*Smuggling booms at Seme border 18 months after reopening (Punch)*Police nab man for faking own kidnap (Guardian)

Smuggling booms at Seme border 18 months after reopening (Punch) Eighteen months after the Federal Government announced the reopening of the Seme border following a 14-month closure, smuggling is once more thriving there, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. When the Federal…

*Osinbajo joins presidential race, meets 12 APC governors (Punch)*More victims of Kaduna train attack appear in new video (Guardian)

Osinbajo joins presidential race, meets 12 APC governors (Punch) After months of speculation and consultation, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday joined the presidential race ahead of the primary of the All Progressives Congress which comes up next month. Osinbajo at…

*Doyin Okupe withdraws from presidential race, backs Peter Obi (Punch)*Court sentences 2 SSS 3 students to 7 years imprisonment for stealing (Vanguard)

Doyin Okupe withdraws from presidential race, backs Peter Obi (Punch) A former presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, and presidential hopeful has withdrawn from the 2023 race to support the ambition of ex-governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi. He made this known…

*NDLEA intercepts consignments enroute 5 countries (Guardian)*I used to accept any role, now I’m selective — Bimbo Ademoye (Punch)

NDLEA intercepts consignments enroute 5 countries (Guardian)  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted substantial quantities of Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Cannabis sativa packaged for export to five countries. The countries are: Australia, China, Qatar, Ireland and Thailand through…

*NDLEA arrests 15 Nigerians, foreigners, seizes 187,791kg drugs in Lagos (Vanguard)*Lagos Assembly aspirant, Akinwale begins distribution of free JAMB forms (Sun)

NDLEA arrests 15 Nigerians, foreigners, seizes  187,791kg drugs in Lagos (Vanguard) The Special Area Command of the  National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Apapa, Lagos, yesterday disclosed that 15 persons, including Nigerians and foreigners, were arrested in the last six…

*Bamise: Another lady reveals how arrested BRT driver wanted to rape her inside bus (Punch)*FCCPC raids online loan sharks in Lagos (Vanguard)

Bamise: Another lady reveals how arrested BRT driver wanted to rape her inside bus (Punch) A medical doctor, Onyinyechi Anoke, has narrated how she escaped being raped by Nice Omininikoron, the driver of the Bus Rapid Transit vehicle remanded over…

*Bamise: Dead Lagos BRT passenger found naked with body parts missing -Relative (Punch)*39 miscreants arrested for terrorising motorists, dealing in illicit drugs in Lagos (Sun)

Bamise: Dead Lagos BRT passenger found naked with body parts missing -Relative (Punch) The dead body of the 22-year-old lady, Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwole, who got missing after boarding a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit vehicle, was reportedly found with some body…

*Why Lagos-bound plane made air return —Dana Air (Punch)*NDLEA intercepted over 3000kg of drugs from Lagos Airport (ThisDay)

Why Lagos-bound plane made air return —Dana Air (Punch) Dana Airlines Limited on Wednesday explained that its Lagos-bound flight from the Federal Capital Territory made an air return to Abuja due to bad weather. The airline’s spokesman, Kingsley Ezenwa, in…

Lagos head of service refutes ‘plot’ to stop Sanwo-Olu second term bid (Guardian)*Lagos Taskforce impounds 11,300 motorcycles, arrests 9, 664 offenders in 2021 (Vanguard)

Lagos head of service refutes ‘plot’ to stop Sanwo-Olu second term bid (Guardian) Lagos State head of service Hakeem Muri-Okunola has refuted claims of a rumoured plot to stop a supposed second term election of governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. “I hereby…

*Court orders takeover of building over public safety (Nation)*JAMB Schedules 2022 UTME For April 20-30 (Tribune)

Court orders takeover of building over public safety (Nation) A Chief Magistrate sitting in Tinubu Magistrate Court, Lagos, Adedamola Paul, has ordered Consolidated Discount Limited to take over the African Continental Bank (ACB) building, with its appurtenances on 106/108, Broad…

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