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An Austrian man who smuggled 88 living reptiles including 43 poisonous snakes from the Philippines was stopped by customs officers at Vienna airport, Austria’s Finance Ministry said Thursday. When the Austrian national arrived via Doha on Sunday, the officers screened his suitcase and saw that it was full of animals. After the man admitted that…
A 30-year-old tailor, Kabiru Ahmed, was on Thursday brought before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly sleeping on the street in a drunken state. Ahmed, who has no fixed address, is facing a count charge of breach of peace. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Police prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Oriabure, told…
The Senator representing Plateau Central zone in the National Assembly, Nde Hezekiah Dimka has raised concern about the high rates of drug abuse and insecurity in the country, assuring that the 9th Senate would work assiduously to stem the menace in the society. File: Results from the latest NOI Poll showed that 9 in 10…
Mrs Bisi Fayemi, the wife of Ekiti governor, has suspended her empowerment and advocacy campaign in local government areas of the state following controversy over the death of student of Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE). Fayemi announced the suspension in a statement in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday following controversy over the death of one of…
Sabri Lamouchi has made a bright start as Championship side Nottingham Forest’s 13th manager in eight years but even if it ends in tears it will never rival the disappointment he felt at being omitted from the 1998 French World Cup squad. The 47-year-old former midfielder, who has evolved into a manager at club and…
Mrs Bisi Fayemi, the wife of Ekiti governor, has suspended her suspended her empowerment and advocacy campaign in local government areas of the state following controversy over the death of student of Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE). Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi Fayemi announced the suspension in a statement in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday following controversy over…
A former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. President Muhammadu Buhari with Gov Aminu Masari of Katsina State Ojikutu, in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, described the affirmation of the president’s election as a victory for democracy. She…
Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his well-deserved victory at the presidential election tribunal. “Given the unprecedented margin of victory that Mr. President recorded in our state, Kwara, and the very glaring acceptability of his candidature across the country, I have always known that any legal challenge to his victory…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the president’s victory at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in its entirety. Lawan in a statement on Wednesday by his…
A member of the National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Justice Sheriff Hafizu has said Senator Godswill Akpabio was robbed of his victory in February 23 National Assembly election. According to him, there was preponderance of evidence to prove that Akpabio, now Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, defeated his opponent,…