Man pictured inside a gutter, scooping dirts with his bare hands in Imo State
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NDLEA arrests police inspector trafficking 75 sacks of Cannabis with staff bus
. . The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kogi State yesterday paraded 14 suspected drug peddlers, including a serving police Inspector, Abali Zagi, and a dismissed Army Corporal, Umar Shehu, with over 1,083.6kg of cannabis, valued at N6m. . . State Commander, Mohammed Bello Idris, said the...
Hajj pilgrim who excreted 76 wraps of cocaine,on her way to Mecca, jailed for 10 years
. . Justice B.O. Quadri of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has sentenced a 55-year-old female pilgrim, Binuyo Basirat Iyabo, to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour. She was caught last September while smuggling 76 pellets of cocaine to Medina, Saudi Arabia. . . In his judgment, Quadri said...
Lagos govt to crush 4,000 seized commercial motorcycles
. . The Lagos State Government on Monday said it has concluded plans to commence the crushing and recycling of over 4,000 impounded commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada, in line with the provisions of the State Traffic Law 2012. . . The State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said...
Abike Dabiri receives 41 Nigerian human trafficking victims from Mali
. . The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) flew the victims from Bamako, Mali into Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, touching down at 7:25 p.m. on Monday night. The victims were subsequently profiled by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). . . The returnees were all women in...
Lagosian narrates how he was robbed, in broad daylight, on Ikeja bridge
Femi Fani Kayode set to expose those behind the collapse of Prophet TB Joshua’s church
Expatriate arrested for disobeying traffic light and using siren illegally in Lagos
Pregnant woman on her way to refill gas, killed, occupants injured, after a car somersaulted at Obadare, Lagos
8 years after converting to Islam, Mahershala Ali becomes the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar
. . By claiming the Best Supporting Actor trophy for his performance in Moonlight, last night, Mahershala Ali became the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar. Ali converted to Islam in 1999 and recently compared the discrimination he faces as a Muslim to the discrimination he faces as...
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