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NDLEA nabs female doctor, ex-soldier for selling drugged cookies, cocaine, others
A medical doctor, Jane Ofoma, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Auchi, Edo State, for operating an online catering service, where drugged cookies and biscuits are being made and sold to…
NIDCOM, NDLEA Set to Build Drug Rehabilitation Centres in Nigeria
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is set to collaborate towards building more rehabilitation centres in the country.
The Chairman/CEO of NIDCOM, Hon. Abike…
Just In: Scores of kidnapped FGC students escape in Kebbi
Some of the students who were abducted by armed bandits at the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri have reportedly escaped from their captors.
Their escape came barely 24-hours after about 80 students of the college were…
Court jails ex-Liberian warlord Kosiah 20 years for war crimes
A former Liberian warlord was jailed for 20 years in Switzerland on Friday, becoming the first person from the country to be convicted of war crimes committed during the bloody conflict there a generation ago.
Alieu Kosiah, 46,…
Kidnapped Kebbi Student Killed As Troops Exchange Gunfire With Bandits
One of the students abducted from the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, has died in an exchange of gunfire between troops and bandits.
The Deputy Force Commander of the Joint Task Force in the North-West…
I feel safer in Maiduguri than Abuja says Ndume
The the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume says he is more at ease in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, than in Abuja.
Boko Haram has struck repeatedly in Maiduguri and its environs
However, speaking when he…
Just In: Gunmen invade Government College in Kebbi, abduct scores of female students
Scores of students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State have been abducted by bandits.
The heavily armed bandits invaded the school on Thursday.
Sources said the undisclosed number of girls were…
Sexual assault: Baba Ijesha denied bail, case transferred to high court
The Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday refused to grant the bail application brought before it by embattled Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha.
Baba Ijesha, who wore a blue…
Unknown Gunmen shoot stadium manager dead in Jos
Suspected gunmen on Tuesday shoot dead an Assistant Manager, Isa Sheldat, at the Rwang Pam Township Stadium in Jos, Plateau State.
An eyewitness, Kabiru Musa, told newsmen in Jos on Tuesday that Shelda died instantly after he was…
UNICEF Calls for Immediate Release of 150 Abducted Islammiya Students in Niger
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of 150 students abducted two weeks ago from Salihu Tanko Islamiya School in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State,…