Cocaine worth $13m stolen from South African police
Thieves have stolen 541 kilogrammes of cocaine worth around $13 million from the police in South Africa. The drugs were held inside the office of the Hawks special unit in the town of Port Shepstone in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal at the weekend, the police announced on Tuesday. The thieves entered the building through a window and then managed to...
2023: APC govs reject direct primaries, insist process’ll overstretch INEC
The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) has kicked against the use of direct primaries in the selection of party’s candidates for the 2023 general election. Its chairman, Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi said that adopting direct primaries by political parties will overstretch the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said this while speaking with newsmen at the end of a closed-door meeting...
Princess weeps, laments fellow comedians fail to support her show
Comedienne Damilola Adekoya, popularly known as Princess, was in tears this morning following claims from her that fellow comedians failed to support her forthcoming show. Princess went live on her Instagram page on Tuesday to lament that some comedians and musical artistes did not publicise her show for her. The comedienne is set to host a show tagged ‘#Nothingbutthetruth’ at Muson...
After denials, Nollywood’s Lateef Adedimeji, Bimpe Oyebade set to wed
Popular Nollywood actor, Lateef Adedimeji, and his colleague in the movie industry, 24-year-old Bimpe Oyebade, are set to tie the knot next month in Lagos. For many years, Lateef and Bimpe have debunked any romantic relationship between them, stating that they are simply professional colleagues. Lateef, the 35-year-old actor, who hails from Ogun State, started his acting career in 2007, after...
Gunmen kill Air Vice Marshal in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the killing of AVM Muhammad Maisaka (rtd), by unknown gunmen, at his residence in Ragasi, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Jalige confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, in Kaduna. Jalige, who said the incident occurred in the early hours of...
Govs: Our grouse with Malami over $418m
The attention of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has been drawn to a statement issued by the media aide to the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Umar Gwandu, on Friday 5th November 2021 published in the Nation Newspaper of same date in support of deductions of humongous state resources amounting to USD$418 million from the Federation Account. The...
My position on settlement of Paris Club judgement debt, by Malami
It can be noticed that some reports contain wilful statements suggesting that some government officers were acting without due process in the settlement of certain judgement debts (totalling $418million) arising from the deduction and refunds due to the states and local governments from the Paris Club loan refunds. It is important and necessary to state, at the onset, that the...
WFP: 45m people now ‘teetering on the edge of famine’
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries had risen to 45 million – up by three million in 2021 – as acute hunger spikes around the world. This number has risen from 42 million earlier 2021, and 27 million in 2019, the agency said in...
Collapsed building: Osibona’s wife, relations not at war, says lawyer
The chairman, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Sagamu branch, Ogun State, Olufemi Adeniyi Esq, has faulted media reports alleging that the relations of late Femi Osibona, who owned the collapsed Ikoyi building, were at war. Adeniyi, in a statement titled, "Putting the record straight about the libellous vituperations on Femi Osibona's family," said there was no truth in the claim that...
Nigeria administers 5.7m COVID-19 vaccines, targets 112m by 2022
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) has vaccinated 5,770,899 eligible persons with the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination while 3,146,885 have taken the second dose (fully vaccinated). The Director, Planning Research and Statistics, NPHCDA, Dr. Abdullahi Bulama Garba, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja, at the Ministerial Press Briefing update on COVID-19 Response and Development in the Health...
