ShareAluta News The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has intensified crackdown on streetlight vandals across the capital city. Briefing journalists on Friday in Abuja, Chief Felix Obuah, the Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), said that 16 suspects have been detained within the last seven days. He added that fiveContinue Reading
ShareAluta News The Defence Headquarters says troops have eliminated 140 terrorists, apprehended 135 suspects and rescued 76 kidnapped hostages in different operations across the country in the last one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of theContinue Reading
ShareBy Mohammed Baba Busu The 013, Quick Response Force (QRF), Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Minna, has advocated enhanced synergy with the Training and Doctrine Command, Nigerian Army (TRADOC NA) in the fight against banditry. The Commander, Group Capt. Austine Idoko, made the call when he paid a familiarisation visit toContinue Reading
ShareBy Mohammed Baba Busu The Army Public Relations Department, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), has called for collaboration with the News Agency of Nigeria( NAN) on publicity and training of its staff on media affairs. Lt-Col. Uba Sani, the acting Deputy Director of TRADOC made the call when he paidContinue Reading
ShareAluta News The Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says it has impounded 9,389 vehicles for various traffic offenses in the last eight months. The Head, Public Relations and Enlightenment of the service, Mr Kalu Emetu, said this in an interview with the News Agency ofContinue Reading
ShareAluta News The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted 25 million pills of tapentadol, an opioid three times stronger than tramadol and 350,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth N16.1bn at the Tincan port complex in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on SundayContinue Reading
ShareAluta News The Police Command in Rivers has rescued a teenager, who was kidnapped in Enugu and transported to Port Harcourt in a ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bag. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Olatunji Disu, announced this during a news conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Disu said that theContinue Reading
ShareAluta News The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has demanded a retraction of election rigging allegation made against him by the chairperson of Edo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anthony Aziegbemi. Aziegbemi had in a statement on Sept. 14, accused the Federal Government of planning to rig theContinue Reading
ShareAluta News The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has declared 281 inmates missing after evacuation of inmates by officers of the service with support from sister security agencies to a safe and secure facility. This is contained in a statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO, Mr Abubakar UmarContinue Reading
ShareAluta News Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted no fewer than 2.4 million tramadol pills in Gombe State. NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi announced this on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the NDLEA operatives acting on credible intelligence on Sept. 14, arrested threeContinue Reading