The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a 90-year-old man, Yusuf Yarkadir, for selling drugs to the youths in his Yarkadir village in Rimi local government area of Katsina State.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-2107026010242077&output=html&h=280&slotname=8166071575&adk=363461564&adf=3264790055&pi=t.ma~as.8166071575&w=750&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1625866826&rafmt=1&psa=1&format=750×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fleadership.ng%2Fndlea-nabs-90-yr-old-teenagers-selling-illicit-drugs%2F&flash=0&fwr=0&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&uach=WyJXaW5kb3dzIiwiMTAuMCIsIng4NiIsIiIsIjkxLjAuODY0LjU0IixbXSxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbF0.&dt=1625866821390&bpp=6&bdt=2934&idt=4515&shv=r20210701&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3Ddf78dbd8f92ab3ed-22b41ea745a6002c%3AT%3D1602742043%3ART%3D1602742043%3AS%3DALNI_MY9BBfv1UjUaOmGmIkdnD9gNI7Bzw&prev_fmts=0x0%2C970x90&nras=1&correlator=6424043624515&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=1103229342.1602630049&ga_sid=1625866825&ga_hid=1946512187&ga_fc=0&u_tz=60&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_nplug=3&u_nmime=4&adx=105&ady=1783&biw=1349&bih=657&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=21066429&oid=3&pvsid=384479926879285&pem=110&wsm=1&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latestnigeriannews.com%2F&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1366%2C728%2C1366%2C657&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=128&bc=31&ifi=3&uci=a!3&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=ENi4d9XUiy&p=https%3A//leadership.ng&dtd=5300 NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the nonagenarian confessed Read more…
Month: July 2021
A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs), as well as an election observer group have asked President Buhari to withdraw his nomination of Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Chairman, Steering Committee of the Centre Read more…
Cybersecurity cooperation between Russia and the US should be regular and professional, Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Joe Biden. Yet, Washington stays silent when it comes to individual cases, he added. Cyberattacks are indeed a major challenge that Read more…
Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated by armed assailants who stormed his private residence in the capital, Port-au-Prince, on 7 July. Here is what we know so far. What happened? A group of gunmen broke into the home of President Read more…
The Bishop of Nnewi did not ban any national symbol. There is no evidence to support such notions. The Bishop of Nnewi was wrongly quoted. The Diocese of Nnewi (Anglican Communion) recognizes the National Anthem and National Pledge, Nigerian Flag Read more…
By Ifeoma Ejiofor The Bishop of Nnewi Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev’d Ndubuisi Obi has described Nigeria as a failed state. Bishop Obi made this declaration at Bishop Court Nnewi, Anambra State during a pre synod press briefing on Thursday. He Read more…
Former Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has told the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the recognition of Dan Nwafor leadership of the party can authentic any party activity in the state including the membership Read more…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Imo State chapter, has alleged that the unexplained absence of Governor Hope Uzodimma at fora where all 17 southern governors met to deliberate on critical issues affecting the region was not only embarrassing but worrisome. It also pointed Read more…
The leadership crisis rocking the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has shifted to the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), Abuja with a suit seeking to stop Victor Oye and Edozie Njoku from parading themselves as chairmen of the party. Read more…
A state High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State capital has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting any individual presented by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its governorship candidate until the outcome of a suit brought before Read more…
The Christian Association of Nigeria has expressed dissatisfaction with the Increasing rate of abduction of students and pastors in the country. CAN made the concern known in a statement by its General Secretary, Daramola Bade Joseph, on Thursday. The Christian Read more…
National Industrial Court (NIC) sitting in Kaduna has delivered a judgement in favour of 71 retired Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Service (HoS) in Kaduna State over the deduction of the monthly pensions by the governor of Kaduna State, Malam Read more…