Author: Biyi Lawrence
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested the Managing director and Chief Executive of Marvelrock Pharmaceuticals and Stores Limited, Orakwe Chibuike Celestine, for allegedly engaging in sales of illicit drugs on e-commerce platform, Jiji.ng. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the suspect, a graduate of Business Administration from the University of Abuja, registered the pharmaceutical company on December 16, 2014 with the certificate and support of a licensed pharmacist, who opted out of the deal in 2017. The suspect continued running the business and enrolled it on Jiji.ng platform in 2019. Babafemi said the…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE Of NAIJA)- Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has visited Afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti at his residence in Lagos State Recall Femi had described Peter Obi as not being different from the other politicians he claims he wants to rescue Nigeria from. Kuti had said, “Why would I support Tinubu? Please don’t get me angry. I believe Peter Obi and Atiku are friends for him to be his Vice President if they had won the last election, so why should I not have doubts? “If Obi wins and things change, then we’ll jubilate but no…
LAGOS, Nigeria ( VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Court of Appeal in Kano has upheld the judgement of the Kano High Court, ordering the retrial of a 22-year-old musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, who was sentenced to death, after being convicted of blasphemy Recall he was accused of one count of insulting the religious creed, contrary to Section 382 (6) of the Kano State Sharia Penal Code Law of 2000, for a series of audio messages circulated via WhatsApp which became public knowledge in March 2020. Sharif-Aminu went into hiding following the backlash that followed his recording after protesters burnt down his family…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE Of NAIJA)- Fire, on Wednesday, has gutted parts of a shopping complex on Ligali Ayorinde Street in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. Channels Television gathered that the inferno started in the early hours of Wednesday in one of the shops where combustible items such as tyres and car batteries were stored. The South-West Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident. He said the fire has been brought under control after officials of the state and Federal Fire Services battled to put it out. The cause of the inferno, which lasted for…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Mohammed Bello Shehu as the Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC)
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Wole Oke, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public accounts has disclosed how the Ministry of Agriculture spent N18.9 billion on bush clearing during the COVID-19 lockdown. He said the ministry disclosed this while responding to a probe on how it spent N18.9 billion. The agric ministry is the subject of an investigation by the House committee into a N18.9 billion contract for bush clearing, preparing the ground, and restoring soil plant laboratories during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown. “During the lockdown of the country as a result of COVID-19, some companies took contracts…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Presidential candidate for the African Action Congress party, AAC, Omoyele Sowore has disclosed how former presidential spokesperson Doyin Okupe tried to get his support for the candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. Doyin Okupe is a major anchor and promoter of the 2023 presidential ambition of Obi, a former governor of Anambra State. But Sowore, who also contested for the presidency in 2019 said Okupe had about a month ago tried to get him to drop his ambition and support Peter Obi in a post on his Facebook page on Tuesday He said, “About…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Rear Admiral Yaminu Ehinomen Musa (retired) as the pioneer Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), the Presidency said on Tuesday. “The NCTC is established in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) as the coordinating body for the harmonization of all counter terrorism and terrorism financing efforts in the country,” a statement signed by presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina said. “The NCTC is equally charged with the coordination of counter terrorism policies, strategies, plans and support in the performance of the functions of the National…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered an additional N1.4 billion for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). In a statement on Tuesday, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, said the anti-graft agency transferred the funds to the NHIS on Friday, August 5. “The money which was released to the NHIS on August 5, 2022, is part of the funds which some commercial banks fraudulently refused to transmit to the Treasury Single Account, TSA, since 2015,” Uwujaren said. In July 2022, the EFCC recovered an initial N5.4billion for the scheme. “In total, the EFCC has been able to recover…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Nigerian Navy has seized 351 bags of foreign rice and 40 wraps of cannabis on Badagry/Port Novo waterway and Badagry Beach, respectively. The illicit items were displayed at the “Handing and taking over” to officials of the Nigerian Customs and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Navy Base Badagry last Wednesday. Speaking to newsmen, the Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Nigerian Navy Base Badagry, Captain James Otache, said while the items were captured, the suspects took to their heels upon sighting the navy patrol ship. The seizure, according to the commanding officer,…