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NDLEA Arrests Mexican Meth Kingpin at Lagos Airport, Dismantles Ebonyi LabNigerian News. Latest Nigeria News. Your online Nigerian Newspaper. · 1h agoI won’t help anyone win elections in their states – WikeNigerian News. Latest Nigeria News. Your online Nigerian Newspaper. · 1h agoI got my first private jet at 22 — DangoteNigerian News. Latest Nigeria News. Your online Nigerian Newspaper. · 1h agoAtiku will scrap Tinubu’s naira float policy if elected president - Kenneth OkonkwoNigerian News. Latest Nigeria News. Your online Nigerian Newspaper. · 1h ago2027: I’m Worried About Peter Obi, Atiku – APC Chieftain Joe IgbokweNigerian News. Latest Nigeria News. Your online Nigerian Newspaper. · 1h agoFG raises N728.9bn in second bond issuance for power sector debtNigerian News. Latest Nigeria News. Your online Nigerian Newspaper. · 1h ago

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NDLEA Arrests Mexican Meth Kingpin at Lagos Airport, Dismantles Ebonyi Lab

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Mexican methamphetamine kingpin, Arturo Carrera Loaiza, as he attempted to flee Nigeria through Lagos airport. The agency also dismantled an industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory in Ebonyi State.In a statement released on Tuesday, NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi said the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), disclosed the development while briefing journalists in Lagos.

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I won’t help anyone win elections in their states – Wike

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he will not help politicians win elections in their respective states. He stressed that his priority for the 2027 general elections is to mobilise support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election. Wike made the clarification in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka. The minister said his support for Tinubu’s second-term bid remained fir

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I got my first private jet at 22 — Dangote

President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that he acquired his first private jet at the age of 22 and a half. Dangote made the disclosure on Monday at the Nigerian Exchange in Lagos during the formal launch of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals. Reflecting on his journey as a businessman, the billionaire industrialist said he had enjoyed his career but now placed greater emphasis on channeling wealth into produc

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Atiku will scrap Tinubu’s naira float policy if elected president - Kenneth Okonkwo

Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign council, says the former vice-president will not retain the Bola Tinubu administration’s naira floating exchange rate policy if elected president. A free-floating exchange rate occurs when a government allows the exchange rate to be determined purely by market forces, with no attempt to influence its external value. Speaking on Monday during an appearance on Democracy Today, an AIT programme, Okonkwo criticised t

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2027: I’m Worried About Peter Obi, Atiku – APC Chieftain Joe Igbokwe

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Joe Igbokwe has expressed concern over the prospects of opposition candidates challenging President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Igbokwe, who has repeatedly predicted that figures such as Peter Obi of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) and Atiku Abubakar of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) would lose, used a Facebook post on Monday to warn the opposition against underestimating the president. “I am worried about those who

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FG raises N728.9bn in second bond issuance for power sector debt

The federal government has raised N728.9 billion in bonds to offset the N4 trillion legacy debt owed to electricity generation companies (GenCos). Speaking at the launch in Abuja on Monday, Taiwo Oyedele, minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, said series 2 comprises N402 billion in cash bonds, while another N326.9 billion was allotted as non-cash bonds to participating GenCos. The second bond brings the total issuance to N1.23 trillion. “This transaction addresse

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‘No vacancy in Aso Rock for four or five years’ — Oba of Lagos backs Tinubu for second term

Rilwan Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos, has declared his support for President Bola Tinubu’s bid for a second term, saying there will be no vacancy in Aso Rock for the next four or five years. Akiolu spoke when the presidential campaign council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by its director-general, Abdulaziz Yari, paid him a courtesy visit at his palace in Lagos. “For the next four or five years, there is no vacancy in Aso Rock,” the monarch said. The Oba urged politicians

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2027: Reps Deputy Spokesman Backs Tinubu with New Mobilisation Group

The Deputy Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, has launched a new cross-party political mobilisation network to support President Bola Tinubu’s bid for a second term in 2027. The group, named the Renewed Hope Labourers Network (RHOLAN), aims to mobilise workers and grassroots supporters across all of Nigeria’s 176,846 polling units. Agbese, a Labour Party member from Benue State, serves as the founder and Coordinating Director-General of the network. In a stateme

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Yayi Threatens Legal Action Over Claims He's an Ekiti indigene

Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi and the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Ogun State in 2027, has threatened to sue two political figures over allegations that he is from Ekiti State rather than Ogun. In a statement issued by his media adviser, Chief Kayode Odunaro, Adeola gave Abayomi Hunye (a suspended APC member) and Ambassador Folake Marcus-Bello 24 hours to produce evidence supporting their claims or face lawsuits for defamation. The

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Adamawa Assembly Speaker Dismisses Defection Rumours, Affirms Loyalty to APC

Adamawa State House of Assembly Speaker Bathiya Wesley has rejected claims that he plans to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Action People’s Movement (APM). The rumours surfaced less than 24 hours after former Speaker Kabiru Mijinyawa, the lawmaker representing Yola South, and thousands of his supporters defected from the APC to the APM. An unnamed APC executive member alleged that Wesley intended to switch parties to secure a House of Representatives ticket after being den

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FG Launches Digital Academy to Train 32,000 Nigerians in Tech Skills

The Federal Government has unveiled a six-month Digital Training Academy (DTA) to equip 32,000 Nigerians with globally relevant digital skills, professional certifications, and pathways to employment and entrepreneurship in the fast-growing digital economy. Announcing the initiative in Abuja, the Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, revealed that the programme is part of the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative, under the Nigeria Education Digital Infrastructure pr

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Oyo APM Governorship Candidate Adekanmbi Insists He Is No Proxy for Makinde

Abimbola Adekanmbi, the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) candidate for the 2027 Oyo State governorship election, has rejected suggestions that he is a surrogate or proxy for outgoing Governor Seyi Makinde. In an interview on Arise News on Tuesday, the former Commissioner for Finance said he would govern independently if elected and take full ownership of his decisions and policies. “I’m no surrogate to Governor Makinde. The governor made it clear that I shouldn’t inherit his enemies or liabi

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VIDEO: ‘They’re taking our customers’ — traders protest Chinese nationals’ retail trading in Lagos

Some traders in Lagos have staged a protest against Chinese nationals’ alleged involvement in retail trading, saying the development threatens the survival of local businesses in the state. The protest was held at some markets within the Lagos trade fair complex along the Lagos-Badagry expressway. Videos of the protest circulating on social media showed the traders carrying placards with inscriptions such as “Chinese must go”, “They should go far from our market environment and not be tak

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Protests erupt in Syria over steep fuel price hikes

Protests have erupted across several cities in Syria after the government raised fuel prices, citing global price surges linked to the United States-Iran war. The price increases, announced on Sunday, saw diesel rise by up to 40 percent and petrol by 28 percent. Demonstrations continued into Monday, marking a second consecutive day of unrest over the hikes. It is the first such protest since the Islamist authority seized power after ousting longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 202

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King’s College crisis: Education Minister announces resolutions, suspends staff dismissal

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has announced key resolutions on the issues surrounding King’s College, Lagos. This comes as Alausa assured that no member of staff would be dismissed and that the deployment of academic and non-academic staff would be handled in accordance with the Public Service Rules. In a statement by the Minister’s spokesperson, Ikharo Attah, the resolutions were reached at the end of a high-level engagement between the Federal Ministry of Education, the Trade