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 A 36-year-old Nigerian, based in Italy, Nwakanma Uche, has excreted 95 pellets of heroin, after he was arrested by operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA). Uche was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, after it was discovered that he had ingested the pellets. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that Uche, who hails from Arodizuogu village, Ideato Local Government Area of Imo State, was nabbed while trying to board an Air France plane on his way to Paris, France, and Milan, Italy, on Sunday, May 15, 2022. “He was thereafter kept under observation, during which he excreted the 95 pellets of the illicit drug. “He claimed he came to see his parents in Nigeria after 12 years in Italy. “He added that he was to be paid N 1.5 million after a successful delivery of the drugs in Milan,” he said Meanwhile, the agency has arrested a wanted drug kingpin behi...

Ebony  State Governor, Dave Umahi has identified the unknown gunmen terrorising southeast Nigeria and killing people as those who hail from the region and not outsiders. Some southeasters and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have accused some governors in the region of sponsoring outsiders to terrorise the southeast. Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi But while answering questions regarding the identities of the killers on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Umahi said the atrocities committed in the region were largely carried out by youths from there. He said, “People tend to be funny at times when they say that we have been invaded by outsiders, but it is not true. “We have people from other regions that are in the South East. There’s no tribe that doesn’t have criminality. I wouldn’t say some of these people from other tribes don’t engage in criminality. “What I call bandits are people that engage in violence; and they are our people, South-East people. The youths, som...

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has warned Nigerians that severe cases of monkeypox, currently being experienced in some countries, including Nigeria, are common in children. The disease, which according to the World Health Organisation is endemic to West and Central African countries, has started to surface in European countries. While NCDC noted that only 46 suspected cases had been reported with 15 confirmed so far, countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Portugal, Spain and Canada, among others reported cases of the disease. The centre assured Nigerians of its capacity to effectively diagnose and respond to cases, while it also warned that severe cases commonly occur in children.

 Troops of the Nigerian Army under the auspices of Operation Hadin Kai have bombed a convoy of Abubakar Sarki, a Commander of Boko Haram in Sambisa forest, killing scores of terrorists who were with him. Sources said the offensive was coordinated by the General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Nigerian Army and Commander Sector 1 North East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), Maj Gen Waidi Shaibu on Saturday May 14 2022, at Yuwe location, within the Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. The Army was said to have deployed a massive artillery gun after sighting 8 moving convoys conveying Abubakar Sarki and unconfirmed numbers of fighters in devastating hits. The source said that based on intelligence information, Abubakar Sarki and his team were heading toward Abu-Ubaida’s camp to engage its rival fighters from the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP), in a battle of supremacy. Counter Intelligence expert with knowledge of terrorists activitiest in Lake Chad, Zagazola Mak...

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra state has visited Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in detention. Soludo who shared photos from the visit on his Facebook page on Saturday May 14, said they discussed the sit-at-home protests and killings in the south-east. Meanwhile, many social media users have expressed different reactions to the visit with many commending the governor for taking such bold and impressive step towards finding lasting peace in the South East. See some screenshots below

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it wishes to alert telecom consumers and members of the public on an ongoing cyber-vulnerability that allows a nearby hacker to unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and make away with the cars. It said that the fact that car remotes are categorized short range devices that make use of radio frequency (RF) to lock and unlock cars informed the need for the Commission to alert the general public on this danger, where hackers take advantage to unlock and start a compromised car. According to the latest advisory released by the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), the Cybersecurity Centre for the telecom sector established by the NCC, the vulnerability is a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack or, more specifically, a replay attack, in which an attacker intercepts the RF signals normally sent from a remote key fob to the car, manipulates these signals, and re-sends them later to unlock the car at will. The Commission said ...

 The Department of State Services (DSS) has distanced itself from media reports that it called for the elongation of the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a press statement e-signed and released to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP by the Service’s Spokesperson, Peter Afunanya on Thursday stated that, “The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to a misleading and mischievous publication by SaharaReporters titled Nigeria’s Secret Police, DSS Tests the Water on Tenure Elongation for Buhari, Tells Journalists, CSOs 2023 Elections May Not Hold. In the said report, the Service was accused of informing participants at its April 6th brainstorming session with CSOs/NGOs that the 2023 general elections might not hold due to insecurity. The report further stated that the session was a ruse to sell tenure elongation to the public.” According to the statement, “Consequently, the DSS disassociates itself from the publication ...

 Bruce Fein, American legal practitioner representing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has tackled the United Kingdom Government over its inaction on the Biafran agitation. Fein, on Saturday, said that for over five decades since the end of the Biafran war, the wounds were yet to heal for many as some Nigerians still agitated for the breakaway state. Kanu, the IPOB leader, who is also a British citizen, is the most noticeable face of the Biafran movement. The Nigerian government had declared IPOB a “terrorist organisation” in 2017, but the pronouncement had not stopped the group’s activities – especially overseas where it enjoys the support of millions of Igbos in the diaspora.

 Top ISWAP Commanders, Bako Gorgore and Abu Ibrahim, have been neutralised by Nigerian Air Force at Tumbum Jaki in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State in northeast Nigeria. Abadam is about 300 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, which has been under the control of the Islamic State for West African Province, ISWAP, a loyal submission to ISIS. DAILY POST gathered that the two top Commanders who assumed office in March 2022 led the Islamic terror group ISWAP less than two months before they met their Waterloo. A counter insurgency’ expert, Zagazola Malam, who made the revelations on a tweet on Saturday revealed that Bako Gorgore and Abu Ibrahim were killed during a week-long coordinated intelligence-led ground and aerial bombardments by the Air Task Force. Bako Gorgore took over the leadership of ISWAP in March, 2022 following the killing of its leader, Sani Shuwaram, and other terrorists of the sect after an airstrike around Marte local government areas in th...

The Kaduna State Government on Saturday banned any form of religious protest, just as it warned that any violator will be prosecuted. This warning was handed down by Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State in a statement he issued on Saturday According to him, the prohibition becomes imperative in view of moves by some unpatriotic elements to organize series of for-and-against protests related to a security development in one of the Northern Nigerian States. “The Kaduna State Government, in consultation with security agencies under the umbrella of the Kaduna State Security Council, has placed a ban on protests related to religious activity throughout the State with immediate effect,” he said. According to him, Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, who has been briefed of the development, has charged security agencies to ensure strict enforcement of this ban against any form of religious protest in the state. He said the governor also charged r...

The Federal Government on Friday expressed optimism that recent agreements it reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and other unions in the education sector would yield good fruits next week. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Head of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Olajide Oshundun. The statement said the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige made the assertion while addressing newsmen shortly after a meeting regarding the ongoing strike actions by unions in the education sector. Recall that ASUU, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and other unions in the public universities had embarked on strike following the federal government’s inability to meet their demands. The Minister said, “We had a cordial and fruitful discussion; we looked at the issues dispassionately and reached some agreements, to the satisfaction of everybody in attendance,” Ngige said. “We discussed. E...