ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 19, 2024 The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has reiterated the ban on unauthorised use of military camouflage in the country. Matawalle said the present security situation warranted that only the Armed Forces and the Police should use camouflage while on joint operations.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 18, 2024 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a female lawyer, her boyfriend, mother and a herbalist for allegedly dealing in illicit drugs. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that largeContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 18, 2024 Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have intercepted a large consignment of Loud, a synthetic strong strain of cannabis (Indian hemp) at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA Director, Media andContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 The Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), have uncovered 14 sites illegally refining crude oil in Rivers, the Commander, Rear Adm. John Okeke, has said. Okeke who assumed duty on Thursday, said that the illegal refining site, located on Ataba Island, close toContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it has arrested 26 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said they were arrested at Kurudu, Jahi, Kubwa and Gwarimpa areas of Abuja. He said thatContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 The UK Government said it spent more than 300 million pound sterling delivering programmes and peacekeeping in Africa in 2023 to strengthen security and ensure stability. The UK Minister of State, Cabinet Office, Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday during herContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 14, 2024 The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has announced a N20 million bounty on two criminals terrorising residents of the territory. He said they should be apprehended dead or alive. Wike made the announcement in Abuja on Wednesday during aContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 11, 2024 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested 24 suspected drug traffickers and dealers, including a 42-year-old man taking thousands of concealed opioid pills to insurgents in Banki area of Borno. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that aContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 9, 2024 The Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) in the FCT will no longer register dispatch riders over their non-compliance to traffic rules and regulations in the territory. The Head of Public Relations and Enlightenment of the service, Mr Kalu Emetu, made this known inContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 7, 2024 National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says a total of 15 drug kingpins, out of the 3,412 drug offenders successfully prosecuted and convicted in 2023, collectively bagged 168 years imprisonment. NDLEA Chairman, Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while addressingContinue Reading