A suspected major drug kingpin and six others have been arrested and 5,862 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs including Loud and Codeine in Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Saturday in Abuja. Babafemi Read More…
“One of these days, His Excellency is going to put all of us in trouble”, said G1. The governor’s security aides all had ‘G’ prefixes and were identified by their number. “Yes, o, I was thinking so, too, when he ordered us to stop in that bush for him to pee”, replied G2. G1 continued Read More…
Airtel Nigeria, a telecommunications company, says it has been rated the fastest network provider in Nigeria according to Crowdsourcing firm, SpeedChecker. Airtel Nigeria made this known in a statement on Friday. It said that in SpeedChecker’s report in 2021 for Africa’s Mobile Network Champions, Airtel Nigeria recorded an average country mobile download speed of 11.55Mbit/s. Read More…
After a four-year trial, kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, on Friday got life imprisonment for conspiring with two others to kidnap Mr Donatius Dunu, Chief Executive Officer, Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court, who passed the sentence, said that Evans and two others did not show any remorse during Read More…
In picture above: Ukrainian heavyweight boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko who joined the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces and his brother, Mayor of Kyiv and former heavyweight boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko, speak with journalists during the opening of the first Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces recruitment centre in central Kyiv, Ukraine, February 2, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo Read More…
When Percy Ohene-Yeboah peered down from his high-rise apartment in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine on Thursday morning, the street below was clogged with traffic. People hurried along the sidewalks, wheeling suitcases behind them. The Ghanaian engineering student went to a window on the other side and discovered why: Russian planes were flying Read More…
In picture above: Servicemen of the Ukrainian National Guard take positions in central Kyiv, Ukraine February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Russia is ready to send a delegation to the Belarusian capital Minsk for talks with Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, a day after Moscow launched a massive invasion of its southern neighbour. Read More…
THE eight-year war in Ukraine took a dramatic turn yesterday when Russian troops officially rolled into the country on the side of the separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine. It was also to insist on its position that Ukraine’s decision to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, threatens Russia’s security. Ukraine which since 2014 had Read More…
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Traffic will be diverted on Eko Bridge for six months starting from March 5, for the commencement of comprehensive repair works at the Alaka-Apongbon stretch. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement on Thursday that the diversion point was on the Apongbon bound lane of the bridge. He said that the Read More…