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Michael Olugbode in Abuja The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has disclosed that only 84 inmates are in its custody after the invasion and setting free of prisoners at the Owerri Custodial Centre, Imo State, by criminals. It said of the people set free by the attackers, 48 of them were picked up in some parts of the state with 36 resisting the temptation to flee when the facility was invaded. A statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Francis Enobore, said peace has gradually returned to the Owerri Custodial Centre following the recent invasion of the facility by g...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja A Madrid-bound suspected drug trafficker, Okonkwo Chimezie Henry arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, has excreted 113 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.750 kilogrammes, with a street value of N423 million. Okonkwo, who was arrested on Easter day, Sunday 4th April, 2021, was about boarding a Turkish Airline flight number TK0626 at about 8p.m. when he was apprehended at screening point 2. He was taken into custody by the NDLEA operatives at the Lagos airport and subsequently put under observation at the JBTF/NDLEA facility for further investi...

By Michael Olugbode The Minister of State for Environment, Chief Sharon Ekeazor, has appealed to the National Assembly to speed up action on the passing into law of the bill on climate change. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a three-day meeting on the National Council on Environment in Abuja yesterday, Ekeazor noted that the bill has already passed the second reading in House. She said the passing of the bill into law has become necessary so as to have a legal instrument that would address the myriads of climate change actions and challenges in the country. Declaring the three-day council...

By Michael Olugbode A suspected fake security agent, Basiru Ibrahim, who specialises in trafficking illicit drugs from Benin Republic into Nigeria has been nabbed with 280 kilogrammes of skunk and Diazepam Ibrahim, whose drug route is from neighbouring Benin Republic via Lagos to Sokoto State was caught at about 8.30pm on April 3 conveying 140kg of skunk and another 140kg of Diazepam in his personal Peugeot 406 saloon car with registration number Lagos KSF 60 BE at Kingakwai checkpoint, Kamba, Dandi Local Government Area of Kebbi state. According to the Kebbi State Commander of the NDLEA, Pet...

By Michael Olugbode Oxfam International has promised to continue to defend those who are marginalised, and whose rights have been trampled upon. It gave the promise at the fifth anniversary of its VOICE project, aimed at defending the rights of women in society. The VOICE project, is being implemented with support from the Netherlands and focuses on Nigerian women who are victims of abuse. At the anniversary celebration held on Wednesday in Abuja, Constant Tchona, Oxfam country director in Nigeria, said the organisation believes that the country’s sustainable development depends on “the c...