Chairman of National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Buba Marwa has disclosed how the agency intercepted drugs worth N60 billion within six weeks. A statement by the spokesperson of the Agency, Femi Babafemi on Monday said, Marwa made the comment when he paid courtesy to Adamawa governor Ahmad Fintiri while on familiarization visit to the state on Monday. “In the last six weeks, we have been able to seize over N60 billion worth of drugs across the country, this is huge and enormous. The recent seizure of over 230 tons of cannabis in Edo state alone is the largest in…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, said it recorded 240 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. The centre, which confirmed this on its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov said Anambra recorded the highest of 85, followed by Lagos which recorded 82. Other states are Osun-17; Ogun-10; Kwara-9; FCT-8; Kano-7; Abia-6; Borno-4; Edo-2; Bayelsa-2; Kaduna-2 and Rivers-1. According to NCDC, the country has recorded 155,657 confirmed cases since the first index case, with 133,768 discharged and 1,907 fatalities.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on his efforts in providing security, good governance, and infrastructure building in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to Kogi governor, Mr Mohammed Onogwu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Onogwu, who quoted Obasanjo as making the commendation when he met with the governor on Sunday in Abuja, added that the former president urged him to sustain the efforts. He stated that the meeting between Bello and the former president ended with fruitful discussion. Obasanjo while commending Bello for successfully tackling insecurity in the state said…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has advised motorists to stop panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol saying it has no plan to increase the ex-depot price in March. NNPC disclosed in a statement by its spokesman, Dr Kennie Obateru, in Abuja on Sunday. Ex-depot price is the price at which depot owners sell products to marketers. The price determines how much marketers will sell to motorists at their various fuel stations. “Contrary to speculations of imminent increase in the price of PMS in the country, the NNPC has ruled out any increment in the ex-depot…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in collaboration with the Attorney General Alliance Africa (AGA-Africa) will train law enforcement agencies, lawyers and the public on prevention of ponzi scheme operations in the country. A statement by a joint committee of SEC and AGA-Africa in Abuja on Sunday said the training would be a two-day webinar to educate the stakeholders on the prevention and investigation of ponzi schemes. The committee noted that the training had become necessary as ponzi scheme operations were expected to become prevalent in this era of increased use of the cyberspace occasioned by corona virus pandemic. ”The rich sessions…
Alhaji Tijjani Tumsah, a former Interim National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged security agencies to deplore all the required resources to put an end to kidnapping of innocent children for ransom. Tumsah, in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, expressed shock and sadness over the Friday abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in Jangebe, Zamfara. The APC chieftain said it was disturbing that the incident happened at a time that the Zamfara Government was pursuing peace deal with repentant bandits. He said the recurring incidence of school abductions and killings by bandits call…
The Kaduna State Government said on Sunday that bandits killed seven persons in different parts of the state. Mr Samuel Aruwan, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the incident in a press statement on Sunday in Kaduna. Aruwan said, “On a sad note, security agencies reported that bandits attacked some people in Kajinjiri village, Igabi local government area, and killed two residents”. He said one person sustained gunshot injuries and was receiving treatment at a nearby health facility. “Similarly, in Rago village, also in Igabi local government area, bandits killed two locals,” he said. He explained that…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulraheed Bawa, to re-engineer and restore professionalism in the anti-graft agency. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday in Abuja urged Bawa to avoid the pitfalls of his immediate predecessor. Ologbondiyan advised him to resist all partisan pressures to use the agency as a tool for political persecution, harassment of dissenting voices, settling of personal scores as well as for personal enrichment. He said that such tendencies eroded professionalism in the EFCC, compromised…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday announced the postponement of the sale of forms for Anambra governorship primary election from the earlier scheduled date of Monday, March 1, to Wednesday, March 10. The party in a statement by its National Organising Secretary, Retired Col. Austin Akobundu, in Abuja also announced the extension of the tenure of its zonal caretaker Committees for South-West, North-Central and North-West by 30 days. Akobundu also gave March 1, as the last day for submission of already purchased and completed forms for its zonal congresses in all the zones. “Consequently, screening of aspirants for North-East,…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of nine persons in a motor accident at Kunar Dumawa in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State on Sunday. FRSC Sector Commander, Zubairu Mato, while confirming the accident in a statement issued on Sunday, said that 41 others were injured in the Sunday evening accident. “We received a call at about 4:10p.m. on Sunday. “On receiving the information, we quickly dispatched our personnel and vehicle to the scene of the incident for the rescue of the victims at about 4:17p.m. as well as clearing the obstructions,” Mato said. He…