Author: Soffiyyah Olamide

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have launched massive raids across Lagos, Edo and Ondo state leading to the seizure of over 44,948.1 kilograms (44.9 tonnes) of illicit drugs and arrests of eight suspects as well as the seizure of 11 vehicles owned by the drug cartels. While a total of 7, 687.8kg of cannabis was destroyed in a warehouse in Ala forest, Akure, Ondo state with another 670kg evacuated, on Saturday, 23 March 2024, no less than 14,310.8625kg of same psychoactive substance was razed on 5.7 hectares of farms in Ohosu/Ugbogui forest, Ovia South West LGA, Edo…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the Chairman of the Southern Senators’ Forum and member of the Senate representing Lagos East, Senator Adetokunbo Abiru, on the occasion of his 60 years birthday. Senator Abiru, Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, will clock 60 on Monday, 25 March 2024. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a statement issued on Sunday, 24 March, 2024, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, described Senator Abiru as a seasoned banker, administrator and lawmaker, who has used his various positions for the progress of Lagos State and Nigeria…

The Chief of Staff to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Mr Tayo Ayinde, on Wednesday, 20 March, 2024 served a notice to the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, to retract what he described as “heavy and damaging allegations” made by the traditional warlord or face legal action. In the notice served through his lawyer, Olumide Fusika, Ayinde stated that he had heen inundated with local and international telephone calls as well as personal visits informed by some references to him in a Press Release, titled “I did not take part in killing Chief Bola lge”, by Sunday…

Between February 10, 2020 when the commercial operations of Lagos Ferry Services was launched by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at Badore Terminal, Ajah Eti-Osa and March 19, 2024; it has been an eventful journey of 1000th day of commuting Lagosians and businesses of Lagos on the inland waterways. Despite months of lockdown occasioned by the global outbreak of Corona Virus and the destructive #EndSars protest, the state-owned commercial ferry operator – LAGFERRY was able to navigate the murky water, positively changed the narratives, berthed technology-driven safe & efficient water transportation model and practically translate the vision of Governor Sanwo-Olu to create…

The Lagos State chapter of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has made a significant contribution to the Lagos State University (LASU), providing solar energy solutions to empower female engineering students. APWEN donated and installed a 1.5KVA solar system, a 1.5hp solar pump, and five solar street lights at the female Engineering student’s hostel at the Epe Campus. Atinuke Owolabi, Chairman of APWEN Lagos Chapter, announced that this N5 million investment was aimed at combating the erratic electricity supply on campus, ensuring a 24-hour power supply for the students. The donation comes in response to the dire…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has described the killing of soldiers as a national tragedy. The Minister made the declaration during a visit by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, who led a delegation of top military brass to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on morning. The Minister said the killing of military personnel in Okuama Community in Delta State on the 16th of March 2024 was nothing but tragic Tuggar also used the occasion to condole President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, the Defence Headquarters and the…

The management and staff of FirstNews have commenced a fasting and prayer exercise to seek divine intervention for the release of their Editor, Segun Olatunji. The latest effort is coming few days after, the media outfit wrote a letter to the Chief of Defence Staff, requesting him to help them locate Olatunji, who was whisked away from his Lagos home, a week ago. In an internal memo, all staff of the organization were directed to “use tomorrow’s Sunday service to pray for the release of Segun Olatunji in your various churches. At this point, only God can secure his release.”…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Joy and happiness have enveloped Sokoto State after 15 students who were kidnapped by gunmen at a Qur’anic school in the state regained their freedom in the hands of their abductors. Thegazellenews.com reports that the students were kidnapped at Gidan Bakuso village in Gada Local Government Area while running to their rooms to escape the attack on the community two weeks ago. It wa also gathered that the victims were abducted hours before the graduation ceremony of the state’s Community Guard Corps created to fight banditry. The proprietor of the Tsangaya school in Gidan Bakuso, Liman Abubakar,…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, on Friday, 22 March 2024 released results of the first-ever Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates, 2024–First Series. The council commenced migration from traditional paper-based examinations to Computer-Based Examinations for its private candidates’ examinations. A statement by the council made available to media houses sid that the novel CB-WASSCE entailed using a hybrid method where all questions were projected on the computer. It said answers to the multiple-choice questions were supplied on the computer in real-time, and answers to the essay and test of practical questions were…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The number of deaths including children in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall in Moscow, the Russian capital, has reached 93. The Investigative Committee of Russia made this known on Saturday, 23 March, 2024 on its Telegram channel. Recall that earlier, some gunmen gunmen in camouflage invaded a concert venue complex near Moscow Friday and opened fire on unsuspecting citizens killing at least 60 people and wounding 100 others According to BBC-verified video, at least four attackers clad in camouflage gear took part in the attack, in the north-west suburb of Krasnogorsk. The gunmen burst the Crocus City…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Imo State Police Command has announced the killing of two police officers attached to Mopol 18 by suspected gunmen along Gariki Road in Okigwe area of Imo State. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, announced the sad development in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday, 23 March, 2024. According to Okoye, the officers were ambushed in the early hours of Saturday, 23 March, 2024 while on patrol duty along old Gariki Road, Okigwe by hoodlums who threw dynamite on the officer’s patrol vehicle and engaged them in a protracted gunfight. He added that…

The Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has approved the appointment of a certified PR person as the new Director of Naval Information. The new Naval spokesperson is Commodore Aiwuyor Augustine Adams-Aliu, said a release signed by Rear Admiral JD Akpan, the Naval Chief of Policy and Plans. Commodore Adams-Aliu took over from Rear Admiral Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, who has been redeployed to Headquarters, Naval Training Command, as the Chief Staff Officer. *About the New Naval Spokesperson* Commodore Aiwuyor Augustine Adams-Aliu was born on 15 December 1977 in Lagos into the family of Sir and Lady Adams Aliu.…

A former Chelsea midfielder, Geremi Njitap, has reportedly filed for a divorce from his wife of 12 years after DNA test revealed he’s not the biological father of her twins. Geremy also played for Real Madrid where he won the UEFA Champions’ League. Geremi and Toukam Fotso Laurie Verline — the daughter of late Cameroonian billionaire, Fotso Victor — tied the knot in 2012, four years after she gave birth to the twins in 2008. The 45-year-old claimed the twins, which were part of the reason they got married, were fathered by his wife’s ex-partner, according to a report by…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Saturday, 23 March, 2024 commiserated with the people and Government of the Russian Federation following Friday’s terrorist attack in Moscow. Gunmen in camouflage clothing opened fire on people at a concert in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, the Russian capital, on Friday, 22 March, 2024. The number of deaths, including children in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall in Moscow, has reached 115, as reported by Al Jazeera. It was gathered from several Russian media outlets that automatic weapons were used in what many have termed ‘one of the…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Nigerian boxers at the African Games on the night of Friday, 22 March, 2024 won eight gold medals at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra . Joy Ojo opened the account for the day, winning in the 57kg women’s category after defeating Algeria’s Selmouni Chahira. After this, Dele Omole made it two for the West African country when he took home the gold medal in the 57kg category. He beat Sigauque Amando of Mozambique. In the 75kg women’s category, it was Nigeria’s Patricia Mbata taking the gold medal, winning 4-0 against Molka Ben Mabrouk of Tunisia. Olaitan…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, 23 March, 2024 announced the arrest of all four gunmen who carried out an attack on a concert hall and killed more than 100. Putin, who described the action of the attackers as  a “barbaric terrorist act”, vowed harsh retribution to all those involved. The Russian , who made this disclosure in a televised address to the citizens, said all four gunmen had been arrested before they had a chance to cross the border into Ukraine. “I am speaking to you today in connection with the bloody, barbaric terrorist act, the…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least, no fewer than 10 people were reportedly kidnapped at the Taraba/Benue border community in Jootar, in the Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State on Friday, 23 March, 2024. A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, explained that the driver of the ill-fated vehicle who escaped being kidnapped narrated the attack. The source stated that the driver of the Sharon bus explained that he picked up the passengers at Takum junction in Wukari, Taraba State and that they were 10 in number. “He was to drop them (passengers) in Gboko where they ought to…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Colombian pop star Shakira has disclosed that her failed marriage between her and former Barcelona defender, Gerard Pique was a broken dreams, saying she doubts isf she would ever fall in love again. Recall that the couple, who had been together for 11 years, announced their separation in June 2022. This came amid allegations of infidelity on Pique’s part. Shakira, who is now 47, said on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music 1 show: “I thought love would be there forever for me, and that’s one of my broken dreams. “I don’t know if I’d like to find that…