The police in Lagos have commenced the interrogation of the Senior Pastor and Founder House on the Rock Church Lekki Paul Adefarasin following a viral video alleging the clergyman was in possession of a gun-like object.
Pastor Adefarasin was said to have on Tuesday June 17, 2025 turned himself in at the Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja where he was being questioned.
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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| RETURN FROM HAJJ |
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.
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