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…
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) is to hold a two-day litigation workshop for lawyers on the safety of journalists in Nigeria. In a statement on Monday in Lagos, Head of MRA’s Legal Department, Chioma Nwaodike, said the workshop, which is slated for April 14 and 15, 2021, is designed to enhance the capacity of lawyers…
Governors of the five states in south-east region on have announced the establishment of a joint security outfit, codenamed “Ebube Agu”. This was made known in a communique issued at the end of their meeting on Sunday, in Owerri, Imo state capital. The communique which was read by Governor Dave Umahi, of Ebonyi state, said…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday blamed annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election presumably won by late business mogul, Moshood Kashimawo Abiola, on “bad belle.” The regime of military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) annulled the election. Speaking shortly after his investiture as a Trustee of the Abeokuta Club, a sociocultural organisation of Egba…
By Solomon Semaila Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have reportdly killed 10 people in Kwapre village, Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa state. Speaking in an exclusive interview with AmazingTIMES, on Sunday in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, the District Head of Kwapre, Mr. Simon Yakubu, said the blood thirsty attackers invaded the village at about…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, said it had arrested 17 suspected cultists. In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, spokesperson of the command, Mariam Yusuf said the suspects were arrested between April 5 and April 9, 2021, by police operatives from the Command’s Anti Cultism unit along Gwagwalada, Gwagwa, Lugbe and Kurudma axis…
