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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the weekend busted another Tramadol cartel and seized millions of opioids pills and bottles worth over N5 billion from their warehouse in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos State. The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said two drug kingpins were also arrested. Babafemi said the anti-narcotics officers of the Agency also uncovered and dismantled a clandestine skuchies laboratory in a remote part of Sagamu, Ogun state where several pieces of equipment and various quantities of illicit substances used to mass produce the dangerous…

An ammunition explosion caused by “careless” handling of a grenade in Russia’s Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine killed three soldiers and injured 16, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday. The blast occurred in a cultural centre repurposed for Russia’s armed forces to store ammunition, state news agencies reported, citing local emergency services for the toll. Another eight service personnel were still reported missing as of Sunday evening, the Interfax news agency reported. “As a result of the unintentional detonation of a hand grenade by a sergeant in a dormitory … a fire broke out. Sixteen servicemen, including the…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday led Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, members of the National Assembly, service chiefs, and the diplomatic corps to honor the nation’s fallen and living heroes. The event, which involved the laying of a wreath at the National Arcade in Abuja, was the climax of activities for the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration (AFRDC). First to lay the wreath was the President, followed by the Vice President, Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. The wreath was also laid by the Minister of Defence, retired…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 29 new cases of COVID-19 in six States between January 7 and 13, 2023. This has brought the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria to date to 266,49, with 259,858 cases discharged, and sadly, 3,155 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The States with the confirmed COVID-19 cases are Lagos (15); FCT (5); Kano (4); Nasarawa (3); Kaduna (1) and Plateau (1). COVID-19: Nigeria rules out restricting travelers from China The NCDC in a statement on Sunday said: “From 7th to…

Tens of thousands of health workers protested in Madrid on Sunday over what they say is the destruction of the public health system by the conservative regional government. Dressed in white coats and banging drums, many chanted: “Cutting public health is criminal.” The Madrid regional government, led by the Popular Party’s Isabel Ayuso, has come under fire in recent years, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, for poor staffing in hospitals and primary healthcare centres. Protesters say the regional government is dismantling public health services and favouring private health providers. Dressed as the Grim Reaper and bearing a…

Some of the billboards of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi in Anambra have been pulled down. The action was carried out over the alleged inability of Obi to pay the State Government. The billboards mounted in strategic positions in some areas were removed by the Anambra Signage and Advertising Agency (ANSAA) at the weekend. But LP accused Governor Charles Soludo of ordering the removal of the billboards for ulterior motives. One of the chieftains of the party, who does not want to be quoted, told The Nation that Obi and Umeh’s large billboard at the Unizik temporary Site…

Some of the billboards of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi in Anambra have been pulled down. The action was carried out over the alleged inability of Obi to pay the State Government. The billboards mounted in strategic positions in some areas were removed by the Anambra Signage and Advertising Agency (ANSAA) at the weekend. But LP accused Governor Charles Soludo of ordering the removal of the billboards for ulterior motives. One of the chieftains of the party, who does not want to be quoted, told The Nation that Obi and Umeh’s large billboard at the Unizik temporary Site…

Unknown gunmen on Saturday reportedly attacked the country home of the spokesperson for the Coalition of United Political Parties, Ikenga Ugochinyere, in the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, killing four persons. The gunmen were reported to have killed a yet-to-be-identified uncle of the CUPP spokesperson, who had in a seemingly distressed tweet on Saturday afternoon raised the alarm over the attack. They were also said to have burnt several vehicles. Ugochinyere, who is the National Assembly candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for Ideato South and Ideato North Federal Constituency, in the tweet, said, “We need help…

Several supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Plateau State on Saturday lost their lives following a road accident in the Mangu Local Government Area of the state. It was learned that the supporters were returning to Jos after a rally in Pankshin LGA when a truck conveying them crashed in the Panyam community of the council area A resident of the Panyam community, Joy Stephen, who witnessed the accident, told news reporters on Saturday that several persons died instantly while others sustained injuries. Stephen said, “It was around 4:30 pm that the accident happened. “The truck was loaded with…

The Priest of St. Peters and Paul Catholic Church in Kafin-koro in Paikoro local government area of Niger, Rev Father Isaac Achi has been burnt to death by terrorists. The terrorists also razed the catholic parish house and injured his colleague identified as Father Collins. It was learned that the incident occurred at 3 am on Sunday. The terrorists were said to have attempted to gain entrance into the catholic parish house and in the course of having difficulty in gaining entrance set the parish house ablaze. The Colleague of Rev. Father Achi, Father Collins was shot in the shoulder…