Nigeria

At least one million seven hundred and sixty thousand four hundred and sixty (1,760,460) pills of Tramadol and other opioids were found concealed in packages of Indomie noodles and other foods at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos, as well as in the state of Gombe.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, the apex Igbo social and cultural organisation, blasted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Sunday for its role in the trial of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

Twenty people have been killed by a cholera outbreak in the community of Ekureku, and the government of Cross River claims to have deployed the necessary human and material resources to contain the situation.

57 Senior officers, including 31 Air Commodores and 25 Group Captains, have been promoted to higher positions in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) after receiving approval from the Air Force Council (AFC).

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the preeminent Igbo social and cultural organisation, applauds President Muhammadu Buhari for keeping his word and finishing the Second Niger Bridge before his term ends.

Four senior members of the Boko Haram terrorist organisation, also known as Jam’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihd, have surrendered to Nigerian troops in Borno State.

Six gang members suspected of drugging, hypnotising, and robbing across the state of Ondo have been arrested by the Ondo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun).