Daily News Titbits

The Presidency on Sunday clarified that the investigative records on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu which a United States court ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration to release are not new. Presidential Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga said there is nothing revealing in the 30-year-old reports.

 Suspected bandits have razed a Juma’at mosque, a Primary Healthcare Centre, and at least 10 residential houses in Biyabiki village, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The assault, which occurred around 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, is believed to be a reprisal by armed loyalists of notorious bandit leader Adamu Aliero.

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 Gunmen suspected to be militants on Friday ambushed the patrol team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps at Igbomotoru community, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, killing a yet-to-be identified officer. A community source told Daily Trust that the patrol squad was returning from a clampdown operation on illegal bunkering sites in the area when the incident happened.

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 The Federal Government will begin a nationwide flood awareness campaign in May 2025 to educate and sensitise Nigerians on the risks and safety measures related to flooding. This was disclosed by Mr Kunle Awojemila, the Deputy Director of the Department of Flood, Erosion Control and Coastal Management at the Federal Ministry of Environment in an Interview with Dailypost On Sunday.

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 An explosion rocked a Closed Circuit Television dealer’s shop on Kodesho Street, near Computer Village in the Ikeja area of Lagos State, on Friday.

Four of the victims of Friday’s explosion in the Ikeja area of Lagos are battling to stay alive and one died on Saturday.

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 A 41-year-old ex-convict and Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu, also known as Richard, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency while attempting to traffic 2.7kg of methamphetamine concealed inside two giant music speakers headed for distribution in Yola, Mubi, and across the border into Cameroon.

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 Oyo State Police Command, on Sunday, confirmed the arrest of the three suspected armed robbers in connection with the hijacking of a truck loaded with 45,000 litres of the Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol on Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode road. A statement by the spokesperson, Adewale Osifeso said the recovered product belongs to NIPCO Petroleum Nigeria Limited.

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 The Federal Government has announced a significant improvement in the stability of Nigeria’s power grid, attributing it to the installation of an additional 700 megawatts in transmission capacity. The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said this at the weekend when he received the EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Gautier Mignot, in his office in Abuja.

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 The Federal Government has stated that a total sum of N777bn will be utilised to complete the ongoing reconstruction of the 700-kilometre Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony on Sunday, Minister of Works Engr. David Umahi stated that the N777bn allocation would be used to complete the remaining 282 kilometres of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria Road project.

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 The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and sunshine across the country from Monday to Wednesday. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja, predicted slight dust haze would be expected over the Northern region, with the possibility of afternoon or evening thunderstorms in parts of Adamawa, Taraba, and Kaduna States.

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