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I want to first of all state that I AM SORRY to the people who were born and raised in Lagos if you feel offended by what I said,” she wrote.

As a visitor here, I could tell there was a difference in the atmosphere and quality of air. If the way I put it triggered emotions and your love for your birth state, I am sorry. I didn’t mean to talk down on Lagos.

papyjaypaul:
In 1972, Lagos was described as the dirtiest capital city in the world. In 2025, they have used tribalism and division to divert you from the real issues. Mega city indeed. Both residents and governments are to blame.



Throwback: Lagos Described As "Dirtiest Capital City In The World" In 1972 - Politics - Nairaland
https://www.nairaland.com/5946867/throwback-lagos-described-dirtiest-capital

I hope authorities step up to their responsibility and stop these mindless blame game. This is an inspiring video from Bangladesh where the youth decided to clean up the city. They have corrupt and irresponsible politicians who like to pass the buck. It starts with you and I, we are all responsible for taking care of our environment.

Image123:
Drama kings jumping at every thing antigovernment is not opposition. The corps member goes through orientation and signs and pledges to abide by the rules, under the sun or in the rain. Taking lawyers for bragging is utmost foolishness. You'll rightly lose in court and complain about how Tinubu bought them. Illiteracy is indeed a disease, school has not passed through majority.

Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has commissioned the first-ever public hospital in Onitsha South Local Government Area of the State.

The newly built General Hospital, located in Fegge, marks a significant milestone in the government's commitment to improving healthcare infrastructure in the state.

The commissioning of the facility was disclosed in a post on the official X handle of the Anambra State Government on Friday, March 14.

The post reads: "The first-ever public hospital in Onitsha South. Soludo has delivered a brand new General Hospital, in Fegge, Onitsha South LGA."

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Colombian authorities, in collaboration with the FBI, have arrested a Nigerian national, Joseph Chinedu Okparaejesi, alias Alen, a suspected transnational drug trafficker, at El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá.

Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a security pundit, that Okparaejesi, who had been residing in Colombia for over 12 years, was apprehended upon arrival from São Paulo, Brazil, following an intensive investigation led by the Dijín (Colombian police intelligence unit) and the Attorney General’s Office.

The suspect posed as a businessman in the beauty industry but was allegedly coordinating large-scale cocaine shipments to Spain.

Authorities revealed that Okparaejesi financed drug procurement and oversaw operations involving human couriers and specially designed double-bottom suitcases to smuggle narcotics. His arrest was facilitated by intelligence from a detained drug mule en route to Spain, who disclosed details of the Nigerian’s network.

As a result of this breakthrough, 15 other individuals linked to his operations have also been arrested.

Investigations indicate that Okparaejesi married a Colombian woman in 2012 at the Nuestra Señora de Fátima parish in Bogotá.

He reportedly ran a business dealing in hair extensions, named “Nigeria African,” located near Ciudad de Cali Avenue.

A close associate of the suspect told El Tiempo that the Nigerian rarely left Colombia, travelling to Africa approximately every two years to visit his family. “The last time we spoke, he told us he was in Ghana,” the associate said.

The Colombian National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC) has confirmed his detention, with charges of drug trafficking, production, and distribution filed against him.

Bashir El-Rufai, one of the sons of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has made veiled threats against residents of Southern Kaduna in an online spat with an X (formerly twitter) user.

Bashir El-Rufai in response to a quoted post by a handle called AIG (@qykali), said:

It is your stupid mother that is an elephant. And Southern Kaduna residents will keep seeing sheghe if they continue to attack indigenous Fulani herdsmen. Oloshi

Bashir El-Rufai had earlier made a post in which he said, “conspiracy theories flying about Pablo’s former ties with SDP, then that must mean he/they have moles within the party already to sabotage the process. It is lie. This is not Labor Party. They cannot pull it off.”

In response, the handle @qykali posted:

“Look at this Giraffe neck calling the president Pablo whereas your midget Dad is a Fulani irredentist who engaged in industrial scale ethnic cleansing of people of southern Kaduna for the eight years he was Governor.”

On Monday, Bashir’s father and former FCT Minister, Malam Nasir El-Rufai ended months of speculation when he finally announced his defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) after resigning from the APC. El-Rufai weeks ago had earlier stated that the distance between him and the APC keeps getting wider.

One of the talking points of El-Rufai’s 8 years of stewardship in Kaduna state has always been recurring crisis and killings in the Christian-dominated southern Kaduna. Critics accuse the former governor of not doing enough to bring about solution to the issues fueling repeated cycles of killings in Southern Kaduna.

Bashir El-Rufai’s insinuation that the residents of Southern Kaduna will keep seeing “shege” if they continue to attack Fulani herdsmen is already being interpreted by some people to mean at best a tacit support for a side in the conflict and at worst threats of instability in Southern Kaduna by the son of the former governor.

Since the assumption of office of El-Rufai’s anointed successor, Gov. Uba Sani, there has been a relative peace in Southern Kaduna. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa is also from Southern Kaduna.

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betbaron:

Better than skull mining

Hundreds of women from Eha-Ohala in Isi-Uzu local government area of Enugu State staged a peaceful protest against incessant herdsmen attacks and killings in their communities.

Eha-Ohala is made of Mgbuji, Umujiove, and Abor autonomous communities.

The women, who started the protest by 8:30am, blocked the Nkalagu-Eha-Amufu-Ikem-Obollo-Afor Federal Highway, calling on the Enugu state government to intervene and find a lasting solution to the crisis.

The protesters condemned the inaction of security agencies, accusing them of protecting the invaders.

They shared harrowing accounts of women being raped, beaten, and mutilated by suspected herdsmen.

In a video clip SaharaReporters obtained on Tuesday, the protesting women lamented that residents have been prevented from accessing their farms, exacerbating economic hardship and food insecurity.

"Our women are being raped by Fulani herdsmen; our husbands don't go to their farms again. Our sons don't go to the farm again. When women go to their farms, they will be beaten and raped by Fulani herdsmen, who also insert a stick inside their private parts," the protesting women lamented.

SaharaReporters, which has been covering attacks in Eha-Amufu, a border community with Benue State, reports that at least 150 people have been killed, and 28 farm settlements have been sacked and occupied by herdsmen between 2020 and 2025.

Efforts by SaharaReporters to reach the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, for comments on the incident were unsuccessful, as he did not respond to calls.

Similarly, the Enugu State government has remained silent on the protest, with Governor Peter Mbah’s media unit yet to issue a statement on the matter.

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A Lagos State gurbanitoral candidate in the 2023 election, Funsho Doherty, released a video in Yoruba language. Reactions on X praises Ronu for resetting his brain to think Yoruba First.

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has disclosed that an independent power plant that would provide 24 hours of uninterrupted electricity to most parts of the state, especially Abeokuta, the State capital, would be ready for commissioning in the next eight weeks.

Abiodun, who stated this after inspecting the 30 megawatts power plant located at Onijogangan near Ewekoro, noted that the project, which is in collaboration with private sector partners, is the first phase of the Ogun State Light Up Project.

According to the governor, the project is in line with his promise to provide uninterrupted power supply to major cities and towns across the state.He said: “What we are doing today is to witness the first phase of the implementation of our Ogun State Light Up Project. The first phase of this project is the 30 megawatts of power generation that will take care of Abeokuta.

“Abeokuta metropolis will require more than 30 megawatts, but this is the first phase of the planned 100 megawatts power generation capacity. I have gone around and have taken note of the progress of work so far.”

“I have seen the control room; I have seen the turbines; I have seen that we will be responsible for ensuring that the gas is compressed. We have seen the gas pipelines that will be completed between three to six weeks. The gas compressor is there and there is a diesel tank as well.”

Abiodun, who was impressed with the high quality of work done at the site, observed that the plant, apart from using compressed gas as its main fuel, would also use diesel as a backup in case of disruption in the supply of gas.

Golan007:
DAI Global.

Revenue in 2024: $5.1 Bullion .

Hundeyin thinks it's a small organisation.

Can't even carry out thorough research.

ednut1:
Cant see where Elon musk thanked him. Abi am i blind?

Three men have been arrested in the Ogii community, Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State for allegedly being in possession of a human skull.

The State Police Command has confirmed that the suspects, Patrick Okoere (29), Ifeanyichukwu Anyaemeka (28), and Chukwuemeka Onyekachi (20), were apprehended on February 3 along the Okigwe-Umuahia Expressway following a tip-off from residents.

They were found with a human skull, a native hen, and white garments.

The Imo State police spokesperson, Henry Okoye, stated, “As part of the Imo State Police Command’s continued efforts to curb criminal activities in the state, operatives of Okigwe divisional headquarters, in collaboration with residents of Ogii community, on 3/02/2025, arrested three suspects found in possession of a human skull, a native hen and white garments along the Okigwe-Umuahia Express Road.
“The three individuals arrested—Patrick Okoere (29), Ifeanyichukwu Anyaemeka (28), and Chukwuemeka Onyekachi (20)—are currently under investigation.

During questioning, Patrick stated that his uncle, Osunta Oko, had asked him to acquire a human skull.

He claimed to have found it along a riverbank on the Okigwe-Umuahia Expressway, an area where the command had received cases of kidnappings.

“The Imo State Police Command is actively pursuing Osunta Oko and other possible accomplices in connection with this disturbing incident. In addition, a DNA analysis is underway to determine the identity of the skull’s owner.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma, reassured the public of the Command’s unwavering commitment to safeguarding the safety and security of all residents.
He emphasised that justice will be served and that the suspects will face prosecution upon completion of the investigation.”

Meanwhile, Okoye said the public would be updated as investigations unfold.