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The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully destroyed two large cannabis farms and apprehended thirty-nine suspected drug traffickers. Several raid operations also resulted in the seizure of 1,303.8858 kilograms of illicit drugs in May 2025. Presenting his first monthly operational scorecard, the Edo State Commander of the NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju, announced the developments in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The suspected drug traffickers arrested include 18 males and 21 females. The two cannabis farms destroyed, measuring 0.782961 hectares, were discovered in the Uzebba and Ohosu forests, spread across Owan West and Ovia…

President of Galatasaray Football Club, Dusun Ozbek, has made a bold claim about his club’s pursuit of Super Eagles striker, Victor James Osimhen, Soccernet.ng reports. Osimhen joined the Turkish side on a season-long loan from Napoli last September, and immediately hit the ground running at RAMS Park. The addition of the 26-year-old to Okan Buruk’s side saw the Turkish Super Lig Champions win on all grounds domestically, while the Napoli loanee didn’t do badly for himself, scoring 37 goals and providing eight assists in 41 games across all competitions. Victor Osimhen celebrating at RAMS Park after scoring a stunning header…

Former Ekiti State governor Ayodele Fayose has praised President Bola Tinubu for stabilising Nigeria’s economy and warned that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) risks becoming “a carcass” if internal issues are not urgently addressed. Speaking during a visit to the president, Fayose commended Tinubu’s early efforts to steer Nigeria away from economic collapse, stating that although the reforms have not yielded immediate miracles, they reflect courageous and stabilising decisions. “For Nigerians, no one is saying it is easy, but there is no miracle,” Fayose said. “You cannot turn things around overnight. But for the little the President has done,…

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has expressed optimism that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would survive its current adversity. Wike stated this when he hosted the party’s stakeholders under the aegis of “Concerned Stakeholders of the PDP” from the 36 states of the federation and the FCT, in Abuja on Monday. Some of the stakeholders included former Gov. Ifeanyi Uguanyi of Enugu, former Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, and former Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia. Also at the meeting were the National Secretary of the PDP, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, and former Senate Minority Leader, Sen.…

Olugbenga Ige Nigerian health technology entrepreneur Anina Agboola has proposed a preventive and personalised approach to chronic illness management. The health expert, in her new book, The Chronic Care Blueprint, presented a roadmap for addressing what she describes as “one of the most urgent health crises of our time.” Agboola, who is the founder of HoliHealth and developer of the Roots chronic care app, said the book was born out of a personal loss—her father, a physician, died from a chronic illness that could have been detected earlier. “That experience changed everything for me,” she said. “I started asking, what…

Photo Credit: Tems/Instagram Tems is headed to the pitch, this July and she’s not coming alone. The Afrobeats artist will join Doja Cat and J Balvin to perform at the first-ever halftime show at a FIFA Club World Cup Final. For the first time, the FIFA Club World Cup final will include a halftime show and the debut lineup is as strategic as it is star-studded. This performance isn’t merely entertainment. Curated by Chris Martin of Coldplay, the show supports the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, an initiative aimed at raising $100 million to improve educational access and youth football…

Spanish LaLiga club Real Betis could try to sign one Super Eagles forward this summer as they look to get some reinforcements ahead of next season, Soccernet.ng reports. Betis are coming off their best campaign in a long time, as they finished 6th in the LaLiga and reached the final of the UEFA Conference League. A key part of their campaign was Manchester United winger Antony, who joined them in January. The Brazilian contributed nine goals and five assists in 26 appearances. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE However, the 25-year-old forward has now returned to his parent club Manchester United, from…

Chris Ayebusiwa is a household name in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State, where he represents one of the two constituencies as a member of the 10th Ondo State House of Assembly.From Okitipupa Constituency I, Ayebusiwa is the Chairman, House Committee on Tertiary Institutions, and holds membership of other critical standing committees, including House Committees on Public Accounts, Judiciary and Public Petitions, Women Affairs and Social Development, Special Persons and Disability, Inter-parliamentary Relations, Water Resources, Ethics and Privileges, Governor’s Office and Protocols Committee, Works, and Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC). He speaks on sundry political issues…

A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and ally of former vice president Atiku Abubakar, Segun Sowunmi, has said he would not hesitate to leave the opposition party if he chose to support President Bola Tinubu. Sowunmi made the statement during an interview on Channels Television on Monday night, in reaction to questions surrounding his recent meeting with Tinubu at the Presidential Villa. “I will leave the PDP if I want to work for Tinubu,” Sowunmi said. “I am not a political captive.” His comments come amid growing tensions within the PDP, as former presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar intensifies…

The Police Command in Kogi has confirmed the death of a retired Army Major, Joe Ajayi, at the hands of his abductors after the payment of N10 million ransom by his family for his release. SP Williams Ovye-Aya, the spokesman of the command, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lokoja. NAN reports that Ajayi, 76, was kidnapped from his residence in Odo-Ape, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi on May 21. Ovye-Aya said that the remains of the deceased retired army officer had been recovered and deposited at the Kabba Specialist Hospital mortuary, according…