Seven personnel of Nigerian Air Force who lost their lives in Sunday’s plane crash have been laid to rest. They were buried at the National Military Cemetery, Lugbe, Airport Road, in the Federal Capital Territory, on Thursday morning. Especially, family members and friends of the deceased officers, including serving female military personnel, broke down in tears during the funeral. The ...
Politics
February, 2021
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25 February
Ebute Metta Boils Again, area boys on rampage
The Lagos Mainland area of Lagos State, today witnessed another turmoil, as some suspected cultists were said to have engaged themselves in gun duel which recorded a fatality just as many people were injured. The deceased simply identified as “Badoo” was said to be embarking on his daily routine when he was trapped in the violence and was shot dead ...
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25 February
Tinubu, five Governors at Akeredolu’s second term inauguration
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu led other progressive politicians on Wednesday to the second term inauguration of Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Five Governors also attended the inauguration. They include: Godwin Obaseki (Edo); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti); Gboyega Oyetola (Osun); Dapo Abiodun(Ogun) and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos). Also at the inauguration were former Interim National Chairman Chief ...
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25 February
Azu Ishiekwene returns to Leadership as Editor-In-Chief
Newspapers, Mr Azubuike Ishiekwene is back in the company as Editor-In-Chief (E-I-C) His re-appointment followed the reorganisation of the board of the newspaper after the death of the Founder/Chairman of the Leadership Group, Mr Sam Nda-Isaiah on November 11, 2020. Mr Sam Nda-Isiah Ishiekwene a former Executive Director of Punch Newspapers, had a four-year stint in Leadership which ended in ...
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25 February
See List Of Corruption Cases Worth N900billion, Now Dormant
President Muhammadu Buhari has received a list of 25 top corruption cases linked with stolen or mismanaged funds worth N900 billion which his government was investigating but had been left dormant. In a letter delivered to the President, a group, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, warned that the country was sliding into the red light district of corruption and vices. ...
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25 February
Driver Bolts with Master’s Jeep in Lagos, Nabbed by Police in Ogun
By Felix Mordi A driver’s criminal desire to convert his master’s vehicle to his, for whatever purpose, was on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, dashed by the police. The driver, Eyo Eta of No.78 Iju Road, Ifako-Agege, Lagos, it was gathered, had bolted with his master’s Toyota Highlander Jeep with registration number APP 467 GS and was heading for Benin City, ...
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25 February
Kagara college abductors reveal ” One of you gave us this business”
“It is with the help of the people of the city that intruders can overrun the city. Don’t you know that? The person who gave us this business is there among you. He is there with you. Wherever you go, he is watching you. If you want to do this deal, go ahead. From God we come and to him ...
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25 February
Kagara schoolboys abductors threaten to starve ’em to death…if…
Abductors of the 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have threatened to starve them to death if the ransom they are demanding is not paid on time. One of the abductors stated this in an audio recording on Wednesday by a prominent Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi. In the audio recording, the abductor, who ...
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25 February
Gunmen waylaid bullion van, Overpower escorts kill policeman
Gunmen, on Tuesday, went on the rampage, robbed a bullion van belonging to a bank and killed a police officer and two traders on the Ubulu-Okiti Road in the Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State. The Gunmen waylaid the bullion van on the road and overpowered the policemen escorting it. One of the sources stated, “What happened yesterday ...
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25 February
Drug syndicates busted in Lagos..Marwa commends Operation
Chairman/Chief Executive, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), has commended the commanders and their officers involved in the recent operations. He charged them to remain focussed on the maxim of his leadership, that is, offensive action against illicit drug users, peddlers, traffickers and barons. “One of the drug syndicates busted during the raids is coordinated by one Samuel Ebenezer in ...