The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III has called on parties in the dispute over Kano Emirates tussle to ceasefire and give peace a chance. The appeal is coming on the back of the appointee and installation of Alhaji Mohammad Sanusi II, as replacement for the dethroned Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado...
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EFCC former Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde is dead
Ibrahim Lamorde, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, is dead, Thisday reports. The retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, passed at the weekend in Egypt where he had gone for medical treatment. 61-year-old graduate of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, was appointed pioneer director of operations of EFCC in 2003 when the anti-graft...
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Footballer excretes 111 cocaine wraps at airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 48-year-old Paris, France-bound footballer, Emmanuel Okechuku Orjinze who ingested 111 wraps of cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, said on Sunday in a statement that the businessman excreted the substance after days of observation in the...
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Flood sacks Edo INEC office, relocates CVR
A heavy downpour on late Friday 24th May 2024, damaged a section of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC building in Edo State. INEC said movable and immovable items, including vehicles parked at the premises as well as office furniture and equipment. were submerged. Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter...
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Emir: Atiku warns FG against anarchy in Kano
Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has warned federal government against breakdown of law and order in Kano State, especially the Municipal Area of the State amid tussle over Kano Emirates tussle between newly installed Emir of Kano, Alhaji Mohammad Sanusi II and the deposed former Emir, His Royal Highness Aminu Ado Bayero. Mohammad Sanusi...
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Oba of Benin to host special Children’s party
The Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, Oba of Benin, will on Monday May 27th 2024 host a special Children’s party to show his fatherly affection for them on the occasion of Nigeria’s Children’s Day. Accordingly, youngsters between 4-12 years are hereby invited to the Royal party in Oba Palace, Benin...
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Policeman detained over Abuja resident’s murder
A trigger-happy policeman who reportedly gun down Oyebuchi Anene, Byazhin residence in Abuja, has been taken arrested and taken into police custody. The alleged extra-judicial killing, according to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT police Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh on May 22, 2024, at about 9:45. Adeh who confirmed the arrest of the Cop, “expressed...
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Licence security guards companies hits 1,333
The federal government has licensed Private security companies regulated by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) from 525 to 1,333 since the past 17 years. The Commandant General of the NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi made the remarks at the setting up a 9-member reform committee headed by the Permanent Secretary of the...
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Kano: What goes around…!
By Julius Ogar Events in Kano on Thursday the 23rd of May, 2024 happened with uncanny rapidity. From the state House of Assembly convening for a third reading and passage of the Emirate Bill; to the signing into law, the formality of convening the kingmakers and restoration of Mohammad Sanusi to the throne; it was...
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You can’t mediate over Benin Royal family dispute, Obaseki told
Benin Palace Chiefs have declared that no individual, including Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State can neither interfere nor mediate over dispute between Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin and Dukes (Enigie) who were suspended by the traditional ruler. Chief Edionwe Oliha (Oliha of Benin), Chief Norense Ozigbo-Esere (Osuma...