The National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport has
apprehended four suspected drug traffickers, including a Birmingham
based cleaner with 6.822kg of narcotics, worth N61 million.
A statement by the agency’s spokesman Ofoyeju Mitchell said the
seized drugs consist of 4.193kgs of heroin and 2.629kg of...
Army establishes motorbike battalion
The Nigeria Army on Saturday established a motorbike battalion to add impetus to its war on insurgency in the Northeast.
Also on Saturday, the Army released a fresh list of 100 suspected
members of the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, wanted for various act of
terrorism in the country.
The Army also on the same day opened one of the major road leading...
I am in touch with PDP Defectors says Sheriff
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sen. Ali Modu
Sheriff, said he has started reaching out to those who left the party
for the All Progressives Congress and other political parties.
But he said he won’t mention their names yet.
The former governor of Borno State refused to say if he had also met
with the President of the Senate,...
France records first sexually transmitted case of Zika
A first case of Zika spread through sexual transmission has been
recorded in France after a woman was infected when her partner returned
from Brazil, Heath Minister Marisol Touraine told AFP today.
The case was detected several days ago in “a woman who is not pregnant,” the minister told AFP during a visit to French Guiana, confirming information...
FIFA Reforms will reduce corruption football lovers says
A cross-section of football enthusiasts in Abuja says the new reforms
introduced by the International Federation of Football Associations
will reduce corruption in its administration.
The football enthusiasts told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday that FIFA deserves praise for the reforms, and urged the football body to follow the reforms to...
Why Nigeria was unable to defeat boko hararm Buhari says
President Muhammadu Buhari last night disclosed that ‘abuse of trust
at various levels’ of government was responsible for the prolonged
battle against Boko Haram terrorists who had killed more than 25,000
people in northeastern region.
The President who was speaking at a dinner for the members of the
House of Representatives at the old Banquet...
US now supplying arms to Nigeria says APC
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has disclosed that Nigeria is now
been supplied by the United States of America, arms needed to combat the
Boko Haram insurgency.
This was revealed in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday August 17 by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
The All Progressive Congress (APC) stated that the rejuvenated...
