NEWS

US, UK, Cyprus-bound cocaine, opioids concealed in shoe soles, clothes seized in Lagos

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2024

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have truncated plans of smuggling illicit drugs from Nigeria to United States, United Kingdom and Cyprus. A press statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency. Femi Babafemi said operatives of the agency

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NDLEA intercepts codeine shipment from India, US,UK-bound opioids in ladies’ hair

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2024

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted another consignment of 175,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup imported from India at the Port Harcourt Ports complex in Onne, Rivers state This is barely a week after a shipment of the same drug with equal quantity was seized at the same port, according to […]

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US, Nigeria Strengthen Collaboration Against Terrorism,  Boost Energy, Technology

Daily Dispatch May 1, 2024

The United States and Nigeria have strengthened collaboration to fight terrorism in the West Africa country and in neighbouring countries troubled by the scourge This was one of the major discussions taken at the just concluded two-day 6th edition of the US- Nigeria Binational Commission (BNC) in Abuja on Tuesday, where both countries also made […]

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US, Global Shea Alliance Partners on Boosting Shea Production in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch March 5, 2024

The United States government, in partnership with the Global Shea Alliance (GSA), the non-profit industry association with a mission to promote sustainability, quality practices and standards for shea in food and cosmetics, held its annual conference in Abuja. According to a statement on Tuesday by the United States Embassy in Nigeria, this year’s theme ‘Bridging […]

HEALTH

US, in 2023 Commits $600 million to Health in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2024

The United States has committed $20 billion into various health programmes in Africa, it said on Wednesday. A released by the United States Embassy in Nigeria also revealed that: “In 2023 alone, the United States invested over $600 million in health assistance in Nigeria,” with U.S. partnerships on health in Nigeria saving millions of lives, […]

HEALTH

US, ASR hands over 10 tuberculosis tacilities to Nigeria

Daily Dispatch December 13, 2023

The United State government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and in partnership with the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR) handed over 10 renovated tuberculosis (TB) facilities and diagnostic equipment to the Government of Nigeria. These renovated facilities, located in Lagos, Anambra, Oyo, Rivers, Kano, Bauchi and Katsina states,