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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has decried the continuous high-level of abuse of Tramadol and codeine based cough syrup among Nigerian youth and women. NDLEA Chairman, retired Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah, said this while delivering Nigeria’s statement on ‘Crime Prevention, Criminal Justice and World Drug Problem’ at the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters, New York. Abdallah said: “Nigeria is witnessing a high level of abuse of tramadol and cough syrups containing codeine, especially by vulnerable youths and women. “This is a phenomenon common to many countries in the West-African sub-region which has ushered in a new level of transnational organised crimes. “As a result, a lot of national and sub-regional initiatives, including capacity development, have been put in place to address the situation”. Abdallah reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to fulfilling its obligations under relevant international instruments in the area of crime prev...

Phrank Shaibu is a Public Communication Consultant who writes from Abuja. In this piece, he discusses five (5) reasons he believes the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar will “beat Buhari silly” come 2019 election. Former Nigerian vice-President Atiku Abubakar raises his hands after winning the presidential ticket of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) during the party’s national convention in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on October 7, 2018. Nigeria’s main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has picked Abubakar to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari who is seeking a second term in presidential polls scheduled for February 2019. / AFP PHOTO / According to him, one of the reasons is that President Buhari’s approval ratings have fallen even below average. Atiku Abubakar had, earlier today, been announced as the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary held in Port Harcourt on Saturday. Following Atiku’s victory, Shaibu said the focus of his p...

Atiku Abubakar, has emerged the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate for the 2019 election, The Punch reports. The former Vice President emerged after a keenly contested primary held at Adokiye Amasiemaka Stadium, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Sunday. The Chairman of the PDP Convention Committee and governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, announced the results of the primary on Sunday morning. He said Atiku polled 1,532 votes while Aminu Tambuwal polled 693 votes to place second. Other results are, Bukola Saraki , 317 votes;  Jonah Jang,  19 votes; Datti Ahmed, 5 votes; David Mark , 35 votes; Tanimu Turaki, 65 votes; Sule Lamido, 96 votes; Attahiru Bafarawa, 48 votes; Ibrahim Dankwambo, 111 votes; Ahmed Makarfi, 74 votes and Rabiu Kwankwaso,  158 votes.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says about 200,000 candidates have been offered admission by the board, for the 2018/2019 academic session. The Head, Media and Information of the JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos, said that the admission took effect after the board’s policy meeting in June in Gbongon, Osun. According to him, the ecercise is done through the Central Admission Process (CAP), an automated process to eliminate all human interference. “We have so far offered not less than 200,000 first choice admissions to candidates. ” To this effect therefore, we are urging candidates to go to our site and check their admission status and those who have been offered such admission should quickly indicate by accepting and printing such offer, as failure to do so will automatically mean the candidate is no longer interested. “And therefore, the board may see all such offers as rejected and wo...

David Ogbe Ebibode Gift, well known as David Gift has released his long anticipated single titled "My heart ". David Gift in his words he said "the early love is imperfect. There is lust and infidelity, lies and broken promises, mistrust and fear. Though it may seem beautiful and can lift spirits but beautiful form of love can sterm from the love of God for us, that can heal and save. So when we surrender to our hearts to Him, as the rightful owner, we experience His real love" The song "my heart" with the simple lyrics expresses the deep love of God and as well as a total surrender of our desire and will to God... click the link for download Download Lyrics: Verse one : Jesus your love is higher than the sky My lips cannot express (my lips cannot express) Jesus your love is deeper than the oceans My lips cannot describe (yeah) my words cannot describe So I give myself as a living sacrifice to live for you alone I'll live for you a...

Alot has been said about this scheme recently and the organization has recorded more sad news than good recently, and a lot of people have criticized this scheme. It was recently reported that a Policeman killed a corp member in Abuja. Als​​o, recall that it was also reported that a corp member died in camp​ ​in April 2018 to mention but a few. Another thing is, some Nigerians youths still have the dream of going for this scheme and they still believe so much in it. I have been part of those​ ​clamoring for it, now that I am privilege to be a corp member, I can say it authoritatively that there’s nothing special about it. In my opinion, NYSC should be scrapped and every fresh Nigerian graduates should be given the ₦237,600, let’s start something with the money I believe 20% to 40% of the corp member will do something Tangible with the money. What About You Do You Think NYSC – Is It Motivating Or Endangering The Life Of Our Youths? Let’s hear from you all on this Topic.

As we celebrate our 58th independent anniversary this year, I am of the opinion that, it will be very crucial for us as citizens to look at where we are coming from; where we are; where we ought to be; and where we are heading. As a matter of frankness, we will only be deceiving ourselves to say that things are moving on smoothly in the country today because we are still very far from where we ought to be. Though they say `Rome was not built in a day; the underlying fact remains that the Romans successfully built their city to be a positive reference point because of their resoluteness, patriotism, commitment and consistency. We cannot continue the way we are going and expect to build any meaningful legacies for the coming generations. Consequently, this review will delve briefly on the past to understanding the present and, making recommendations for the future. At this point, it is very important to mention that the pivotal factor to the development of any society is `go...

No fewer than 250 passengers and crew members escaped death by the whiskers on Monday  evening after a fire broke out in the wheel well of a Delta Airliner leaving from JFK International Airport for Accra, Ghana. The passengers were evacuated from the Flight 420 which takeoff was aborted after observing an issue with the airspeed indicator, causing the brakes to overheat and ignite the gear, The New York Post reports. In total, 258 people — 250 passengers, 8 crew members were evacuated via mobile stairs. A fire unit from the Port Authority Police soon responded to the scene to extinguish the fire, the Port Authority PBA confirmed on Twitter. The same Twitter account also shared footage of what was described as a fire breaking out in the wheel well of the same aircraft a bit earier. The small blaze was extinguished on the taxiway and no one was injured, a spokesperson for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) confirmed to Fox News. There were no oper...

"Everyone is celebrating Nigeria's independence. But I celebrate these men who lay down their lives for us to be able to celebrate Nigeria's independence. God bless the Nigerian Armed Forces."

A young man identified as Ifunanya, has been allegedly tortured to death by Nigeria police officers attached to B Division Warri, Delta State. It was gathered that the deceased Ifunanya was fast asleep when officers attached to B Division broke into their apartment and surrounded everyone in the house with guns while in search for internet fraudsters otherwise known as ‘Yahoo Boys’. They searched the house, found nothing and ordered Ifunanya and four others to enter their Hilux van before taking them to the station. It was alleged that the officers tortured Ifunanya to get information but he couldn’t make it like others as he passed away during the brutal process. Ifunanya fainted and was rushed to General hospital where he was confirmed dead by the doctor. comments 

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR, NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY. As instructed by the Vice-Chancellor of Niger Delta University through the S.AVC, all affected students of the flood off-campus should immediately apply for hostel space for free through the dean of student affairs to the Vice-Chancellor to immediately pack into vacant hostels in newsite and others, in other to continue your academic activity. On this note, we are pleased to announce to the entire student community that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Nationwide strike has been called-off, there will be no flood-break, academic activities starts tomorrow 2nd Oct, 2018 as slated in the timetables and academic calendar as we are lagging behind.

A church at Amassoma, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State (RCCG_Zion_Gate_Zone) organized a STREET PRAISE to Celebrate Nigeria's 58th Independence Day at the Town Roundabout, Thanking God for our country Nigeria. #RCCGZIONGATE

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned against the abuse of new technologies, in his third Independence Day anniversary broadcast to the nation since he rose to power. He warned that those behind such actions aim “to provoke passions and stir tensions”. “Now we have in our hands technology that is a powerful tool that we can and should use for knowledge and understanding,” the President said on Monday. “As with other countries, we must also learn how to manage those tendencies that, instead, look to abuse new technologies to provoke passions and stir tensions.” Dealing with the problem is a challenge the President believes Nigeria has never faced. The President, therefore, sought collective action to deal with it. “We must all rise to the responsibility of shutting out those disruptive and corrosive forces that hide in today’s world of social media,” he said. President Buhari and top members of his administration have repeatedly warned about the dangers of fake news...