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How We Arrested 18,940 Drug Dealers In 18 Months - NDLEA Boss

How We Arrested 18,940 Drug Dealers In 18 Months – NDLEA Boss

August 19, 2022 5:58 am

The Chairman, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), has disclosed the total number of suspected narcotraffickers the agency had detained in the past 18 months; in total, 18,940 drug dealers have been reportedly arrested. 

Addressing a drug awareness conference at Abuja tagged ‘Drug and Substance Abuse: The Effect on Mental Health and National Security’, Marwa stressed that the arrest made shows the extent to which the problem had infused its tap root; the issue poses terrible consequences to the society.

The conference was hosted by the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria, and the …

Tesnion As Thousands Hold Protest Over Military Rule In Sudan

Tesnion As Thousands Hold Protest Over Military Rule In Sudan

August 19, 2022 5:55 am

There is pandemonium as Sudanese security forces yesterday fired tear gas at thousands of its citizens who took to the streets to renew demands for civilian rule after last year’s military coup.

According to an eyewitness who spoke to newsmen, protesters were seen in the capital Khartoum carrying Sudanese flags and chanting: ‘No, no to military rule,’ and ‘Civilian rule is the people’s choice’.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that security forces fired rounds of tear gas to disperse the protesters with many of them picking up injuries.

Sudan has been rocked by near-weekly protests and a violent crackdown …

Strke FG’s Recent Offer, Miserable - ASUU

Strke: Why We Turned Down FG’s Latest Offer – ASUU

August 19, 2022 5:43 am

Amid the ongoing industrial action, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that it rejected the Federal Government’s latest offer because it is ‘miserable’.

The President of the union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke made this known in a statement on Thursday which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York.

The statement was titled, ‘Why ASUU rejects government’s award of salary’.

Osodeke called on the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Education, to return to the New Draft Agreement of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Renegotiation Committee whose work spanned a total of five and half years as a …

eNaira Transactions Hit N4bn — Emefiele

eNaira Transactions Hits ₦4bn — Emefiele

August 19, 2022 5:32 am
Reports reaching Africa Daily News, New York have it that, since its inception in October of last year, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) e-Naira virtual currency network has seen over ₦4 billion in transactions.
Mr. Godwin Emefiele who is the CBN Governor disclosed this to the public, yesterday, at e-Naira’s Hackathon grand finale, hosted in Abuja.
In his words, ‘Since the launch of this great initiative, the e-Naira has reached 840,000 downloads, with about 270,000 active wallets comprising over 252,000 consumer wallets and 17,000 merchant wallets.’
‘In addition, volume and value of transactions on the platform have been
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Second Niger Bridge, Cost ₦157 Billion - Nigeria's Minister

FG Spends ₦18.397Bn On Petrol Subsidy Daily – Ahmed Zainab

August 18, 2022 5:16 pm

Due to the instabilty in the sale and distribution of petroleum products, the Nigerian House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee which had been installed to investigate the Petroleum Products Subsidy Regime from 2013 to 2022 had  on Thursday, queried the Nigerian Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, over some of the payments of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Zainab Ahmed on her part had also disclosed that the Federal Government of Nigeria spends over ₦283 per litre of PMS or ₦18.397bn per day as subsidy.

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Reason Our Last Meeting With FG Ended In Disagreement – ASUU

August 18, 2022 5:12 pm

While reacting to the massive backlash on them as a result of the bad turn their last meeting with the Federal Government took, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has come out to give a reason why the meeting with the Federal Government of Nigeria had ended in a deadlock.

ASUU had also revealed that it ad rejected the Federal Government’s offer because it is “miserable”.

ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke had also made this disclosure in a statement on Thursday titled, ‘Why ASUU rejects government’s award of salary’.

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Falana Tackled Over Suit Slammed Against Akwa Ibom CJ

August 18, 2022 5:03 pm

Some of the media Aides to the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel have openly blasted a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, SAN, and some twelve other lawyers for their recent legal action of  dragging the state Chief Judge, Justice Ekaette Obot to court while slamming a suit on him for not releasing the Certified True Copy of court proceedings on July 27.

They had also described Falana’s and Associates’ action as a height of complete embarrassment to their legal profile as court proceedings which are only regulated and provided by Registrar and not the Judge.

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Over 26 Confirmed Dead As Forest Fires Ravages North Algeria

Over 26 Confirmed Dead As Forest Fires Ravages North Algeria

August 18, 2022 6:45 am

No fewer than 26 people have been confirmed dead and a dozen others injured in forest fires that has gone to leave no fewer than 14 districts of northern Algeria devastated. 

Interior Minister, Kamel Beldjoud told state television that 24 people lost their lives in fires in El Tarf, near the border with Tunisia, in addition to two others who died earlier in Setif.

The civil protection agency in Setif had said that two women, “a 58-year-old mother and her 31-year-old daughter”, were killed in the town.

In Souk Ahras, farther to the east near Algeria’s border with Tunisia, people …

Insecurity ISWAP Kidnap 6 Farmers In Borno, Slaughter One

Insecurity: ISWAP Kidnap 6 Farmers In Borno, Slaughter One

August 18, 2022 6:34 am

No fewer than six farmers were yesterday abducted in Mafa, a town in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, by terrorists suspected to be members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).

An Intelligence Officer who opened up to Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and Security Analyst in Lake Chad disclosed that the victims who were mostly displaced persons, went missing after they went to their farm at Bulagarji village, located some kilometers away from Mafa town.

Relatives of the victims who confirmed the incident, said the insurgents attacked the farmers in the wee hours on Wednesday and took them to …

Jigawa Govt Announces Shutting Down Of Schools Over Insecurity

Jigawa Govt Announces Shutting Down Of Schools Over Insecurity

August 18, 2022 5:53 am

Less than forty-eight hours to the terminal closing day of schools in the state, the Jigawa State government has directed the immediate closure of all public schools in the state following a series of security threats. 

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the state governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar issued the order after receiving comprehensive report on a possible attack on schools planned by suspected bandits.

The closure of the schools has consequently interrupted the placements and writing of promotional exams by the students.

When contacted the commissioner of police, Mr Sale Tafida through the command spokesperson, DSP Lawal Shisu …

Russian Cyberspace Attacked By China - Report

Russian Cyberspace Attacked By China – Report

August 18, 2022 5:39 am
According to cyber security firm identified as Kaspersky Laboratory, a number of Russian government agencies and security firms have reportedly been targeted by a group of Chinese hackers, who have posed cyber security risks to the mentioned companies.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that recently, several malicious cyber attacks on the Russian Federation’s military-industrial complex were allegedly executed by the Chinese hacker organization notoriously identified as TA428.
According to specialists, the attacks encompassed the dissemination of spam emails with malware code and classified info, and were first identified in January 2022.
Mr. Emesakoru Enifome, a foreign affairs specialist, Alleged
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60 Killed As Huge Explosion Hits Mosque In Kabul, Afghanistan

60 Killed As Huge Explosion Hits Mosque In Kabul, Afghanistan

August 17, 2022 10:07 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that up to 60 people have been confirmed dead after a huge bomb had hit a mosque in Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday.

Khalid Zadran who is the Taliban’s Kabul police spokesman had revealed to local media that there had been an explosion in the city’s 17th district, northern Kabul, he also announced that some of the Taliban forces are now at the scene.

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It was also revealed that the Police have reported multiple casualties but …

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