Apr 25, 2021

Drugs hidden in Virgin Mary statue uncovered by NDLEA

Apr 25, 2021 topnews

Illicit drugs concealed in the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary and auto spare parts bound for Canada and the Philippines has been uncovered by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency attached to two courier companies in Lagos. A statement issued on Saturday by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said narcotics agents from the Directorate of Operations and General Investigations seized 500 grammes of heroin hidden inside auto spare parts bound for Canada at one of the courier firms. Babafemi said the operatives also seized 140 grammes of…

Two arrested with human skulls in Kaduna cemetery

Apr 25, 2021 topnews

Two suspected ritualists with human skulls have been arrested by the Kaduna State Police at a Muslim cemetery. The spokesperson for the police in the state, ASP Mohammed Jalige, disclosed in a statement in Kaduna on Saturday. Jalige also said that the suspected ritualists were caught in possession of a hoe. He added, “On Äpril 23, 2021, at about 2130hrs, the command received a distress call through DPO Kakuri, Kaduna, that some people were sighted at a Muslim graveyard at Kudenden and suspected to be carrying out a heinous act.…

Stop improvising with human lives – Soyinka tells Buhari

Apr 25, 2021 topnews

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to stop the blame game and urgently salvage the nation from becoming a failed state. In a letter to the government yesterday, titled, ‘The Endless Martyrdom of Youth,’ he stressed the need to “stop improvising with human Lives. Youth – that is, the future – should not serve as a ritual offering on the altar of a failing State.” His statement reads in part: “Abukakar Atiku has summed up the nation’s feeling – this most recent savagery against…