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NDLEA intercepts 12 containers of Tramadol at Lagos port (Punch)

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted over 340 million tablets of Tramadol stashed in 12 containers at the Apapa Port in Lagos. The agency said the contraband, which has been on its watch list since November, 2017, was…

Group urges youths to seek political literacy

The Platform for Liberty and Democracy (PLIDE) has urged the Nigerian electorate, especially the youths, to be politically enlightened and shun all forms of temporary gratifications at the expense of viable, long-term developmental goals that must be reflected in party…

Father raped 17-year-old daughter for six years – Doctor (Punch)

A doctor, Elizabeth Olatunji, on Thursday, narrated to the Lagos State Special Offences Court how a 51-year-old electrician, Folorunsho Oluwaseun, sexually assaulted his 17-year-old daughter for over six years. Oluwaseun is standing trial before Justice Sybil Nwaka on charges of…

‘The Girl in the Rain’ for launch December

The Girl in the Rain is a collection of poems written by Chiamaka Jessica Onumaegbu, a 14-year-old secondary school student whose writings reflect inner depth and love for family, people, and environment. The anthology is scheduled for launch in Port Harcourt…

11 killed as Cyclone Gaja ravages Indian coast (Punch)

At least 11 people were reported dead on Friday as a powerful cyclone battered India’s eastern coast, authorities said. Thousands of trees were felled by winds that destroyed homes and vehicles as hundreds of thousands fled to shelter homes. Cyclone…

How FG spends N3.5 million feeding El-Zakzaky monthly – El Rufai (Guardian)

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has explained how the Nigerian government spends about N3.5 million on a monthly basis to feed the detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky since December 2015. Nigeria’s information minister…

2019: Atiku, Saraki, Secondus, PDP govs hold crucial meeting (Punch)

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and members of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council met in Abuja on Wednesday night to strategise ahead of the commencement of the party’s presidential campaign. The meeting, which was held at…

EFCC arrests 23 OOU students, 12 others for Internet fraud (Punch)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has arrested 34 suspected Internet fraudsters at 21, Sawmill Road Awa-Ijebu, Ogun State. The suspects who are between 19 and 37 years include  23 students at Olabisi Onabanjo University,  out of which…

Oshiomhole, ex-APC chief trade words over alleged $50m bribe (Punch)

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Timi Frank, has accused the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, of collecting over $50m from different aspirants during the last primaries of the party. Frank alleged that…

Beware of anti-workers’ govs, NLC warns Buhari (Punch)

The Nigeria Labour Congress and pensioners union have advised President Muhammadu Buhari to beware of members of Nigeria Governors’ Forum whom they described as anti-workers. They alleged that such governors were working to frustrate the NLC agreement with the Federal…

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