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Nigeria intercepts 50,000 tramadol pills smuggled from Ghana
Add a CommentNigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 50,000 pills of Tramadol 225mg smuggled from Ghana into their country in a major anti-drug trafficking operation. The Daily Post reports that the pills were concealed in the body compartments of a … Read more →
Meta removes 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria over ‘sextortion’ scams
Add a CommentMeta Platforms said on Wednesday it had removed about 63,000 accounts in Nigeria that attempted to engage in financial sexual extortion scams mostly aimed at adult men in the United States. Nigerian online fraudsters, known as “Yahoo boys,” are notorious for … Read more →
Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating consumer, data laws
Add a CommentNigeria fined Meta Platforms $220 million, its competition watchdog said on Friday, after investigations showed data-sharing on social platforms violated local consumer, data protection and privacy laws. Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) said Meta appropriated the data of … Read more →
Microsoft to shut Africa Development Centre in Nigeria
Add a CommentMicrosoft (MSFT.O) is closing down its Africa Development Centre in the continent’s most populous nation Nigeria, which will lead to job losses, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. The centre, based in the commercial capital Lagos was opened in 2022 as … Read more →
Ivory Coast stun Nigeria to win AFCON 2023 final
Add a CommentIvory Coast won the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final against Nigeria, thanks to a thrilling come-from-behind victory on home turf. The team’s star player, Sebastien Haller, scored the winning goal with just nine minutes left on the clock, securing … Read more →
Ivory Coast beat DR Congo to set up final showdown with Nigeria in AFCON 2023
Add a CommentSebastien Haller scored the winner as 2023 Africa Cup of Nations hosts Ivory Coast beat DR Congo to set up a final meeting with Nigeria. The only goal of a cagey contest in Abidjan came in the 65th minute when … Read more →
Ghanaian arrested with truckload of live ammunitions in Nigeria
Add a CommentIn a significant breakthrough, soldiers from the 192 Battalion of the Nigerian Army have intercepted a Ghanaian national attempting to smuggle a truckload of ammunitions to Anambra State, in the Eastern part of Nigeria. Acting on credible intelligence, the soldiers … Read more →
Nigeria to clampdown on illegal sale of laughing gas
Add a CommentNigeria’s drug law enforcement agency has ordered an immediate crackdown on the illegal sale and use of nitrous oxide – also known as laughing gas. In a statement on their website, the head of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, … Read more →
Ekweremadu: ‘I’m scared, can’t return to Nigeria’, Victim begs for stay in UK
Add a CommentDavid Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor in the organ trafficking case that sent Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, to jail, has said he wants to remain and work in the UK, as “they could arrest me or kill me in … Read more →
UK red list Ghana, Nigeria for health workers’ recruitment
Add a CommentGhana is now among the list of 54 countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers in the United Kingdom. The announcement was made by the UK government in its revised code of … Read more →
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