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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted drug dealer while he was worshiping in his local church. The suspect, Stephen Afam Ikeanyionwu, was wanted for attempting to export 69.65 kilograms of cocaine, heroin and cannabis to the United Kingdom (UK). According to the NDLEA, Stephen tried to smuggle the banned substances through (National Aviation Handling Company) NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. The consignment was intercepted by NDLEA operatives on Thursday, 12th August, 2021 after which the driver of the goods was apprehended. NDLEA nabs NURTW state chairman for…

Tottenham whisked away all three points against Wolves on Sunday as Dele Alli converted a penalty nine minutes into the match. This was Alli’s first league goal in 17 months as Harry Kane made his long-awaited return from his extended summer break amid rumours of a potential transfer to Manchester City. Tottenham has maintained a perfect start to the season with victory over the Cityzens last week and Wolves this week. Wolves were unable to take back any points, even with an enthusiastic crowd cheering their every move. The dangerous Adama Traore wasted the best of a succession of chances…

Manchester United were held to a stalemate at Southampton on Sunday as the hosts gained their first Premier League points against the Red Devils. Mason Greenwood rescued Man Utd from loss with a second-half screamer to deny the hosts all three points. United had a glorious start last week, with Bruno Fernandes scoring a hattrick against Leeds. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side almost scored in the opening six minutes but Harry Maguire’s effort looped on to the top of the crossbar and the follow up was cleared off the line by Mohammed Salisu. The hosts went ahead on the half hour mark…

Benue state Governor, Samuel Ortom has denounced the gruesome murder of two pastors in the state. An indigene of Ochoro Community revealed that the two pastors, Moses Ijoko and Emmanuel Aleje were Igede people of Ochoro community. According to the source; “they were gruesomely murdered by Bonta boys on Tuesday around 10am on their way to Oju Local Government for medical attention.” The governor urged security operatives in the state to fish out the killers as soon as possible. Ortom, while describing the incident as unacceptable, charged the Chairman of Konshisha Local Government and other stakeholders in the area to…

Fifteen students of Bethel Baptist School, Kaduna have been freed by their captors on Saturday night. Two months ago, 121 students of the school were abducted. They were kidnapped in the early hours of July 5, 2021 around 2am at the school premises along the Kaduna-Kachia highway, Damishi, in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. So far, out of the abducted students, only 53 have been rescued while 68 others remain in captivity. The bandits had requested for N100 million for ransom after which some of them were released earlier this month. Recall that the bandits released 28 of…

Former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has lambasted critics who mocked him for taking a picture with Isa Ali Ibrahim, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy in Kano State. The duo attended the wedding ceremony of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf Buhari who married the daughter of the Emir of Bichi, Zahra Nasir Bayero in Bichi Kano state on Saturday. Fani-Kayode had posted some photos from the wedding ceremony on his social media accounts including one with Pantami. But the former spokesperson to Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential campaign was lashed heavily because he has often criticized Pantami as a terrorist. In response…

A group of heavily armed men have abducted the district head of Adbka community in Zamfara state. The bandits reportedly invaded the community around 12pm and operated for four hours without interruption before abducting the district head Alhaji Nafiu Shehu. A member of the community who pleaded anonymity said that no one was killed during the incident. According to the source, the mobile police unit that was stationed in the community was relocated out of the community last week which gave the bandits opportunity to attack the area. Zamfara College Abduction: Bandits demand N350m ransom Adabka is about 165 kilometers…

-FG to pay N4.8bn for residency training within 7-days The Federal Government and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have reached a consensus over the 12-point demand of the health workers. NARD and other bodies of health workers had embarked an indefinite strike on August 2 over unpaid allowances of its members. The Federal Government, represented by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, responded by threatening to impose the ‘no work, no pay’ policy on the striking health workers. However, the doctors refused to back down despite these threats, prompting Dr. Ngige to drag the association…

Barcelona managed to secure one point after an entertaining draw against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. Ronald Koeman’s side are at the top of La Liga’s table after Memphis Depay found the back of the net in the 75th minute. Inigo Martinez opened the scoring for Athletic Bilbao, who dominated much of the first half. Both sides hit the crossbar and passed up numerous chances to claim all three points. Barca defender Eric Garcia was sent off in injury time for fouling Nico Williams when clean through. There is no doubt Ronald Koeman’s side are in transition – the loss of…

An arms dealer has been arrested with 320 bullets and 53 magazines in Nasarawa state on his way to Jos, Plateau state. He was in possession of one motorcycle and N38,500 at the time of his arrest. The arms dealer, Likita Abubakar was apprehended by a joint team of Police and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at Alushi junction in Akwanga in Nasarawa state. The 35-year-old man revealed that six of his colleagues were already on their way to Jos, Plateau state. The suspect is being detained at Akwanga Police Divisional headquarters. Fulani herdsmen kill 6 in Plateau despite curfew…