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The spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, September 22, 2024, said the suspect was nabbed while attempting to board a Qatar Airlines flight to Iran via Doha with 76 wraps of cocaine in his stomach on September 15. 

Military Public Information Officer, Operation SAFE HAVEN, Major Samson Nantip Zhakom, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday said the suspects, Matawal Bitrus and Thomas Benedict, were arrested while trying to sell ammunition amounting to N5m. 

Okpebholo won in 11 local government areas out of the 18 local government areas in the state, while Ighodalo won in the remaining ones.

According to reports, the confrontation began when angered students, frustrated by the strict enforcement of exam regulations, started hurling stones at the teachers.

At polling unit 11, Ward 06 in Oredo Local Government Area, Benin City, Ighodalo secured 41 votes, while Akpata, the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), garnered 32 votes.

Reports indicate that the attackers used improvised explosive devices (IEDs) around 2 a.m., causing another blackout in Maiduguri and its surrounding areas, security analyst in the Lake Chad area, Zagazola Makama reports.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Joe Igbokwe has revealed that he no longer drives his car or go everywhere due to the prevailing economic…

It was learnt that the octogenarian who has been in the business of selling the illicit drugs for 25 years was arrested on Friday, September 20, 2024.

In a statement released today September 21, the spokesperson of the police force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, says police operatives conducted synchronized raids on identified black spots on September 20, 2024, at approximately 1900hrs.

On Saturday, September 21, 2024, the people of Edo State in South-South Nigeria voted to elect a new governor to succeed the incumbent, Godwin Obaseki, whose constitutional eight-year double terms will end on November 12, 2024.