The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a widower, Ahmed Ariyibi and a divorcee, Silifat Akanbi at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Lagos for alleged drug trafficking.The Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.Babafemi said the
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As part of its expansion programme in the international routes, Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, has started to fly direct, nonstop to Israel.The airline commenced scheduled operations into Tel Aviv on April 20, 2023, from Lagos and Abuja.At the inaugural flight ceremony held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the
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Tony Elumelu led Transcorp Hotels Plc is planning to spread its tentacles to the country’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos and has begun planning to build a five-star hotel in the upmarket Ikoyi neighbourhood of the state.The facility, a 300-room hotel towering 20 storeys, will also feature a 21-storeyed office block,
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The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has informed the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Nigeria, Ambassador Wouter Pomp, on the significance of Nigeria’s presidential declaration in the recognition of ownership and an order vesting custody and management of repatriated looted Benin artefacts to the Oba of Benin.Recall that the
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The eighth season of Nigeria’s most prestigious reality TV singing competition, Nigerian Idol, is set to premiere tomorrow, Sunday, April 23.MultiChoice Nigeria and Africa Magic, organisers of the reality show, had earlier unveiled the new season on Tuesday, March 28, at a media event in Lagos. The show, which will
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The House of Representatives member-elect for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency in Taraba State, Isma’ila Maihanchi, is dead.The 37-year-old Maihanchi died at the National Hospital in Abuja.He reportedly died in the early hours of Saturday after a brief illness.He won his election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).He defeated
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The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has announced the temporary closure of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, due to the collapse of a floodlight mast.Dare made this known in a statement after inspecting the collapsed floodlight mast.The Minister had paid a scheduled visit to the stadium on
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The Economic Community of West African States have signed grant agreements worth 1.3 million euros with 15 training centres to build capacity on agroecology in member states.The capacity-building programme is part of the implementation of the ECOWAS Agroecology Programme co-funded by the European Union and the French Development Agency.The total
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IThe Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has donated 100 hectares of land to the Nigeria Peace Corps ( NPC) for the construction of South-West Zonal Training School.The monarch said this at his palace during a familiarisation visit by the Corp’s Commandant General of NPC, Dr Mustapha Abubakar, on Friday
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The operatives of Seme border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), said they have intercepted and seized 553 parcels of Cannabis Sativa otherwise known as Indian hemp which drug peddlers attempted to bring into the Country.The Command disclosed it arrested four suspects in connection with the seized illicit drugs.Abdullahi
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