Day: January 21, 2024

Nabeeha’s Siblings Finally Regain Freedom From Kidnappers

Abibat Babalola

The four remaining siblings of late Nabeeha Al-Kadriyah have finally regained freedom. Platforms Africa reports that the sisters were abducted alongside their father in the Zuma 1 area of Bwari Area Council on January 2nd. Their father was later released to enable him source for ransom. However, the failure of the family to meet their demand within a deadline issued by the kidnappers led to the killing of Nabeeha. READ ALSO: Northern Youths Oppose FAAN, CBN Departments’ Relocation To Lagos He Was Snoring Loudly, Man Who Stabbed Neighbour To Death…

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Northern Youths Oppose FAAN, CBN Departments’ Relocation To Lagos

Abibat Babalola

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has condemned the relocation of key departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to Lagos. The FAAN and the CBN had begun relocating some of their key departments to Lagos, citing high cost as part of the reason for the relocations. The Central Bank of Nigeria had in an internal memo made available to Sunday PUNCH last week announced the transfer of some of its departments to Lagos State. READ ALSO: He Was Snoring Loudly, Man Who Stabbed Neighbour To…

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He Was Snoring Loudly, Man Who Stabbed Neighbour To Death Gives Reason

Abibat Babalola

A Pennsylvania man has been stabbed to death by his neighbour for snoring loudly.   The incident came to light last Sunday evening in Upper Moreland Township, where police responded to the home of Christopher Casey after receiving a 911 call from him reporting a stabbing. Cops discovered Casey’s neighbor, Robert Wallace, about 50 feet from the house with two knife wounds in his body. Casey was stabbed in the right thigh and police found blood inside and outside the residence. READ ALSO: Lagos Bans Single-use Plastics, Styrofoam Fire Guts…

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Lagos Bans Single-use Plastics, Styrofoam

Ganiyu Amodu

The Lagos State government on Sunday said it has banned the “usage and distribution” of single-use plastics in the state. The commissioner of the environment Tokunbo Wahab said such plastics, including styrofoam, have caused “menace” to the environment. READ ALSO Fire Guts 10-Storey Mandilas Building On Lagos Island Why Global Tax System Must Be Reviewed – Tinubu Imam Nabbed With Human Skull, Other Parts In Lagos How 24,000 Litres Of Petrol Being Smuggled To Cotonou Were Intercepted The ban comes into effect immediately, Wahab said in a post on X.…

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Fire Guts 10-Storey Mandilas Building On Lagos Island

Ganiyu Amodu

A 10-storey building on Broad Street, Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State has caught fire. Platforms Africa reports that the Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, confirmed this development on Sunday. READ ALSO Why Global Tax System Must Be Reviewed – Tinubu Imam Nabbed With Human Skull, Other Parts In Lagos How 24,000 Litres Of Petrol Being Smuggled To Cotonou Were Intercepted The cause of the fire, which is yet to be ascertained, engulfed the popular Mandilas building in the area starting from the first…

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Why Global Tax System Must Be Reviewed – Tinubu

Ganiyu Amodu

. Nigerian president ups commitment to multilateralism   President Bola Tinubu has advocated a review of global taxation, explaining that redressing the imbalance in the international tax regime has become imperative. Platforms Africa reports that the Nigerian president also affirmed the country’s belief in and commitment towards multilateralism as a way of addressing global challenges. This was contained in a statement signed by Mrs. Folasade Boriowo, Director of Information, Ministry of Budget & Economic Planning. President Tinubu stated Njgeria’s position on these issues in a speech at the Third South…

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Imam Nabbed With Human Skull, Other Parts In Lagos

Ganiyu Amodu

▪️ Red handed; How his congregants, community in the Adamo area of Ikorodu burst his bubbles – Police   A popular Chief Imam in Ikorodu area of Lagos, simply identified as Babalola has been arrested along with four of his men with a human skull. It was gathered that residents of Adamo area of Ikorodu, arrested Babalola and his men and handed them over to the police after they were allegedly nabbed with human skull and other parts of the human body. The photo of the imam with the skull…

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How 24,000 Litres Of Petrol Being Smuggled To Cotonou Were Intercepted

Ganiyu Amodu

▪️ ‘800 jerrycans of 30 litres each in wooden boats’, Navy gives details   The Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft Patrol Team in collaboration with the Forward Operating Base Badagry, has said they arrested a wooden boat with over 800 jerrycans of 30 litres Premium Motor Spirit, close to the boundary between Nigeria and Benin Republic. In a statement signed on Saturday by the NNS Beecroft Base Information Officer, Sub-Lieutenant H. A Collins, the arrest was made on Friday. The statement quoted the Commander, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, as saying that the…

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