The police in Niger State have nabbed four youths in connection with the restiveness that rocked the Minna metropolis and its environs which resulted in several residents sustaining injuries and the wanton destruction of properties. In the last four days,…
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 persons and burned a medical facility in a raid on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, two regional officials and a resident said. News reports that the attack,…
No fewer than 23 villagers were killed and several others injured on Saturday as terrorists invaded villages in Kankara communities, Katsina State. Those killed include 21 males and two females, a reliable source told reporters. The hoodlums had earlier on…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a rehabilitated ex-fighter of the Boko Haram terror group, Alayi Madu for alleged drug trafficking. The agency said that it also arrested Baale Akunola Adebayo’, the traditional ruler of Kajola, a…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA and Nigeria Customs Service amongst other stakeholders in the health sector, have vowed to collaborate in the fight against illicit drug production, trafficking,…
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over 11 victims of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Sokoto. The Service’s Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Controller of Corrections (CC), Mr Tony Akuneme said…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a former Boko Haram member, Alayi Madu, and the traditional ruler of Kajola, Baale Akinola Adebayo. They were among 37 persons apprehended over 2.2 tons of illicit drugs seized by operatives…
A Federal High Court in Bauchi has convicted Saleh Hussaini Gamawa and Aminu Umar Gadiya, two chieftains of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State, and sentenced them to two years imprisonment. The duo were convicted for…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Akwa Ibom on Saturday said it seized 150 smuggled drums of petrol and arrested two suspects on March 9. The NSCDC Commandant in Akwa Ibom, Mr Yusuf Imam, disclosed this while…
Justice Modupe Oso-Adebiyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gudu, Abuja, has ordered sureties to James Nolan to produce him before the court in September 2023, or risk forfeiting their bonds to the Federal Government. Nolan, an Irish and a Director in…
