Day: November 2, 2022

Suspected Lagos drug baron declared wanted by NDLEA

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A Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Ademola Kazeem has been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspect, Ademola Kazeem, was arrested over offences bordering on exportation and trafficking of illicit drugs as well as money laundering which has led to the blocking of his bank account with a cash balance of N217 million. He said the decision to declare Kazeem wanted followed his failure…

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Suspected kidnapper arrested in Lagos, 4 teenagers rescued

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A suspect alleged to have kidnapped four teenagers in the Surulere area of Lagos State has been arrested by Police. The Lagos State Police command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday. Hundeyin said that the teenagers, all boys, had been reunited with their families. He also stated that operatives from Surulere Division of the command carried out the arrest of the 51-year-old suspect, one Austin Kanu. The police image maker in the state said that the victims were between the ages of 16 and 18,…

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Passengers stranded as union shuts down MMA2

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Operations of domestic flights were disrupted in Lagos, yesterday, as aviation union members made good their threat to picket Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal II (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL). The action, which began at 2:30 a.m., with cordoning of the two access gates into MMA2, caught airlines unawares, disrupting plans scheduled for the day. With hordes of passengers stranded and losses in millions already incurred, Azman Air and United Nigeria Airline (UNA), by midday, migrated operations to the nearby General Aviation Terminal (GAT). The aviation workers’ union,…

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American singer, Takeoff, dies after gunshot wound

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American singer and member of Migos, Takeoff, was yesterday shot and killed in Houston due to a dice game he played with another Migos member, Quavo, who managed to flee unharmed. According to law enforcement authorities and numerous witnesses, the fatal incident occurred soon after 2:30 AM, when police received a call that a man had been shot at the bowling alley known as 810 Billiards & Bowling Houston. According to reports, Takeoff and Quavo were there playing dice when a fight broke out. At that point, someone fired a…

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