Crime
Thirty-eight-year-old PHILIP TUNDE was on his way to Milan, Italy, when he was intercepted in connection with four-point-eight kilograms of cocaine concealed in the soles of his shoes and railings of his travelling.
Corruption
WILL JESSICA ANN pleaded guilty to the charges, expressed remorse and pleaded for leniency, promising never to engage in such an act again, claiming she did not know there were illicit drugs in the bags.
Foreign
Lava fountains and volcanic ash have been rising from the volcano into the capital and the Lampung province, as the site stayed seismically active throughout the weekend.
Corruption
The NDLEA said a search of DUNU's residence at No.6 Yemishola Street, Ejigbo, Lagos on Friday, September 4, led to the recovery of phone chargers similar to those used to conceal the intercepted cocaine, which had their internal components removed to create space for drugs concealment.
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President TINUBU is expected to return home after the working vacation to join the hectic campaign for the January 2027 election.
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The NDLEA boss said the first to be arrested was Lawal Mujab Kehinde, a staff member of the logistics firm through which the cocaine was processed, who was found to have a direct and sustained relationship with the cartel's Nigerian coordinator.
Business
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI said NWANKWO INNOCENT ONYEBUCHI confessed during interrogation that he sold off his marble business and other assets to raise the sum of Twenty-Five Million Naira, which he used to pay for the cocaine consignment.
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In the accompanying message, TOKUNBO WAHAB said the miscreants damaged “critical structural components of the bridge by removing iron rods, steel reinforcements, cables, and other supporting materials essential to the integrity of the infrastructure”.
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In a statement issued on Wednesday, the airline said the impact rendered the aircraft completely unserviceable, forcing operational adjustments that are expected to cause delays and cancellations across its domestic network.
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CP FATAI TIJANI said investigations revealed that the suspects fraudulently obtained seven vehicles valued at approximately N700,000.00 (Seven Hundred Million Naira) after falsely claiming that the vehicles were being supplied to prominent politicians in Abuja.
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Governor SANWO-OLU and Minister UMAHI discussed the issue when he hosted the Minister on a courtesy visit, during which he commended President BOLA TINUBU for initiating what the coastal highway project.
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Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, and the Deputy Governor FEMI HAMZAT, led a team of top government functionaries to welcome President TINUBU at the airport.
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The Police Public Relations Officer, ABIMBOLA ADEBISI, disclosed in a statement that DOGARA JOHN was caught with twenty vandalized reflective road studs, allegedly removed from the Third Mainland Bridge.
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In a statement on its social media handle, the NGO observed that the total project cost of the coastal road project remains unclear, in addition to limited public disclosure on procurement processes.
Community
The World Happiness Report 2026 is based on an annual survey conducted in collaboration with the United Nations, under the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which ranks countries based on citizens’ self-assessed life satisfaction.
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Justice AYOKUNLE FAJI delivered the judgment after the defendants pleaded guilty to a four-count charge brought against them, following a plea bargain deal reached with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
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The Commissioner of Police said the operation is in addition to the existing patrol vehicles stationed along the highway since December 2025.
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NDLEA spokesman identified the Angolan drug traffickers as fifty-year-old MBANDU MARTINS MAKIADI, and equally fifty-year-old NGOMA WILSON FERNANDO, who were arrested at the Kano International Airport while traveling to Turkey.
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The suspect disclosed during a preliminary interview that he intended to sell cocaine in Nigeria to raise capital to boost his business and also finance the naming ceremony of his newborn child.
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LASTMA’s General Manager, OLALEKAN BAKARE-OKI, who made this known, could not readily explain the cause of the accident, but said the police were investigating the matter.
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This comes eleven days after NDLEA impounded the ‘MV San Anthonio’ at the Apapa seaport in Lagos for smuggling of twenty-five-point-five kilograms of cocaine from Brazil. NDLEA had earlier on November 16 also impounded ‘MV Nord Bosporus’ – at the same Apapa seaport in Lagos for cocaine smuggling.
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NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, FEMI BABAFEMI, said the illicit drug consignment was discovered on board the vessel on Sunday, November 16, following which the Ship Master, Captain QUINO EUGENE CORPUS and nineteen other crew members were taken into custody for investigation.
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The massive road reconstruction work was intended to last for eight months, beginning from last Saturday, November 15, 2025.
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Information Minister said government is pained that despite sustained public sensitisation and repeated warnings about the danger of scooping fuel from fallen tankers, some citizens still take such life-threatening risks.
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The Abuja-Kaduna passenger train involved in the accident on August 26, 2025, had six hundred and eighteen people onboard, with twenty-one injured, but no fatalities.
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The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, commends the operatives for their swift and professional action.
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NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, said operatives involved in stop-and-search operations in Gwarimpa, Jahi, and Galadimawa areas of the FCT recorded the breakthrough on Wednesday July 30, 2025.
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To achieve the success of the collaboration, Othman proposed “sensitization and training of NARTO drivers and transport operators on identifying and reporting suspicious cargo or behavior; establishment of joint intelligence-sharing mechanisms to monitor drug trafficking routes and tactics; etc.
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The Governor said that through the programme, food will be grown, jobs created, wastage reduced, and people will receive help to earn a living from agriculture.
He said that the Customs needed to be properly funded, especially that Nigeria is now in the eye of global customs administration, with the Comptroller General of Customs, BASHIR ADEWALE ADENIYI as Chairman of World Customs Organisation.
