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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), has urged Nigerians to take ownership of the renewed fight against drug abuse in the country. He gave the charge, yesterday, during the inauguration of a “Special Purpose Committee” of the NDLEA to mobilise the civil society to get actively involved in the fight against drug abuse, peddling and trafficking in Abuja. “Today, I am deployed to serve with the patriotic officers and men of the NDLEA, the lead agency for controlling, coordinating and taking charge of the war against drugs…

Niger state Governor Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has cried out that the state has been left on it’s own in the difficult task of securing the release of the kidnapped studentss of the Government Science College Kagara. Bandits had in the early hours of February 17, 2021 attacked Government Science College Kangara in Niger State and abducted 42 persons, icluding 27 students, three teachers and 12 of their family members. Governor Bello who received the Senate Chief Whip and former Abia state Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, who was at government house to commisserate with the people of the state over…

The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said that northern governors are committed to putting an end to the farmers/herders clashes by coming up with a permanent solution that will put the issue to bed. The clashes between the farmers and herders and the activities of killer herdsmen have increased the ethnic tension in the country of late. The Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, and his counterpart from Benue State, Samuel Ortom, had been locked in a battle due to the positions taken by the governors on the issue. Mohammed claimed that Fulani herdsmen went about with…

Jose Mourinho has compared “diamond” wonderkid Dane Scarlett to Marcus Rashford after the 16-year-old impressed in Tottenham’s 4-0 Europa League win against Wolfsberger. The Spurs boss took the opportunity to blood some youngsters during Wednesday’s second leg as they cruised into the last 16 of the competition 8-1 on aggregate. It was a rare chance for Mourinho to highlight the positives after the worst run of his stellar managerial career. A dismal run of six defeats in their previous eight games in all competitions had left Tottenham in ninth place in the Premier League and out of the FA Cup.…

Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said on Thursday that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos undergoing repairs would be totally reopened to traffic ‘’this weekend’’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fashola, who gave the assurance during a radio phone-in programme, did not specify which day of the weekend to expect the reopening. “I can tell you now that this weekend, it will be opened definitely; my directors are still in Lagos; the major works have now been finished, so let me say that again by way of information. “Definitely this weekend it will be…

If, by now, Islamic cleric, Sheik Abubakar Gumi, has not categorically denied he told the Muslim bandits he has been meeting in recent times that their enemies are Christian “outsiders,” it means he said what he said, and he is not taking it back. Gumi has been garrulous since he gave himself the job of negotiating with domestic terrorists supposedly on behalf of the country. He has even blamed Niger Delta militants for teaching Fulani herdsmen the criminality with which they are ravaging the whole country. Gumi is acting blind, and that is not because he is deformed. He wants…

Things have gone totally awry in Nigeria; logic now walks on its head and the country has become a huge jungle where impunity reigns. It would be dishonest to suggest that it is any surprise though. For years, leaders of Nigeria have been warned that the seed of mindless governance they were sowing would one day yield harvest, bountiful enough to sweep the country away. But no one listened. Now, the situation is upon us all, neither the rope nor the bird perched on it is at peace. A report released earlier this week by Lagos-based Financial Derivatives said categorically…

For years, the hideouts of bandits in Nigeria was a mystery. DSS, and other top intelligence services seem helpless in handling the rigors of tracing and tracking the criminals. The services failed to give helpful tips and useful information on ways to rid the atrocities of those bloodthirsty monsters. Freely and with reckless abandon, the outlaws committed cruelty raking millions while killing hundreds of innocent souls. Those in authority also watched carelessly as citizens fell prey. Dressed in camouflage while riding on bikes, these heartless fellows sack villages, liter towns with blood, dump bodies on ground and brought tears and sorrows…

Ibadan is an intriguing city. It is one of the most modern of Yoruba cities but some part of it look as ancient as Ile-Ife, the land of the First Dawn. Indeed, some journalists having read Ibadan by – a running splash of rust and gold, flung and scattered among seven hills like broken china in the sun – often refer to the city as ancient. You are ensnared by the city’s languor, its mesmerizing somnolence and its timeless placidity. But it has its temper; bursting occasionally like a volcano, sprouting its hot lava and then going back to sleep…

Lionel Messi soared past Luis Suarez to become La Liga’s top scorer on Wednesday by adding his 17th and 18th goals of the season in a much-needed 3-0 victory for Barcelona over Elche. Barca had followed up last week’s crushing Champions League loss to Paris Saint-Germain by drawing at home to Cadiz on Sunday but eased the strain with a comfortable win at the Camp Nou. Messi’s double owed much to a pair of superb assists, with a supreme dribble by Frenkie de Jong coming after a sublime flick from Martin Braithwaite, who also set up Jordi Alba to score…