Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested fleeing Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Ademola Afolabi Kazeem (a.k.a Alhaji Abdallah Kazeem Muhammed), who was declared wanted over alleged offences of exportation and trafficking of illicit drugs. ASHENEWS reports that the Agency had declared the suspect wanted following his failure to honour NDLEA invitations and an order granted by a Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday 1st November, 2021. Kazeem was uncovered as the sponsor of some traffickers arrested by the anti-narcotics agency in their recent attempt to export cocaine to Dubai, UAE and other…
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Global streaming service, Netflix, on Friday said it had invested N9 billion in the Nigeria film industry from year 2016 to 2022. Ms Shola Sanni, Director of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa, Netflix, made this known at the second Nigeria Digital Content Regulation Conference held in Lagos. The two-day event had in attendance stakeholders in the local and international streaming services, independent producers, Free-To-Air, Pay TV Operators, Telcos, content creators and other operators in the film industry. Sanni stated that this was done through converting local film titles, capacity building and infrastructure development in the industry. She noted that Netflix…
The much anticipated 5th edition of the prestigious Yoruba Movie Gist Awards ceremony, will hold tomorrow Sunday November 13th 2022. The organizers of the annual event, Olakiitan Adetutu Communications, owned by a renowned Journalist, Gbolahan Adetayo has however announced Bamboo Event Center, No 3 Noble Close,Off Ogunnusi Road, Opposite NNPC Filling Station, Omole Phase1, Lagos, as the venue for the most innovative entertainment award ceremony in Nigeria. The red carpet is expected to kick off by 2pm to be hosted by Tinsel actress, Aramide Olawuyi. This year edition according to the CEO, Gbolahan Adetayo, will be different from the previous…
By Mofoluwawo Oluwapelumi Mojolaoluwa Criminal litigation can be a daunting task in Nigeria, especially for a prosecutor. Not necessarily because of the duty of proving the accused person guilty or disproving the accused person’s innocence which is rather straightforward from this side of the fence; but because of the avoidable and unnecessary impediments applicable to the prosecution, and the prosecution alone. Between 2021 and 2022, I worked for nineteen months as a prosecutor in the department of public prosecutions of a south west State in Nigeria. I worked in a team of four. While I was not the lead on…
The G5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including that of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike; Benue, Samuel Ortom; Oyo, Seyi Makinde; Abia Okezie Ikpeazu, will join their Enugu counterpart, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for a meeting. They arrived at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, ahead of the meeting scheduled to hold at the Government House, Enugu Saturday evening. By Akelicious
The Defence Headquarters says Nigerian troops on October 29 repelled an attack by the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists at Wawa Cantonment in Borgu local government area of Niger state. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of armed forces on Thursday in Abuja. Danmadami said the attack was repelled in a coordinated land and air operations which led to the killing of six terrorists and capture of 18 others while their equipment were captured and destroyed. “Following the engagement, troops neutralised three terrorists, captured five and recovered one HK…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of 12,000 metric tonnes of grains as relief materials for victims of flood disaster across the country. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, made this known at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team in Abuja on Thursday. According to the minister, the Federal Government has so far given intervention to 28 States of the federation. She said: “The Ministry through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has deployed its emergency response assets including mobile water purification equipment, search and rescue boats and mobile intensive…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has procured 40 detection devices to enable the agency track, trace, monitor and curb the influx of bad medicine in the country. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made the disclosure in an interview on Thursday in Abuja. Adeyeye said that the agency heightened enforcement and ensure stringent financial management because it needs tools to go after the people that are bringing bad medicine into the country. “Because of the money we are saving we need to purchase detection devices to put it on a tablet if…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state on Thursday inaugurated its 163-member campaign committee to mobilise votes for it ahead of the 2023 general elections. The Lagos state chairman, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi while inaugurating the committee at the party’s secretariat, said the council had the mandate to get at least, five million votes for the APC Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. Ojelabi, who noted that the committee was made up of party chieftains that had served the APC meritoriously at one level or the other, said the party attached huge importance to the committee and the task ahead of them. According to…
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on Thursday, prayed the Supreme Court to set aside the ruling of the Court of Appeal staying the execution of the judgment discharging him, court prayers dated November 3 have revealed. Kanu noted that the court erred in law when it proceeded to hear and determine an application for stay of execution of judgment in a criminal appeal, brought under Order 6 Rule 1 of the Court of Appeal Rules, 2021, and Section 17 of the Court of Appeal Act of 2004, and thereby occasioned a miscarriage of…