Femi Adebayo: It took me more than a year to produce ‘king of thieves’
Popular Nollywood actor, Femi Adebayo, says his new epic movie, ‘King of thieves' known as Agesinkole, took him more than a year to produce. This is just as the actor said the movie generated over N170 million in its first three weeks premiere at the cinema. Adebayo made the disclosure in an interview with NAN on Sunday. He said the movie, which...
Police intercept drugs worth N3m in Lagos
The operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have intercepted ten bags of illicit drugs suspected to be Indian Hemp in the state. The command made this known in a statement issued on Sunday by the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin. The statement was titled, ‘Police intercept drugs worth three million Naira in Lagos’. Hundeyin disclosed that the...
VIDEO: Singer Kizz Daniel quits smoking on 28th birthday
Popular Nigerian singer, Oluwatobiloba Daniel, well known as Kizz Daniel, on Sunday, announced he has quit smoking. Kizz Daniel made the announcement via a video shared on his Instagram page. The famous singer, who turned 28 on Sunday, said he quit smoking for his kids' sake. “On this day, I quit smoking 🚭,” the ‘Oshe’ crooner captioned the video. With his song ‘Addict’...
NUC approves medicine, software, 17 other courses for Fed Varsity, Dutse
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved Medicine and Surgery and 18 other academic programmes at the Federal University, Dutse (FUD) in Jigawa State. The accredited programmes are: Medicine and Surgery, Anatomy Physiology, Agriculture, Accounting, Actuarial Science, Banking and Finance, Business Administration and Taxation. Others are Linguistics (Arabic), Linguistics (English), Biochemistry, Biology, Environmental Management and Toxicology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Economics, Information Technology...
2023: Malami, Ngige, Amaechi, others weigh alternatives to resignation
President Muhammadu Buhari and members of his cabinet seeking the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general election are currently weighing five options on whether the ministers should quit before the party’s primaries scheduled for the end of this month. The affected ministers are Rotimi Amaechi (Transportation), Chris Ngige (Labour and Productivity), Abubakar Malami (Justice), and...
VIDEO: NDLEA intercepts N1.1bn travellers’ cheques, 10.89kg cocaine at Lagos airport
Travellers’ cheques in different foreign currencies with a total value of N1.1 billion have been intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos State by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The anti-narcotic operatives also arrested a suspect, Oguma Richard Uchenna, in connection to the attempt to export the cheques, which were concealed inside...
NDLEA seizes 2.3m tramadol, 2,919 bottles of codeine in Kaduna
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized about 2,000kg of tramadol, codeine, cannabis, and heroin, following raid operations carried out in Kaduna, Ondo, and Akwa Ibom states. In Ondo State, 401kg of cannabis was recovered, while two suspects, Julius Dapo, aged 56; and Emeka Ikebuaku, aged 32, were arrested at Ipele forest in Owo area...
FG signs agreement with Cuba on vaccine production
Federal Government (FG) has signed an agreement with Cuba to implement actions on contract manufacturing, technology transfer, vaccine production, and commercialisation of the Cuban biopharmaceutical products in Nigeria. Nigeria’s Ambassador to Cuba, Benaoyagha Okoyen, in a statement, said the two countries also agreed to partner in other areas. He said both countries expressed interest to implement actions for the development of...
IPOB using fake pictures to malign soldiers ―Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army says members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) are using pictures of fake soldiers arrested by the troops recently to malign the institution. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Sunday. Nwachukwu said that one Solomon Okafor of Radio Biafra London has been peddling a malicious disinformation and falsehood...
9 detained in connection with China building collapse
Police in central China announced the detention of nine people on Sunday over a collapsed building, as increasingly desperate rescuers comb the debris for any survivors. The building, in Changsha city, housed a hotel, apartments and a cinema. It caved in Friday afternoon, leaving a gaping hole in the dense streetscape. At least 18 people were trapped and another 39 were...
