The Lagos State government continued its crackdown on illegal settlements on Monday by demolishing shanties built along a drainage channel in the Adeniji Adele area of Lagos Island. The state commissioner for the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a video of the demolition shared on X.com on Monday. His caption read, “Operatives of …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed seized counterfeit products worth N10 billion in the Northeast zone. The commodities were publicly burnt by the agency in Gombe State on Wednesday. During the exercise, NAFDAC’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who was represented by the North East Zonal Director, Mr Kenneth Azikwe, noted that the exercise …

The Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has said that 2,517 houses and shops were either completely or partially destroyed by flood which ravaged 33 communities in the state. Mr Ibrahim Nalado, the Deputy Director, Relief and Rehabilitation of the agency, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Gombe. Nalado said that …

The Nigerian Air Force said its operatives are stepping up efforts to curb the activities of oil thieves in the South-South region. This is as the service stated that strikes from its aircraft destroyed 13 illegal refining sites during an operation conducted around the Imo River. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force Air Vice Marshal, Edward …

2 Troops of the Nigerian Army (NA) have dismantled a training camp belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra and its affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Abia State. The NA disclosed this in a statement on X.com on Thursday. The statement revealed that, in collaboration with Task Force Tactical Patrol Squad, the Army raided the camp located in …

The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources commenced the removal of shanties and illegal business activities under the Ijora bridge on Monday. In a post on X.com on Monday, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Barrister Tokunbo Wahab wrote: “Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources #LasgMOE commence removal of shanties and illegal …

A downpour on Wednesday night has wreaked havoc on the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State, resulting in extensive damage to the facility and facilitating the escape of 118 inmates. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the spokesperson, Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Adamu Duza, on Thursday. Duza noted that the …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Tuesday, destroyed 304,436 kg and 40,042 litres of illicit substances seized from parts of Lagos and Ogun states. In a statement on Tuesday, the Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi said the seized drugs were publicly destroyed in Badagry, Lagos. He quoted the agency’s Chairman, Brigadier General Buba Marwa …

The Forward Operating Base of the Nigerian Navy Igbokoda, Ondo State has destroyed an illegal refinery in Awoye community, in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state. The military said the development was part of its determination to checkmate criminal activities such as kidnapping, crude oil theft and illegal bunkering within the costal region of the state. The Commander, Forward …

A midnight fire has destroyed over 50 shops and property worth N150 million at Yan Katako Market Rijiyar Lemu area of Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State. The chairman of the market, Alhaji Mamuda Abdullahi, explained that the blaze started at about 1am on Monday. He pointed out that the conflagration destroyed over 50 shops containing plywood, foam, spray …