Day: August 23, 2023

Wike assumes office in luxury SUV marked ‘FCT 01’

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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has assumed office in a multi-million naira sports utility vehicle (SUV) marked ‘FCT 01’. A video of Wike’s convoy seen on his first day at work has got social media buzzing. Photos of his vehicle has also gone viral. Wike arrived at the FCTA around 1:20 pm on Tuesday in an armoured Lexus LX 600 SUV with the plate number ‘FCT – 01’. The starting price of the vehicle is placed at $100,115 on the maker’s website. Reacting to reports that he bought the SUV…

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IGP Kayode Egbetokun visits Lagos Police Command

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Acting Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun on Wednesday visited the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja, the state capital. He was received by the state commissioner of police, Idowu Owohunwa. This is Egbetokun’s first official visit to Lagos since he was appointed by President Bola Tinubu. The police boss is expected to inaugurate the Complaint Response Unit and also the state-of-the-art hospital newly built inside 22 Police Mobile Force in Oduduwa, Ikeja, GRA, Lagos. (CULLED FROM QED.NG)

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Lagos: Police arrest 3 suspected vandals, recover bus, other items

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Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State, have arrested three suspected vandals in the Tom Jones area of the state, and recovered a minibus, two carts and bridge railings The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. He said that the suspects were arrested at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday during RRS operatives’ routine patrol of the area. “The suspects fled and abandoned a Suzuki minibus popularly called ‘Korope’ with registration number BDG 315 YA upon…

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Imo Guber 23: Beware of counterfeits, Otti warns

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…as LP endorses Sen Achonu as Imo Labour Party Governorship Candidate Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti has cleared the air on the embroiling issues over the authentic governorship candidate in Imo State for the November 11 governorship election, adding that Senator Athan Achonu is the duly elected Labour Party, LP candidate at the official primary conducted in Owerri, the State capital. The Governor, who made this known on Tuesday August 22, in Owerri, during the LP governorship campaign flag off, noted that some politicians in the State are trying…

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Wanted Lekki drug dealer crushes car into NDLEA operative to escape arrest

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…as agency launches manhunt for suspect The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has launched a manhunt for a Lekki Lagos-based notorious drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, who is now on the run after driving his luxury car to crush an NDLEA officer in his bid to escape arrest when operatives were on a search of his house last weekend. Anti-narcotics officers of the Agency had on Friday 18th August stormed the residence of the wanted drug dealer located at 2/3 Adetola Ayeni Close, Lekki, Lagos for a search and possible…

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BBNaija: I was close to beating up someone – Lucy Edet

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Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) All Stars housemate Lucy Edet has said she was about to beat one of her co-housemates on Monday. She mentioned this on Tuesday during a conversation with fellow housemate Pere, stating that she did not want to be disqualified. “Yesterday I was this close to beating somebody up. The last thing I want is to add disqualification to the whole theory people already have of me,” she said.

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Tinubu may sacrifice you – Atiku’s aide warns Wike

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Daniel Bwala, an aide to the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said that President Bola Tinubu may be forced to sacrifice the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,  Nyesom Wike if he goes ahead with his planned demolition of structures in the FCT. Nigeria News Mark reports that Wike, upon assuming office on Monday, vowed to demolish houses constructed illegally within the FCT. He said, “All those people who are distorting the Masterplan of Abuja, too bad. If you know you have built where you are not supposed to…

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Super Falcons’ Uchenna Kanu, Esther Okoronkwo, others visit Alex Otti

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Abia State Governor Alex Otti on Tuesday hosted four Abia-born Super Falcons players in his country home at Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of the state. Otti made this known in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday and also shared photos. He said, “Yesterday, I received our Super Falcons players from Abia State (Uchenna Kanu, Esther Okoronkwo, Christy Ucheibe, and Glory Ogbonna), who made their mark at the just concluded FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. “Although luck may not have been…

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Emefiele’s brothers withdraw case against AGF, DSS

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George and Okanta Emefiele, brothers of the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Godwin Emefiele, have withdrawn a case they filed against the government. The defendants in the case were specifically the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF). Justice E. Okpe of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday struck out the case following its withdrawal. The Emefiele brothers took the AGF and the DSS to court over the alleged infringement on their fundamental human rights on account of…

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Afrobeats lacks substance – Burna Boy

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Singer Burna Boy has claimed that the Afrobeats genre has no substance. The Grammy Award winner stated this during an Apple Music interview with Zane Lowe which was released on Tuesday, stating that the genre has no substance and is just about a “great time”. “Afrobeats as people call it is mostly about nothing, literally nothing. There’s no substance to it. Nobody is talking about anything. It’s just a great time, it’s an amazing time,” he said.

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