A 41-year-old woman who feigned pregnancy was arrested on Saturday by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with wraps of substances suspected to be cocaine. The woman, a mother of three and identified as Dorothy Onyekasi, was apprehended during the inward screening of passengers on an Emirates…
Category: National/Politics
2019: PDP Unveils New Strategy
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says it is planning new strategy of electing candidates for the 2019 general elections. National Publicity Secretary of the opposition party, Olisa Metuh, while receiving former chairman of the National Patriotic Party, NPP, of Ghana, Peter Manu, at the party’s national secretariat on Friday in Abuja, disclosed that the PDP…
Poor Savings: I Never Indicted Jonathan—Okonjo-Iweala
Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has reacted to media reports that she said ex-President Goodluck Jonathan lacked the political will to save for raining days for Nigeria, which has now plunged the country into its present economic woes. Okonjo-Iweala spoke through her media aide, Paul Nwabuikwu, in a statement issued on Friday. The former…
Women Development Centre DG Dies
Acting Director General of the National Centre for Women Development, NCWD, in Abuja, Abdulmalik Dauda, has died. His death was announced in Abuja on Friday by his Protocol Officer, Mohammed Aliyu. It was disclosed that Dauda was involved in a fatal road mishap, which claimed his life. According to Aliyu, his boss had an auto…
Dakuku Prioritises Dockworkers’ Welfare
Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside, has restated the Agency’s commitment to ensuring the welfare of all Dockworkers at the Nation’s Seaports. The DG made this known while addressing protesting Dockworkers from the ENL Terminal at the NIMASA Headquarters in Lagos. While briefing the DG on the reasons…
Nigeria Rakes Over $6b From Buhari’s China Trip
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of his working visit to China, which he said has yielded additional investments in Nigeria exceeding $6 billion. President Buhari said he believes that the several agreements concluded with the Chinese during the visit will have a huge and positive impact on key sectors of the…
CCT Trial: Saraki Loses In Court Again
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has again lost his bid to stop his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. Saraki ran to the Federal High Court in Abuja to his trial at the tribunal citing an infringement on his fundamental human rights. But at the hearing on Friday, April 15, 2016, Justice Abdulkadir…
PHOTO NEWS: Fayose In China
Governor Ayodele Fayose is presently in China, where he is attending an event aimed at boosting the economy of his state. It was learnt that the governor was at the Multinationals Sourcing Service Centre, PAzhou Trade Complex in Guangzhou, China. At the event, Fayose tried to woo the Chinese business community on the need to support…
I Share Your Pains—Buhari Tells Chibok Parents
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured parents and relations of the kidnapped Chibok girls that he frequently reflects on the ordeal of the captives in the hands of Boko Haram terrorists and shares the pain of their continued absence from home. The President made this known in a statement issued by one of his media aides,…
Arase Demotes DPO Who Beat Female Traffic Warden
The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of Ikenne Division of Ogun State, Patrick Onwu, who allegedly beat a female traffic warden to coma few days ago has been demoted. Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, ordered the demotion in rank of Onwu after he reportedly got to know about the ugly incident in the…