The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says 3,065.255kg of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) substances were razed on two farms at Amahor waterside forest in Igueben area of Edo state.
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The Police Command in Lagos State, says it has arrested a 10-year-old boy (name withheld) for allegedly strangulating his 10-year-old mate to death during a football match.
The police command in Ogun has confirmed that a young man identified as Sunday Ogah drowned in the Eyinwa River in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State where he had gone to swim.
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger State Police Command says efforts are underway to arrest two out of the three suspects indicted in the case of the killing of a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Dr Mrs Funmilola Adefolalu.
ASHENEWS reports that the Sokoto state Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Saturday urged the state government to encourage and strongly support afforestation programmes geared towards mitigating climate change and desertification.
ASHENEWS reports that the National Examinations Council (NECO) says it has concluded arrangements to conduct the Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) Internal in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Federal Government has approved the disbursement of N25 billion through the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) to bolster healthcare infrastructure in states. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammed Pate, made this known on Saturday in Abuja at the sixth meeting of the BHCPF Ministerial Oversight Committee. Pate said that the funds were designated for direct facility financing and workforce incentives across states. The minister said that the initiative was in line with President Bola Tinubu’s agenda and commitment to improving healthcare outcomes for Nigerian women, children, and vulnerable populations. He said that the disbursement…
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says it is on the trail of illegal miners in Borno who have been defying the ban on mining activities in the state. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Farouq Musa-Boyi, made this known in an interview on Saturday in Maiduguri. He said most of the illegal activity occurs in the Bayo Local Government Area of the state, where the unregistered artisans have caused environmental damage, especially in Wuyo, Jaradali, and Balbaya villages. ALSO READ For exposing terrorism funding, illegal mining in Niger, WikkiTimes faces N10bn lawsuit “There are several minerals in…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kaduna State Command, said its operatives have recovered 2,092.5kg of illicit substances and arrested 279 suspects in the first quarter. The Commander of NDLEA in Kaduna State, Mr Samaila Danmalam, announced this on Saturday in Kaduna. “Operationally, the command has arrested 279 suspects, the figure has to do with drug traffickers, dealers, and users while operatives also dislodged 39 illicit drug joints in different locations of the state. ALSO READ: Police arrest 8 over killing of officers in Delta He said the operations led to the seizure of illicit substances, including cocaine, heroin,…
The National Average Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) per adult a day stood at N938 in February 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a report. The NBS revealed this in its CoHD report for February 2024 released on Friday in Abuja. The bureau said the CoHD is the least expensive combination of locally available items that met globally consistent food-based dietary guidelines. It said it was used as a measure of physical and economic access to healthy diets. “This is a lower bound (or floor) of the cost per adult per day excluding the cost of…