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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested an Indian businessman, Gupta Ravi Kumar, alongside three Nigerian accomplices, in connection with a multi-billion-naira tramadol consignment intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State. The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed in a statement on Sunday that the drugs, valued at N3.9bn, were disguised as […]
Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has reignited public debate on wealth and extravagance after declaring that private jets, yachts, and luxury homes abroad are not symbols of prosperity but costly liabilities. In a post on his official X handle on Sunday, Omokri argued that many of Nigeria’s wealthy elite confuse vanity with financial wisdom, insisting […]
The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities (COPSUN) has implored the federal government and relevant stakeholders to exhibit goodwill without further procrastination to avert potential crises stemming from the protracted discord between the government and university-based unions. COPSUN commended the federal government for its recent decision to impose a moratorium on the further proliferation […]
Idris Aregbe, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Tourism, Arts, and Culture, has reaffirmed the Yoruba identity of Lagos in a strongly worded statement posted on his official X account, @IdrisConnecting. His remarks come amid growing public discourse around cultural appropriation and the preservation of indigenous heritage in Nigeria’s commercial capital. […]
The Sir Paul Chukwuma Campaign Council has asserted that it was indeed their members who rescued the Anambra State Commissioner for Youth Development, Patrick Agha Mba, from an assault by irate youths in Onitsha yesterday. The incident occurred when the Commissioner obstructed the entrance to the Onitsha General Hospital, now known as the Federal […]
Jamaican sprinter Oblique Seville triumphantly seized the gold medal in the men’s 100 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Japan on Sunday, achieving a personal best of 9.77 seconds. In a gripping final, he narrowly bested his fellow countryman Kishane Thompson and American Noah Lyles. At 24 years of age, Seville, […]
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has declared a state of emergency in the health sector, with a major focus on tackling the chronic manpower shortage that has crippled public healthcare delivery in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Aniekan Umanah, disclosed this after the State Executive Council meeting on Saturday in Uyo, noting that […]
ca’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has again demonstrated his philanthropic commitment by assuming full responsibility for the construction of a ₦1.1 billion ultramodern 250-bed hostel at the University of Ilorin. The project, initially conceived by the Ilorin Central Jumma’at Mosque, is designed to serve students of the university […]
Prominent figures embroiled in the political turmoil of Rivers State, such as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, were notably absent on Sunday from the farewell thanksgiving service for the state’s Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retired). During the interdenominational service held in Port […]
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has offered rare insight into his longstanding support for the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, during the grand finale of the Niger Delta Development Commission’s (NDDC) 25th anniversary held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Speaking at the event, Akpabio described Wike […]
