The Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development has announced the immediate suspension of planning approvals along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road.
The announcement was contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development Olumide Oluyinka on Monday June 16th 2025.
A businessman 44 years old Ezemokwe Chukwuebuka who was on his way to Iran has been arrested by the anti-narcotics agency; the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA at the Port Harcourt airport for allegedly ingesting fifty three wraps of cocaine and for concealing tramadol worth N1.1billion in winter jackets.
The Director of Media and Advocacy NDLEA Femi Babafemi who confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday noted that Ezemokwe was intercepted by operatives of the agency.
The Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris has advised Corps members not to seek redeployment elsewhere as his administration remains committed to sustaining the provision of the most conducive environment for them to remain and serve in the state.
The Minister of Finance Wale Edun and the Central Bank Governor Olayemi Cardoso have been invited by the Joint House of Representatives Committees on Public Account and Public Assets to appear before it on Monday June 16th 2025 over allegations of non-compliance with the provisions of Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007.
In a letter signed by both committee Chairmen Bamidele Salami and Ademorin Kuye they asked the Finance Minister and CBN Governor to provide details on remittance of operating surplus to the Federation Account by the apex bank in line with the provisions of relevant laws and regulations.
The letter noted that the Fiscal Responsibility Commission and the Auditor General of the Federation have submitted reports alleging that several Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government including the Central Bank of Nigeria have failed to remit and at other times under-remitted their operating surpluses as required by extant financial laws and regulations in the last six years.
By Anu Awojobi
First batch of 413 Kebbi Pilgrims Return To Nigeria From Saudi Arabia.
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The first batch of 413 pilgrims from Kebbi State who performed the 2025 Hajj in Saudi Arabia, have returned to their home country.
The Airbus conveying the pilgrims A380-900 by Flynas Airline of Saudi Arabia landed at the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin Kebbi on Friday June 13, 2025.
On board was the state governor Nasir Idris his two wives Zainab Nasare and Nafisa who came along with other pilgrims from Shanga, KoKo/Besse and Suru Local Government Areas.
About 4,000 pilgrims from the Kebbi State performed the 2025 Hajj in the Holy Land.
By Anu Awojobi
SSS Testifies In Court Against Nnamdi Kanu Over Smuggled Radio Transmitter
The fourth prosecution witness in the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra(IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has told the Federal High Court Abuja that the IPOB leader allegedly smuggled a radio transmitter into the country; an equipment he concealed in household items to avoid being detected.
The witness an official of the State Security Service(SSS)with the pseudo name DDD while being led in evidence by the Prosecution Counsel Adegboyega Awomolo told the court that the radio transmitter which was brought into the country without declaration to the appropriate authority; the Nigeria Customs Service was hidden at the residence of one Benjamin Madubougu in Ihiala Anambra State.
When court proceeding began the prosecution witness who was stationed in the southeast region from 2019-2022 told the court that he has served with the DSS for 25 years.
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