Man with N81m Cocaine Arrested at Kano Airport

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)  has paraded a drug courier, Maduagwu Nnaemeka Charles, who was nabbed with three kilogrammes of  cocaine worth about N81 million. The suspect was arrested at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano with the cocaine as he arrived the airport from Brazil en route Egypt.

Army to Unearth Insurgents Dislodged from the North in Lagos

The Nigerian Army (NA), authority covering the Lagos and Ogun Areas of Responsibility (AOR), yesterday vowed to continue to unearth insurgents who escaped and relocated to the South-west region, from the North-eastern part of the country.

The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division of the Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Obi Umahi, made this disclosure during the Officers' Training Week held at the army auditorium in Lagos.

EXCLUSIVE: Police Arrest 2 for Hacking into Customer's Bank Account and Stealing N5Million

A petition from Fidelity Bank Plc dated November 11, 2013 to Commissioner of Police, Special Fraud Unit, Tunde Ogunsakin,  alleged that on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 a customer of the bank sent an e-mail to his account officer to transfer the sum of N10million from his personal account number 5270001730 to Standard Chartered Bank Limited and that he will do another transfer later but did not mention the amount.

FG Gives Varsity Teachers December 4 Ultimatum to End Strike

  Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike

The federal government Thursday took the battle to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as it ordered its striking members to resume work by December 4 or lose their jobs. The government, which also pointedly rejected a new set of demands presented by the teachers, who have been on strike since July 1, directed vice-chancellors of all federal universities to immediately re-open their schools for academic and allied activities. They are also to provide a conducive environment for academic and allied activities that will encourage lecturers ready to work to do so.

Anambra Poll: Buhari Leads 34 Senators in Protest

Muhammad Buhari

Former Head of State,   General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd)   Thursday led  leaders of  the All Progressive Congress (APC), including some senators and members of the House of Representatives   to  submit a letter of protest  to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)  over the marred Anambra state governorship election.

EXCLUSIVE: NNS Fearless Goes Home in Style

Mike Akhigbe

It was gathering of the creme de la creme of the military as the former Chief of General Staff (CGS), Late Vice Admiral Michael Okhai Akhigbe,  was sent home in style yesterday in Lagos.
Enrolled into the National Defence Academy (NDA) as an officer cadet, Akhigbe began his military career in 1976 as the Regular Corse 3 member at Kaduna.

He graduated in 1969 and embarked upon his navy career as a midshipman on the famous Nigerian navy warships. Known for his penchant for excellence and hardwork, he volunteered and undertook several naval assignments in the course it his military career.

EXCLUSIVE: Encomiums Pour in as Family Holds Service of Songs for Akhigbe

Mike Akhigbe

The grave-yard silence which often characterizes any military environment was Wednesday broken as dignitaries and civilians alike trooped to the parade ground of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Quorra, Apapa, Lagos, to pay their last respects to the former Chief of General Staff (CGS), Late Vice Admiral Michael Akhigbe. 

The deceased who was also a former Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), had given up the ghost on October 28, 2013, surrounded by his wife Josephine and five children-Ikhane, Iretekhai, Azilomhe, Ochuwa and Oshioze.

Kano: Scores Feared Killed as Security Operatives Raid Boko Haram Hideout

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The Joint security Task Force in Kano in the early hours of Tuesday raided a house suspected to be hideout of Boko Haram members. It was also  gathered that  scores of suspected Boko Haram members were killed at Gayawa village in Ungoggo Local Government Area of Kano State.

A resident of the area who pleaded for anonymity told reporters that the suspects were killed during an early morning operation. He said  that during the operation which lasted for many hours, gun shots and several bomb explosions were heard in the village.

Pregnant Woman, 5 Others Die in Auto Accident

Chaos erupted Tuesday at the Oshodi area of Lagos State when a speeding truck driver conveying sand to a construction site, crushed a pregnant woman and five others to death. This came barely a day after a tanker laden with water crushed five primary school pupils at the Ajah area of Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos. 

EXCLUSIVE: Police Arrest Lawyer for Alleged Fraud

A legal practitioner who was identified as Jude Umar has been arrested by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigerian Police, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting Nigerians of their money under the guise of helping them acquire new cars.

Confirming the arrest, SFU Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ngozi Isintume-Agu, said sometime in May 2013, the petitioner alleged that he met the suspect in Abuja who introduced himself as a car dealer.

Truck Runs Over, Kills Six School Pupils in Lagos

Pandemonium erupted yesterday at the Ikota area of Ajah, along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos, when a speeding truck laden with water ran over six pupils who were trying to cross the expressway, killing them on the spot.

The children who were said to be on their way to school had for lack of pedestrian bridge in the area tried to cross the road like they had always done daily when the truck came out of nowhere and crushed them.

According to eyewitness account, the driver of the truck and the conductor had initially absconded, leaving behind their truck for fear of their lives, but were later caught by passers-by.

It was gathered that the accident involved a blue Mercedes Benz truck with registration no XZ87JJJ and a black Toyota Prado SUV with registration no CB690AKD.

 It was gathered that the SUV driver had on sighting the school children slowed down to allow them pass but the tanker driver in his haste, was said to have overtaken the parked SUV and crushed the pupils.

ASUU Suspends NEC Meeting over Iyayi's Death

Prof Festus Iyayi

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its National Executive Council meeting planned to hold in Kano on Wednesday, the union’s President, Dr Nasir Fagge, has announced.

Fagge announced the decision at a news briefing in Kano on Wednesday and explained that the union found it necessary to suspend the meeting following the sudden death of Prof Festus Iyayi.

Iyayi, a former president of the union, died in a motor accident in Lokoja on Tuesday, while he was going for the meeting at which the union was expected to decide on its nearly five-month-old strike.

Fagge described the death of Iyayi as a great loss to the country and added that  the deceased was a strong pillar of the union.

‘’You (journalists) have to bear with us because we are in mourning because we lost one of us, who was a strong pillar,’’ he said.

Meanwhile, a student, who preferred not to be named, expressed sadness over the development.

‘’We are not happy with the situation because we have overstayed at home,’’, the student said.

Another student called on ASUU to fix a new date for the meeting in order to resolve the lingering crisis.

‘’We are not really happy but since it is the death of their member, they were right to have suspended the meeting.

‘’But we thought they will fix a new date for the meeting before leaving the venue,’’ he added.

NAN reports that chairmen of various branches of the union who came for the meeting left for their stations from  Bayero University, Kano, where the meeting was scheduled to hold, according to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  report.

27-year old Fisherman Admits to Selling Cannabis to Feed his Three Wives

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A fisherman in Bayelsa State has admitted selling cannabis in order to support the welfare of his three wives and five children. Yoto Seibokuro, 27, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),was arrested in the city of Yenagoa last month for dealing in cannabis.

At Last, Chime Finally Sends Wife Packing

Mrs Clara Chime

After a failed bid to send his wife, Clara,  back to her family Sunday night following the controversy surrounding her alleged confinement at the Government House, Governor Sullivan Chime  has finally sent her packing in the early hours of Monday.

The governor, with the assistance of security operatives attached to Government House had packed Mrs. Chime's personal effects on Sunday evening and forcibly ejected her from the lodge  to her .mother's residence at House 67 located at the Coal City Garden Estate behind, CBN headquarters in Enugu.

At Last, Chime Finally Sends Wife Packing

Mrs Clara Chime

After a failed bid to send his wife, Clara,  back to her family Sunday night following the controversy surrounding her alleged confinement at the Government House, Governor Sullivan Chime  has finally sent her packing in the early hours of Monday.

The governor, with the assistance of security operatives attached to Government House had packed Mrs. Chime's personal effects on Sunday evening and forcibly ejected her from the lodge  to her .mother's residence at House 67 located at the Coal City Garden Estate behind, CBN headquarters in Enugu.

Chime Bundles Wife out of Enugu Government House

Mrs Clara Chime

The drama over the detention of Mrs. Clara Chime, wife of the Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime, entered another chapter Sunday when the governor, with the assistance of security operatives, sent her packing from the Enugu Government House.

Mrs. Chime’s personal effects were packed for her by the governor and his security detail, and she was forcibly taken out of the Government House to her mother’s residence at House 38, Coal City Estate, Enugu.

SIMON KOLAWOLE: 2015: The Hottest Battleground

Simon Kolawole Live!: By Simon Kolawole, Email: simon.kolawole@thisdaylive.com

Professor Ango Abdullahi, spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has never left anybody in doubt about where he and his group stand: the North must produce the president in 2015. Speaking last week, he declared once again: “There is no going back on the presidency returning to the North in 2015.” Former governor of Sokoto State and member of the All Progressives Alliance (APC), Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, famously told TELL magazine in 2002: “We want our power back!” He lamented that the North made a mistake by conceding power to the South in 1999. This, in truth, is a popular sentiment in most parts of the North till today. There is a feeling of frustration and marginalisation in the Nigerian power equation.

EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Navy Flays Attitude of Recalcitrant Ratings

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The Nigerian Navy (NN) authorities have flayed the recent increasing trend whereby ratings exhibit recalcitrance in their line of duty by abandoning their duty posts for frivolities.

The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command (WNC), Rear Admiral Ibok Ette Ibas, made this disclosure today  during the end of his second bi-annual inspection of all units and divisions under his command.

Confusion as 30 Students Faint After Inhaling Gaseous Substance

After inhaling a gaseous chemical substance that engulfed some parts of Ogba suburb in Lagos State, Thursday afternoon, about 30 students of Ogba Junior Grammar School, fainted consecutively, causing confusion to erupt in the school.

While some of the students fainted, others who were quite lucky escaped unhurt as well as the teachers who scampered to safety by closing their nostrils so as not to be affected by the putrid smell.

EXCLUSIVE: Police Arrest Teenager, Three Others for Pipeline Vandalism

The Lagos State Command of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism has arrested four suspected pipeline vandals including a 15-year old boy, Sani Musa for pipeline vandalism.

The other suspects who were identified as Chibuzor Okorie, Sani Musa, Musa Adamu and Aminu Suleiman were arrested with 200 kegs of 50 litres of diesel which was allegedly siphoned from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline in Shagamu area of Ogun state.

Navy Declares Decline in Crude Oil Theft, Piracy

Despite the recent incidences of piracy and other maritime illegalities on the nation’s waterways, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, Thursday said the war on crude oil theft is yielding positive result with a general decline in illegalities at sea.

Ezeoba, made this disclosure in his keynote address at the Naval Information Management Workshop which held at the auditorium of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Quorra, of the Naval Training Command (NAVTRAC), Apapa, Lagos.

EXCLUSIVE: NAFDAC Raids, Seals Markets Over Fake Products

The  National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), has sealed a drug factory and a market, both in Abia State for selling fake drugs and counterfeit unprocessed foods to unsuspecting consumers. The agency had during the week raided the factory which is located at Alaoji area of the state as well as the Eziukwu Market, as part of its efforts to rid the nation of such killer products.

The operatives of the agency who had stormed the factory and the market after a tip off and sealed it off, also arrested eight persons and confiscated the fake products.

EXCLUSIVE: Navy Says its Presence at Sea Curtails Crude Oil Theft, Piracy

As the quest to curb crude oil theft, piracy and other maritime illegalities on the nation's  waterways continue to rage, the Nigerian Navy (NN) said its presence at sea has ensured a semblance of law and order.

The Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Navak Command (WNC), Rear Admiral Ibok Ette Ibas, made this disclosure today  during the end of his second bi-annual inspection of all units and divisions under his command.