Under-aged Children Used in Hard Drug Peddling, NDLEA Raises Alarm
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, has raised alarm over the use of under-aged street children in the sale of hard drugs in the state. Mrs Mutiat Okuwobi, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, raised the alarm in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday […]
WE HAVE LOST OUR COUNTRY
By Albert Akanbi I met an elderly retired military officer from Otukpo, Benue State, earlier in the week. He told me point blank that “we have lost our country”, that the security situation, especially in Benue, his home state, was deeper than communal clashes. Powerful forces with age long agenda, in the guise of communal clashes […]
U.K. Lawmakers Highlight YouTube’s Shocking Inability to Remove Content by Banned Group National Action
(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) commends the U.K. parliamentarians of the Home Affairs Select Committee for exposing YouTube’s gross failure to remove videos from the banned far right group National Action from its platform 15 months after being reviewed by moderators. This is a systemic issue, not an isolated example. Google-owned […]
“No One Can Rig 2019 Election”, Ekweremadu Assures PDP Youth
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has assured that with vigilance of the Nigerian youth, nobody would be able to rig the 2019 general elections. He also assured that the National Assembly caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would not be intimidated from holding the government accountable, just as it would […]
Police nabs Nigerien, two others for possession of firearms, impersonation in Sokoto
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Police in Sokoto state on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a suspected alien, Idi Abdullahi of Dogon Dutse from Niger Republic impersonating as a military personnel. Abdullahi who was intercepted by a police crack team(SARS) was found in possession of a pistol and pump action with 7 rounds of live ammunition […]
HON. YAKUBU UMAR BARDE DONATES 150 LAPTOPS, OFFERS FREE MEDICAL SURGERIES
A total of one hundred and fifty laptop computers, modems, flash drives and other basic accessories was distributed to people of Chikun/Kajuru federal constituency today under the capacity building training workshop of the member representing the federal constituency at the National Assembly. The beneficiaries drawn from all political parties, tribes and religion in the constituency […]