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By  Vincent Oghenerukevwe. Warri - The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raised serious concerns over the lack of adequate legal backing to tackle the growing menace of substance abuse beyond conventional narcotics in Nigeria. The agency warned that existing laws are outdated and do not reflect the evolving realities of substance misuse across the country. Established by Decree No. 48 of January 1990, the NDLEA is mandated to combat the cultivation, processing, trafficking, and sale of hard drugs. However, experts and stakeholders argue that the agency’s current legal framework is too limited to address the rising abuse of non-controlled substances, including common household and industrial products increasingly being misused for psychoactive effects. Officials noted that apart from Section 13 of the NDLEA Act—which was repealed in 2003—no significant legislative amendments have been made to strengthen the agency’s powers. This failure by successive administrations t...

A suspected cable thief, Tamaria  today escaped with serious injuries with after he was lynched and confessed to have stolen armoured cable at the residence of one Chief Butler Magege in Aladja Community, Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. The suspect was apprehended by some Aladja Community youths who were returning from vigil in the early hours of today. The armoured cable the suspect stole were to be used for the ongoing Operation Restore Aladja light by the Delta State Government. The suspect was caught by the youths allegedly in the act and was seriously beaten to a pulp. But for the quick intervention of Aladja Community Vigilante he would have been killed by an angry mob. The mob expressed their angry because for over two years, the Aladja Community has been in peppertual darkness until Governor Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa deemed it fit to restore power in the area.

Some students of Ugborikoko secondary school in Uvwie L.G.A, Delta state were today rushed to the emergency ward of Capital Hill Hospital suffering from the effects of teargas allegedly shot into the school premises by the Nigerian police force . Confirming the incident, Dr. Efemena  said about ten students were rushed to the hospital around 10 am on Thursday said some have been resuscitated while others are still under critical care. It was gathered that some police officers were allegedly after some hoodlums within the immediate vicinity of the school, which unfortunately resulted in the use of teargas. The Delta state police command spokesman, DSP Andrew Aniamaka while confirming the report regretted the incident. He however said the teargas was not shot in their classroom. Aniamaka further confirmed that the hoodlums have been arrested adding that critical stakeholders in the area as at the time of the report  are meeting with the police over the i...

The Liberian Ambassador to Nigeria, Prof Al-Hassan Conteh has called for peaceful co-existence in Africa in order to bring the desired rapid development. The ambassador Prof Al-Hassan Conteh who made the call at the just concluded conference, Organized by a non governmental organization, the Center for Peace and Environmental Justice - (CEPEJ) implored African leaders to do everything to key into the culture of adopting international best practices for nation's development. The 9th CEPEJ annual conference was held at Hon. Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Center, Minna Niger State with the theme; "Good Governance Panacea for Sustainable Development in Africa". Coordinator of the center, Comrade Sheriff Mulade in a welcome address said that; "The primary aim of this conference was meant to sensitise Africans specifically Nigerians on the importance of promoting peaceful coexistence in every aspects of engagement. The choice of Minna for this year...

As part of efforts to further preposition the Petroleum training institute P.T.I Effurrun for enhanced productivity, projects of Students of the institution will henceforth be industry based. The school which has under gone major reforms under the current leadership recently entered into partnership with the amnesty office for the training of ex militants. Addressing newsmen on Tuesda y in the council chambers chief executive of the school Prof Sunny E. Iyuke who decried level project plagiarism among students in Nigeria said when projects address life problems of the industry; companies will be open to sponsoring such works. While commending the federal government for the increased support, he disclosed that the upcoming     graduation will serve as an opportunity for the institute to showcase its achievements in tender with its vision and Mandate in its establishment act.

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has urged farmers in the state not to be discouraged but be resilient in their farming work due to the recent flood that overran 16 local government areas of the state. Governor Okowa made the call when he addressed farmers during the 2018 World Food Day celebration held in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The Governor who was represented by Emmanuel Agwariawodo, stated that his Government would join hands with stakeholders to eradicate hunger in the state. He thereafter called on the federal government, private and international agencies to come to the aid of Delta state farmers, even as he encouraged farmers not to relent in what they are doing. The Permanent Secretary, Delta State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr Oghoro Augustine said that this year's theme is, “Achieving Zero Hunger. He further observed that the Delta State Government had adopted multiple approaches from inception to reshape the agricultural sector and make it a driver of ...