PHOTOS: NDLEA Receives Cannabis Worth Millions from Customs in Inter-Agency Effort

The Nigeria Customs Service, Niger-Kogi Command, successfully intercepted and transferred 283 wraps of cannabis sativa to the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Minna. The estimated duty-paid value of the confiscated cannabis is approximately ₦5,666,000. EDITOR’S PICKS Health, Planning Ministries Partner with AfDB on Sustainable System Project Shamim Ahmed: Student Ally of Bangladesh’s Ex-Prime … Read more

Loan Sharks’ Days Numbered As FCCPC Targets Apps Harassing Customers

Loan Sharks' Days Numbered As FCCPC Targets Apps Harassing Customers

Harassment of customers by loan apps to be addressed Inter-agency collaboration to block offending platforms Strict measures to protect consumer rights Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) is taking decisive action against loan apps notorious for harassing customers. Moreover, the commission’s acting chairman, Adamu Abdullahi, revealed the agency’s … Read more

Ondo Kidnap Ordeal Ends As Navy, Amotekun Rescue Abducted Duo

Ondo Kidnap Ordeal Ends As Navy, Amotekun Rescue Abducted Duo

Kidnapped Father and Son Freed in Ondo Victims Regain Freedom After Two-Day Ordeal Joint Effort by Navy and Amotekun Corps Secures Release Eko Hot Blog reports that in a distressing incident, a man identified as Maliki Onose and his son Jethro fell victim to a kidnapping while traveling along the Benin-Owo road in Ose Local … Read more

Corruption Crackdown: EFCC Joins Forces With ICPC, Assures Swift Action Against Corrupt Practices

Eko Hot Blog reports that the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has assured Nigerians that there will be no hiding place for corrupt government officials under his watch. Giving this assurance while receiving the chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Musa Adamu Aliyu, … Read more

NIDCOM Boss Dabiri-Erewa Visits New Foreign Affairs Minister, Lists Achievements

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s four agenda of: Development, Democracy, Demography, and Diaspora, will be pursued unrelentingly by bringing modern solutions to address complex challenges for national development. According to a press release on Tuesday by Gabriel Odu, NiDCOM Media, Public relations … Read more

IGP Visits NSA Ribadu, Promises Improved Synergy Among Security Agencies

Eko Hot Blog reports that the Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has promised improved synergy among security institutions in the country. Egbetokun made the promise on Tuesday when he paid a courtesy visit to the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, at the Office of the National Security Adviser, Three Arms … Read more