A 24-year-old Thai national, Ms Pattaphi Wimonnat, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency while attempting to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.60 kilograms, into Nigeria. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement released on Sunday….
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, says the results of Saturday’s by-elections in the South-East state show that the Labour Party (LP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) are “dead” and “non-existent” in the state. The governor stated this on Sunday during an event in the Nanka area of the state to celebrate the victory of…
A man, Ajayi, has told Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, that he is no longer interested in his wedlock to his wife, Lanre, on the grounds of violence and lack of peace. Ajayi alleged that their home had known no peace since they got married because his wife was quarrelsome and violent….
Senate President Godswill Akpabio says the worsening insecurity in the country is orchestrated to undermine Nigeria’s democracy. Akpabio spoke on Wednesday during a plenary session on national security. He said the attacks should not be interpreted as persecution against any religious group. “This is orchestrated, this is organised, and this is meant to damage the…
A 19-year-old girl, Fatimo Agboke, has allegedly stabbed her friend Faruk Azeez to death following a heated argument in the Ijegun area of Lagos on Monday night. The incident occurred around 9:20 PM, and despite efforts to rush the 20-year-old victim, Faruk Azeez, to the hospital, he succumbed to his injuries. According to the Lagos…
The Instagram account of Ghanaian referee Daniel Nii Ayi Laryea has reportedly been taken down or disabled following a wave of mass reports from Nigerian users on social media. The development stems from widespread anger among Nigerian football fans over a controversial yellow card Laryea issued to Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey during Nigeria’s 2-0…
Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Ijeoma Josephina Otabor, otherwise known as Phyna, says Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, may have lost his credibility in the wake of recent discoveries. In a post shared on her verified X account on Thursday, the celebrity star stated in clear terms that Peter…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is advocating for mandatory drug testing for all prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The NDLEA Chairman, Buba Marwa, said the agency is tackling drug abuse by promoting drug testing in universities, communities, and among families. He spoke during a ‘Training the Trainer’ event, organised…
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Justice and the National Assembly to work on concerns raised over the tax bills. Criticisms have greeted Tinubu’s transmission of the Tax Reform Bills to the National Assembly. The move has pitted the president against some governors with the most vocal criticism coming from the northern…
Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lost his mother, Mama Lydia Yilwatda. She passed away Sunday morning at the Jos University Teaching Hospital at the age of 83. The sad news was confirmed in a statement released in Jos by the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Shittu Bamaiyi, who…
