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The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday announced that it intercepted counterfeit notes of dollars worth 20million in a stop and search operation in Abuja. NDLEA in a statement by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi said it’s operatives on Friday 18th August intercepted the fake currencies from a bus traveling from Lagos to Abuja, and arrested a 53-year-old driver of the the vehicle, Onyebuchi Nlededin. The agency said the previous day, Thursday 17th August, Jude Ndubuisi, 52, was arrested with 2.2 kilograms of methamphetamine during a raid operation at Kabusa village in Abuja. According to the NDLEA, the suspect…
A delegation of the West African bloc led by Nigeria’s former military Head of State on Saturday launched another meeting with the junta in Niger Republic to put off the planned military intervention in that country by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The General Abdulsalami Abubakar’s team which met with the junta leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani was also allowed access to the detained President, Mohammed Bazoum who is being held along with his family in the basement of the Presidential palace in Niamey. The meeting on Saturday came amidst reports of the delivery of war planes to the…
Tinubu is an avowed and widely acknowledged democrat who put his life on the line along with other other pro-democratic forces in fighting for the dislodging of military dictatorship in Nigeria. His commitment to democratic development and sustainability in West Africa and throughout the continent is thus understandable and commendable. It is instructive that when he addressed leaders of the African Union at their last meeting in Kenya, President Tinubu stressed the importance of deepening democracy in Africa and ensuring that the culture of coups becomes a thing of the past. This, he argued, is the best way to ensure…
The Federal Government will Wednesday next week arraign the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and his associates over an alleged procurement fraud worth N6.9 billion, an offence contrary to section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000., Emefiele will be arraigned alongside a female CBN employee, Sa’adatu Yaro and her company, April1616 Investment Limited on 20 charges of procurement fraud, conspiracy and conferring corrupt advantages on his associates at the Federal Capital Territory High Court. The suspended CBN has been in the custody of the Depart of State Security since…
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday approved the release of N5billion to each State of the Federation as a deliberate intervention measure to cushion the impact of the removal of subsidy on petrol. President Bola Tinubu during his inauguration on May 29th announced the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), a decision which has pushed up the cost of living and consumable items. States are expected the utilize the funds for the procurement of 100,000 bags of rice, 40,000 bags of maize and fertilizers to support citizens and improve their living conditions. Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana…
…….as Wike becomes FCT minister 1, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy– Bosun Tuani, 2, Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management–Ishak Salaco 3, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy–Wale Edun 4. Minister of Marine and Blue Economy–Bunmi Tunji 5, Minister of Power–Adedayo Adelabu 6. Minister of State, Health and Social Welfare–Tunisia Alausa 7. Minister of Solid Minerals Development–Dele Alake 8. Minister of Tourism–Lola Ade-John 9. Minister of Transportation–Adegboyega Oyetola 10. Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment–Doris Anite 11. Minister of Innovation Science and Technology–Uche Nnaji 12. Minister of State, Labour and Employment— Nkiruka Onyejeocha 13.…
Former Nigerian First Lady Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday urged women to support the Wife of the current President in helping her husband deliver good governance to citizens, as she visited Aso Rock. Patience said she was prepared to offer service to Senator Oluremi Tinubu as the new First Lady in any way possible whenever called upon. “I use this opportunity to plead with the women of this country to support this government; she carried us along when she was a governor’s wife, now that she is a first lady, the sky is her limit,” the former First Lady…
Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 11, 2023 Kogi State election on Tuesday assured that if elected, he would revisit the cases of workers sacked in the state in the last seven years to give them a sense of belonging and justice. Senator Dino Melaye, revealed his plan in Lokoja, the State capital when he received some of the victims who are staff in State and Local Government Services across Kogi State. He said his determination was ready to revisit all such cases with the hope of providing justice to the victims. “When by the…
Georgian Republican governor, Brian Kemp, on Tuesday promised to present “irrefutable” evidence that the 2020 presidential election in his state “was not stolen” in an apparent defense of the latest criminal indictment of Donald Trump. Kemp, known to have clashed many times with Donald Trump over his claim that the election was rigged, responded on Twitter to a post earlier made by the former American president on Truth Social, the UK Guardian reported. “The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen. For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward – under oath –…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday announced that his government was not ready to return the country back to the days of subsidy regime on petrol, insisting that pump price at the station will also not be increased. Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President Ajuri Ngelale who disclosed this said the administration was convinced that the current market pricing of petrol can be sustained without necessarily adjusting upward the pump price of petrol. “The official position is that there is no increase in prices at this time and that Mr. President is convinced based on information before him…