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  *BLACK SUNDAY IN AWKA* B Division police station Awka attacked. Unconfirmed number of police officers killed. INEC office in Awka on fire 🔥 A sad one They shot for more than 1hr at B-Division. Stopped at Ekwueme Square shot like fire 10mins, then proceeded to INEC Office and put it on fire. 3 Hillux fully packed with Unknown Gunmen. Anambra Broadcasting service Awka have just been invaded. More details later.

  ACE Musician/ Model Patti Boulaye,shows off the African print dress she made for her grand daughter.She shared all these photos two hours ago on social media with the caption ''  Made with love.🥰😍 Look who is rocking the dress grandma made for her. 😇 My grand daughter is modelling the dress I made her over the weekend. Her first African print dress designed by grandma. I haven't made baby's outfits since her mother was a baby. I'm a little bit rusty but I enjoyed every minute of it. Created with love.💘💘💞  ''.More photos below.

A Brazil based drug kingpin has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who also intercepted 36 blocks of cocaine, weighing 27.95 kilogrammes with a street value of over N8billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. The drug lord, Ejiofor Felix Enwereaku, who leads a syndicate was arrested at the airport on Friday 14th May, 2021 for importing 27.95kg of cocaine using their organised criminal gang, which specialises in tagging/planting drugs in innocent travellers’ luggage. Based on intelligence, narcotic agents at the MMIA had on Saturday 8th May, 2021 intercepted a bag that arrived the Lagos airport from GRU, Brazil via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the Ethiopian airline with baggage tag No- ET331199 but was disclaimed by an arriving passenger on the flight. The disclaimed bag was promptly secured by NDLEA operatives for investigation. On Sunday, 9 th  May, 2021, a man came to the airport to make inquiry on how to get t

  At State House, Marina today, Southwest All Progressives Congress, APC leaders met to further deliberate on the issue of insecurity facing the region and Nigeria as a whole. Resolutions reached at the crucial meeting expressed reservations on separatist agitations, solicited sustained provision of expenditure to the Nigerian Army, sought true federalism for even development, and endorsed the resolutions of the May 11 Southern Governors Summit held in Asaba. -GOV.DAPO ABIODUN. More photos below. +3

President Muhammadu Buhari condoles with family of the former Senate President, the late Chuba Okadigbo on the death of their son, Pharaoh Okadigbo. Reacting to the news of the death, President Buhari says it is very sad to lose such a promising young man with so much potentials and passion for youth involvement in the socio-political development of Nigeria. The President notes that the late Pharaoh at an early age keyed into the vision of a better Nigeria not just for the privileged but for all and sundry, which he (the President) shared with the late Chuba, who was his running mate in the 2003 presidential election. President Buhari adds that the nation will miss a firm believer in the necessity for the people to work in collaboration with governments at all levels to achieve the better society we all wish for. He prays that God Almighty will comfort family, friends and associates, and repose the soul of the departed. Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publ

President Muhammadu Buhari has described Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, the late Chief of Army Staff as an outstanding soldier and an institution builder, who fought valiantly for Nigeria until he breathed his last. In a telephone conversation Sunday evening with Mrs. Fati Ibrahim Attahiru, the wife of the late COAS and the spouses of the other deceased officers through her, President Buhari hailed the sacrifices of the military men who lost their lives and the Armed Forces in general, saying that Nigerians will continue to appreciate and support the fearlessness with which our courageous soldiers are confronting the threats facing the nation. He gave the grieving spouses assurances that the nation will never forget the supreme sacrifice of their spouses, urging them to take solace in the surge of extraordinary feelings of emotions across regions, religions and tribes all over the country in appreciation of their sacrifices. The President who had earlier given directives to the Defense

  Funeral prayer of the late Emir of Funakaye in Gombe. The emir, H.E Royal Highness, Alhaji Muhammadu Kwairanga Abubakar II died in the early hours of 20th of May,2021 in Bajoga at the age of 68. More photos below.

  The Federal Government has said the implementation of financial autonomy for the state legislature and judiciary would commence next week. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige disclosed this in his office Thursday night after a conciliation meeting to resolve the strike of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN). Ngige said the striking legislative and judiciary workers will call off their prolonged strike as soon as implementation starts. He noted that Governors had studied the document and were in agreement with it, adding that the implementation would commence next week with the distribution of the April allocation from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). He added that whatever comes from FAAC, even the state governments yet to put their fund allocation committees in place, would wait to do so, to ensure that the money goes down there. The meeting which commenced at exactly 6:45pm after