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![BREAKING: Tension As 43 Poisonous Snakes, Other Reptiles Found In Plane]()
No fewer than 88 living reptiles, including 43 poisonous snakes have been found in a plane heading to Austria.An Austrian man who smuggled reptiles from the Philippines was stopped by customs officers at Vienna airport, according to Austria’s Finance Ministry, as reported by the Guardian.When the Austrian national arrived via Doha, the officers![.]()
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![No Fewer Than 1000 Factions Of Buruji Kashamu Quits PDP To Join APC In Ogun State]()
No fewer than 1,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Ogun East Senatorial District, loyal to the Buruji Kashamu faction, on Friday, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)The defectors, who said that they took the decision in a show of solidarity with Gov. Dapo Abiodun, were received by Mr Tunji Egbetokun, the Seni![.]()
No Fewer Than 1000 Factions Of Buruji Kashamu Quits PDP To Join APC In Ogun State -
![Kidnapping: Police Opens Up About Siasia Mother’s Abduction After 60 Days In Captivity]()
Authorities of the Bayelsa State Police Command has reassured the families of the 76-year-old mother of a former Super Eagles Coach and players, Samson Siasia, of her rescue from kidnappers den after she has spent 60 days in captivity.The Commissioner of Police, CP Uche Anozie, gave the assurance on Friday while briefing newsmen on the update of i![.]()
Kidnapping: Police Opens Up About Siasia Mother’s Abduction After 60 Days In Captivity -
![Former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Loses Her Dad, Chukwuka Okonjo]()
Prof Chukwuka Okonjo, the Obi of Ogwashi Uku, Delta State and father of former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has died. The professor of mathematics died at the age of 91, in Lagos, soon after he arrived from a trip to the United States of America and Ghana. Ngnozi Okonjo Iweala was Nigeria's minister for finance during the Jonath![.]()
Former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Loses Her Dad, Chukwuka Okonjo -
!["Imported Frozen Chicken Contains Chemicals Used In Preserving Corpes"- Custom Boss, Hameed Ali]()
Hameed Ali, the Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday said imported frozen food contains chemicals harmful to Nigerians.Ali said this during the ongoing Operation Border Drill on Wednesday in Maigatari local government area of Jigawa while addressing officers and men from NCS, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). He added th![.]()
"Imported Frozen Chicken Contains Chemicals Used In Preserving Corpes"- Custom Boss, Hameed Ali -
![Apostle Suleman Offers To Buy Flight Tickets For 20 Nigerians Willing To Return From SA]()
The Presiding Pastor of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Johnson Suleiman, says he is willing to assist in airlifting more Nigerians willing to return home from South Africa.Mr Suleiman, an apostle, said this on Thursday in his verified twitter handle @APOSTLESULEMAN in Auchi, Edo.The cleric said he had ordered for flight tickets for some Nigerian![.]()
Apostle Suleman Offers To Buy Flight Tickets For 20 Nigerians Willing To Return From SA -
![Protest As IDPs Block Tegina-Minna Road, Accuses Government Of Abandoning Them]()
The Tegina-Minna road in Niger State was blocked on Thursday September 12 by some aggrieved Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) protesting over an alleged negligence and inadequate security in their camps.The protesting IDPs made up of mainly women and children, accused the Niger state government of abandoning them after being sacked from their vi![.]()
Protest As IDPs Block Tegina-Minna Road, Accuses Government Of Abandoning Them -
![Two Female Cameroonians, Yamba & Ngo Arrested For Poisoning A Man’s Drink & Stealing His Car]()
Two female Cameroonians have been arrested by Operatives of Special Tactical Squad for allegedly poisoning a man’s drink and stealing his car.The suspects allegedly took the car to Auchi in Edo State and sold it at the rate of N1.5million. .This was disclosed in Abuja on Wednesday by the Force Spokesman, DCP Frank Mba when they were paraded in A![.]()
Two Female Cameroonians, Yamba & Ngo Arrested For Poisoning A Man’s Drink & Stealing His Car -
![Senator, Dino Melaye Assisted To Court Room As He Couldn't Walk Alone To Face Trial]()
Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, yesterday, informed the FCT High Court in Apo, Abuja, that he was injured and could not stand in the dock to continue his criminal trial.The senator is facing a six count criminal charges of attempted suicide, escape from police custody, damage to police property, mischief’s, and t![.]()
Senator, Dino Melaye Assisted To Court Room As He Couldn't Walk Alone To Face Trial -
![Strictly For Ladies: Can You Allow Your Boyfriend To Wash Your Undies ?]()
Some Nigerian women have proudly admitted that they won’t mind if their partners wash their underwear. The debate which started on Facebook generated a lot of comments from both male and female users.One Precious said: “The annointing that led him to take it off my waist should lead him to wash it” Benita Ebere said, “Why not after all n![.]()
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![TRAGIC: 9 Soldier Dead And 20 Missing After Clash With Insurgents In Gudumbali In Borno State]()
At least 20 soldiers of the Operation Lafiya Dole are reportedly missing, while the bodies of nine others have been recovered in Gudumbali town of Borno State. This followed a fierce battle between the troops and Boko Haram insurgents who were said to have planned a massive attack in the axis. We gathered that the soldiers were ambushed by the ter![.]()
TRAGIC: 9 Soldier Dead And 20 Missing After Clash With Insurgents In Gudumbali In Borno State -
!["Reverse Your Decision To Increase VAT To 7.2%" - PDP Advises FG]()
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Federal Government to reverse its decision to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5 per cent to 7.2 per cent.The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan on Thursday in Abuja said that the PDP rejected the decision.Ologbondiyan said that Niger![.]()
"Reverse Your Decision To Increase VAT To 7.2%" - PDP Advises FG -
![Breaking News: Kidnapped Chairman Of Kogi State Miners, Yunusa Oruma Has Been Release]()
According to Kankara, the victim, Oruma is now united with his family after he spent six days in the kidnappers den. Kankara said: “Our Kogi State chapter chairman, Yunusa Oruma who was kidnapped on Sunday has been released this morning (Friday). He came back to his family this morning. “We appreciate anybody who is involved to secure his rel![.]()
Breaking News: Kidnapped Chairman Of Kogi State Miners, Yunusa Oruma Has Been Release -
![APCON Sets To Charge A ₦25,000 Fee On All Online Advertising In Nigeria]()
Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) says it will start vetting social media adverts for a regular Fee of N25,000.According to APCON, all Nigerian brands and advertisers are now required to “fulfil all necessary obligations” by the Council before placing their adverts on the digital space which includes all social media and web![.]()
APCON Sets To Charge A ₦25,000 Fee On All Online Advertising In Nigeria -
![Police Confirm No Life Was Lost In The Collapsed Three-Storey Building]()
The Police Command in Enugu State has said that no life was lost in the collapsed three storey building under construction in Enugu metropolis.According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement in Enugu on Friday.Amaraizu said that the incident took place on Wednesday![.]()
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![FG Orders NCC To Block Unregistered 9.2 Million SIM Cards]()
In line with the directives of the Honourable Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, on assumption of office to all Agencies and Parastatals under his purview, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has submitted its baseline short-term performance targets report, PM News reports.In a press release signed by the Spokesperson![.]()
FG Orders NCC To Block Unregistered 9.2 Million SIM Cards -
![Meghan Markle Breaks Royal Rules By Keeping Princess Diana's Tradition Of Hugging People]()
The Duchess of Sussex, 38, returned to work yesterday for her first official public engagement since the birth of her son Archie Mountbatten-Windsor in May.Arriving in London to launch a high street clothing range in aid of charity Smart Works, the former actress bestowed plenty of warm hugs to those she met, despite it contradicting royal protoco![.]()
Meghan Markle Breaks Royal Rules By Keeping Princess Diana's Tradition Of Hugging People -
![Kogi, Bayelsa Guber: INEC Confirms 123 Candidates For Polls]()
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that no fewer than 123 candidates have won the party primaries to contest the Movrmber 16, Bayelsa and Kogi states governorship elections.The statistics from the electoral commission, detailing the primaries conducted in the two states, released yesterday, revealed that while 59 ca![.]()
Kogi, Bayelsa Guber: INEC Confirms 123 Candidates For Polls -
![19-year-old Girl To be Sentenced 80 Strokes Of Cane Publicly In Kaduna For Smoking Marijuana]()
A Shari’a Court 1 sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, on Thursday sentenced a 19-year-old girl, Zainab Abdullahi, to 80 strokes of the cane for smoking marijuana in public, NAN reports.Delivering judgment, the Judge, Malam Muhammad Shehu-Adamu, sentenced Zainab after she pleaded guilty to the offence.Shehu-Adamu held that the 80 strokes of cane was![.]()
19-year-old Girl To be Sentenced 80 Strokes Of Cane Publicly In Kaduna For Smoking Marijuana -
![JUST IN: Public Not Welcome At Mugabe's Private Funeral- Mugabe's Family]()
Robert Mugabe’s family says it wants a private burial. .They don’t want the public to come. “They don’t want you to know where he will be burried” . Suggests he will be burried as a chief.He also says burial won’t be on Sunday. “Sunday was never burial day” family says.Mugabe's family met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa on![.]()
JUST IN: Public Not Welcome At Mugabe's Private Funeral- Mugabe's Family -
![The People Of Kwara State Are Scared Of Exposing Corrupt And Bad Eggs Officials- EFCC Narrates]()
The Ilorin zonal head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Isyaku Sharu has expressed great disappointment that the people of Kwara State are scared of exposing corrupt and bad eggs in their midst. “In fact, they are hardly willing to proceed with criminal complaints,” he noted at a media parley organised by the Kwara State Council![.]()
The People Of Kwara State Are Scared Of Exposing Corrupt And Bad Eggs Officials- EFCC Narrates -
![Many Escape Death As Building Collapses During Heavy Rainfall In Anambra State]()
A three-storey building yesterday collapsed at No. 22, Nkisi Aroli Street, Onitsha, Anambra State. The building said to belong to one Chukwuma Njeka, collapsed following a downpour. Thankfully, no casualty was recorded.The prison wall of the Onitsha custodial centre, (formerly known as Onitsha prisons) also suffered a similar fate as the rear fenc![.]()
Many Escape Death As Building Collapses During Heavy Rainfall In Anambra State -
![Nigeria: FG Promises To Tackle Spread Of Monkeypox, Lassa Fever And Others - Says Mamora]()
The Federal Government has promised to tackle the incessant outbreak of infectious diseases in the country.It listed monkey pox, Lassa fever and meningitis among the diseases that would be checkmated headlong.The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olurunnimbe Mamora, spoke on Tuesday night in Abuja at the ongoing fourth annual scientific conference![.]()
Nigeria: FG Promises To Tackle Spread Of Monkeypox, Lassa Fever And Others - Says Mamora -
![3 Nigerians, 1 Togolese Arrested For Allegedly Torturing Domestic Workers]()
Samuel Ekeh and Ayena Tonton Komlan were chained and locked up in a toilet, and brutalized by the four suspects for days in a bid to coerce them to admit to stealing 5,000 cedis, the Police have said.The victims, who have worked for the suspects for the past two years, have since been issued with medical forms to receive treatment and examination.![.]()
3 Nigerians, 1 Togolese Arrested For Allegedly Torturing Domestic Workers -
![FG Of Nigeria Have Promised To Support Nigerians Evacuated from South Africa- Abike Dabiri]()
Abike Dabiri, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has given an assurance that the government would support Nigerians who are being evacuated back to the country from South Africa in the wake of xenophobic attacks. The first batch of returnees numbering about 187 arrived in Lagos via the Air Peace Airline last night and according t![.]()
FG Of Nigeria Have Promised To Support Nigerians Evacuated from South Africa- Abike Dabiri -
![Italian Region, Molise Offers To Pay Nigerians And Other Newcomers €700 To Stay In Its Villages]()
Molise, an underpopulated region in Italy, is offering newcomers, including Nigerian migrants, an active residency allowance of €700 per month for three years to live thereHowever, the newcomers are mandated to open a business and the population of each village is to be kept under 2,000. “We wanted to do more; we wanted people to invest here.![.]()
Italian Region, Molise Offers To Pay Nigerians And Other Newcomers €700 To Stay In Its Villages -
![22 Years old Nigerian Man, Abasiakara Ekanem Arrested for Money Laundery in The USA]()
22-year-old Nigerian, Abasiakara Ekanem, has been charged alongside four others for alleged offences of conspiracy and money laundering in the United States.The United States Department of Justice disclosed that Ekanem and the other defendants were part of those indicted in another court in Witchita for international fraud.Others mentioned include![.]()
22 Years old Nigerian Man, Abasiakara Ekanem Arrested for Money Laundery in The USA -
![EFCC Arrests 30 Years Old Billionaire, John Ani Chukwuebuka For $4M Fraud In Lagos]()
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, in collaboration with United States FBI, has arrested one John Ani Chukwuebuka for his alleged involvement in Business email compromise fraud.The suspect, a 30-year-old graduate, was arrested on August 5, 2019 in the Jakande-Lekki Area of Lagos during a collaborative operation![.]()
EFCC Arrests 30 Years Old Billionaire, John Ani Chukwuebuka For $4M Fraud In Lagos -
![InvictusObii Told To Pay Back $11M, Forfeit His Diamond Ring and Face 30 Years In Jail]()
The decision affirmed the investigation of the U.S. Department of Justice, conducted by the F.B.I, and now set the stage for commencement of criminal trial.Besides the indictment, the jury also recommended that Mr Okeke be made to forfeit at least $11 million in cash and asset or both if convicted.An emerald cut engagement ring found on him when h![.]()
InvictusObii Told To Pay Back $11M, Forfeit His Diamond Ring and Face 30 Years In Jail -
![Fire Guts NNPC Depot In Ibadan, Oyo State]()
Fire on Wednesday gutted the Apata Ibadan depot of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation.The incident, according to an official of the Corporation who spoke with our correspondent occurred in the loading section of the depot.The development caused traffic gridlock on Apata-Abeokuta Road.There has been no official statement as of the time of f![.]()
Fire Guts NNPC Depot In Ibadan, Oyo State
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