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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared that there would be no cover-up for anyone that may be involved in the ongoing investigations into alleged drug dealing of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, the suspended Commander of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) at the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB) of the Nigerian Police Force.

This was coming even as the agency urged Nigerians to be patient on the ongoing investigations to unravel the mystery behind the 25kgs of cocaine intercepted at the Enugu Airport.

The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, confirmed to Daily Trust that, the commission would not …

The Minister of Water Resources in Nigeria, Suleiman Adamu, yesterday revealed that Nigeria recorded 111,062 cases of cholera with 3,062 deaths in 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory last year.

He made this known in Abuja at a training workshop on cholera prevention, preparedness and response which was held to sensitise Nigerians on the need to stay alert.

The minister pointed out that the victims were mostly between five and 13 years old.

Adamu, represented by the Director, Water Quality Control and Sanitation, Emmanuel Awe, attributed the situation to “the unpreparedness” of most states.

He said most states …

Separatist rebels from Senegal’s southern Casamance region on Monday handed over seven Senegalese soldiers whom they had captured three weeks ago while also demanding nothing in return.

The soldiers were taken across the border to an area near the Gambian village of Bajagar and delivered to officials from the Gambian government and the West African regional bloc ECOWAS.

The freed hostages sighted in good health and left the area in Red Cross jeeps. The charity stated that it had visited the soldiers in captivity and provided medical care.

The release comes after a clash between fighters from the Movement of …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has revealed that it has concluded plans to sanction its members in the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), particularly the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Nnenna Otti over the ‘illegal’ promotion of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami which was reported last year.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the union, made this decision public during a press conference by its National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke held in Lagos on Monday. He declared that promoting the minister to a professor was illegal.

According to ASUU, it …

After prolonged deliberations, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has declared a nationwide strike following the Federal Government’s inability to implement agreements which the union had previously committed to.

While announcing this decision at a press conference on Monday after a two-day meeting of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC). the President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke stressed that the industrial action, which begins immediately, would be ‘comprehensive and total’.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that amongst the demands tabled by lecturers include the revitalisation of public universities, earned allowance, improved funding of State universities, and promotion arrears.…

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has called authorities in Nigeria to immediately take measures to bring the recruitment and use of children by armed groups in the country to an end.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the organisation has also demanded the release of those in the custody of such groups to extend support for former child soldiers in northeast Nigeria.

In a statement which was made available to newsmen on Monday, UNICEF Chief of Maiduguri Field Office Phuong Nguyen called on the Nigerian authorities to sign the Handover Protocol for children encountered in the course of …

Social media giant, Facebook have issued a fresh warning to Nigerian advertisers on its platform to update their Value Added Tax (VAT), records to the site on or before February 25, 2022 or risk not having their adverts displayed on the platform in the coming days.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the warning apparently followed Federal Government’s resolve to tax foreign-based social media platforms, who earn money from Nigerian advertisers.

It would be recalled that on December 7, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari sent the Finance Bill 2021 to the National Assembly.

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The United Nations has disclosed that at least $1.1 billion would be needed this year to undertake humanitarian assistance in the troubled north-east Nigeria following the devastating effects of terrorists in the region.

According to the United Nations, an estimated 8.4 million people will require humanitarian assistance in north-east Nigeria in 2022, lamenting that the total number of those displaced in the 12 years crisis in the geopolitical zone was rising to over 2.2 million.

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, who spoke yesterday during the launch of the Nigeria Humanitarian Response Plan …