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Tensions escalated in Kano after Kano State governor, Abba Yusuf, requested police assistance in ousting ousted Emir Aminu Ado Bayero, which was rejected by the Police. Kano State Commissioner of Police, AIG Usaini Gumel, Friday, gave reasons why the police ignored Governor Yusuf’s directive on the eviction of the ousted Emir of Kano. This comes just days after a Federal …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a packaged consignment of 8.2 kilograms of methamphetamine at a car park in Mazamaza, Ojo area of ​​Lagos State. The illicit addictive substance, also called ice or crystal meth, was packaged in chocolate wrappers imported by Dunkin’ Turtle Love and then hidden in the casing of three speakers. NDLEA …

The Nigerian Embassy in Senegal in collaboration with the Dakar-based Non-Governmental Organization, “La Lumiere”, which means “Free the Slaves” in English, has rescued 24 Nigerian girls who were trafficked to the country for prostitution. Acting Nigerian Ambassador to Senegal, Salihu Abubakar, who disclosed this at a press conference in Dakar on Sunday, said the joint operation of the Nigerian Embassy …

Nigerian pop singer David Adeleke aka Davido has issued a cease and desist order against his colleague Dammy Krane over alleged defamatory articles published on social media. Recall Dammy claimed on social media in response to Davido’s upcoming wedding that the musician married Chioma only because he caught her cheating on him. In his post on social media, Dammy Krane …

The fire engulfs the headquarters of the Christ Embassy in Lagos The premises of Christ Embassy Church, located in Oregun area of ​​Ikeja, Lagos State, reportedly caught fire on Sunday morning. This was revealed on an X-page by a church member with the handle Bass_fenty. Lagos State Fire Service officials are seen in the viral video making efforts to stop …

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has submitted a complaint to the World Bank Inspection Panel urging the Panel “to investigate allegations of corruption in the expenditure of loans and other funding facilities obtained by the Federal Government and Nigeria’s 36 state governors and to review the implementation of all World Bank funded projects by successive governments since 1999.” …

  Dame Jennifer Roberts, who has died aged 71, was a High Court judge who in 2014 heard the largest marital finance case ever to come before the courts in England. Dame Jennifer Roberts at the University of Southampton The Cooper-Hohn vs Hohn case, a dispute between British hedge fund manager Sir Christopher Hohn and his American ex-wife Jamie Cooper-Hohn, …

The headquarters of the Christ Embassy Church in Oregun area, Ikeja, Lagos State, was on Sunday morning reportedly engulfed in fire. The location of the fire incident was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by several users who claimed to be at the scene. Chris Oyakhilome is the founder of a church that has branches across the country and abroad. READ …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered civil servants who moved abroad and are still receiving salaries without officially resigning, to return the salaries they received during the period or face severe sanctions. Tinubu who gave the directive at the 2024 Civil Service Awards and Gala Night held at the Continental Hotel Abuja on Saturday, also directed that the supervisors and …

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has condemned the persistent rise in food prices across the country which it says has worsened the poverty level of the general Nigerian public. ACCI President, Emeka Obegolu (SAN), in a statement on Saturday, said the situation had also adversely affected small scale businesses as basic food items became unaffordable for most …