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The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has set up a peace initiative committee to look into disputes and other issues affecting its members. The ANLCA President, Mr Tony Nwabunike, made the disclosure during a visit to him by some members of the Murtala Muhammed Airport unit of the association, on Tuesday in Lagos. He noted that the dispute had delayed conclusion of election of executive committee members of the unit. Nwabunike said that the peace initiative committee would meet aggrieved parties with a view to ensuring reconciliation. “The uniqueness of our association is that we want to be…

The Senate on Tuesday moved to check the rising emigration of medical and health professionals from Nigeria to developed countries when it considered a bill seeking to establish the Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Abeokuta. Sponsor of the bill, Senator Ibikunle Amosun (APC – Ogun Central), in his lead debate said that the establishment of specialized medical universities have become very important in the country as there are high demands for medical and health professionals in Nigeria. According to the lawmaker, “many reports suggest that the number of Doctors, Dentists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, and Bachelor’s Degree-prepared Nurses in…

True Prosperity International (TPI), an NGO, on Tuesday said that it would engage 3,000 Nigerian youths in skills that would make them self-reliant and generate income for themselves. The Founder of the NGO,Mr Morgan Orioha told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Owerri that the empowerment programme,which would commence on March 20th,was meant for Nigerian youths. According to him, the programme is aimed at complementing the Federal Government’s effort at eradicating poverty and unemployment among Nigerian youths. ‘’TPI is worried about the rate of poverty and unemployment in Nigeria, and we believe that the greatness of any nation depend on…

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Command in Adamawa says it seized about 20 tonnes of illicit drugs in different operations between 2015 and January 2020. Mr Bello Idris, the state’s NDLEA Commander said this at Security Lecture Against Kidnapping organised by Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in Yola on Tuesday. Idris, represented by Mr Hassan Kabaju, the command’s Principal Staff Officer, Operations, said that drugs abuse had become a major threat to security in the state and beyond. “From 2015 to date, the command seized about 20 tonnes of illicit drugs. “The entire North East is besieged  by criminal gangs whose illicit…

The Ogun Assembly, on Tuesday, called on the executive arm to create a database for the regulation of the activities of Okada riders as a way of forestalling security threat in the state. The resolution followed the unanimous adoption of a motion moved by Mr Oludaisi Elemide during plenary in Abeokuta, after the lawmakers had debated the influx of okada riders from neighboring states. Elemide, who is also the Chairman, House Committee on Transportation, expressed concern over the security threat posed by the activities of the unregulated motorcycle and tricycles riders who had migrated into virtually all parts of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the commitment of his administration to ensure the release of all children and captives of terrorists across the country and beyond. The president gave the assurance in a message he personally signed in Abuja on Tuesday. Buhari’s message was released by the media unit of the State House, Abuja, to mark the second anniversary of the abduction of the 107 Dapchi school girls in Yobe. “Two years ago, 110 innocent children from the town of Dapchi were taken, against their will, by terrorists of Boko Haram, 107 survived the ordeal. Today all but one –…

A housewife, Maryam Usman, on Tuesday dragged her estranged husband, Rilwanu Haruna to a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State for allegedly insulting and disrespecting her parents. The petitioner who resides at Zangon Aya, Kaduna, through her counsel, Ado Ali, said that his client was seeking dissolution of her marriage to Haruna on grounds that he lacked respect for her parents. Ali said that the petitioner was willing to pay back Haruna his N50,000 dowry which was paid in 2018. “He has no respect for her and even to the extent of insulting her parents; he has been…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office, has arrested a 60-year-old farmer for allegedly attempting to smuggle substance suspected to be illicit drug for his son currently in its custody. The commission, in a statement issued by its acting Spokesperson, Tony Orilade, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan, said the suspect had allegedly attempted to smuggle the substance during a visit to his detained son. Orilade said that the suspect was at the premises of the EFCC in Ibadan on Feb. 17, supposedly to visit his detained son. He said that an official of…

The Office of the Public Defender, a government owned human rights protection agency in Ekiti, on Tuesday, expressed concern at increasing rate of marital conflicts and land disputes in the state. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Mrs Bolanle Wale-Awe, told newsmen in Ado Ekiti that marital conflicts and land disputes were the two common societal challenges affecting the peace and stability of the state. She also hinged the increasing cases of rape and sexual assault on unemployment and indiscipline which he said must be tackled to protect the society. The executive secretary said that the government agency mediated in…

ABUJA – A United Kingdom based Professor of Neurology, Reuben Oluwakinmilehin Obaro, and his wife, Ayodele, a practising nurse also in the UK, have told Justice A. O. Ebong of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Zuba, that there is no evidence that money was misappropriated in the construction of a world class stroke centre in Abuja. A firm, Stephen James Stroke Centre of Excellence had planned and designed a world class stroke centre for Nigeria for the management of the rising incidence of stroke among Nigerians and to reduce the numbers of Nigerians travelling…