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NDLEA ARREST NIGERIAN BILLIONAIRE OVER ALLEGED DRUG DEAL WITH ABBA KYARI

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of a Nigerian billionaire drug baron, Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu. In a statement issued by Ndlea Media Director, Femi Babafemi, He said Ukatu who is the Chairman of Mallinson Group, is behind the N3 billion Tramadol deal involving the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Abba Kyari. The Ndlea Media Director stated that Ukatu who […]

todayApril 25, 2022 123

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PRESIDENT BUHARI MEETS SERVICE CHIEFS AND MINISTERS IN ABUJA

President Muhammadu Buhari today met with heads of security establishments and some Ministers at the State House in Abuja. The meeting comes after recommendations by the National Council of State over the security challenges in the country. Physically in attendance were the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari and the National Security Adviser (NSA), […]

todayApril 21, 2022 78

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PRESIDENT BUHARI WARNS NOBODY WILL BE ALLOWED TO DESTABILISE NIGERIA

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to resist agents bent on causing a breakdown of law and order in the country. In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari gave an assurance that no individual or group would be allowed to destabilize Nigeria. President Buhari, who thanked the governors and ministers for honouring his invitation to break the Ramadan […]

todayApril 20, 2022 61

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PRESIDENT BUHARI WARNS NOBODY WILL BE ALLOWED TO DESTABILISE NIGERIA

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to resist agents bent on causing a breakdown of law and order in the country. In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari gave an assurance that no individual or group would be allowed to destabilize Nigeria. President Buhari, who thanked the governors and ministers for honouring his invitation to break the Ramadan […]

todayApril 20, 2022 60

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CHRISLAND SCHOOL REACTS TO SEX SCANDAL INVOLVING FEMALE STUDENT

Chrisland School has finally released a statement addressing viral video of 10-year-old female student with fellow students involved in sexual activity. The school in a statement signed by a member of the Schools Advisory Board, Akin Fadeyi, denied that a pregnancy test was done on the female student but a Covid-19 post-travel test. The school revealed that the girls were lodged on the 11th floor, while the guys were on […]

todayApril 19, 2022 154

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POLICE KILL SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS ALONG BENIN-LAGOS BYPASS

The Edo State Police Command has said its operatives yesterday killed six kidnap suspects along the Benin-Lagos Bypass. In a statement issued by the command explained that police operatives were on investigation activities around the area when they noticed the suspects believed to have been part of a notorious gang terrorizing the Benin-Lagos Expressway. It said the team of operatives, on sighting the suspected kidnappers who in the process of […]

todayApril 14, 2022 72

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FORMER DIRECTOR OF NBC URGES MEDIA HOUSES TO BE ETHICAL IN DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION

The former director of the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), in acting capacity and a Professor of Mass Communication, Amstrong Aduku Idachaba has charged the media to always uphold the ethics of the profession in the dissemination of information. Idachaba stated this yesterday during his inaugural lecture at Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, with the theme: Mediated Convergencies Cosmo-Philosophical Ideologies and The Building Of a Modern Nigeria. Describing the media as a […]

todayApril 14, 2022 69

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CBN FINES FOUR BANKS OVER N800M FOR VIOLATING CRYPTO POLICY

The Central Bank has fined four banks for flouting its directive on cryptocurrency transactions. The CBN had in February 2021 ordered all banks to close accounts of anyone who transacts in cryptocurrency, stressing that dealing in cryptocurrency or facilitating payments for cryptocurrency exchanges is prohibited. In a report issued today, the CBN has now fined at least four banks for failing to comply with that regulation and they include Stanbic […]

todayApril 7, 2022 74

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IGP SACKS NINE POLICEMEN FOR LEADING WAGE INCREASE DEMAND

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the dismissal of no fewer than nine policemen over allegations that they were the ones demanding wage increase and planning to lead an industrial action. Reports say the junior officers wanted to embark on strike due to poor salary, lack of weapons to fight criminals, failure to supply uniforms, delay in promotion and others. However, in an attempt to stop the […]

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