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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday,  seized about 4000 kilogrammes of tramadol  that was recently banned by the Federal Government at the Muritala Muhammed Airport , Lagos. The seized tramadol was displayed  before  newsmen by the NDLEA Commander at the Lagos Airport, Garba Ahmadu,  who said that the interception …

Barely 48 hours after the twin bomb blasts that rocked a mosque in Mubi town, resulting in the deaths of over 60 people, 15 persons have been reportedly killed by armed herdsmen in four villages in Numan and Lamurde Local Government Areas of Adamawa State. Reports from the affected areas …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday took delivery of two Mi-35M helicopter gunships that the federal government ordered from Russia. The Antonov aircraft, which brought the new Mi-35M helicopters, touched down on the runway at NAF Base Makurdi at exactly 12.20 p.m. The Chief of Aircraft Engineering at NAF …

A former governor of Kano state, Ibrahim Shekarau has formally declared his intention to contest for the 2019 presidential elections. Shekarau seeks to contest under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former education minister pointed out that his decision was spurred by numerous clarion calls. He said; …

Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday explained that Nigerian youths have capacity to match their counterparts in the world. He spoke at the orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Yikpata, Kwara State. Saraki urged the Nigerian leaders to do everything humanly possible to give youths the opportunity …

Dino Melaye, the Kogi senator who was arrested in Abuja early Monday, has been released after a stand-off that lasted about two and a half hours, his spokesperson said. Mr Melaye, who represents Kogi West Senatorial District, was arrested by the Nigerian Immigration Service at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Monday …

The Federal Government has denied media reports that Ministers who were invited to the US-Nigeria Investment Summit in Washington, DC, on April 19 shunned the forum. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in a statement issued in London on Monday, said most of the Ministers who were …

The Senate has resumed plenary after coming out of an executive (closed door) session where the earlier incident of forceful removal of the mace was deliberated upon. The session is holding with the mace, the official symbol of authority firmly in place, and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, presiding. According …

“I know millions of Nigerians have never seen me in the mould of partisan politics. This is because for the past two and half decades, I have been under intense public scrutiny while engaging successive governments (military and civilian) in the most critical way possible.” “The public has also watched …

Senior lawyer, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has been appointed the Director, Strategic Communications, (Official Spokesperson) for the President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 presidential campaign. This was contained in a statement signed and forwarded to DAILY POST by the Secretary, office of the Director-General, President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization, Mohammed Dattijo. Keyamo has …