The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted N3.3 billion worth of methamphetamine and loud, a strong synthetic strain of cannabis, meant for distribution during the Christmas and New Year festive season in Nigeria, concealed in automobile spare parts imported from Canada. According to reports, the illicit drugs were intercepted by operatives of the NDLEA at the Tincan seaport in Lagos State. The interception followed months of intelligence-driven tracking of the cargoes across three continents. For the first time in the history of NDLEA’s anti-narcotic operations, two consignments of methamphetamine weighing 83.301 kilograms were on December 12 and 13,…
Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso
Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage on the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, leaving many people dead, officials said Saturday, as the storm roared toward the east coast of Africa. French Interior Minister, Bruno Retailleau said a “very provisional” tally shows there are at least “a few people” who have died. He said he would not yet provide any precise numbers of people killed and injured given rescuers have not yet been able to assess the situation on the ground. “We’re afraid the toll will be high, but for the moment I can’t give any figures,” Retailleau told…
US President-elect, Donald Trump has declared that he would deport kids who are US citizens but born to parents who are not, to avoid separating families. Trump has repeatedly announced that once he is sworn in, he will begin massive deportation of undocumented immigrants. Speaking widely about his plans for the mass deportations, Trump said families with undocumented parents who have U.S.-born children would be deported together because he doesn’t “want to be breaking up families.” “So the only way you don’t break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back,” Trump…
A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri has granted bail to a presenter on Imo Radio, Chinonso Uba, popularly known as Nonsonkwa, who has been in detention for 54 days. The bail application was approved by Justice C.U. Nnodim on Friday following extensive legal arguments by Uba’s defence team. Nonsonkwa was arrested on October 20, 2024, reportedly on the orders of the Imo State Government. He was charged with cyberstalking, defamation of character, and other offences, sparking widespread discussions about his detention and the legal process. His defence team, led by Barrister Alex Williams, included notable lawyers such as Kissinger…
At least 20 people were reportedly killed after a boat capsized on the River Benue on Saturday. According to reports, the canoe tumbled as it was crossing from Ocholonya in Agatu LGA to Odenyi in Nasarawa Toto LGA of Nasarawa State. Daily Post quoted an eyewitness, Fada Awatsu as saying, “The wooden boat was loaded with goods and passengers after concluding their activities at Ocholonya market. “It was overloaded and shortly after takeoff there was uproar by passengers in the boat and it eventually overturned and sank into the river.” The passengers were from Agatu, Agbashi, Ajima, Okpata, Rukubi, Ondoli,…
A truck driver, Olalere Timileyin, and his motor boy have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for the killing of a man at Obada Oko, Abeokuta, the state capital. SP Omolola Odutola, the spokesperson for the state police command, who disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Saturday, said Timileyin and his motor boy caused the death of a man after beating him (deceased) for allegedly stealing a tarpaulin. Odutola stated that one Alao Fadipe of Iyana Ikereku at about 3 am on Friday, December 13, reported to the police how he saw some…
The Finnish government has frozen the assets of Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile facing allegations of terrorism-related activities. According to Yle, a local newspaper, the Finnish authorities also froze the assets of companies associated with Ekpa and four of his accomplices, who are also in remand. The report said Ekpa is being held in the Kylmäkoski vankila, (Kylmäkoski prison), which is reputed to be one of the world’s toughest prisons. On November 21, Ekpa was sent to prison for spreading terrorist propaganda on social media. A district court of Päijät-Häme remanded him after…
Excel Ihekweme, wife of the former Commissioner for Foreign and International Affairs in Imo State, Dr Fabian Ihekweme, has petitioned President Bola Tinubu over the unlawful arrest and detention of her husband. Excel, in two letters dated December 13 and written on her behalf by a rights group, Initiative Against Human Right Abuse and Torture, also sought the intervention of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minster of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN. Ihekweme was a commissioner in the first term of Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo. The petitions were signed by the Executive Director of the group, Comrade Gerald Katchy…
A former football star has become the President of Georgia as the ruling party consolidates its grip on power. Ex-Premier League and Manchester City striker, Mikheil Kavelashvili, 53, easily won the vote given the Georgian Dream party’s control of a 300-seat electoral college that replaced direct presidential elections in 2017. Georgian Dream retained control of parliament in the South Caucasus nation in an election on October 26 that the opposition alleges was rigged with Moscow’s help. Georgia’s outgoing president and main pro-Western parties have since boycotted parliamentary sessions and demanded a rerun of the ballot. Georgian Dream has vowed to…
The Chief of Defence Staff, (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa on Friday called for a collaborative and multi-dimensional approach towards securing the Nigerian collective future. Musa made the call at the graduation ceremony of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) of the members of Junior Course 98 at Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna. The CDS said, “The College has over the years remained committed to providing world-class training for tactical and operational level officers. “The college strives to refine officers’ intuition and sharpen their creative capability to respond adequately to complex security threats at the tactical level in a collaborative…