The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 86 people, suspected to be trafficking illicit drugs. Mr Buba Wakawa revealed this recently. According to him, the suspects are made up of 61 males, including a Malian and 25 females. Wakawa said that 2, 930 kg of hard drugs were seized within the period and that 46.8 hectares of suspected cannabis farms were also destroyed. The commander said the cannabis farms were estimated to be producing 217,414 kg of cannabis. According to him, a breakdown of the seized drugs are: cannabis (2,929.6 kg), Tramadol (159…
Author: David Folami
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khakan Abbasi on Saturday in Istanbul presented a manual on strategy and tactics of dealing with terrorism to President Muhammadu Buhari. Mallam Garba Shehu disclosed this to Nigerians today. Shehu stated that Abbasi made the presentation during a bilateral meeting with Buhari, on the margins of the ninth D-8 summit in Istanbul, Turkey. The Prime Minister said that the document had been put together by his country’s army. ”Nigeria-Pakistan cooperation is very historical. Military training has been very consistent and I am impressed by the efficiency of officers trained in Pakistan. ”But the performance of our…
Rochas Okorocha has described the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu as a mad man. The Governor said “These young men seeking relevance as a livelihood and to tell you how daft some people can be, any mad man can just rise one day and lead a senseless agitation and he’d get followers. “Even the way IPOB was handled by the government wasn’t right. I kept telling the government that this young man, Kanu Nnamdi, is inconsequential in the matter- treat him like who he really is. “But now he’d been given some national attention branding…
Yemi Osinbajo left Nigeria on Sunday, October 22, on a two-day working visit to the Republic of Indonesia, a release by Mr Laolu Akande, the Vice President’s Spokesman said. Akande said that during the visit Osinbajo would tackle the plenary of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Beneficial Ownership Conference taking place in Jakarta, Indonesia, from October 23 to October 24. According to the statement, the Vice President will talk on a range of issues concerning Nigeria’s extractive industry and general reforms embarked upon by the Buhari administration in the extractive sector of the economy, among other issues. This year’s…
Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), and human right lawyer, Femi Falana requested a favour from President Muhammadu Buhari and that favour is to order the arrest of the wanted ex-chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina. In a latest development, the spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, on Sunday, October 22, said that Maina is still wanted. Uwujaren, however, refused to comment further when asked if Maina would be arrested by the Commission. Sagay said Maina’s case cannot joked with given the gravity of his alleged offences. “This man was accused…
Abdulrahman Dambazau, has denied involvement in recall and promotion of wanted former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Abdulrasheed Maina. According to a statement issued on Sunday, October 22, by Dambazau’s press secretary, Ehisienmen Osaigbovo, Maina was recalled through the office of the head of service. The statement reads in part: “The ex-Chairman of the Presidential Task Force Team on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina was posted few days ago to the Ministry of Interior by the Office of the Head of Service on an Acting capacity to fill a vacancy created following the retirement of the Director heading the…
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has appealed to the Federal Government to set up a bi-partisan body to develop framework for the restructuring of the country. “The present attitude of the Federal Government and the President on the issue of restructuring is something I disagree with.” “I believe that this country has to have a meeting and discuss how we can make Nigeria more stable, prosperous and a Nigeria that can last and stand the test of time.” “Those of us talking about restructuring are the true lovers of this country. There are those who feel they have advantages they…
President Muhammadu Buhari has fired Abdulrasheed Maina from service and ordered a full investigation into the circumstances of his recall. This was revealed by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, on his Twitter page (@FemAdesina) on Monday, October 23, 2017. “PMB orders immediate disengagement of Mr Abdulrasheed Maina from service. Asks for full report on circumstances of his recall,” he posted. President Buhari also ordered the Head of Service, Mrs Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, to submit a full report of the recall and posting to the office of the Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, before the close…
Bayern Munich have received an injury setback with captain Thomas Muller ruled out for three weeks with a hamstring strain. Muller, 28, suffered the injury in Bayern’s 1-0 Bundesliga victory over Hamburg on Saturday, which moved the reigning champions level on points with leaders Borussia Dortmund at the top of the table. Muller replaced James Rodriguez as a half-time substitute in Hamburg, but after setting up Corentin Tolisso on 52 minutes, he was forced off three minutes later after tweaking a right thigh muscle in the build-up to the goal. Muller has now provided an assist in each of Jupp…
Antonio Conte has insisted that he is not like the previous Chelsea managers sacked by Roman Abrahamovic and does is not scared of losing his job after watching his team battle to a 4-2 win over Watford at Stamford Bridge. “The club has to judge the work and honestly, I don’t have this type of worry [about] if I lose the game, if the club decides to sack me. “In the past, the club decided after two losses or three bad games to sack a manager. I don’t think it is the same for every manager. You change the person,…
Juan Mata has vowed Manchester United will learn from the mistakes that led to their 2-1 defeat at Huddersfield. “We were on a very positive run of results, but this weekend we didn’t play a good game and we came back home with no points,” Mata wrote in his blog. “It’s time to learn from mistakes and keep going, as we always do, showing that the team sticks together when things don’t go so well, which is when we need it most. “We’ve been performing really well against all kind of opponents. Huddersfield played their cards better than us and…
Zinedine Zidane has said that Cristiano Ronaldo deserved to retain The Best FIFA men’s player award on Monday evening in London, speaking after another personally terrible domestic outing for the Portuguese in Sunday evening’s 3-0 La Liga victory at home to Eibar at the Bernabeu. “Ronaldo is the best player of his generation, by a long way,” Zidane said. “He has shown that many times, he makes the difference in the big games. It is very deserved what he is winning tomorrow, all his prizes are deserved. He always shows he wants to be the best, and he is.” “When…
Kylian Mbappe has won the European Golden Boy award with Marcus Rashford, Christian Pulisic and Ousmane Dembele among the players to lose out. The award, handed out annually by Italian newspaper Tuttosport to Europe’s top footballer under the age of 21, is decided by a panel of 30 journalists and relates to performances across the calendar year. France international Mbappe, 18, helped Monaco to the Ligue 1 title and Champions League semifinals last season before joining Paris Saint-Germain on an initial loan that is set to become a €180 million deal. He became the highest-scoring teenager in the Champions League…
Gary Cahill has said the title race is “open” after Chelsea came back from 2-1 down to beat Watford 4-2 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. “I’m not saying it’s going to happen, but we need to calm down and get back to it. We are in the middle of October and there are loads of games to play. “Man City have loads of tough games to play, Man United and everyone else have massive games to play. I still think it is open. “If Man City keep smashing people, they are going to go on and win the league –…
Philippe Coutinho has said that the four goals his side let against to Tottenham at Wembley on Sunday “could have been prevented.” “It started out wide and we end up conceding one of those goals the manager speaks about. “He speaks a lot about this — we’ve conceded a lot of goals like this. And obviously in attack we were unable to score the goals necessary to draw or turn around the game. “We were in the game during the first-half then the goal we conceded made everything worse.” Liverpool have conceded 15 goals away from Anfield, the most in…
Everton have sacked manager Ronald Koeman after a very poor start to the season, the club confirmed in a statement. The club posted a statement confirming the departure via their Twitter account on Monday afternoon which read: “Everton Football Club can confirm that Ronald Koeman has left the Club. “Chairman Bill Kenwright, the Board of Directors and Major Shareholder Farhad Moshiri would all like to express their gratitude to Ronald for the service he has given to the Club over the past 16 months and for guiding the Club to seventh place in last season’s Premier League campaign.” Speaking after…
Anthony Martial will face no further punishment for an alleged kick on Huddersfield’s Tommy Smith during Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat at the John Smith’s Stadium on Saturday. Martial appeared to kick out at the Huddersfield defender after he had caught him with a tackle by the touchline. The incident was missed by referee Lee Mason, although both Martial and Smith saw yellow moments later after squaring up to each other following a different clash. The FA has reviewed footage of Martial’s kick but decided it did not warrant further investigation or referral to the disciplinary panel. Martial was substituted at…
Neymar has said that he did not lose his head after being shown the first red card of his Paris Saint-Germain career during the feisty 2-2 Ligue 1 draw with Marseille on Sunday. “The supporters threw a lot of things at me, even baguettes. It was too much, that’s not football,” Neymar is quoted as saying. “I didn’t lose my cool. I accept my mistake. Marseille were good, but we were below-par. “We can play much better. The pitch was dry and long. We need to get used to it: our opponents will try everything against us.” The drama of…
Mr. P, Peter Okoye’s solo identity, has unleashed the new jam titled ‘Cool it down’ with visuals directed by Patrick Elis. The song, which is stylistically R&B, was released under Mr. P’s record label, PClassic. Is it a hit or a miss?
Kimye’s staffer was hit by a crook who ransacked 3 vehicles at the end of their driveway and made a getaway … but not before surveillance cameras captured the alleged perp. According to law enforcement sources … the theft went down around 4 AM PT Friday at their Bel Air mansion. We’re told the suspect never entered the home, but trashed the cars at the end of the driveway. After all that … we’re told all he got was one iPhone, which belongs to one of Kim & Kanye’s staffers. Sources have said security at the house spotted the guy…