By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia correspondent OPERATIVES OF the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have dismantled a social media network distributing illicit substances packaged as imported Christmas cookies and snacks, arresting two masterminds in Lagos. The syndicate, operated by Deji Adesanya and Olubiyi Majekodunmi, imported...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent POWER DISTRIBURING Companies (DisCos) announced it generated N196.26 billion in revenue for September, marking a 2.69 percent increase from the N191.11 billion collected in August, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The figures were detailed in the commission’s ...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter SPRAWLING OPIODS network crumbling under law enforcement pressure led to the seizure of illicit substances worth over N6.7 billion and the arrest of six suspected traffickers in Lagos. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) confirmed the haul during a targeted operation at a residential compou...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent SECURITY EFFORTS surrounding the release of 38 abducted church worshippers in Kwara State have come under clearer focus after the presidency confirmed that a non-kinetic strategy guided the operation. The disclosure followed several days of silence from government and military channels on how t...
By Abdulhakeem Garba, ChannelsTV The latest attack comes about two weeks after gunmen struck a church, kidnapping 38 members, while others reportedly died during the assault. BANDITS HAVE struck the Isapa community of Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, abducting 11 residents, again. ChannelsTV reports that the gunmen, numbering more...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent AGAIN, GUNMEN struck in Niger State barely one week after the Maga kidnapping of 25 girls, with armed attackers invading St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, in Agwara Local Government Area and abducting students and members of staff in the early hours of Friday, where they made away...
By Fatima Idera, JKNewsMedia AUTHORITIES REPORTED on Tuesday that one of the 25 abducted students from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga in Kebbi State has escaped and is safe, as joint security teams and local hunters continue a coordinated search for the remaining missing schoolgirls, according to AP News. Their confirmation came afte...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FRESH DETAILS have emerged from Kebbi State following the confirmation of the identities of 25 schoolgirls abducted by gunmen during the attack on Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area. Chairman of the council, Hussaini Aliyu, released the ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent BRIGADIER-GENERAL Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has called for collective action to tackle drug abuse, trafficking, and other social vices in Nigeria. Speaking at the 7th Security and Emergency Management Awards a...
By Joke Kujenya CONCERTED CALLS from global public health and climate justice advocates have prompted a renewed push for governments to enforce stronger protections against corporate interference as countries gather for critical negotiations on climate action and tobacco control. The appeal, issued by Corporate Accountability, Corporate Accou...
