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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has distanced itself from the party’s South South Zonal Congress held on Saturday in Calabar. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said the outcome of the Calabar purported congress was null and void. Ologunagba said that the party NWC’s attention was drawn to a reported social gathering in Calabar, Cross River where the organisers falsely claimed same to be the PDP South South zonal congress . He recalled that the NWC at its meeting on Thursday, in exercise of its powers…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has secured victory in all chairmanship and councillorship positions across the 30 local government areas (LGAs) of Osun State.The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC), Hashim Abioye, made the announcement during a press conference on Saturday. Tribune Online reports that Abioye had earlier described the election as peaceful and well-conducted, dismissing earlier concerns raised by the Nigerian Police Force (NPF).However, he confirmed that some polling units experienced delays in the arrival of materials due to the arrest of OSSIEC officials. He stated that the officials of the commission were arrested despite the…

President Tinubu said his administration will support businesses in the financial technology sector that provide payment infrastructure services for Nigerians and Africans. He said this when he received the leadership of Flutterwave and Alami Capital in Abuja on Saturday afternoon. Flutterwave, a leading Fintech company founded by young Nigerians and headquartered in Lagos, operates in the U.S., Canada, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, South Africa, and 29 other African countries. Olugbenga Agboola, the CEO; Adeleke Adekoya, a co-founder; Oluwabankole Falade and Mitesh Popat, represented Flutterwave at the meeting. Ms Oluseun Olufemi-White represented Alami Capital as its CEO. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Mr Wale Edun led the…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested three persons linked to alleged assault on its officers during the uproar which greeted the presence of security operatives at the Lagos State House of Assembly earlier in the week. A DSS source further said, “after extensive analysis of CCTV footage, we were able to clearly identify three of the suspects. “The suspects, Ibrahim Olanrewaju Abdulkareem, a photographer and two others attached to the Assembly’s Sergeant-at-Arms, Adetu Adekunle Samsudeen and Adetola Oluwatosin Fatimoh. They were consequently tracked and arrested during the week in different parts of Lagos. credit: leadership

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says over 11,000 shops have been sealed and 40 individuals arrested in its ongoing nationwide clampdown on fake and substandard medicines. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos on Saturday. Adeyeye said the enforcement was planned over a year as covert operations. It was reported that NAFDAC on Feb.10, commenced enforcement operations at the Idumota open drugs market, Ariaria drug market in Aba and Bridge market in Onitsha. According to the Agency, the enforcement operations at the three markets which are the hub…

The Lagos State House of Assembly has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting legislative frameworks that promote equity and inclusion in society. Rt. Hon. Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, made this pledge on Friday while delivering a special remark at the Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre (WARDC) Co-creation Workshop held at Protea Hotel, Lagos. Meranda emphasized that the workshop would help shape an instrument that serves as a moral compass for society. “Today, we are shaping a transformative instrument that will serve as a moral compass for our society—a bill that seeks to address…

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, February 20, 2025, arraigned an additional 18 Chinese before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. They are: Huang Bo, Xiong Zhen, Lai Rui Feng, Deng Wei Qiang, Fu Min, Qin Xiao Yong, Li Dong, Li De Wen, Luo Mao Yang, Zhao Xiao Hui, Du Ji Feng, Liu Hai Rong, Liu Ni Ni, Liu Gang, Sun Qi, Zhang Jian, Peng Fa li and Huo Wen Jie. They are among the 792-member cryptocurrency investment and romance fraud suspects arrested on December 10, 2024,…

A village in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, is offering 1 Philippine peso ($0.017) for every five mosquitoes or larvae caught as part of efforts to control rising dengue cases. The campaign, “May Piso sa Mosquito” (“There’s Peso in Mosquito”), launched on Wednesday, has drawn crowds to the village hall. Village chief Carlito Cernal defended the initiative, in spite of criticism from the Department of Health, suggesting waste collection might be a more effective solution. At least 36 residents have participated so far, with one earning 9 pesos for collecting 45 mosquito larvae. Some residents have expressed concern that the project could…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday condemned Hamas for failing to hand over the remains of Shiri Bibas, a mother of two taken hostage by militants, in spite of a promise to do so. Netanyahu clarified that the body returned was that of a Gaza resident, not Bibas. Hamas had turned over the bodies of Bibas’ sons, Ariel (4) and Kfir (9 months), along with 84-year-old peace activist Oded Lifshitz. However, forensic experts later determined that the fourth coffin did not contain Shiri Bibas’ remains, as claimed by Hamas. The Israeli military called this a “violation of utmost severity”…

The Kano State High Court has sentenced three convicts to de@th by hanging for complicity in the murd£r of one Hamisu Hassan, a resident of Yar Zabaina village in Gabasawa Local Government Area of the state. The incident occurred in 2019 and the three accused persons, Abdulrahman Ado, aka Soja, Dahiru Mamman, aka Duguja, and Hamisu Ibrahim, aka Hoga, were arrested and arraigned in 2021. They were sentenced on Tuesday, Feb. 18. Prosecution counsel, Mubarak Abubakar, presented three witnesses, including the son of the deceased, to prove the charges of conspiracy and murd£r against the trio, who are also residents…