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Daddy Fresh naija's voice king ,won best African best velvet voice and best crossover artiste of the year today the 17th of July at the just concluded African icons and legends. Award ,held in Edo state alongside some other great creative industry practitioners ,movies and the rest,he dedicated his Award to God almighty the giver of life and his gift of talent to sing and make people happy,he said today is a great day for him because 17 was his birthday of the month,he thank all his fans and members of his family for love and support... More photos below.   

Gunmen Abduct Four Travellers in Anambra No fewer than four travellers were abducted by suspected gunmen in Anambra State on Sunday. The suspects burnt their Hilux vehicle and made away with a SUV belonging to their victims. The incident happened around 3pm on Sunday at Nise market in Awka South local government area, few kilometers away from the Governor’s lodge at Amawbia. The Nation gathered the suspects stopped at the arena, robbed some persons before making away with the SUV. The operation by the hoodlums, according to a source, lasted for about 30mins.   When contacted, Anambra Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu, confirmed the incident.   He said the suspects were being trailed by security operatives, who had been deployed by Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng. Tochukwu said security operatives had cordoned off the area to protect the residents, while further investigation continued. According to him: “We’ve not got the details of the incident in full, but our men have been de

Why INEC should disqualify Peter Obi – Bashir Ahmad Bashir Ahmad, a former aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, has provided another reason the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, should disqualify Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP. Recall that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had yesterday made a similar call, citing alleged illegal substitution of running mate. The PDP asked the court to sack Obi and the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, for using place-holders and later announcing fresh running mates. And similarly, Ahmad pointed out that Obi is not supposed to run for the presidency under the Labour Party, which he just joined in May 2022. Recall that prior to the presidential primaries of the PDP, Peter dumped the main opposition party and joined the LP where he contested for the primary election and won. Ahmad claimed that Obi’s name is not in the LP’s membership list submitted to INEC by the party. “In line with EA2022, the INEC

📷: A view of the crash site of an Antonov An-12 cargo plane owned by a Ukrainian company, near Kavala, Greece, July 17, 2022.  👉 A Ukrainian cargo plane carrying 11 tons of munitions from Serbia to Bangladesh has crashed in northern Greece. The munitions had been bought by the Bangladeshi Defense Ministry.  Officials say all eight Ukrainian crew members died when the aircraft crashed Saturday night near the city of Kavala.  The pilot asked Greek aviation authorities for permission for an emergency landing, but Greece lost contact with the plane soon after the request.  Initial reports of the crash said the plane’s destination was Jordan, but Reuters reports that the plane was headed to Jordan’s Queen Alia international airport only to refuel.  Witnesses said the plane was engulfed in flames before it crashed.  People who live near the crash site have been advised to stay home and to keep their doors and windows shut.  An official said firefighters “felt their lips burning.”  "We

A little over a year after rekindling their relationship, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are married. The couple who were first engaged in 2002, ended their relationship in 2004 and they both went on to marry other people and have children.  They rekindled their relationship in 2021, got engaged in April 2022 and got married yesterday July 16th in Las Vegas after getting their marriage licence. The couple have been house hunting for a couple of months now and recently found their dream home.  Congratulations fo them.  

PRESIDENT BUHARI MOURNS FRONTLINE APC WOMEN LEADER, KEMI NELSON President Muhammadu Buhari on behalf of himself and his wife, Aisha, commiserates with the Nelson family on the demise of frontline politician and advocate of the womenfolk, Chief Kemi Nelson. The President also sends condolences to the Government and people of Lagos State, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the Lagos APC family on the loss of "a consistent and faithful party member who devoted so much to the evolution, development, sustenance and relevance of the party in Lagos and around the country." President Buhari notes the contributions of Chief Nelson as a former Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in Lagos State, the State Women Leader, National Deputy Women Leader of APC, and former Executive Director of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, remarking that she was such a grassroots mobiliser and an achiever who left her footpr

PRESIDENT BUHARI CONGRATULATES ADELEKE ON OSUN ELECTION VICTORY President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates Senator Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), following victory of the party in Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Osun State. With the election over, the President expresses conviction that the people of Osun have expressed their will through the ballot, and the will of the people must always matter and be respected in a democracy. President Buhari notes that the successful conduct of the election is a further testimony to the maturity and commitment of all stakeholders – the electoral body, security agencies, political parties, the media, civil society and the electorate- to further strengthen the integrity of the electoral process in the country. The President reassures the nation that the commitment of this administration towards having credible elections remains unshaken.   Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) July 1

Black Sunday: Lagos APC Loses Yeye Kemi Nelson  Former Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos State and one of the top female members of the party, Chief Mrs Kemi Nelson is dead. Yeye Kemi Nelson had been battling an undisclosed ailment for some time now. She recently held a Thanksgiving Service after her recovery from the ailment. Lagos Monitoring Team confirmed from a party chieftain who announced the said news on his WhatsApp status. An official statement, according to sources, will be issued soon. Nelson served as Commissioner during the administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Governor of Lagos State.  She also held several positions both in the state and in the country.  

Fake Vehicle Plate Number Production Factory Discovered In Anambra The Anambra State gov­ernment has discov­ered a factory at Nne­wi where fake vehicle plate numbers are allegedly being manufactured and sold to unsuspecting Ndi-Anambra, ANAMBRA PEOPLE reports. It has described the devel­opment as inimical to proper licensing by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the state government. Investigations revealed that the said fake vehicle plate number production plant had been in existence over the years, dishing out plate numbers not captured in the government’s database and this trend had culminated into government losing huge sums of money to the cartels. Chairman of the Anambra State Internal Revenue Service Mr. Richard Madiebo, who spoke with our correspondent on the development, said on assumption of office, he dis­covered that it had been the practice over the years. He, however, maintained that the state government was working with security opera­tives and relevant Federal Gov

SIX MOST POWERFUL LAWYERS FROM ANAMBRA STATE Anambra is blessed with very rich human resources in diverse fields of human Endeavour. In the entire South East, Anambra can be said to have the highest concentration of professionals in the peak of their career. Among these professionals are legal luminaries who have distinguished themselves in the legal firmament and have continued to shape the Nigerian jurisprudence with their brilliant and priceless contributions. Many of these legal eggheads have already been awarded the prestigious rank of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, an indication that they have reached the zenith of their careers and have been recognized for their efforts towards deepening the understanding of the Nigerian corpus juris. Below are some of the exceptional Lawyers who call Anambra their home. ONYECHI IKPEAZU The name Dr Onyechi Ikpeazu SAN rings a bell in legal circles. His excellent advocacy skills, and sound knowledge of the law stands him out as a shinning legal

LAGOS SEALS 19 MEDICINE OUTLETS FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATORY STANDARDS Lagos State Government's task force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has shut 19 medicine outlets around Igando-Ikotun in Alimosho Local Government Area for non-compliance with regulatory standards. The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, explained that the affected premises were sealed for various offences including the display of drugs for sale in unregistered and unlicensed shops; inappropriate storage conditions of drugs; handling and dispensing drugs by unskilled persons and the sales of drugs outside the approved scope.  

Zamfara Install Wanted Terrorist As Emir For installing bandits’ kingpin, Ado Aleiro as Sarkin Fulanin Yandoto in Zamfara State, a Peoples Democratic Party Chieftain in Birnin Gwari Local government area of Kaduna State, Ibrahim Musa Yakodo, on Sunday said the Zamfara State government has proven that banditry and other forms of terrorist attacks across the country, originated from the state. According to source, a bandits’ kingpin known as Ado Aleiro was on Saturday turbaned as the Sarkin Fulanin Yandoto by the Yandoton Daji Emirate of Zamfara State. Ado Alero has reportedly led attacks on many villages. From what happened yesterday, the installation of a criminal, who has killed several innocent souls, and the government sees no one else good enough or worthy enough to bring in, then the suffering of Nigerians will continue.” He said One more photo below.   

APC Northern Christian Task Simon Lalong On Action Against Muslim-Muslim Ticket The leadership of the Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria in the nineteen northern states of the country has voiced its displeasure over the emergence of the Muslim/Muslim presidential ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Describing the act as an insult to APC Christians in the north, it said the Plateau State governor, Simon Bako Lalong, who doubles as the chairman of the 19 northern states governors Forum must convene a meeting of all APC northern Christians. The group which made the call in a press statement on Sunday said the meeting will enable the party’s Christian chieftains from the north chart a way forward, else they would see Lalongas as a puppet of the Hausa/Fulani oligarchy.” Signed by its chairman, Musa D. Misal, they also called on the APC Christian northern politicians to take the path of honour and immediately resign their support for Tinubu and his running m

PRESS RELEASE  2021 RECRUITMENT EXERCISE: SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES TO CHECK APPLICATION STATUS ON RECRUITMENT PORTAL, PRINT INVITATION SLIP  •As Documentation Commences July 23, 2022  The Nigeria Police Force invites candidates who participated in the medical screening exercise of the 2021 recruitment exercise of Ten Thousand (10,000) Police Constables into the service of the Nigeria Police Force to check their recruitment status on the recruitment portal, www.policerecruitment.gov.ng.  Successful candidates, thereafter, are advised to print out their Invitation Slip and proceed to the Police Training College/School indicated against their names. The training exercise for successful candidates commences on Monday July 25th, 2022.   The Force, while congratulating successful candidates, encourages them to check the recruitment portal for further information and directives that would aid their preparations in reporting for training. They are equally enjoined to note that the documentation o

NDLEA arrests drug queen over narcotics in fetish bowls at Lagos airport . Intercepts 1,029.5kg skunk in natural gas tank; 524,720 tabs of opioids in Nasarawa, Kaduna, Adamawa  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 27-year-old drug queen, Mrs. Opoola Mujidat for planting drugs concealed in fetish bowls, containing scary native black soap and sponge on two Oman-bound male passengers at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, MMIA, Lagos. The passengers: Raji Babatunde Kazeem and Akinbobola Omoniyi were travelling together to Oman, Middle East on Ethiopian Airlines flight on Monday 11th July when they were intercepted by NDLEA operatives at the airport. A search of their luggage revealed wraps of cannabis sativa hidden in bowls of native black soap and sponge packed into a bag containing food items, which Kazeem was carrying. Both Kazeem and Omoniyi immediately alerted the anti-narcotic officers that Mujidat who wa

PRESS RELEASE OSUN ELECTION: IGP COMMENDS SECURITY OPERATIVES, ELECTORATES FOR PEACEFUL CONDUCT  Projects into Secured 2023 General Elections  The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc commends the security operatives particularly officers of the Nigeria Police Force, the Military, and other security agencies as well as the electorates in Osun State for the peaceful conduct of the elections held on Saturday July 16th, 2022 in the 3 Senatorial Districts, 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs), and 3753 polling units of the State.  2. The IGP applauds the massive deployment of Police Operatives, Specialized Units, and other human and operational assets including 3 Helicopters and a couple of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for aerial surveillance in the 3 Senatorial Districts, 4 adequately manned gun boats for the riverine areas, and Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) which enabled swift responses to the pockets of electoral issues. He equally lauds the collabora