The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the attack of the Governor of Abia state, Alex Otti on the leadership of the Anglican Church of Aba Diocese as improper and unacceptable. Abia PDP Vice Chairman and Acting State, Hon. Abraham Amah, in a statement issued Monday expressed disappointment at the response of the Otti administration to the advice from the Synod of the Anglican Church of Aba Diocese. TheHintsNews reports that the Synod had in a communique issued after its 17th Synod advised Otti to fix the economic roads in Aba and desist from sacking civil servants employed in the State civil…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized a total of 100 blocks of cannabis weighing 55kgs and 600 bottles of codeine-based syrup. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued Sunday said the items were seized from the duo of Salisu Murtala and Shafi’u Dahiru on Tuesday 11th September along Abuja road have been traced to two other suspects: Muntari Nasiru and Yusuf Ali who were arrested in follow up operations in Kano. He also revealed that in Abuja, a 27-year-old Kingsley Chimaobi was arrested with 6,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup along Lokogoma-Abuja road on…
The Air Component of Operation Delta Safe at the weekend destroyed illegal oil refineries located in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore, Edward Gabkwet, in a statement issued Sunday said in the last two months, Cawthorne Channel and Bille have accounted for most of the oil theft and illegal oil refining activities in Rivers State. He said within this period, over 30 illicit refining oil sites in these two locations have been destroyed by the Land, Maritime and Air Components of Operation Delta Safe. Gabkwet noted…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted the illicit drug consignments concealed in different items at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMI), Lagos. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued Sunday said fresh attempts to export various quantities of methamphetamine and skunk by members of some transnational drug trafficking organisations through MMIA and courier companies in Lagos have again been thwarted by operatives. According to him, At the Lagos airport on Tuesday, September 12, NDLEA operatives intercepted an intending passenger going to Oman, Ugwu Peter Tochukwu, while trying to board a Qatar Airways…
Big Brother Naija All-Stars housemates Whitemoney, Neo Energy and Alex have been evicted from the reality show. The trio were evicted during the live eviction show on Sunday, September 17. Similarly, Big Brother Naija house guest, Sholzy (Omashola) has also been asked to leave the house as his time in Biggie’s house is up. Omashola came into the house as a guest with Kim Oprah, Prince Nelson, and Lucy
Male private part thieves, weekend, extended their shameful activities, which have been rampant in Calabar, Cross River State, for three weeks running to the Nigerian Navy Barracks, Akim where they allegedly snatched the genital of a naval officer. The naval officer, whose name was not given was said to be manning the entry point into the barracks when a young man, who gave his name as Samuel walked into the barracks and was directed to the sentry point for security scrutiny. “When he got to the sentry point, he was asked whom he was looking for and his mission in…
The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGM), says the price of 12.5kg cooking gas may hit N18,000 by December if the federal government does not checkmate the activities of the terminal owners. It added that the price of cooking gas has gone astronomically high at terminals as a result of a sudden increment from between N9 million to N10 million per 20 metric tons to N14 million per 20 metric tons. Its President, Olatunbosun Oladapo, warned that the price could reach as high as N18 million per metric tons by December if the federal government does not intervene.…
Unknown assailants numbering about 20 on Sunday burnt the palace of Olokanla of Okanla, in Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State over land tussle. During the attack, an admission seeker, Ibrahim Qudus was killed before setting the building ablaze. The attack has inadvertently created fear in the residents of the community who now live in fear. However, the uncle to the deceased, Jimoh Qadri, explained that the assailants were led by a man identified simply as Naim, who was the only one among the attackers that did not cover his face during the incident. He added that the assailants…
Fourteen people were killed Saturday when a plane crashed in the Brazilian Amazon while attempting to land in stormy weather in the popular tourist town of Barcelos. There were no survivors, officials said. The small plane’s pilot was approaching the town in heavy rain, with low visibility, and appeared to inadvertently start his landing mid-runway, Amazonas state security secretary Vinicius Almeida told a news conference. The plane ran out of landing strip and crashed, killing all 12 passengers and two crew, he said. Initial investigations indicated the passengers were all Brazilian men traveling to the region for sport fishing, the…
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide has called on the federal government to initiate comprehensive coastline dredging that will ensure riverine communities whose landscape design is seated below sea level to above sea in order to make the communities safe. The council in a communique issued Sunday by its President, Dr. Alaye Theophilus,said the call became imperative after floods continued to wreak havoc in various states of the federation. It maintained that both the federal and state governments should prioritise and implement enduring solutions to mitigate against flooding. It added that this includes the critical construction of various drainage systems…