ABUJA —  The National Drug Law Enforcement (NDLEA) has assured the U.S. government of eradication of criminals and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria. The Chairman of NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, said this when he received the U.S Ambassador to Nigeria Mary Leonard in his office on Thursday in Abuja. Marwa appreciated the U.S. government for its support to NDLEA over the years, noting that they had been supportive in terms of training and equipment. He...

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ YOLA — A man using fake bank alerts to defraud traders in Adamawa State has been nabbed. The state Police command explained that the man, Madu Afaf of Viniklang in Girei Local Government Area, specializes in buying goods from sellers claiming he has no cash but will pay from his bank and goes ahead to send an alert to the trader. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer...

The new Commissioner of Police in Adamawa, Adamu Aliyu Alhaji has vowed to deal with perpetrators of rape and warned police officers handling rape cases and other crimes against compromising their responsibility in the discharge of their duties. Adamu made the remark in his office at the Police headquarters Yola, when a civil society organization “Adamawa Coalition Against Rape (ACAR) led by the convener Hajiya Asma’u Joda paid him a courtesy call, stressing that it...

The South-West governors and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) have agreed to ban night and underage grazing. In a bid to curb insecurity in the south-west region, both parties have also agreed to work together alongside security agencies. This conclusion was reached in a meeting held on Tuesday in Akure hours after a seven-day eviction notice issued by Ondo State Government to unauthorised herdsmen to quit the state’s forest reserves by...

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has urged citizens to desist from ascribing ethnic or religious meanings to security issues. His appeal is coming after Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo governor, had issued an eviction notice to Fulani herders following allegation that the forests in his state have become home to kidnappers. On Monday, while at a press conference in Abuja, Mohammed warned that insecurity should not be politicised. “We have challenges in the south-west but I...

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ The Katsina State Police Command says it has arrested an alleged supplier of arms and ammunition to bandits in the state. The police alleged that one Haruna Yusuf, 47, and other suspects found with two machine guns and 179 anti-aircraft ammunition, were arrested. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sanusi Buba, announced this during a news conference in Katsina. Buba said that the suspects were arrested in their hideouts at Sawarya...