Author: Akintayo Adams

According to the Times of India on Tuesday, the Chandigarh Police Crime Branch in India said it busted an international drug syndicate consisting of three foreign nationals, and seized 204.8 grams of crystal methamphetamine popularly known as ice. The suspects Frank Nwokeji, Loua, and Jack David llobi Tochukwu are Nigerians residing in New Delhi, per report. A team of crime branch led by Inspector Ashok Kumar had on March 30 received a information from a reliable source that three Africans, who are Chandigarh-based drug suppliers, were arriving with a large quantity of narcotics. The suspects were reported to have entered…

President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio has assured his Muslim colleagues in the National Assembly that religion cannot cause division. He said this during the breaking of fast (Iftar) with them. Speaking at the event also attended by some Christian senators, Akpabio said it was not a mere coincidence that the Christian Lenten and Muslim Ramadan periods came up again same time. Akpabio said, “I want to congratulate all of us for breaking fast today and thank Almighty Allah for keeping us alive to see this day and pray that He will continue to protect us and continue to…

President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday congratulated President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his inauguration in Dakar, Senegal. As the Chairman of ECOWAS, President Tinubu said the successful and peaceful conduct of the Senegal election is a boost to the sub-regional organization in its attempts to promote peace and inherent order, as well as strengthen ties among member states. Tinubu also congratulated the people of Senegal and assured them of best wishes and support of the good people of Nigeria. The New President was among a group of political opponents freed from prison 10 days before the March 24 presidential ballot under…

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was sworn in Tuesday before parliament for his third term in office. El-Sisi’s oathtaking on Tuesday marked what should be his final six-year stretch as leader of the Arab world’s most populous country, unless he again ushers through a constitutional amendment prolonging his tenure. Speaking before parliament, el-Sisi promised to “remain faithful to my work, my eyes seeing only your interests and this country’s”. He came to power after the 2013 overthrow of the country’s first popularly elected president, Mohamed Morsi. He was re-elected in 2018. In both previous elections, he won with 97 percent…

The Federal Government, on Monday, announced a new price of natural gas for power generation companies. Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), revealed the new domestic base price and wholesale prices of natural gas for 2024, raising it up to $2.42 per metric million British thermal units, from the previous rate of $2.18mmbtu. Announced and signed by the Chief Executive, NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, it also capped the cost of commercial gas at $2.92mmbtu, up from the previous cost of $2.5mmbtu. “The DBP at the marketable gas delivery point under Sector 167(1) and other provisions of the PIA shall…

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was sworn in Tuesday as Senegal’s youngest president after sweeping to a first-round victory on a pledge of radical reform 10 days after he was released from prison. “Before God and the Senegalese nation, I swear to faithfully fulfil the office of President of the Republic of Senegal,” the 44-year-old said before hundreds of officials and several African heads of state at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar. Speaking, he pledged to “scrupulously observe the provisions of the Constitution and the laws” and to defend “the integrity of the territory…

Thirty children abducted by bandits 24hrs ago while fetching firewood in the bush at Kasai village in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State have been freed. Their release was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer of the Katsina State Police Command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq. He attributed their release to a a joint effort by the command and relevant stakeholders, a move he believed yielded a positive result. “Upon receipt of the report, the Command swung into action and launched an investigation to rescue the kidnapped victims as well as arrest the perpetrators. Further development will be communicated in…

A fire incident that occured in the early hours of Tuesday razed many shops at Owode Market in Offa, Kwara State. Goods, especially foodstuff, charcoal and second-hand clothes worth millions of naira in 46 stalls were lost to the fire. “The authorities are still assessing the situation, but personally, I know at least five shops were affected. The worth of goods and property destroyed can’t be said now until the assessment ends,” one of the traders said. “There are also several claims as to the cause of the fire until we wait for the fire service to release their statement…

A Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) attached to the Lagos Police Command, Gbolahan Olugbemi, has been found dead in his house in Ogbomosho, Oyo State. He was reported to have gone to celebrate the Easter holidays. However, FCID spokesperson, ASP Aminat Mayegun, disclosed that they were going to investigate his death, adding that the former Personal Assistant to late DIG Israel Ajao and late CP Young Arebamen could not have committed suicide as being rumoured. A police source at FCID said some persons would be invited for questioning over the incident. Among them are those who first saw his corpse.…

Two students of Federal University Wukari, Taraba state, have been abducted. Kidnappers had stormed  a students’ hostel located along Wukari-Zaki Biam road outside the campus at about 10.30pm on Monday and went away with the students. The victims were reported to be a male and female from Microbiology and Economics Departments of the University. Police Public Relations Officer of the University, Mrs Adore Auwudu, confirmed the incident, saying security and youths had been mobilized and were on the trail of the kidnappers. During the pre-convocation press conference recently, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Jude Sammani Rabo, had bemoaned that lack of adequate…