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Nigeria, Africa to witness rise of drug abuse among youths – UNODC

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has raised an alarm that Nigeria and some African countries would witness 40% rise in the populat

Vigilante leader killed in Kano

Mukhtar Garba Baballiya, leader of a vigilante group in Ja’en community, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano, has been murdered. The vigilante leader

‘Online media killing our businesses’, newspaper vendors lament

Newspaper vendors and sales representatives of some print media houses in Enugu say their businesses are at the edge due to the online media. In separ

‘Cocaine deal’: Court denies Abba Kyari bail

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant bail to the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and four other police officers charged with alleged d

Rivers: IGP orders arrest of vigilante, police officer’s killers

Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector-General of Police, on Wednesday directed the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Olatunji Disu, and his team to go