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The Nigerian Air Force’ MI-171 Helicopter on a casualty evacuation mission crashed on Monday, about 1p.m., near Chukuba Village in Niger State.

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The Kwara State Government on Monday, said it would support the decision of Ilorin Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to fight illegal mining activities in the state.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/kwara-govt-to-support-efccs-fight-against-illegal-miners/

New Prime Minister of Niger Republic, Lamine Zeine has described the sanctions imposed on the military junta by Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, as an “unfair challenge.”

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/nigers-prime-minister-zeine-says-country-will-overcome-sanctions/

Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State, has given the newly inaugurated Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Home Affairs, Mr. Olaiya Atibioke, two weeks suspension.

Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/gov-oyebanji-suspends-commissioner-for-chieftaincy-olaiya-atibioke/

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has dragged Senate President, Mr. Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr. Tajudeen Abbas before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, over “the unlawful plan to spend N40billion on 465 exotic and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials, and N70billion as ‘palliatives’ for new members.”


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/n110bn-on-bulletproof-cars-serap-drags-akpabio-abass-to-court/

Three major illicit drug syndicates were taken down by operatives of a special unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in intelligence-led operations across parts of Lagos state.
NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said this lead to the arrest of a baroness and four other kingpins with multi-billion naira worth of Cocaine, Opioids and Loud recovered from their hideouts.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/drug-baroness-4-others-arrested-as-ndlea-busts-3-syndicates-in-lagos/

Chief Press Secretary to Edo State Deputy Governor, Ebomhiana Musa, has denied media reports that his boss, Mr. Philip Shaibu, had concluded plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC.


Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/edo-shaibu-not-defecting-to-apc-media-aide/

Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Tinubu, said the regional bloc would continue to champion diplomacy and dialogue, as well as earnest discussions with all parties involved, to restore constitutional governance in the Republic of Niger.

Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/niger-coup-tinubu-champions-dialogue-to-resolve-impasse/

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, will Thursday, hear the fresh application by suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, seeking to stop the Federal Government from prosecuting him.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-hears-emefiele-application-to-stop-prosecution-thursday/

MultiChoice Africa Holdings B.V, MAH, has withdrawn DStv services from Malawi with immediate effect.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/dstv-withdraws-services-in-malawi-following-court-order/

South South Zonal Organising Secretary of All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Blessing Agbomhere has accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State of trying to incite people of Edo State against the administration of President Bola Tinubu.


Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/obaseki-inciting-edo-people-against-tinubu-agbomhere/

The Senate as at Monday, was yet to clear former governor of Kaduna Nasir El-Rufai, Sen. Abubakar Danladi (Taraba) and Executive Director (Business Development) of Nigerian Export and Import Bank (NEXIM), Stella Okotete, as ministerial nominees.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/el-rufai-danladi-okotete-yet-to-get-senate-clearance/

Chieftains of Edo North (Afemai) of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have thrown their support behind Governor Godwin Obaseki in current fight with his Deputy, Mr. Philip Shaibu.


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A 40 year-old staff of First Bank, Andrew Nwadiashi and eight internet fraudsters, have been convicted and sentenced to prison by an Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/court-jails-first-bank-staff-8-internet-fraudsters/

Senator Ifeanyi Ararume has described as an abuse of court process, the appeal by Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, seeking to upturn the judgment of a Federal High Court which ordered his reinstatement as the Non Executive Chairman of the Board of the newly NNPCL.


Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/non-executive-chairman-araraume-urges-acourt-to-dismiss-nnpcl-appeal/

Lagos State Government on Sunday, said its engineers were working to unravel why all the safety devices of the elevator at General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island, where Dr. Vwaere Diaso died, failed at the same time.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/elevator-accident-lagos-govt-engineers-to-unravel-why-safety-devices-failed/

Northern Senators Forum, NSF, has warned against the use of force in Niger Republic  to oust the coupists in that country.



Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/northern-senators-caution-against-use-of-military-force-in-niger

The Defence Headquarters, said on Thursday, that troops of Operation Delta Safe have destroyed 36 illegal refining sites in the Niger Delta.



Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/troops-destroy-36-illegal-refining-sites-in-ndelta/

Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has faulted the “calling off the jamboree tagged nationwide protests by the Nigeria labour unions after the first day without any concrete roadmap on how the government intends to ameliorate the hardships faced by Nigerians following the petrol subsidy removal.”


Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/labour-unions-calling-off-protest-has-vindicated-us-cnpp/

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has derided the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for choosing former Kano State governor, Umar Ganduje, as acting National Chairman.


Read more:https://frontiernewsng.com/pdp-derides-apc-over-choice-of-ganduje-as-national-chairman/

President of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, has paid a condolence visit in Abuja on the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kayode Ariwoola, and the family of Justice Chima Nweze, JSC over the death the Justice of the Supreme Court on July 30.


Read more:https://frontiernewsng.com/nba-president-visits-family-of-late-justice-nweze-jsc/

President Bola Tinubu has sent 19 more names, made up of five ex-governor, and 14 others as ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and confirmation.

Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/5-ex-govs-14-others-make-tinubus-2nd-batch-ministerial-list/

National Movement for the Actualization of Good Governance, NAMAGG, has again called on Nigerian Regulators, Government and the British Government to save Nigerian patients, shareholders and employees of GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, Consumer Nigeria Plc as GSK UK, finalises plan to force the shutdown of GSK Consumer Nigeria Plc.

Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/glaxosmithkline-uk-forces-shutdown-of-gsk-nigeria/

A 34-year-old South American man from Suriname, Dadda Albert, who was arrested for bringing into Nigeria 117 parcels of cocaine concealed in extra-large latex condoms factory packed inside bottles of 100ml body spray, has been convicted.


read also: https://frontiernewsng.com/man-arrested-with-9-9kg-cocaine-in-condoms-gets-13-years-in-jail/

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has asked the Supreme Court to set aside the discharge of former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido and his son, Mustapha Lamido, by the Appeal Court, Abuja.

Read more:https://frontiernewsng.com/n1-35bn-fraud-efcc-prays-scourt-to-set-aside-discharge-of-sule-lamido-others

Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has called on Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, to ensure the nationwide protest starting Wednesday, was peaceful.


read also: https://frontiernewsng.com/ensure-nationwide-protest-is-peaceful-igp-tells-nlc-tuc/

Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, has urged the Nigerians to take their destiny into their hands rather than trust the Nigerian Labour unions to lead them against the incessant increment in pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol since 2015.


Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/subsidy-removal-dont-trust-labour-cnpp-warns-nigerians/

Media Rights Agenda, MRA, has called on Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State to immediately stop the harassment and intimidation of journalists in the state.


Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/stop-attacks-on-journalists-mra-tells-enugu-gov-mbah/

Mr. Peter Obi, Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in the February 25, poll, has said high level of poverty, lack of access to basic education, high unemployment rate and worsening living conditions were fuelling human trafficking in the country.


Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/poverty-unemployment-fuelling-human-trafficking-obi/

Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Lekki-based artistes’ manager and his Ikoyi businessman accomplice, for distributing illicit drugs to fun seekers at VIP night clubs and lounges in Lekki and Island axis of Lagos State.

Read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/ndlea-arrests-artistes-manager-who-sell-drugs-at-lekki-clubs/

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has “ordered the disclosure of the spending details of over N200billionn public funds collected by the government of former governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State from the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, fund and allocations from the Federation Accounts.”

Read more:https://frontiernewsng.com/court-says-okowa-govt-must-account-for-n200bn-education-funds-allocations/

Detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, Nnamdi Kanu has directed pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa to stop the sit-at-home order in the South East. No




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