Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), acting on intelligence, disrupted a pre-wedding ceremony drug abuse competition in a community popularly known as Shola Quarters, Katsina and arrested 25 youths participating in the drug party. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued Sunday said operatives swooped on the suspects while they were busy taking turns abusing all sorts of illicit substances including a mixture of multiple drugs mixed in a plastic bucket. He added that though the groom, Musa Gwandi who organised the drug party along with his friends was not at the venue…
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The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has said that the 2024 budget recently submitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu was aimed at glorifying mediocrity and continuous impoverishment of the people. It said while the statistics and assumption upon which the 2024 budget was based looks good on the surface, a thorough look at the assumptions underlying the budget showed clearly that this administration wasn’t ready for nation building. The National Chairman of the party, Falalu Bello, in a statement issued Sunday titled, ‘The Appropriation Bill: Seeing Beyond Semantics’, urged Nigerians not to place any hope on the 2024…
On November 26, 2023, the Oba of Benin ignited a huge controversy about the early history of Lagos. He did so by making the claim that the Edo people of the Benin Kingdom were the founders of Lagos. Because the crown worn by the Oba of Benin originated from Ife, we must be respectful in our answer to him. The Oba, in an admirably polished speech, made the following statements – that “Lagos was founded by Benin”; that “Benin founded the nucleus of Lagos”; and that “Benin founded the origin of Lagos”. Most respectfully, what we will do is to…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Kogi Police Command to probe Monday attack on the Secretary to the Kogi state Election Tribunal, Mr. Mike David and the recent attack on the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Gabriel Longpet. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka made the call while addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja. He condemned the rhetoric of opposition figures in Kogi state who continue to inflame passion and incite strife. Morka insisted that their actions and utterances of opposition parties after the November 11 Kogi governorship election provided a charged…
The Nigerian Navy has arrested a 77-meter-long Motor Tanker (MT) Vinnalaris 1 Lagos vessel in Igbokoda, Ondo state for crude oil theft. Its Director of Information, Commodore, AO Ayo-vaughan in a statement issued Friday said the vessel had 17 crew members onboard at the time of arrest. He added that the vessel was caught engaging in illegal siphoning of crude oil from one of the well heads at Ebesan oil field about 7 nautical miles off the coast of Awoye riverine community in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. Ayo-Vaughan added that the apprehension of the vessel was based…
The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Democracy has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to immediately arrest of the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. The coalition alleged that the Kwankwassiya movement was also planning to attack prominent members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) both within and outside Kano State. Its National Secretary, Otunba Eniola Enaife, while addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja said the call became imperative following the alleged plan by the Kwankwasiyya Movement to occupy the Supreme Court premises and foreign missions in the country ahead of…
A board member of YIAGA Africa and chairman Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA), Ezenwa Nwangwu, in this interview with TheHintsNews bears his mind on the current attacks on the Judiciary and the excoriation of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which he said does not portend well for the consolidation of democracy in the country. Excerpts: What is your reaction to the recent Appeal court judgement on the Kano Governorship election, considering the fact that the Supreme Court held that nobody has the right to question the decision of the court as far as party nomination was concerned?…
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday revealed that President Bola Tinubu has approved our blueprint for political liberation and political emancipation of the South-east to APC. Ganduje stated this when Anambra APC stakeholders paid him a courtesy visit at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja. He said there was a need for the region to speak for the negotiation for the political leadership of this country. Ganduje stated: “I will like to let you know that Mr. President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved our blueprint for political liberation of the…
The Police have arrested one Abara Elias for sodomising an eight-year-old neighbour’s son in the state. Elias, a 24-year-old man lured the child to an uncompleted building when his parents were away and had carnal knowledge of him through the anus. Benue state Commissioner of Police, George Chuku disclosed this on Tuesday in Makurdi during a press conference at the Command headquarters. He said: “On 1/12/2023, at about 1900hrs, information was received that while the parents of Oryina, a young boy of eight years, were away from home, a neighbour, one Abara Elias ‘m’ 24 years, lured the child to…
A group under the aegis of the he National Coalition Against Terrorism (NCAT) has alleged that Kwankwasiyya Movement has perfected plans to cause civil unrest in Kano and Abuja. Its National Coordinator, Terrence Kuanum, stated this while addressing a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja. He warned that if nothing is done quickly, Kwankwasiyya Moment might set the country ablaze following the recent court judgement sacking governor Abba Yusuf as elected governor of Kano state. It said this action has started already with pockets of protest by a few rioters in the guise of protesting the Appeal Court Judgment which…