I will never return to APC – Obaseki

    

    Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has vowed never to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He left the APC in 2020 after he was disqualified from seeking the party’s ticket for re-election. He joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where he was reelected for second term.

Monitor Foreign Travellers, Sanwo-Olu Tells Immigration

   

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has charged the Nigeria Immigration Service to save Nigeria from the imminent third wave of COVID-19. He made this call while expressing worry over the fresh cases of the virus recorded in Lagos in the past few days and also the Delta variant confirmed in the country.

Emir Of Kajuru Regains Freedom After One Night In Kidnappers’ Den

   

Kidnapped Emir of Kajuru, Alhassan Adamu, has regained his freedom, authorities confirmed to Channels Television on Monday.

Eid-El-Kabir To Be Observed July 20

   

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Sunday, July 11, as the first day of Dhul-Hijja 1442AH.

   This is contained in a statement by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto on Sunday. “The Sultanate Council Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs in conjunction with the National Moon Sighting Committee on Saturday received reports on the sighting of the crescent of Dhul-Hijja 1442AH.

NDLEA intercepts N6.5bn heroin at Lagos airport, declares drug baron wanted

   

A consignment of 26.150kilograms of heroin with a street value of over N6.5 billion has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos.

   NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the development in a statement, yesterday, said the illicit drug had arrived Lagos in 25 parcels from South Africa, through an Air Peace Airline flight on June 30, 2021, and was detained for screening, following reasonable suspicion of the content of the consignment.