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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Taraba Command, has arrested 21 suspected drug dealers with a total seizure of 299.6 kg of assorted illicit drugs. File: The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) The NDLEA Commander in the state, Alhaji Suleiman Jadi, disclosed on Friday in JAlingo while parading the suspects and the items…
Health experts and partner organisations, led by MTN Nigeria, concluded the pilot phase of the multi-stakeholder intervention in the fight against substance abuse among youth in Nigeria in Kano State. After seven months of multiple hard-hitting on-ground activities in Abuja, Lagos, Imo, Rivers, and Bauchi states, the first phase of the widely successful multi-stakeholder Anti-Substance…
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: The Federal Government has received the report of a committee it set up in May 2019 to recommend for it innovative ways of strengthening internal security framework and community policing in Nigeria. Submitting the report Friday in Abuja, Chairperson of the committee and Permanent Secretary, Special Services Office in the Office…
The United Nations Children’s Fund has said Nigeria youths deserve an education system with good learning outcomes where a nine- year-old with basic education can read, write and have excellent numeracy skills. UNICEF’s Country Representative, Peter Hawkins, spoke at the Naija Youth Talk organised by the organisation in collaboration with the Department for International Development…
Political tension is rising in Delta crisis hotbed of Effurun, Uvwie local government area, following a life-threatening attack on a supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari over disagreement on the outcome of Wednesday’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal ruling. The victim, identified as Omoiri Elvis, is on danger list after he was seriously stabbed on the head,…
The Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, will on Saturday start 7-day annual leave and he will not attend to any function during the period of the leave. A statement by Mr Michael Adeyeye, the Chief Press Secretary to Oba Aladelusi on Friday in Akure, noted that the annual leave, which is referred to as…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met separately with three ministers at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He met with the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika; Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio and the Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonanya Onu. The first meeting was with Sirika around 11.30am, followed by Akpabio at 12pm, and Onu around…
Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has banned consultancy services for the purpose of revenue collection at the Benue State Board of Internal Revenue Service (BIRS). He declared the practice only made consultants smile to the Bank at the expense of government. The Governor stated instead graduates would be employed to help collect revenues on behalf of…
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The National Association of Nigerian Students/Joint Campus Committee (JCC) Ekiti chapter has condemned attempts the national Public Relations Officer of NAN, Adeyemi Azeez, to blackmail and rope in wife of Ekiti Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi over the killing of two Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) students by police operatives. The students were shot during a protest…