Author: David Great

…Destroys 40 tons of cannabis plants in Ekiti …Intercepts over 4,000kgs of illicit drugs in Lagos, Kogi, FCT, Kaduna, Sokoto, Edo raids The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted four tons of illegal and regulated narcotics, including shipments of nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas. According to a statement issued by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi on Sunday, “No fewer than 1,194 cylinders of laughing gas with a total weight of 2,547.2 kilograms loaded in two Toyota Sienna buses were intercepted by NDLEA operatives along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway on Friday 22nd September.” “Two suspects: Onyebuchi Ikpozu and Kenneth Igwe who…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that over US$15 billion of oil revenues, and N200 billion budgeted to repair the refineries are missing and unaccounted for between 2020 and 2021, as documented by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).” SERAP urged him to “name and shame anyone suspected to be responsible for the missing and unaccounted for public funds and to ensure their effective prosecution as well as the full recovery of any proceeds of crime.” SERAP also urged him…

By Toni Kan The rains are here and even the blind can see that they are falling in torrents. Mustapha Habib, The Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) acknowledged as much in his weekly run down on social media on September 17, 2023 where he noted that “the rains are falling in torrents and testing the resilience of our efforts over the past few months in downscaling early warning signals and disaster preparedness to the grassroots.” For any one following the news, NEMA has been spreading the message of preparedness and proactivity with regard to the flooding that…

Mohammed Alkali, the Minister of Transportation, has denounced the actions taken by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in the ongoing renovation of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Rail Line. The minister, on Friday, visited Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to view the Port Harcourt and Ouigno axis of the Eastern Narrow Gauge rail line, which is now under construction. FCTA assures residents of Abuja Light Rail security Mr. Alkali expressed disappointment that the foreign contractor was manually laying the tracks. He was also dissatisfied with the work’s progress.

The Nigerian Army’s 9th Brigade in Lagos’ Ikeja cantonment has detained five people who were posing as soldiers. The suspects were reportedly arrested separately at the Ojodu Berger, Ikorodu, Ogba, and Ikeja districts of Lagos before being turned over to the Police for additional investigation and prosecution yesterday. According to Major Augustine Kolawole, the 9 Brigade’s director of public relations, the suspects—who were named as Johnson Ayemoba, Salami Olamilekan, Mumammed Bilyaminu, Abijo Taofeek, and Adewale Quadri—were apprehended while on a routine patrol. Johnson Ayemoba, 32, was discovered to be one of the impersonators. He had a picture of himself in…

Rafael Leao shot AC Milan level with Serie A leaders Inter Milan with the only goal in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Verona, ending a difficult week in a positive fashion. Portugal winger Leao netted his third goal in as many league matches in the eighth minute at a sodden San Siro to move Milan up to second on 12 points. Juventus are two points back in fourth and can take temporary lead of Italy’s top flight with a win at Sassuolo before Lazio host Monza in Saturday’s late match. The 24-year-old’s winner was one of the few highlights of a…

Zamfara State Governor Dauda Lawal directed law enforcement to take severe measures against anybody who violated the state’s ban on illicit mining initiatives on Saturday. In a statement, Sulaiman Idris, the governor’s Senior Special Assistant for Media and Publicity, revealed that illegal mining in Zamfara State has contributed to banditry and other criminal activities over time. It’s time to put an end to the harmful activity and put policies in place to safeguard people’s safety and wellbeing, according to Governor Lawal. He stressed that security operatives had been given strict orders to take bold action and shoot on sight anyone…

A section of a plastic company, Mega Plastics Company, has been engulfed by fire in Lagos State. The business, which is situated in Lagos’ Mushin neighbourhood near the Ilupeju Bypass, was completely destroyed by fire early on Saturday. Fire stations from Ilupeju, Bolade, and Alausa responded right away to help tackle the situation after receiving the emergency alert at 7:30, according to a statement made by Adeseye Margaret, the director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service. Police arrest six with human skull in Niger According to her, the petrochemical company’s manufacturing and storage areas were impacted while the…

Three Canadian women have been charged with fraud after allegedly impersonating Inuit in order to receive benefits from indigenous organisations. Two 25-year-old sisters, according to police, committed fraud by posing as adopted Inuit children. Both sisters, as well as their 59-year-old mother, are charged with two counts of fraud each. The alleged fraud was described as “flabbergasting” by one Inuit group. The defendants are scheduled to appear in court in Iqaluit on October 30. The RCMP in a statement said the sisters, Amira and Nadya Gill, and their mother, Karima Manji, defrauded two local organisations of “funds that are only…

The United States stated on Friday that it expects the Indian government to cooperate with Canada in the investigation into the suspected participation of New Delhi operatives in the June murder of a Canadian citizen. On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that Ottawa has reliable intelligence linking Indian operatives to the assassination of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, eliciting an angry response from New Delhi, which disputes the charge. “We are deeply concerned about the allegations that Prime Minister Trudeau has raised,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters in a press briefing. “It would be important…