Drugs Ibironke Ariyo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an 84-year-old and 75-year-old grandfathers for allegedly selling illicit drugs to teenage secondary school students in Umuahia, Abia. This is contained in a statement by Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. BabafemiContinue Reading
Arrest By Ibironke Ariyo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 75-year-old grandmother and two couples in separate operations across Oyo, Lagos, and Ekiti states, with over 1.5 tonnes of illicit drugs recovered. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statementContinue Reading
Remand By Patience Yakubu A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 26-year-old man, Samson Gandu, be remanded in a correction centre, for allegedly stabbing his older brother over disagreement over a plot of land. The police charged Gandu with attempted culpable homicide. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, did not takeContinue Reading
Ban By Stephen Adeleye The management of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, Kogi, has announced new security measures across campus following an “unfortunate security breach” on June 11. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on June 11, a 300-level Biochemistry student, was killed by suspected cultists. TwoContinue Reading
Newborn By Deborah Akpede The Police Command in Lagos State has apprehended a medical doctor, a traditional birth attendant and the parents of a newborn baby over the alleged sale of the child for N2.5 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 28-year-old mother and her boyfriendContinue Reading
Rights By Joan Nwagwu Nigeria has been given September deadline to report to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on steps taken to address labour rights concerns. Mr Nuhu Toro, Secretary-General of Trade Union Congress (TUC), disclosed this on Friday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the ongoing 113th InternationalContinue Reading
Mining By Sunday Bassey Mr Nsikak Ekong, the Commissioner for Environment and Mineral Resources in Akwa Ibom, says 10 persons have been apprehended over alleged involvement in illegal mining activities in the state. Ekong who made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Eket on Friday, said that theContinue Reading
Imprisonment By Olawale Akinremi A Mapo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday, sentenced a woman, Peace Christopher, 45, to seven months in the correction centre for beating up her father’s landlady. The police arraigned Christopher on charges of breach of peace and assault. Delivering judgment, the Magistrate, Mrs O.O.Continue Reading
Judgment By Taiye Agbaje & Rashidat kabiru The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced four of the five defendants being prosecuted for their involvement in the 2022 terror attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State, to death by hanging. Judge Emeka Nwite, in a judgment,Continue Reading
Dividends By Fortune Abang Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to delivering better dividends of democracy to the people of the state. Otu, fondly called “Sweet Prince,” made the commitment in Abuja during a special town hall meeting with Cross River indigenes, stakeholders and investorsContinue Reading
