The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC have agreed to strengthen the existing partnership and synergy between the two agencies in various areas of operations, especially with regard to the fight against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking. The commitment was the highpoint of a courtesy visit by the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Ahmed Audi to the Chairman of NDLEA, Buba Marwa at the anti-drug agency’s national headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. The NSCDC boss said he was on the visit to tap from the knowledge and experience of Marwa…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has received a Special Envoy from Col. Assimi Goita, the Transitional President of Mali. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said President Buhari promised that Nigeria would do her level best for the sister country, within the requirements of ECOWAS. The team led by Mali’s Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, Col. Abdoulaye Maiga briefed President Buhari on conclusions from the National Conference on State-Rebuilding, held in Bamako between December 27 and 30, 2021. Responding to the comprehensive briefing, the president said nobody could love Mali more than Malians themselves,…
The African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a $1 million grant to facilitate Botswana’s transition to clean energy. A statement by Olufemi Terry of the Bank’s Communication and External Relations Department on Thursday, said “The technical assistance project supports the Government of Botswana in closing critical gaps in policy, regulatory and legal frameworks, which were identified at the Africa Energy Market Place (AEMP 2019). “These include the introduction of least-cost planning, reduction of adverse environmental impacts and support for increased private sector participation in renewable energy (RE) generation investments. “Some of the notable outputs from…
A 31-year old Nigerian died in Gauteng, Johannesburg after swallowing substances suspected to be crack cocaine, in a desperate bid to evade Police arrest on Wednesday. According to South African Police, the Nigerian was seated in a red VW Polo sloon car giving something that looked like drugs to another man who stood outside the vehicle. When Police officers approached the vehicle, the man outside the car took to his heels while the one in the vehicle drove off in an attempt to escape. The Police said when he was finally apprehended and searched, drugs were found him, which he…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said it secured a total of 2,220 convictions across its commands in 2021. The figure, which emerged from a review of the commission’s performance in the out-gone year, shows that the Lagos command recorded the highest convictions of 481, closely followed by the Ibadan Command with 324 convictions, while the Port Harcourt Zonal command had 230 convictions. A statement by the spokesperson of the agency, Wilson Uwujaren on Thursday said “the conviction secured by the commission in 2021 is the highest by the EFCC Since inception. “Before 2021, the highest record by the…
America’s President Joe Biden has called on citizens to save the U.S from becoming a country where political violence is the “norm.” He made the plea while speaking from Statuary Hall in the Capitol — the scene of violent assaults by a Trump mob trying to stop certification of Biden’s 2020 election win a year ago. Biden will mark the anniversary Thursday of the January 6 storming of Congress by Donald Trump’s supporters. The president will warn of a dark future unless Americans defend democratic elections. “Are we going to be a nation that accepts political violence as a norm?”…
By Abujah Racheal A professor of virology, Oyewale Tomori says it is too early to predict when the COVID-19 pandemic will end since there are opportunities for virus transmission and the possible emergence of new variants. Tomori, also former vice-chancellor of the Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun, said this in an interview in Abuja on Thursday. He said with the abandonment of non-pharmaceutical interventions, the virus would continue to be transmitted leading to the possible emergence of variants that could turn out innocuous but unpleasant. Denmark’s senior epidemiologist, Tyra Grove Krause, is confident that the Covid-19 Omicron variant is bringing about…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles Wednesday night arrived at Garoua, Cameroon, four days ahead of 2021 Africa Cup of Nations aboard an Air Peace chartered flight. Twenty-five players, coaches and other officials left through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Odion Ighalo of Al-Shabab (Saudi Arabia), Jamilu Collins of SC Padeborn 07 (Germany) and Tyrone Ebuehi of Venezia FC (Italy) are the three that did not make the camp and are expected to join the team in Cameroon. The Austin Eguavoen-tutored team had their last training session in Abuja on Wednesday morning before departing Nigeria. The Super Eagles who are in Group…
The police is investigating an incident that occurred on January 1 in Jos where a young lady was killed and her mutilated corpse was abandoned in a hotel. The spokesperson of the Plateau State Police Command, ASP Ubah Ogaba said on Wednesday. “The Command is aware of the ugly incident which took place on January 1, at the Domus Pacis lodge. The suspect, who is at large, went away with all means to identify the victim. “The Commissioner of Police has ordered a discrete investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident and to arrest the perpetrators of that dastardly…
The Minister of Finance, Budget and Planning, Zainab Ahmed says the Federal Government will review the number of its agencies to save costs and have more revenue for capital projects. Ahmed made this known during in interview monitored through the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). She, however, assured that such a review would not result to job losses in the public sector. She said that the country was faced with a revenue challenge and needed to take steps to improve revenue generation and cut wastes. She, however, explained that the revenue generation was gradually improving due to a number of steps…