Kano NDLEA Arrests1, 016 Suspects In 2023

No fewer than 1,016 suspects have been arrested and nine tons of illicit drugs have been seized by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Kano Command in 2023. Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, Commandant of the agency in Kano State, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Kano, saying out of the number, 40 females and 976 males. He added that the agency secured 102 convictions in the preceding year, and secured forfeiture of five vehicles,...

A bomb blast has killed one operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and destroyed three electricity transmission towers along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road. Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, Public Affairs of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), in a statement on Friday, said the explosion occurred on Thursday, affecting three of its transmission lines. The statement reads in parts: “The Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN hereby confirms the destruction of three of its towers along...

Plateau Killings: Police Begins Special Operation

Police have begun a special operation in Plateau State as a move to tackle insecurity in the state. Inspector-General of Police, IG Kayode Egbetokun, who disclosed this Friday in Jos when he paid a condolence visit to the state governor Caleb Mutfwang said he had directed the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG), in charge of zone 4, to relocate to Plateau. ”We have commenced a special operation in this state, and I have directed the DIG in charge...

2024 Budget: Federal Agencies, Ministries  Earmarks N85 billion For Vehicles

Twelve federal government agencies and thirteen ministries have proposed to spend N85 billion on vehicles as contained in their 2024 budget estimate. According to findings, the amount is more than the N84.7bn budgets of Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi (N37.6bn), University College Hospital, Ibadan (N27.2bn), and Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ife (N19.9bn). The affected ministries and agencies are the Ministry of Education N17.7bn, the Ministry of Defence N9.04bn, the Presidency, N8.04bn, Ministry of...

Anambra Police Hunt Insurgents Who Killed Two Officers at Uga

Anambra State Police Command has launched an intensive manhunt for armed insurgents who infiltrated from a neighbouring State and killed two Police Personnel on 28th December 2023 at about 18.30 hours (6.30 p.m.) The gang which disguised in military fatigue and seemed to be on a kidnap mission were jolted on seeing two armed Police officers approaching their direction. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochi Ikéngà, they opened fire on the officers...

Terrorists blow up 3 electricity towers in Northeast

The Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) jihadists blew up three power transmission towers on Thursday morning, the second explosion in a week. An officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, simply identified as Nurudeen was killed in the fatal explosion. Nurudeen reportedly stepped on an explosive at the scene of the vandalised towers. The destroyed electrical transmission towers are along the Maiduguri–Damaturu road. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, confirmed...

54-year-old man marries four-year-old girl in Bayelsa on reincarnation claims

…child rights group kicks A child rights advocacy group, DO Foundation has denounced the marriage ceremony between a 54-year-old man identified as Elder Akpos and a four-year-old girl. The event was held in the Akeddei community in the Sagbama LGA of the Bayelsa State on 26 December. The little girl’s parents reportedly gave her out in marriage to the quinquagenarian claiming that he was her husband in a past life. According to a source who...

Naira will record more slumps against the US dollar in 2024: Bloomberg

Nigeria’s local currency, the naira is one of the world’s worst-performing currencies, after the Lebanese pound and the Argentine peso, Bloomberg said in a report on Friday. The report corroborates an earlier report by the World Bank that noted that the currency weakened by nearly 40 per cent against the US dollar in 2023. Bloomberg said the naira weakened by 55 per cent against the USD this year. With the naira–USD exchange rate at N1,043...

International community calls for the arrest of Plateau massacre actors

The United States Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria said in a social media post on Thursday that it condemns the recent attacks across Plateau communities that left nearly 200 persons dead, scores injured and hundreds displaced. “Those responsible for these heinous attacks must be held accountable,” the US authorities urged the Nigerian government while expressing “heartfelt condolences for the tragic loss of life.” The French Government, on Tuesday, denounced the wanton attacks “which resulted in a...

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