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The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa has lamented over the pervasive abuse of marijuana in the country, revealing that about 10.6 million Nigerians are actively abusing the substance. Marwa said this on Saturday at the launch of War Against Drug Abuse in commemoration of the United Nations International Day against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking at the State House conference centre in Abuja. He also said Nigeria is the highest user of cannabis globally. According to the NDLEA boss, the increasing trend of drug abuse in the country is worrisome and has become…

Lending his support to the global campaign against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Friday evening attended the premiere of a movie titled “The Silent Baron”, a film produced by Mr Ifeanyi Ukaeru, in partnership with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to highlight the dangers of the abuse and trafficking in Nigeria. Prof. Osinbajo was accompanied by the Executive Chairman of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd); the Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, and other top government officials. The movie premiere is part of activities marking…

Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane wants to join Manchester United this summer, though a stumbling block would be the 28-year-old France international’s wages, believed to be as much as £400,000 a week. (Independent) Tottenham could turn to Rangers manager Steven Gerrard if their pursuit of former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo fails. (Evening Standard) Crystal Palace are to revive their interest in Swansea boss Steve Cooper after failing recruit former Borussia Dortmund manager Lucien Favre as Roy Hodgson successor at Selhurst Park. (Sun) Manchester United are closing in on the signing of England winger Jadon Sancho, 21, from Borussia Dortmund – with a deal expected to be confirmed within the next two weeks. (Manchester Evening News)…

After months of speculations, it appears Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state will formally join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, June 29. Matawalle’s aides had on many occasions denied the rumoured plans to defect. Last April, PDP governors met with Matawalle in Zamfara and pleaded with him not to leave. According to Daily Sun, APC national, state officers and other ruling party bigwigs have concluded arrangements to receive him in Gusau, Zamafara State capital. National spokesman of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan said the PDP was not aware of Matawalle’s plans to…

Bandits have abducted the Vice Chairman of Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mr James Bijimi and an unspecified number of travellers along the Kaduna-Kachia road. The incident comes two days after bandits killed a driver and kidnapped 33 other people in the Kachia metropolis. The Kaduna State Police command through its Spokesman, Mohammed Jalige confirmed the incident but did not give the number of those that were abducted. He said security operatives recovered three vehicles apparently belonging to the abductees, while one person was injured. However, a community leader in the area who did not want his name…

Nigerian singer, Adekunle Temitope popularly known as “Small Doctor” has revealed that he has seven children which include five adopted kids, a son and a daughter. The singer who made the shocking revelation during an interview on the Nancy Isime show on Friday stated that he is married and his family reside in Canada. He also recounted his struggles while growing up, adding that he used to be a bus conductor in Agege, Lagos State. The singer, however, noted that his poor family background didn’t stop him from believing in himself, adding that he is where he is today because…

Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America’s biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. The white, 45-year-old Chauvin gave his “condolences” to the Floyd family in a Minneapolis court before Judge Peter Cahill handed down a lesser sentence than the 30 years the prosecution had sought. “The sentence is not based on emotion or sympathy,” said Cahill during a tense hearing in which the court watched a recorded message by Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter and heard from Chauvin’s mother.…

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has accused the United Nations and other international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) of diverting and mismanaging funds donated for displaced people in the northeastern region of the country. Zulum shared his thoughts at the Borno State Government House on Wednesday when the UN Humanitarian Coordinator Edward Kallon led ambassadors of donor countries to Borno. The UN delegation paid a courtesy call on Governor Zulum after interacting with the internally displaced in temporary shelters within Maiduguri. At the meeting, Zulum expressed his displeasure at the UN’s handling of funds donated for humanitarian assistance. According to the…

Justice Aisha Kumaliya of Borno State High Court has closed the defence of Aisha Alkali Wakil popularly known as ‘Mama Boko Haram’ following her refusal to speak in response to questions and issues raised by the court under the guise that she is severely ill. She had informed the court through gesticulations on the day she opened her defence that she could not speak directly to the court due to ill health. But the prosecution counsel, Muktar Ali Ahmed had told the court that the defendant did not present any medical report to support her claims of inability to speak.…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on June 17, 2021 arrested the duo of Kess Theophilus and Sunday Eshiebor Isaiah for alleged conspiracy, impersonation and cryptocurrency-related fraud. Their arrest came on the heels of a petition by one Nalim Sharma who met the suspects through a LinkedIn account, Sophia Gomez, and was lured into a phony bitcoin business. Beginning January 17, 2021, until they were arrested on June 17, 2021, she allegedly invested a cumulative sum of $12,000 USD worth of bitcoin with the suspects who claimed to be bitcoin experts, plying their trade with the fake platform, Life…