The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted over 500kilograms of illicit drugs, substances and arrested suspected traffickers in eight states. The spokesperson of the Agency, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday. Babafemi said that a total of 384.7 kilograms of assorted narcotics being transported to the nation’s capital, Abuja for sale, were intercepted and seized at patrol points in Lokoja, Kogi. This he said were from Monday, Aug. 30 and Thursday, Sept. 2. He said that a truck with registration number, Plateau AA 462 QAP, driven by a 50-year-old Danlami Dodo,…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country’s total infection toll now stands at 195,052, with a fatality toll of 2,522. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Sunday morning, adding that Nigeria recorded 27 more Coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths and 964 new infections from 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The 964 fresh cases reported on Saturday indicated an increase from the 444 cases posted on Friday. The public health agency noted that Lagos State, the country’s epicenter of COVID-19, reported 456; Ondo followed with 180, while Edo recorded the third highest infection with 66 cases. Amongst…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 22-year-old National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) member, Arnold Maniru for importing four kilograms (kg) of drugged candies from the UK. The spokesperson of the Agency, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday. According to him, the corps member, serving with a government agency in Abuja, was arrested on Saturday, Auust 28, following the interception of a consignment at the warehouse of a transport company. He said that a controlled delivery of the parcel, which contained the candies laced with arizona, a strong variant of cannabis and some…
Chaos erupted in the streets of the Russian city of Tver on Saturday night after fans from competing football teams started a massive brawl which left at least seven injured. More than 60 people were part of the fighting which broke out after Zenit St Petersburg’s reserve team tied with FC Tver, the state news agency TASS reported. Videos said to be from the brawl in central Tver showed injured men lying in the street with blood on their clothes. There was also that of a hooded man kicking another man in the head and then punching someone. Those involved…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has redeployed five state Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). INEC disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja by Mr Festus Okoye, its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee. Okoye said that those affected included Mr Olusegun Agbaje, who was redeployed from Osun to Ogun and Prof. AbdulGaniy Raji, who was redeployed from Ogun to Osun. “In the same vein, the REC of Bayelsa, Dr Cyril Omorogbe, will take up his new role as the REC for Cross River, while Dr Emannuel Alex Hart proceeds to Bayelsa as the REC from…
As the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) continues to receive commendation over its N287 billion profit in 2020, the Group Managing Director Malam Mele Kyari, started the week by charging the staff to work hard to sustain the profitability trend as Nigerians will no longer condone losses from the Corporation. Kyari at a Town hall meeting which held at the NNPC Towers, Abuja, with staff joining from NNPC Offices across Nigeria assured that the corporation would continue to imbibe the best practices. He applauded the staff for breaking the profitability jinx, adding that things cannot be the same with the…
By Bashir Rabe Mani Dr Faruk Maiyama, the National Chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC ), says it is partnering the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to fight drug abuse and trafficking in the country. Maiyama made this known in Abuja on Sunday. According to the PCRC national chairman, more emphasis will be placed on women and youths in various communities and schools across Nigeria. “This is why the PCRC is going to establish unit branches in all local communities and tertiary educational institutions across the country. “We are going to intensify public enlightenment on the dangers…
By Bashir Rabe Mani Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto) has appointed 18 new Special Assistants (SAs) to facilitate the delivery of dividends of democracy to his constituents. Wamakko, who represents Sokoto North Senatorial District, was also a former governor of Sokoto State. He disclosed in Abuja on Sunday that the new appointments were also aimed at further reducing unemployment in the state. Wamakko said: “These new appointees are former local government council chairmen, secretaries or former lawmakers, as well as other retired top civil servants, among others. “The gesture is also to further reinvigorate my legislative duties at the National Assembly…
Gunmen on Saturday night, abducted the Dodo of Wawa, Dr Mahmud Aliyu from his palace in Wawa, Borgu local government area of Niger state. A reliable source, Musa Borgu told ASHENEWS in a telephone conversation that four armed men stormed the palace in the evening and abducted the traditional ruler. “Four of them came to the palace in the evening with guns. They gained access into where he was seated with his subjects. They asked him to stand up and ordered everyone else to remain seated. “The gunmen then asked for his mobile phone which was brought to them and…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has appealed to the federal government to provide a bypass around Jos city to enable travellers coming from the North to the South, avoid going through Jos township. The group, in a statement by its director, Prof Ishaq Akinola made available to ASHENEWS on Thursday, said the bypass will minimise attacks on travellers at roadblocks within Jos city. “It is no longer news that Jos has for a long time been a killing ground and a death zone that has defied all solutions. Most importantly, it has proved a most dangerous zone for Muslim travellers…