Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman, Mbala Abuba, for attempting to traffic cocaine to Istanbul, Turkey. Abuba, a native of Zaire Province in Angola, was intercepted on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, while trying to board an Egypt Air flight MS…
Umar Namadi, governor of Jigawa, has suspended Auwal Sankara, the state commissioner for special duties, over an alleged affair with a married woman. On Friday, the Kano state Hisbah board said Sankara was arrested at an uncompleted building over an alleged illicit affair with a married woman in Kano. Reacting to the allegation in a…
A former Acting Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Mr. Anamekwe Nwabuoku, who is facing trial over alleged N1.96billion fraud, on Wednesday, begged the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to give him time to negotiate with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The ex-Acting AGF, who is facing a nine-count charge, made the plea…
The Rivers State government has begun implementing the N85,000 minimum wage it recently approved for its workers. According to The Guardian, some public school teachers and some other workers in the state were jubilant as they received their November salary alert and realised that the new minimum wage had been implemented. Recall that President Bola…
Suspected gunmen have reportedly killed His Royal Highness Shagari Ebije’ego Job, the traditional chief (Onu) of Itama in Kogi State’s Dekina Local Government Area, at his residence. It was gathered that the heavily armed assailants reportedly followed the monarch to his residence on Monday evening and opened fire, killing him instantly. Daily Trust reports that…
The Coroner’s Inquest established by the Lagos State Government to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Afrobeats star Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has concluded that his demise was caused by medical negligence and has recommended the prosecution of the auxiliary nurse who treated him. Delivering the ruling on Friday at the Magistrates’…
An Abuja-based Bureau de Change operator, Jamilu Abdullahi, has told a Federal High Court in Abuja how a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, repeatedly paid the school fees of his three daughters in dollars, through him and his companies. Abdullahi is the third prosecution witness in the trial of Ali Bello, the ex-governor’s nephew…
Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the presidency will return to the northern region after President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. Ganduje spoke on Tuesday when he received a delegation from a support group named Tinubu Northern Youth Forum (TNYF) at the APC secretariat in Abuja. The APC chairman’s…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has vowed that those responsible for the violence that erupted in Osun State on Monday, leading to the loss of lives, will be brought to book. Egbetokun made this known as he ordered the deployment of tactical squads to restore peace in the state following the local government crisis….
Mojisola Adeyeye, director-general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has urged manufacturers and distributors to comply with the ban on alcohol in sachets and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Speaking during a session at the NAN Forum in Abuja on Sunday, Adeyeye reiterated the ban and the agreement signed by…
