Wednesday, July 21, 2021

NDLEA Arrests Lady With Multiple Identities For Trafficking 296,000 Tabs Of Illicit Drugs

 


 A 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who uses multiple identities and wears a hijab to evade security scrutiny has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Benue state along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra state to Gombe state.

100 Kidnapped Victims Rescued In Zamfara After 42 Days In Captivity

   



    The police command in Zamfara State says security operatives have rescued 100 abducted persons from bandits at Kabaro forest. The victims, mostly women, and children were kidnapped on June 8 by bandits and taken to Kabaro village in Maru Local Government Area of the state.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Eight boat travelers abducted in Rivers

     


   Eight persons traveling via a passenger boat have been kidnapped along the Kula-Abonrma waterway in Rivers State.

   Confirming their abduction, the Rivers Chairman, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) Jonah Jumbo said the victims were abducted in the morning July 19, by suspected pirates. According to Jumbo, out of the eight kidnapped persons, five were members of the maritime union in Kula, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area headed to Port Harcourt for a meeting.

Lagos records 4 COVID-19 related deaths in nearly 4 days

   



   Lagos State recorded four COVID-19 related deaths in nearly four days as confirmed by the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi. 

   Abayomi in a post shared on Facebook, said the deaths which were recorded between July 14 and July 17 increased the state’s COVID-19 related mortality to 363. Though no additional detail was given about the deceased, Abayomi disclosed that there are currently 1,045 active COVID-19 cases in communities being managed under the Home Based Care.

Matawalle, CP mourn 13 policemen

 


 Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle on Sunday in Gusau, expressed shock at the killing of 13 police officers by suspected bandits. The police personnel were gunned down at a mobile camp in Kurar Mota community in the Bagudu Local Government Area of the state.

  The governor’s reaction is contained in a statement by Malam Yusuf Idris, Director-General, Media, Public Enlightenment and Communications, Government House, Gusau. The statement said Matawalle expressed “devastation “when he visited seven injured police officers who were receiving treatment at the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau.