Nigeria has advocated for a well-coordinated international collaboration to tackle the links between drug trafficking and all forms of organised crime and terrorism. Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), made the called on Monday at the 64th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) holding…
A helicopter belonging to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) which took off from Abuja, has crashed at the Bauchi airport. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). The statement signed by the spokesman of the AIB, Tunji Oketunbi, said the accident on Wednesday at about 7:30pm. Oketunbi said,…
The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) says N8m has been paid for the release of 18 out of the 72 people abducted by bandits in Libere community, Kallah ward, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Luka Binniyat spokesman of the group disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said on April…
Gunmen have abducted the wife and maid of Terwase Orbunde, a former chief of staff to Samuel Ortom, ex-governor of Benue state. According to TheCable, the incident reportedly occurred at about 6 pm on Friday around the Genocide cemetery, along mobile barracks-welfare quarters road in Makurdi, the Benue state capital. Orbunde, alongside Abigail Kashimana, his…
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State have praised President Bola Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani over improved security and governance in Southern Kaduna. The commendation came during a rally in Zonkwa, where party supporters endorsed the two leaders and Anthony Sylvester, a House of Representatives…
Taraba State chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abubakar Bawa, has dismissed speculations that Governor Agbu Kefas is planning to defect from the party. In a statement on Thursday, in Jalingo, Bawa said Taraba remains a stronghold of the PDP in Northern Nigeria. “Taraba State is the stronghold of PDP in Northern Nigeria….
