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In the early hours of a humid November morning, a 16-car convoy rolled into Obinugwu village in southeast Nigeria and stopped outside the iron gates of a non-descript house. More than 50 drug enforcement officials crept through the compound and surrounded the methamphetamine lab hidden by overgrown jungle behind the property. The bust happened just before daybreak. Dozens were arrested, including the suspected kingpin at his mansion in the nearby city of Owerri. “It took…

President Muhammadu Buhari has criticized the previous governments for their perceived failure in infrastructure development from 1999-2014. The President said that with the huge resources at the nation’s disposal at that time, “Infrastructure went to a rot completely within the same period”. President Buhari stated this on Monday when he received the outgoing British High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency, Paul Arkwright, in a farewell audience at the State House, Abuja. “Our focus now is on…

Melania Trump is visiting Malawi, the second stop on a five-day goodwill visit to Africa. The U.S. first lady landed in the capital of Lilongwe (lih-LON’-gweh) on Thursday morning after a six-hour flight from Ghana. She is focusing the trip on her interest in child welfare. At a primary school in Lilongwe, Mrs. Trump is expected to tour classrooms, observe an English lesson, meet teachers and donate textbooks and soccer balls. She also plans to…

Nollywood actor turned politician, Kenneth Okonkwo has allegedly been disqualified from Enugu gubernatorial race, according to reports. Kenneth Okonkwo who was born in Nsukka, Enugu State was not screened out as is being speculated, he was unable to purchase the Expression of interest/ nomination forms by the deadline date provided according to reports. The source is quoted as saying: “How can we screen somebody that did not submit a form? What happened was that he…

Super Eagles stars Alex Iwobi rocked the new Wizkid jersey by sportswear giants Nike after the official launch on Monday. He represented Nigeria at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Also, Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang modelled the jersey through a post on his official Instgram account. Iwobi, who was ruled out of Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles in Victoria by injury, posted a picture of him in the merchandise along with a…

President Muhammadu Buhari has submitted his nomination forms for the 2019 Presidential election. He submitted the expression of interest and nomination forms on Wednesday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat at Blantyre Street, Wuse II, Abuja. The national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomole among other leaders of the party were at the Secretariat to receive the forms from President Buhari. President Buhari while submitting the forms warned party members against complacency but…

The president of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki has celebrated his wife on social media as she adds a year to her age. Mrs Toyin, the beautiful wife of senate president, Bukola Saraki, has turned a year older today and her husband has celebrated her. Dr Saraki took to his Instagram page to shower the woman with cute, loving words as he wished her a happy birthday. He wrote: “Happy birthday to my beautiful wife, Toyin….