Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
By Agency Reporters
Defence Headquarters says the troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria eliminated a total of 1,910 criminal elements including terrorists, bandits, robbers and kidnappers across the country in seven months.
* Intercepts Heroin At Airport, Arrests Young Lady Attempting To Smuggle Cocaine Concealed In Cooked Food For Boyfriend In Agency’s Custody
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Desperate bids by drug cartels to push out millions of illicit drug tablets across Lagos and other parts of the country for the festive season have been frustrated by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with the seizure of 8,381,600 capsules and tablets of Tramadol as well as 56,782 bottles of codeine among others in major raids in Lagos state.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Three drug traffickers wearing uniforms of security agencies to escape scrutiny have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with over 427 kilograms of illicit drugs in Borno state and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Nigeria's prominent Civil Society group, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and the National Chapter of Transparency International (TI), Nigeria, have raised the alarm over what they described as an invasion of their Abuja office on Monday December 27, 2021, by those suspected to be operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered Commissioners of Police (CPs) in the thirty-six (36) States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja as well as their supervisory Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs), to initiate and implement well-coordinated crime prevention strategies and ensure round-the-clock visibility patrols towards peaceful Christmas and New Year celebrations in the country.
By Mohammed Abubakar (In Damaturu, Yobe State)
In recognition of potentials and roles of women in peace building initiatives which is is critical to Resilience building, Recovery from Conflict and ending Gender Based Violence, the African Youths for Peace Development and Empowerment Foundation with funding support from the European Union (EU) under International Alert Nigeria, has engaged with influential women leaders including wife's of Emirs from Fika, Potiskum, Gujba and Damaturu.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has tasked officers and men of the anti-narcotic agency to make it difficult for drug barons, traffickers and cartels to operate in Nigeria in the new year, 2022.
By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)
Niger state govẹrnment has admitted that it is not unaware that villagers were being taxed or extorted by members of the ISWAP/Boko-Haram/Armed bandits who established their presence in some Local Government Areas in the state.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted 64,000 pump action gun cartridges and a new pump-action gun at a store located at Success Line, Marine modern market, Onitsha, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra state.
By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
Following a case of an alleged cruel act of child battering leading to grievous hurt and wrong confinement brought before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Sokoto against one Rahila Yakubu, Chief Magistrate, Fatima Hassan, has ordered the remanding of the suspect.
By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has urged the federal government to order a comprehensive simultaneous clearance operation against bandits operating in the hinterlands of Sokoto, Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna, Kebbi, and the Niger States.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team, working with the Taraba State Police Command, have arrested a total of eleven (11) notorious kidnapping suspects in Taraba State for their complicity and various criminal roles in the recent trend of kidnapping incidents in Taraba State.
