Day: February 23, 2025

Police Capture Serial Thief, Recover Stolen Car in Jigawa

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The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a suspected car thief, Alhassan Isa, also known as Tata. The suspect, a resident of Shuwarin town in Kiyawa Local Government Area, was found with a stolen Mazda 323 Model F, bearing registration number MNA 139HK, Niger State. In a statement released on Sunday in Dutse, the Jigawa State Command Public Relations Officer, SP Shi’isu Lawan Adam, stated that the vehicle’s owner, Abdurrahman Sadiq, a staff member of the Nigerian Institute of Oil Palm Research, reported the theft at the Dutse Division on…

NDLEA arrests Thai woman with 46kg of cannabis at Lagos airport

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 24-year-old Thai national, Ms. Pattaphi Wimonnat, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. She was caught attempting to smuggle 43 parcels of “Canadian Loud,” a potent synthetic cannabis strain, totaling 46.60 kilograms, into Nigeria. Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, released a statement on Sunday detailing the arrest. The statement revealed that Ms. Wimonnat was apprehended on Thursday, February 20, 2025, during passenger clearance from a Qatar Airways flight originating from Thailand via Doha. She confessed to…

Van Persie Steps In as Feyenoord’s New Head Coach

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Feyenoord Rotterdam has officially announced the appointment of Robin van Persie as their new head coach, heralding a new era for the Eredivisie club. The club expressed their enthusiasm with an official statement released on Sunday, stating, “The next chapter starts here. Robin van Persie, welcome home again.” Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano confirmed the appointment, reporting that the former Netherlands international and Feyenoord legend has signed a contract extending until June 2027. This long-term commitment signifies the club’s confidence in Van Persie’s ability to lead the team. Van Persie, known…

IBB : Obasanjo opted to leave Army when asked to succeed Murtala

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Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has disclosed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo opted to leave the Army after he was asked to succeed former Head of State, Murtala Muhammed, following the failure of the 1976 coup that claimed Murtala’s life. IBB made this disclosure in his autobiography, A Journey in Service while giving accounts of the events that followed the attempt to forcefully take over the Murtala’s military administration by a group of mutineers led by Lieutenant-Colonel Bukar Dimka. Following Murtala’s death, IBB, in chapter 5 of his book…