The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, says its operatives have arrested 90 suspects and dismantled 13 illicit drug joints in Kaduna. The NDLEA’s state Commander, Mr Samaila Danmallam, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday, that the arrest and the dismantling of illicit drug joints were made in the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have thwarted crooked attempts by drug syndicates at some courier firms in Lagos to export illicit substances including various quantities of methamphetamine and opioids concealed in hems of new jeans trousers, dolls, buttons, local soap and tins of milo beverage to Europe, United Arab Emirate…
A day-old baby boy abandoned has been rescued in Tayi area of Minna, the Niger state capital. The baby, according to a source, was found a few hours after he was abandoned by an unknown person on Saturday evening. He explained that the baby was wrapped in a leather and left without clothes on him….
Five people died and 11 were injured in a car accident between a Nissan Caravan and a Mark Truck on the Itu-Calabar route. Mr Matthew Olonisaye, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Akwa Ibom, disclosed this in a statement released in Uyo and made available to newsmen on Sunday. Olonisaye blamed the incident on…
The gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, for Taraba State in the 2023 general election, Professor Sani Yahaya, has rejected the recent judgment of the appeal court in Abuja. The candidate who has resolved to proceed to the Apex court to seek redress, said he is optimistic about reclaiming the mandate given…
The Executive Committee and stakeholders of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the North East zone have reaffirmed the expulsion of the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. This was disclosed in a communique at the end of the North East executive and stakeholders meeting held in…
Justice A.A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, on Thursday, November 30, 2023, convicted and sentenced a fake United States military officer, Zulayman Haruna, to two years imprisonment. He was jailed after pleading guilty to one count of internet fraud upon being arraigned by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Mubarak Akadiru, the son of a housemaid who was arrested by police detectives for the murder of a 62-year-old grandmother and former head teacher, Mrs Sidikat Adamolekun, in Arigidi Akoko, Ondo State, has told an Akure Magistrate Court why he killed her mother’s benefactor. The defendant, who was 18 at the time, told the court…
The Nigeria Police, Osun State Command, has arrested six suspects for conspiracy, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and attempted murder. Also arrested by the Command were six suspects for conspiracy, stealing and vandalisation and one each for burglary and stealing and conspiracy, conduct likely and membership of unlawful society. The suspects were paraded at…
Men of a vigilante group at Tunga village, Tilli ward in Bunza Local Government Area of Kebbi State have killed a suspected notorious kidnapper called Dogo Oro. Dogo is suspected to be the kidnapper terrorizing parts of Bunza and Kalgo LGAs of the state. The development was disclosed by the Chief Press Secretary to the…