OLEH COMMUNITY COMMENDS OBOREVWORI, APPEAL WHITE PAPER ERRORS, DELINEATION MARK BETWEEN OLEH, OZORO LAND DISPUTE

OLEH COMMUNITY COMMENDS OBOREVWORI, APPEAL WHITE PAPER ERRORS, DELINEATION MARK BETWEEN OLEH, OZORO LAND DISPUTE

The people of Oleh community in Isoko South local government area of Delta State, have commended the Delta State government on the steps taken so far in promoting peace between land owners families from Ozoro and Oleh communities. They appealed to Governor…

To Counter Boko Haram Ideology, Zulum converts Arabic school to institute

To Counter Boko Haram Ideology, Zulum converts Arabic school to institute

… To partner Al-Azhar University Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has announced the conversion of Mustapha Umar Elkanemi Arabic (Teachers) College in Maiduguri to a specialised institute for teaching of Arabic and Islamic education that will counter the ideology of Boko…

67-year-old in NDLEA Custody for Ingesting 100 Wraps of Cocaine at Abuja Airport

67-year-old in NDLEA Custody for Ingesting 100 Wraps of Cocaine at Abuja Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 67-year-old alleged trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine. Chukwuemeka who was arrested last on Tuesday during the inward clearance of…

Nigeria Calls for De-escalation of Hostilities between Israel, Hamas

Nigeria Calls for De-escalation of Hostilities between Israel, Hamas

The Nigerian government has called for de-escalation of violence and hostilities between Israel and Hamas. The Nigerian government in a statement personally signed on Saturday by the Foreign Affairs Minister, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar pleaded for the immediate ceasefire between the two parties….

Keeping modern societies safe from illicit drugs demands global commitment – Marwa

Keeping modern societies safe from illicit drugs demands global commitment – Marwa

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that the task to keep modern societies safe from the scourge of illicit drugs demands global commitment, even as he assured that Nigeria is…

NAPTIP Secures Benin City High Profile Trafficker, Mama Masha

NAPTIP Secures Benin City High Profile Trafficker, Mama Masha

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has secured the conviction of a well-known socialite in Benin City and high-profile trafficker, Felicia Osaigbovo, also known as Mama Masha. Mama Masha was sentenced to 12 years in prison and…

NEMA raises the bar on Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation

NEMA raises the bar on Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has continued to raised the bar on disaster preparedness and mitigation through continous human capacity development of staff and stakeholders. The concerted effort by NEMA is aimed at bolstering inter-agency collaboration and enhance the capacity of…

Wanted kingpin, Chadian, grandpa arrested over London-bound shipment

Wanted kingpin, Chadian, grandpa arrested over London-bound shipment

A suspected drug kingpin wanted for alleged attempts to ship illicit drug consignments to the United Kingdom tops the list of arrests made by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA through interdiction operations that led to the seizure of…

African anti-narcotics bodies seek specialised courts for drug cases, money laundering

African anti-narcotics bodies seek specialised courts for drug cases, money laundering

Heads of drug law enforcement agencies in Africa have called for the setting up of specialized courts to try drug cases and other organized crimes across the continent. This was part of recommendations adopted at the end of the weeklong 31st Meeting…

NESREA Bags Public Service Award for Environmental Technology

NESREA Bags Public Service Award for Environmental Technology

The Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) has announced the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) as the best Federal Ministries, Departments & Agencies (MDA) in the Use of Environmental Sustainable Technology Implementation in the country. In a letter ref….

AZEMHE AZENA SYMPATHISES WITH FAMILIES OF ROAD MISHAP

AZEMHE AZENA SYMPATHISES WITH FAMILIES OF ROAD MISHAP

-By Austen Akhagbeme: Dr Azemhe Azena, a popular Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Edo State, has expressed sympathy and concern over the death of about ten persons and many others who sustained various degrees of injury in a road…

NDLEA destroys 40 tons of cannabis plants in Ekiti; intercepts over 4,000kgs of illicit drugs in Lagos, Kogi, FCT, Kaduna, Sokoto, Edo raids

NDLEA destroys 40 tons of cannabis plants in Ekiti; intercepts over 4,000kgs of illicit drugs in Lagos, Kogi, FCT, Kaduna, Sokoto, Edo raids

Over four tons of illicit and controlled drugs including consignments of nitrous oxide popularly known as laughing gas, skunk, codeine syrup, methamphetamine and tramadol have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, during interdiction operations in the…

NSCDC Nabs Suspected Oil Thieves, Cable Vandals in FCT

NSCDC Nabs Suspected Oil Thieves, Cable Vandals in FCT

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspected oil thieves alongside two alleged armored cable thieves at separate locations in the Federal Capital Territory territory (FCT), Abuja. The FCT Commandant of the NSCDC,Olusola Odumosu,on Thursday during parade of…

GOC Calls for Support of NIN

GOC Calls for Support of NIN

The General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Nigerian Army / Land Component Commander, South South, Operation DELTA SAFE, Major General Jamal Abdussalam has affirmed that the National Identification Number (NIN) is a critical national project that must be supported to succeed. According to…

Over 50% Nigerian girls not attending basic school – UNICEF

Over 50% Nigerian girls not attending basic school – UNICEF

Over 50 percent Nigerian girls are not attending school at the basic education level, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised the alarm. The alarm was raised by the Education Manager at the UNICEF, Jutaro Sakamoto, during an Education Conference organised…

Every Institution, Commercial, Social Recreation Centre Should Have Certified Safety Personnel, Says Interior Minister

Every Institution, Commercial, Social Recreation Centre Should Have Certified Safety Personnel, Says Interior Minister

Interior Minister, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said every institution, commercial and social recreation centre should have certified fire and safety personnel. The Minister said the personnel must go through drills from the National Fire Academy, Sheda, Abuja even as he suggested the…

Death of Remilekun Meshioye, NIDCOM Demands Justice from Egyptair

Death of Remilekun Meshioye, NIDCOM Demands Justice from Egyptair

The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has demanded for justice from the management of Egyptair over the death of a Nigerian, Ms Remilekun Toyosi Meshioye, who died aboard the airline’s plane on Sept. 4, 2023. The demand for…

FRSC Commences 2023 EMBER Months Enlightenment Campaign for Road Users

FRSC Commences 2023 EMBER Months Enlightenment Campaign for Road Users

The sector commander Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) RS 5.2 Delta state CC. Udeme Bassey Eshiet has urged drivers/ road users to be conscious of their driving as we entered the EMBER months. The commander stated this at the 2023 EMBER months…

Stakeholders In Fegge Lament Transfer Of CSP Garba, Ex-DPO

Stakeholders In Fegge Lament Transfer Of CSP Garba, Ex-DPO

-From SUNNY A. DAVID: The Stakeholders in Fegge, Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra State have decried the sudden transfer of the former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Fegge Police Station, CSP Rabiu Garba. In the statement issued by the stakeholders,…

Shettima Says Unity of all Stakeholders Needed to Address Challenges Facing Northeast

Shettima Says Unity of all Stakeholders Needed to Address Challenges Facing Northeast

The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettimahas called for unity between diverse leaders and other stakeholders across the northeast in order to address challenges facing the geo-political zone. The VP made the call on Saturday in Maiduguri while declaring open the 8th meeting…

War on Vandalism: 14 Suspects Vandals, Scavengers Arrested by NSCDC in Abuja

War on Vandalism: 14 Suspects Vandals, Scavengers Arrested by NSCDC in Abuja

Fourteen suspects vandals and scavengers have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the ongoing clampdown on vandals of street and traffic lights, including manhole covers within the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja). According to a…

Zulum Signs Law on Special Support to Victims of Boko Haram

Zulum Signs Law on Special Support to Victims of Boko Haram

… Signs law on rape, thuggery… Signs 7 other Laws Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday signed into law nine different Bills passed by the State House of Assembly, one of which was the “Borno State Social Investment Bill” which…

Gov. Soludo Unhappy With IGR Officials For Unleashing Terror On Commercial Bus Driver

Gov. Soludo Unhappy With IGR Officials For Unleashing Terror On Commercial Bus Driver

–BY SUNNY A. DAVID: Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo has condemned in totality the actions of Anambra State Internal Revenue officials who displayed outright rascality, terror and mayhem on a commercial bus driver in the State. In a press statement…

IYN Raises the Alarm Over Oil Thieves Fighting Their Way Back

IYN Raises the Alarm Over Oil Thieves Fighting Their Way Back

The Ijaw Youths Network (IYN) has raised an alarm that there is an ongoing battle by some desperate oil thieves to sabotage ongoing war against them spearheaded by Tantita Security Services Limited, calling on the Federal Government and all Nigerians to give…

NDLEA intercepts ephedrine, skunk, laughing gas consignments at Lagos airport

NDLEA intercepts ephedrine, skunk, laughing gas consignments at Lagos airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted various quantities of ephedrine, skunk and nitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas concealed in semovita packs and dry pepper being shipped to South Africa and Kenya through the Murtala Muhammed…

Tantita Security Demands Release of Detained Operatives, Insists Arrest Was in Error

Tantita Security Demands Release of Detained Operatives, Insists Arrest Was in Error

Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited has cleared the air over the incident at the Lekki area of Lagos involving its operatives and some Nigerian Navy personnel on August 29. The firm explained in a statement that its personnel who were on the…

Ijaw Group Flays Sponsored Campaign of Calumny on Tompolo, His Company

Ijaw Group Flays Sponsored Campaign of Calumny on Tompolo, His Company

The Ijaw Youths Network has slammed critics of High Chief Government Ekpemupolo popularly known as Tompolo, over the pipeline surveillance contract awarded to his firm, Tantita Security Services Limited, by the Federal Government in 2022. TSL has since August 2022 been in…

Nigeria at Critical Point, in Dire Need of Transformation- Tunji-Ojo

Nigeria at Critical Point, in Dire Need of Transformation- Tunji-Ojo

Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has charged agency heads on the need to walk their talk as the country is at a critical point and in dire need of transformation. Speaking at a brief with the Acting Comptroller General of Immigration,…

Immigration Opens E-Passport Office in Kaduna

Immigration Opens E-Passport Office in Kaduna

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has unveiled an enhanced e-Passport Production Centre in Kaduna, Kaduna State. At the official commissioning ceremony on Tuesday at the Kaduna State Command, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State who was represented at the event by his…

Schools Would Be Safe When All Security Agencies Work in Synergy- NSCDC

Schools Would Be Safe When All Security Agencies Work in Synergy- NSCDC

The need for synergy and collaboration of all security agencies towards safety of schools across the country has been reiterated. Speaking at the training of 91 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on viable strategies to keep schools…

Tunji-Ojo Highlights Plan to Reform Immigration, Fire, Correctional Services

Tunji-Ojo Highlights Plan to Reform Immigration, Fire, Correctional Services

Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has laid out his comprehensive vision for reforming key sectors under the nation’s Ministry of Interior. The Minister, in a video broadcast at the weekend, reaffirmed his commitment to executing the “Renewed Hope Agenda,” of the…

South African arrested with methamphetamine consignment at Abuja airport

South African arrested with methamphetamine consignment at Abuja airport

A South African, Erasmus Jean – Pierre has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja over attempt to smuggling 2.6 kilogrammes of methamphetamine via the Nigerian airport to the Middle…

FG Promises to Stem Disaster Driven Poverty

FG Promises to Stem Disaster Driven Poverty

The Federal Government has promised to take necessary steps to stem disaster driven poverty in the country. The government equally promised to put in place legal framework to reward and punish citizens for environmental use. Addressing members of Ogun State Chapter of…

NSCDC Underlines Importance of Protection of Critical Infrastructure in Abuja

NSCDC Underlines Importance of Protection of Critical Infrastructure in Abuja

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has underlined the importance of protection of all critical infrastructure within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja The newly deployed FCT Commandant of NSCDC, Olusola Odumosu said this while charging officers and men in his…

NSCDC, Others Assure New Interior Minister On Safegurding Of Internal Security

NSCDC, Others Assure New Interior Minister On Safegurding Of Internal Security

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Dr.Ahmed Abubakar Audi mni,OFR. has assured the new minister of interior Honourable Olubunmi Tunji -Ojo of the readiness and unalloyed commitment and cooperation of the NSCDC and other agencies in…

NDLEA raids drug warehouse in Lagos, recovers N4.8billion worth of opioids***Intercepts $20miilion counterfeit notes in Abuja

NDLEA raids drug warehouse in Lagos, recovers N4.8billion worth of opioids***Intercepts $20miilion counterfeit notes in Abuja

Multi-billion naira worth of illicit drugs have been seized at a warehouse tucked in the midst of popular International Trade Fair Complex, Alaba, Ojo area of Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The spokesman of the anti-narcotics…

Zulum Releases N10m to Wounded Soldiers in Borno

Zulum Releases N10m to Wounded Soldiers in Borno

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has approved the release of N10 million as relief package to soldiers wounded during battles in Borno. The relief package was a fulfillment of pledge by the governor two months ago at a Sallah launch organised…

WHD: NEMA Applauds Humanitarian Workers

WHD: NEMA Applauds Humanitarian Workers

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has applauded humanitarian workers in the country especially its staff who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving others. NEMA, in a statement by its Director General, Mustapha Ahmed to commemorate the 2023 World Humanitarian Day, also…

Zulum Seeks Collaboration with Customs for Growth of Business in Borno

Zulum Seeks Collaboration with Customs for Growth of Business in Borno

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has appealed to Nigeria Customs Service to collaborate with his government to build business with neighbouring countries of Niger, Chad and Cameroon, with whom the state shares borders with. The governor made the appeal while paying…

NHRC Asks Well Meaning Nigerians to Join Humanitarian Train

NHRC Asks Well Meaning Nigerians to Join Humanitarian Train

As Nigeria joins the rest of the global community to commemorate the 2023 World Humanitarian Day (WHD), the Executive Secretary of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chief Tony Ojukwu has called on well-meaning Nigerians to join the humanitarian train by lending a…