo Ezekiel said the relief materials consisted of food items that include bags of rice, beans and garri, cartons of powdered milk beverages, tomato paste and seasoning cubes. Others are bags of…
The federal government Thursday said its holding discussions with a Chinese firm to build a new steel plant in Nigeria and commence the building of military hardwares in Ajaokuta Steel Plant. To this end, the government has sent a delegation led by the Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu, the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Steel Development, Dr. Mary A Ogbe in their tour of Luan Steel Holding Group in Hefei and Guangzhou Regions of China. Audu in a statement in Abuja by the Head, Press & Public Relations of the…
The troops of the Joint Task Force North West Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) have neutralised 10 terrorists, rescued 9 kidnap victims and recovered arms and ammunition including operational motorcycle and communication gadgets. The army in a statement issued Thursday said the feat was recorded in recent dry season clearance operations commanded by the General Officer Commanding 8 Division Nigerian Army, Major General Godwin Mutkut. It said: “Notably, on the 3rd January 2024, the combined troops of the OPHD conducted an offensive operation in identified Terrorist enclaves at Batsari and Safana LGAs of Katsina state, neutralizing 10 of the terrorists while…
A group, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Forever Initiative has accused President Bola Tinubu of nepotism after replacing the sacked National Coordinator /CEO National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu, a northerner with Dr. Akindele Egbuwalo, a Yoruba Man from the South-west. It added that the sacking of Shehu didn’t come as a surprise as but a manifestation that the federal government through the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu was attempting to cover up some misdoings in government. It insisted that was undeserving that President Bola Tinubu would approve the suspension of his appointee without investigation or setting…