Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a suspected billionaire drug baron. He is behind the N3 billion Tramadol deal involving the embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, (IRT), the Director, Media, and Advocacy of the NDLEA Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Monday. Babafemi…
The Presidency has criticized government opponents for influencing the perception of the United States government of Nigeria which is believed to have led to delays in the supply of fighter jets to the country to boost the fight against insecurity. According to a statement issued on Sunday by Presidential Spokesman Garba Shehu, one of those…
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has gone to court to challenge the practice direction of the Federal High Court, which ordered that his trial should be done in secret. In the suit, Kanu asked the court to declare that the provisions of Order III of the Federal High Court…
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the nation’s armed forces, security and intelligence agencies to intensify the clampdown on illegal refineries. The President’s directive was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu wherein he described as a catastrophe and a national disaster, the reported deaths of people on Friday night after an illegal…
French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected Sunday, according to projections based on early ballot counts, overcoming deep divisions among voters worried about inflation, the war in Ukraine and the impact of immigration on France’s national identity. Emmanuel Macron garnered 58.8% of the estimated vote Sunday over far-right leader Marine Le Pen with 41.2%, according to…
The Palace of Oyo has confirmed the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi. The spokesperson for the late Oba, Mr Bode Durojaye, confirmed the death in a terse response to an inquiry by our correspondent. He said, “Alaafin is dead. Details in due course.” It was gathered that the octogenarian monarch died…
All branches of Chrisland Schools in various parts of Lagos State are to reopen from Monday, April 25, authorities in the state have announced. The Lagos State Ministry of Education made the announcement in a statement on Saturday, five days after it ordered the schools to close. The government had ordered the closure of all…
President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olumide Akpata is set to wed his long-time lover, Ms. Osayamon Ogbebor. In a copy of the wedding invite obtained by LAWYARD, the NBA President admitted dithering before deciding on wedding Ms. Ogbebor who is a financial markets legal adviser with the Legal, Company Secretariat and Compliance…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as a member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from Peoples Democratic Party to All Progressives Congress, Dogara was no longer…
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, frowned at security agencies, on the fact that his previous directives to the military to end insecurity in the country had not yielded much results, despite enormous logistics provided by his administration. He directed all the operational and intelligence agencies to rescue unhurt, all persons kidnapped by terrorists, including those in…