NDLEA smashes multiple drug syndicates, seizes tons of narcotics in nationwide raids

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has carried out a sweeping nationwide crackdown on drug trafficking organisations, dismantling at least six syndicates and arresting nine major kingpins in a…

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Kanu’s ex-lawyer blasts current defence team for ‘turning trial into social-media show’

Former lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has accused the IPOB leader’s current legal team of abandoning strategy in favour of social-media theatrics, saying their actions contributed significantly to…

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NUC bans honorary doctorates for govt serving officials, moves to dismantle Nigeria’s ‘degree mills’

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has issued a sweeping prohibition on the conferment of honorary doctorate degrees on serving public officials, as part of a broad crackdown on what it…

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Niger faults school for ignoring security warnings as gunmen abduct students in Agwara

The Niger State Government has condemned the abduction of pupils and staff of St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Agwara Local Government Area, expressing concern that the school resumed operations despite…

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