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Michael Olugbode Canada has shown interest in increasing both bilaterally and multilateral cooperation with Nigeria and subsequently increases the volume of trade with the country. Addressing journalists in Abuja recently to mark the Canada independence from the British on July 1, 1867, the acting High Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria, Nicolas Simard, said: “We look forward to broadening and deepening our cooperation with Nigeria both bilaterally and multilaterally.” Nigeria presently stands as the second largest trade partner of Canada on the African continent, exceeded only by South Af...

Michael Olugbode The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has again alerted the public on the activities of some scammers taking advantage of the recent employment screening exercise to demand payments from shortlisted candidates for narcotic officers and narcotic assistants before they could be employed. This will be the third time in recent times that the agency would be raising such alarm, having done same on May 12 and June 6, 2021. The agency has also notified the public and job seekers to be wary of messages from persons claiming to be acting on behalf of NDLEA and/or its offici...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja The federal government has declared Monday, June 14, 2021 as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration. The Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the federal government, congratulated Nigerians on the occasion and urged all citizens to support the present administration in its efforts at ensuring a United and prosperous Nation. Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore said any form of agitation that threatens the unity of the country sho...

Michael Olugbode in Abuja Brazil-based drug kingpin has been nabbed with 36 blocks of cocaine, weighing about 30 kilogrammes with a street value of over N8 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). A statement issued yesterday by NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi said the drug lord, Ejiofor Enwereaku, who leads a syndicate, was arrested at the airport on Friday, May 14, 2021 for importing 27.95 kilogrammes of cocaine using their organised criminal gang, which specialises in tagging/planting drugs...

By Michael Olugbode A former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Asekun Kehinde Sakiru, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. Asekun, according to a statement issued yesterday by the NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, is a notorious drug baron, and has been on the wanted list of the agency. The former council vice chairman was on the agency’s blacklist following the recent arrest of some traffickers and drug seizures linked to him. According to Ba...