Surinamese gets 13 years jail term for drug offence… As NDLEA secures conviction of 1,445 drug traffickers in six months

Surinamese gets 13 years jail term for drug offence… As NDLEA secures conviction of 1,445 drug traffickers in six months

A 34-year-old South American man from Suriname has been sentenced to 13 years prison term for smuggling drug into Nigeria. The man, whose name was given as Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,…

NGO Launches Draft Bill on Proposed Health Development Bank of Nigeria… Says Sugar, Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Tax Capable of Yielding $4.8 bn Annually to Finance Nation’s Health Sector

NGO Launches Draft Bill on Proposed Health Development Bank of Nigeria… Says Sugar, Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Tax Capable of Yielding $4.8 bn Annually to Finance Nation’s Health Sector

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has put forward a proposal for the establishment of a Health Development Bank in a move towards strengthening Nigeria’s healthcare system. The announcement was made by the Lead Director of CSJ, Eze Onyekpere, during a workshop…

WE HAVE NEITHER RECONSIDERED NOR SUSPENDED NATIONWIDE MASS PROTEST -Comrade Joe Ajaero

WE HAVE NEITHER RECONSIDERED NOR SUSPENDED NATIONWIDE MASS PROTEST -Comrade Joe Ajaero

A press statement signed by President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero and made available to Blank NEWS Online reads: “We want to inform all Nigerians that we have just risen from a meeting with the federal Government where…