NDLEA, NCA-UK recommit to taking battle against drug to cartels

NDLEA, NCA-UK recommit to taking battle against drug to cartels

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom have both recommitted to taking the battle against drug to the doorsteps of drug cartels as part of efforts to stamp out serious organized crimes in…

UN Condemns Burning of Quran

UN Condemns Burning of Quran

The United Nations has condemned the burning of Holy Quran in front of a mosque in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden. A statement on Thursday read that: “The High-Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), Mr. Miguel Moratinos expresses his…

NIS Promotes 7,000 Officers

NIS Promotes 7,000 Officers

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)has promoted 7, 000 officers across different ranks and departments in the service as approved by its Board. A statement from Acting Public Relations Officer of NIS, Kenneth Kure, disclosed that the promotion was contained in a letter…

Audi: NSCDC Has Zero Tolerance for Accidental Discharge

Audi: NSCDC Has Zero Tolerance for Accidental Discharge

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi on Monday said the corps has zero tolerance for accidental discharge of riffle by any personnel, insisting that officers must be grounded in arms handling. Audi, made…

Nigerians Asked to Accept Ex-inmates Without Suspicion

Nigerians Asked to Accept Ex-inmates Without Suspicion

Nigerians have been advised to accept freed ex-prison inmates back into the society without suspicion as they have been made to go through reformatory and rehabilitation programmes that have made them no longer dangerous. The advice was given by the Permanent Secretary,…

4 INMATES REGAIN FREEDOM IN KWALE CUSTODIAL CENTRE

4 INMATES REGAIN FREEDOM IN KWALE CUSTODIAL CENTRE

-BY ONORIODE ETATSEMI: Four inmates in the Kwale Custodial Centre have regained their freedom from the prison by the Delta State Chief Judge, Honourable Justice Theresa Dai while additional four were granted bail. Speaking during the second quarter prison visit to Kwale…

NDLEA uncovers Meth Lab in Lagos, recovers packs of illicit drug

NDLEA uncovers Meth Lab in Lagos, recovers packs of illicit drug

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a secret laboratory producing deadly illicit substance, methamphetamine, in a residential community located in Ikeja, Lagos state. According to a statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi…

Oil Theft: NSCDC CG Reads Riot Act to Commandants in Niger Delta…Orders Round the Clock Surveillance of Oil Facilities

Oil Theft: NSCDC CG Reads Riot Act to Commandants in Niger Delta…Orders Round the Clock Surveillance of Oil Facilities

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi has read the Riot Act to Commandants in the Niger Delta States to get of economic saboteurs, vandals, criminals, oil thieves in the area, even as he…

Generals At War: How Sadique, Monguno’s media brokers allegedly approached editors, bloggers with scripts to disparage Buratai

Generals At War: How Sadique, Monguno’s media brokers allegedly approached editors, bloggers with scripts to disparage Buratai

By: James Bwala I anticipated that this article could involve treading on some sensitive ground. But I am aware that standing up for the truth may also be heroism. Nigeria will be a better country when those with the proper minds stand…

NDLEA Raid Onitsha Drug Market, Two Die, Many Injured

NDLEA Raid Onitsha Drug Market, Two Die, Many Injured

–BY SUNNY A. DAVID: The operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raided the popular Bridge Head Drug Market, Onitsha. Two men were feared dead with scores sustaining different degrees of injuries during the raid, on Wednesday. Although there has been no official…

Fentanyl: NDLEA busts lethal drug syndicate, arrests members in Anambra

Fentanyl: NDLEA busts lethal drug syndicate, arrests members in Anambra

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested members of a syndicate involved in the illicit importation and trafficking of lethal synthetic opioid, Fentanyl, Fentanyl is a drug which is 100 times stronger than tramadol and capable of causing…

NAPPS Oshimili S’ implores Harrison to pull down trending video on alleged cultism among school pupils/students or …

NAPPS Oshimili S’ implores Harrison to pull down trending video on alleged cultism among school pupils/students or …

-By Albert Ograka: The chairman of the National Association Propriers of Private Schools (NAPPS) in Oshimili South local government area, Mr Samson Ekene flanked by members of the executive on Monday in Asaba, decried the effect of the trending video by one…

NDLEA intercepts explosives, meth consignment…Arrests Cameroonian in Nigerian military uniform

NDLEA intercepts explosives, meth consignment…Arrests Cameroonian in Nigerian military uniform

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a consignment of 32 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, believed to be for bandits camp in Niger state. The spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on…

NDLEA intercepts UK-bound N.5Billion worth meth, arrests baron, seals Lekki mansion

NDLEA intercepts UK-bound N.5Billion worth meth, arrests baron, seals Lekki mansion

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a large consignment of methamphetamine concealed in powdered custard containers as part of a consolidated cargo going to London, United Kingdom at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International…

Anambra Attack: Two Missing US Employees Now Safe, Under Custody of Nigerian Authorities- US Embassy

Anambra Attack: Two Missing US Employees Now Safe, Under Custody of Nigerian Authorities- US Embassy

Two U.S. Mission employees missing since the May 16 attack in Anambra state are alive and safe, and under the protection of Nigerian authorities in Anambra, the United States Embassy has said. The Embassy in a statement on Friday said: “Two U.S….

Two Suspects Arrested Over Attack On US Embassy Staff In Anambra–CP Echeng

Two Suspects Arrested Over Attack On US Embassy Staff In Anambra–CP Echeng

BY SUNNY A. DAVID The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed that two suspects have been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s attack on the US Consulate Convoy in Ogbaru Local Government Area. Preliminary investigations conducted by the Police revealed that seven persons…

Blinken Gives Details of Attack on US Convoy

Blinken Gives Details of Attack on US Convoy

The United States’ Secretary of State, Antony Blinken has given details of the attack on US convoy in Nigeria’s Southeast State, Anambra Blinken who disclosed that four members of the advanced party were killed and some others with their whereabouts not still…

Fire Fighting: FG to procure aircraft for all six geopolitical zones- Aregbesola

Fire Fighting: FG to procure aircraft for all six geopolitical zones- Aregbesola

The Federal Government is planning to procure an aircraft in each of the six geopolitical zones of the country to fight wildfires, bushfires, and other large-scale fires, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has said. Aregbesola said this at the commissioning of…

Aregbesola: FG Spends Over N1million on Inmate Per Annum

Aregbesola: FG Spends Over N1million on Inmate Per Annum

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has revealed that the federal government spends a little over a million Naira annually to maintain each of the inmates kept in custodial facilities across the country. Speaking at the commissioning a 20-bed COVID-19 Crisis…

Irabor Insists Reuters reports against military spurious

Irabor Insists Reuters reports against military spurious

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has declared as spurious, thehuman rights violations allegations levelled against the Nigerian military by news agency, Reuters, Reuters in a series of reports had alleged the military in it’s counter-insurgency operations in the…

Group Calls for Resignation of DG, BPP

Group Calls for Resignation of DG, BPP

A public procurement advocacy group, NEFGAD, has demanded the immediate resignation of the Director General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mr. Mamman Ahmadu over the alleged irregularity of his appointment. He was given a 30-day ultimatum to resign or face…

Build, Manage Your Correctional Facilities or Pay to have Your Inmates in Ours, FG tells State Govts

Build, Manage Your Correctional Facilities or Pay to have Your Inmates in Ours, FG tells State Govts

The federal government on Thursday told state governments to either build and manage their correctional facilities or pay the cost of keeping their inmates at facilities built by the central government. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said even though the justice system…

Security Operatives Kill 5 Transborder Kidnappers Operating From Imo, Recover Rocket Launchers, Ak47 Rifles, Charms

Security Operatives Kill 5 Transborder Kidnappers Operating From Imo, Recover Rocket Launchers, Ak47 Rifles, Charms

From SUNNY A. DAVID: Anambra State Police Command have neutralized five criminal suspects allegedly belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN). The State’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Echeng Echeng, disclosed this at a press conference on…

Sudan Government Calls for Classification of RSF as Terrorist Group

Sudan Government Calls for Classification of RSF as Terrorist Group

The Sudanese Government has called for the classification of the rebel group, Rapid Support Forces (RSF) which is currently in battle with the Sudanese Army, a terrorist group. The government equally said it is yet to close the widow on dialogue and…

Reuters Allegations: Civilians We Were Accused of Killing, Saved My Life When I was Shot by Boko Haram, Major tells NHRC Panel

Reuters Allegations: Civilians We Were Accused of Killing, Saved My Life When I was Shot by Boko Haram, Major tells NHRC Panel

A Major with the Nigeria Army, Kehinde Aboseh has put lie to the allegations of violations of human rights in the report of Reuters of the Nigerian Armed Forces’ counter-insurgency operations in the Northeast. Giving witness on Wednesday in Abuja at the…

DELTA COURT CONVICTS, SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR CONSPIRACY, ARMED ROBBERY

DELTA COURT CONVICTS, SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR CONSPIRACY, ARMED ROBBERY

-From Onoriode Etatsemi: The Effurun High Court I, in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State has convicted and sentenced two men, Emmanuel Ruekpe and Peter Okoro to death by hanging on two count charges of conspiracy and armed robbery. The Court…

Senate President Calls on Political Leaders to Imbibe Tenets of Democracy, Give Attention to Issues of Security in West Africa

Senate President Calls on Political Leaders to Imbibe Tenets of Democracy, Give Attention to Issues of Security in West Africa

The Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan has said elected representatives must be focused and grow the collective ability of imbibing the tenets of democracy, calling for more attention on issues of security in the sub-region in order for development. Speaking at the…

NDLEA seizes 8,852 kgs illicit drugs consignment after half hour gun duel in Lagos

NDLEA seizes 8,852 kgs illicit drugs consignment after half hour gun duel in Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized a total of 8,852 kilogrammes (8.8 tons) of Canadian Loud, an imported synthetic strain of cannabis after a 30-minute gun fight with armed men who were escorting the consignment loaded in…

NCoS Promotes Officer for Gallantry During Kuje Jailbreak

NCoS Promotes Officer for Gallantry During Kuje Jailbreak

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has promoted one of its officers for the gallantry he displayed during last year’s Kuje jail attack. The officer, James Benjamin was promoted from Assistant Superintendent of Corrections II to Assistant Superintendent of Corrections I. A statement…

Unknown Gunmen Kill 3 Policemen At Checkpoint In Anambra

Unknown Gunmen Kill 3 Policemen At Checkpoint In Anambra

-From SUNNY A. DAVID: It has been confirmed three policemen were killed on Thursday when unknown gunmen attacked a Police checkpoint at Umunze, in the Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The incident, which occured around 12 noon was said…

Shutdown Benue ethanol company appeals for reopening

Shutdown Benue ethanol company appeals for reopening

Shut ethanol- producing company, Pure Biotech Company Limited has appealed to the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to reopen its premise for operation after it installed a state-of-the-art Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), to prevent the reoccurrence of wastewater contamination,…

Sudan: FG Gives Update on Evacuation of Nigerians

Sudan: FG Gives Update on Evacuation of Nigerians

The Federal Government has said that 637 Nigerian evacuated from troubled Sudan had arrived the identified safe borders at Aswan, Egypt and are undergoing necessary documentation and clearance before admission into the Egyptian territory for their eventual evacuation to Nigeria, with the…

Buhari Calls for strong interface between Africa, Diaspora

Buhari Calls for strong interface between Africa, Diaspora

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a strong interface among Africans and their Diasporas around the world. Buhari, while speaking at the opening of the 2nd edition of Global African Diaspora Symposium, Abuja, 2023, with the theme “Building Stronger Connections Between Africa…

NDLEA Warns Skit Makers to Show Restraint, Responsibility, Decorum in Use of Paraphernalia of Law Enforcement Agencies

NDLEA Warns Skit Makers to Show Restraint, Responsibility, Decorum in Use of Paraphernalia of Law Enforcement Agencies

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has advised skit producers to show restraint, responsibility and decorum in the use of paraphernalia of law enforcement officers to avoid misconceptions and insinuations. The advice came on the heels of a trending video where…

Saudi-Arabia bound widower, divorcee on Lesser Hajj arrested at Lagos airport with 14.4kg cocaine

Saudi-Arabia bound widower, divorcee on Lesser Hajj arrested at Lagos airport with 14.4kg cocaine

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos a widower, Ariyibi Olaseinde and a divorcee, Silifat Akanbi with 14.4 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in lace and ankara fabrics while attempting to take…

Dabiri-Erewa Laments Situation in Sudan As Responsible for Non Evacuation of Nigerians

Dabiri-Erewa Laments Situation in Sudan As Responsible for Non Evacuation of Nigerians

The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has said the situation in Sudan was responsible for the inability to evacuate Nigerians trapped in the country presently engulfed in crisis. Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement on Friday by Gabriel Odu of…

Food system transformation implementation receives a boost as FG inaugurates steering c’tee

Food system transformation implementation receives a boost as FG inaugurates steering c’tee

Towards institutionalising Nigeria’s efforts at ensuring food system transformation that is sustainable, inclusive, and resilient, the Federal Government of Nigeria has inaugurated the Steering Committee on States’ implementation of the food systems transformation pathway. “Due diligence was undertaken in the identification of…

NESREA Seals Off Ethanol Plant for Discharging Pollutants into Water System

NESREA Seals Off Ethanol Plant for Discharging Pollutants into Water System

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA and the Nigeria Police Force have sealed off Pure Bio-Tech Company Limited for contravening environmental law by discharging pollutants into public water system. A statement on Tuesday by the spokesperson of NESREA, Amaka…

Heavy rainstorm kills 6, injure others in Delta metropolis 

Heavy rainstorm kills 6, injure others in Delta metropolis 

-From Editor’s Desk Six persons are said to have lost their lives to rainstorm and windstorm recorded in Oko Community in Oshimili South Local Government Area of the state.  The incident was disclosed by Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu…