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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 22-year-old lady, Amaka Ogonachukwu, for attempting to smuggle wraps of cocaine concealed in cooked white rice for her boyfriend, Monday Imagbebenikaro, in custody of the Edo State command of the agency. Point News247 reports that forty year old Imagbebenikaro, was arrested earlier along Airport Road, Benin City, in Oredo Local Council for dealing in crack cocaine, Cannabis Sativa and Danabel (Anabolic steroids). In a related development, the agency also arrested an outbound passenger to Italy on Turkish Airline, Ovire Cyril with 114 wraps of heroin with a gross…

Point News247 reports that various state governments in Nigeria have intensified preparations of isolation centres in readiness for possible admission of COVID-19 patients as cases of the virus continue to rise in the country. Officials of states including Ogun, Gombe, Benue, Lagos, Ondo and Sokoto, in separate interviews with our correspondents on Sunday, said they had enough bed spaces to admit COVID-19 patients. This came to the fore as the number of officially confirmed COVID-19 infections hit 236, 014 while the rate of full vaccination was stalled at 3.9 per cent as of Saturday. Despite the increasing cases, the Nigeria…

Next Cash and Carry is seeking probe of the fire outbreak in its ultra-modern, fire-proof store in Abuja on December 26 which consumed goods worth millions of naira and put on the line the jobs of 1,000 workers, 3,000 vendors, and 200 farmers. Point News247 reports that the company appealed “to the investigating authorities to conduct a thorough investigation to ascertain the immediate and remote causes of the fire outbreak which is strange and has the effect of adversely affecting future investments in the FCT and Nigeria at large,” General Manager Neil Pape said in a statement. He articulated the…

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Police have released Sylvester Oromoni Jnr’s body to his family after autopsy. Point News247 reports that the Lagos State Police Command says it has released the corpse of the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr to his family for burial. The Command’s Spokesman, Adekunle Ajisebutu disclosed this in a terse statement sent to TheCable Lifestyle on Friday. Ajisebutu stated that the student’s corpse was released to his family after an autopsy was conducted on him to ascertain the cause of his death. However, the Police Public Relations Officer said the result of the autopsy conducted has not been…

Hon. Justice Oyebiola Oyewumi of the Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court has ordered the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and the Nigerian Correctional Service to reinstate a Deputy Controller of Prisons, Mr. Kayode Odeyemi back to service and be promoted to the rank of Assistant Comptroller-General with payment of all his entitlements in accordance with his due date of retirement on April 23, 2019. Point News247 reports that the Court held that Odeyemi purported dismissal was null and void, of no effect, wrongful, and in breach of his contract of employment, ordered the defendants to pay Mr.…

Three persons, including an inspector of police, were killed during a mob attack on a police station in Yagba-West LGA of Kogi state. Point News247 reports that the Kogi police command said the incident occurred on Tuesday. According to the police, the mob attack followed robberies at three banks in Odo-Ere and Egbe towns in the LGA. William Aya, police spokesman in Kogi, said the police launched a manhunt for the robbery suspects and arrested two of them. He said the manhunt was done in collaboration with operatives of other security agencies, hunters and vigilantes and that it took the…

Point News247 reports that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a container loaded with guns at the Tin Can Island, Lagos. According to the service, the owner of the container allegedly declared its content as plasma televisions, but checks by officers revealed that guns were concealed in the facility. Reacting to the development on Friday, Uche Ejesieme, public relations officer of Tin Can Customs, said the container was discovered during a routine examination at terminal B2 (Vehicle) of the TICT. He said on discovering the arms, the container was evacuated to the enforcement unit where necessary procedures will be…

President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking help to defeat terrorism and insurgency on the African continent. Speaking at the third edition of Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul on Saturday, Buhari said Boko Haram has been degraded but it is still preying on “soft targets”. Point News247 reports that the president expressed happiness that Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Turkish counterpart, has given consideration to the issue of terrorism and is still focusing on the development of infrastructure in Africa. “Another area this partnership must focus on is the global challenge of climate change which is impacting us in Nigeria, Turkey, across Africa,…

In line with the Bank Employees, etc (Declaration of Assets) Act 1986, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to verify the assets of bank Chief Executive Officers and top managers. Point News247 reports that this is coming on the heels of the anti-graft agency’s March 2021 directive to top bankers to submit their assets declaration. According to reports, more than 500 bank executives, including 120 Chief Executive Officers/Managing Directors and Executive Directors have declared their assets in line with the June 30 deadline set by the EFCC. Defaulters of the enabling Act risk 10 years in jail…