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Jun
17
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
How NDLEA Intercepted Cocaine, Meth Worth N4.7 Billion In Lagos

How NDLEA Intercepted Cocaine, Meth Worth N4.7 Billion In Lagos

Crime, Lagos, News Flash
NDLEA Intercepts Cocaine, Meth Worth N4.7 Billion In Lagos The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized cocaine and methamphetamine worth over N4.1 billion and arrested several suspects, including siblings, in Aba, Abia State. In a press release on Sunday, the government agency said the NDLEA Special Operation Unit also uncovered a warehouse in Lagos stocked with codeine-based syrup and arrested four suspects. The statement said, “A cartel controlled by a drug baron, 49-year-old Kelechi Monday Nwaobasi and his 50-year-old elder sister, Ms. Chinwe Rose Nwaobasi, has been taken down by officers of the Special Operation Unit of the…
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Jun
17
2024
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Another Veteran Nollywood Actress Is Dead

Another Veteran Nollywood Actress Is Dead

Arts, News Flash, Obituary
Another Veteran Nollywood Actress Is De@d It is a black Sunday in Nollywood as veteran Nollywood actress Stella Ikwuegbu is dead. The sad news was made known by movie producer, Stanley Nwoko otherwise known as Stanley Ontop via his Instagram page. He revealed that the actress left the world today, Sunday, June 16th, after battling with leg cancer. Stella Ikwuegbu is deadBading her farewell, he told her to rest well. “Popular Nollywood actress/veteran Mrs stella ikwuegbu is dead. The veteran Actress left this world today after battling with Leg cancer. Rest well madam Stella. Nollywood not againIt’s well Shalom!”. Just…
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Jun
17
2024
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Time To End Buhari’s Evil Reign In Nigeria – By Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere (Okpotemba)

Time To End Buhari’s Evil Reign In Nigeria – By Dr. Engr. Odo Ijere (Okpotemba)

Entertainment
TIME TO END BUHARI'S EVIL REIGN IN NIGERIA. Buhari is easily the most horrible creature you can ever imagine in the human form. He's the reincanate of the biblical Nebuccadnezzer. His policies and legacies even brought more pains and harm to his people in Katsina more than others in the Northern region from all empirical availlable evidence of banditry and terrorism. He hates Igbos so much that he searched and found another person capable of replicating his hatred of the igbo tribe in the person of Asiwaju and handed power to him. His 50 years long declaration of war against…
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Jun
17
2024
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One Dead As Armed Robbers Attack Popular Hotel In Abuja

One Dead As Armed Robbers Attack Popular Hotel In Abuja

Abuja, Crime, News Flash, Security
One De@d As Rõbbers Attack Popular Hotel In Abuja Robbers on Saturday invaded Volcano Peak Court Hotel, Gwarimpa in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and killed one person. The deceased, Bashir Dauda, was shot around 3:35am on Saturday morning. The victim, according to the police, was immediately rushed to Federal Medical Center Jabi where doctors on duty confirmed him dead. The police while confirming the incident in a statement by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh on Sunday, said the corpse has been released on the request of the family to be buried according to Islamic…
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Jun
17
2024
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Heatstroke Kills 14 Pilgrims In Mecca

Heatstroke Kills 14 Pilgrims In Mecca

Entertainment
Heatstroke Kills 14 Pilgrims In Mecca Fourteen Jordanian pilgrims have died while performing rituals related to the hajj and 17 others missing. Jordan’s official news agency disclosed this on Sunday. The agency said the pilgrims died as a result of exposure to extreme sun and heat, based on a report from Jordan’s Foreign Ministry. Temperatures in Mecca reached nearly 110 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday with recent studies indicating that climate change will increase health risks there. On Saturday, the country’s medical centre for heat exhaustion treated 225 pilgrims for heat stress and fatigue. Meanwhile, this is not the first death…
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Jun
17
2024
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Presidency Knocks New York Times Over Jaundiced Report On Nigeria’s Economic Situation

Presidency Knocks New York Times Over Jaundiced Report On Nigeria’s Economic Situation

Columns/Opinions/Letters, FGN, News Flash, Presidency
Presidency Knocks New York Times’ Over Jaundiced Report On Nigeria’s Economic Situation The Presidency has reacted to a report published in the New York Times criticising the Nigerian economy as facing the worst trajectory in a generation. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Sunday, reacted to the report credited to Ruth Maclean and Ismail Auwal’s. According to the Presidency, the feature story with the title, ‘Nigeria Confronts Its Worst Economic Crisis in a Generation’, published on June 11, reflected the typical predetermined, reductionist, derogatory and denigrating way foreign media establishments reported African countries for…
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Jun
17
2024
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President Tinubu Fires Important Message To Paternal Figures On Father’s Day

President Tinubu Fires Important Message To Paternal Figures On Father’s Day

FGN, Marriage And Love, News Flash
President Tinubu Fires Important Message To Paternal Figures On Father’s Day President Bola Tinubu has felicitated Fathers and paternal figures on 2024 Father’s Day celebration. According to him, the society is in better stead with fathers who rise to the great demand of responsibility, guiding the children through the vagaries of existence and preparing them for the future He stated this in a Father’s Day message through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, on Sunday, June 16. The statement reads: “On the occasion of Father’s Day, President Bola Tinubu congratulates fathers, including all paternal figures, who have in no…
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Jun
17
2024
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Why Labour Should Review Stance On Minimum Wage – Committee

Why Labour Should Review Stance On Minimum Wage – Committee

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Economy, Labour, News Flash
Why Labour Should Review Stance On Minimum Wage — Committee The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage has given reasons why organised labour should rethink the amount it demands as minimum wage. The chairman of the committee, Goni Aji, in Abuja on Sunday said that the labour should reconsider its stance based on economic considerations and non-monetary incentives which the Federal Government had so far provided for workers. He listed such incentives to include the N35,000 wage award for all treasury-paid federal workers, N100 billion for the procurement of gas-fuelled busses and conversion to gas kits. Others include the N125…
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Jun
17
2024
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Fathers’ Day: Nothing More Important Than Looking After Your Children, Gov Otti Advices Parents

Fathers’ Day: Nothing More Important Than Looking After Your Children, Gov Otti Advices Parents

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash
FATHERS' DAY: NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN LOOKING AFTER YOUR CHILDREN, GOV OTTI ADVICES PARENTS Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has adviced parents to take care of their children, saying nothing they are doing is more important than this parental obligation. Governor Otti's admonition came as the world prepared to celebrate Father's Day, Sunday, June 16, when he was presented with three handsome boys of the same parents, who had been kidnapped but were later rescued from their abductors. Gideon, aged 8; Divine, 6; and Israel, 4; were abducted while returning home from school on May 10, 2024. Receiving…
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