Day: January 28, 2024

The North Is Angry!, By Festus Adedayo

ADEOLA YUSUF

Northern Nigeria used to have a cult of power called the Kaduna Mafia. The Kaduna Mafia decided who would become the Nigerian President, which road to build, which to abandon, which industries to be cited and where. When it couldn’t help but hand the reins of power to the south, it determined which weakest link to exploit. The 1976 assassination of Murtala Muhammed and the handing over of power to Olusegun Obasanjo explains this. If the Kaduna Mafia was bothered about the north-centric disposition of Obasanjo, it could have defiantly…

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Ex-Beauty Queen Declared Wanted By NDLEA

Ganiyu Amodu

A former beauty Queen, Aderinoye Queen Christmas, also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, has been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. This was revealed by the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday. According to Babafemi, Aderinoye escaped when operatives stormed her residence in Lake area of Lagos State following intelligence received that she deals in drugs. READ ALSO Two Members Of International Drug Trafficking Syndicate Nabbed In Ogun Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali Pull Out Of ECOWAS Biden…

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Suspected Killer Of Nabeeha Arrested

Abibat Babalola

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested one of the suspected killers of Nabeeha Ariyo who was gruesomely murdered in a kidnappers’ camp, Kaduna on 13 January, 2024. The suspect, Bello Mohammed, said to be a member of the notorious kidnappers operating at the Kaduna axis, was arrested on 20 January. Nabeeha was kidnapped along with her siblings in Bwari, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on 2 January and was killed along with some other kidnapped victims, after ransom has been paid. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated in a press…

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Two Members Of International Drug Trafficking Syndicate Nabbed In Ogun

Ganiyu Amodu

Two members of an international drug trafficking syndicate: Sunday Michael Owoborode, 52, and Valentine Anene, have been arrested in Ogun State. Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, confirmed this in a statement he issued on Sunday. According to Babafemi, Owoborode and Anene were arrested on January 25, 2024 at Edu Orita, Ogun State, where Anene was being prepared to travel with some drugs to Qatar on the same day on board a Qatar airline flight from Lagos. READ ALSO Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali Pull Out Of ECOWAS Biden…

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Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali Pull Out Of ECOWAS

Ganiyu Amodu

In a pivotal announcement on Sunday, the nations of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger declared their swift departure from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, unveiling a decision steeped in a profound sense of injustice. The joint statement, solemnly conveyed through Niger’s national television, underscored the discontentment stemming, in part, from the sanctions imposed by ECOWAS on the junta-led states. These West African nations, led by junta governments, lamented the perceived inequity in the punitive measures imposed by ECOWAS, a move that has driven them to sever their…

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Biden Vows Border ‘Shut Down’ If Congress Passes Deal

Abibat Babalola

US President Joe Biden has said he backs a bipartisan Senate border deal that gives him powers to shut down the southern border “when it becomes overwhelmed”. “If given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into law,” he said in a statement on Friday. Mr Biden urged lawmakers to pass the deal, calling it the “toughest and fairest” set of reforms seen yet. The border deal faces objections from right and left. READ ALSO” Tobi Amusan Breaks African 60m Hurdles Indoor Record AFCON 2023:…

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Tobi Amusan Breaks African 60m Hurdles Indoor Record

Ganiyu Amodu

Tobi Amusan has added the African indoor record to her rich collection of track and field records after the 26-year-old broke Glory Alozie’s 7.82 best at the opening leg of the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Saturday. The reigning world 100m hurdles record holder at 12.12 first showed flashes of what is to come after storming home in her semifinal heat in 7.91 seconds. She improved to 7.77 seconds to win the event ahead of 2019 World outdoor champion Nia Ali (7.89) and Irish girl,…

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