Category: News
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The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, on Thursday, seized $68,000 from a Nigeria-bound family who lied about the value of cash in their possession. The confiscation was made at the Washington Dulles International Airport when the officers were conducting inspections on outbound passengers departing on a flight to Cairo, Egypt. Though there…
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Saturday 9th December 2023 intercepted at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu, twelve (12) consignments of cocaine belonging to members of a Drug Trafficking Organisation. A businessman, Augustine Justine Emeka, 44, who claims he deals in copper wire was arrested at the airport upon…
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Russia has become stronger as a result of the conflict in Ukraine – just as it did by defeating Hitler and Napoleon, its foreign minister has claimed. In a wide-ranging series of assertions, Sergei Lavrov said the “hybrid war” that the West is supposedly waging against Russia is based on “cancel culture”. He also claimed…
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Elon Musk and his rarely seen son, X Æ A-Xii were spotted enjoying the 124th Army-Navy Game on Saturday, December 9th amid the billionaire’s custody battle with the boy’s mother, singer Grimes. Three-year-old X Æ A-Xii sat atop his dad’s shoulders as the pair watched the Army Black Knights close out the final game of…
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Col Hassan Stan-Labo is a retired officer with a wealth of combat operational experience spanning his duty tour of Liberia, Sierra Leone, West Darfur and Bakassi Peninsula as part of the Army’s Elite Infantry (Special Forces) Corps. Now a security consultant, defence strategist, resource fellow and Convener, ‘FIX NIGERIA NOW!’ Stan-Labo speaks, in this interview,…
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The General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has revealed how he would like to die. The cleric who disclosed this at the ongoing annual Holy Ghost Congress of the church on Thursday in Ogun State, said he wanted a death similar to one of his uncles. He said, “I…
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Given the high premium the Lagos State Government attaches to the safety of lives of the people and considering the strategic importance of the ever-busy pedestrian bridge at Alapere/Estate Bus Stop on the Third Axial Road, the State Government today assured immediate commencement of construction works on the damaged Bridge During a visit to inspect…
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DAYO AYEYEMI visited the Federal Government-owned FESTAC housing estate in Lagos where residents have cried out over what they described as indiscriminate demolition of their properties. Affected residents, comprising landlords and tenants in Ado Royal Garden Estate, FESTAC Phase 2, Abule Ado, Lagos, have decried the indiscriminate demolition of their buildings by the Federal Housing…
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The expression “home away from home” resonates with the satisfaction of sojourners who have, by providence, found peace and comfort, excelling in their places of residence. Anambra, one of Nigeria’s five southeastern states, has earned this description from individuals of various ethnic backgrounds. Notably, the Yoruba community, represented by professionals in trade, commerce, civil service,…
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Ahead of the 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Chairman of Nigerian Breweries Plc, Asue Ighodalo, has resigned from his role on the board of the company. THEWILL reports that Ighodalo, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant for the 2024 gubernatorial election in Edo State, is believed to be anointed by the state governor,…