NIGERIA'S AMANDA AZUBUIKE BECOMES US BRIGADIER-GENERAL
By Feyisayo Helen
A United States Army officer of Nigerian descent, Amanda Azubuike, has been promoted to Brigadier General of the force.
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Nigerian News Leader First with details then facts
By Feyisayo Helen
A United States Army officer of Nigerian descent, Amanda Azubuike, has been promoted to Brigadier General of the force.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11
The village head of Gidan Abba in Bodinga local government area of Sokoto state, Abubakar Ibrahim, was among eleven suspects arrested in interdiction operations in which Nine Hundred and Ninety One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty (991,320) pills of pharmaceutical opioids and 1,251kgs of cannabis and khat as well as 46.637 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin were recovered by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) across seven states.
A woman simply identified as Gift, has reportedly stabbed a man to death during a fight in Delta State, south-south Nigeria.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11
A female police Inspector serving with Ode-Omu Police Division in Osun state, has accused her Divisional Crime Officer (DCO), one Mr Ajayi Mathew, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), of physically assaulting her and attempted to strip her naked for refusing to succumb to his alleged amorous advances towards her.
By Janet Bassey (Governance Reporter)
President Muhammadu has advised the nation’s security establishment and the entire citizens to continue being vigilant and careful with their security and that of the country, saying it is important to avoid panic.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11
The Public Accounts Committee of the Senate has commended the Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), for providing good leadership for the anti-narcotics Agency in its onslaught against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has declared wanted Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Alhaji Ademola Afolabi Kazeem (a.k.a Alhaji Abdallah Kazeem Muhammed) over offences bordering on exportation and trafficking of illicit drugs as well as money laundering.
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By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11
The Department of State Services (DSS) has called for calm on public anxiety over the weekend alert issued by the United States of America (USA) Embassy that there might by organised terror attacks soon in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja and parts of Nigeria.
By Princess Simon Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)
The renewed efforts by the Nigerian army to rid the country of Boko-Haram and armed bandits, have yielded results with the killing of eight suspected members of terror group in New-Bussa, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger state.
By Feyisayo Helen
Two teenagers have been arrested by the operatives of the Oyo State Police Command, for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl and recording the act on their phones.
The United States Embassy in Abuja, on Sunday, issued a fresh travel advisory, saying it has intelligence of an elevated risk of terror attacks in the country, specifically in Abuja.