Day: May 20, 2021

Ban on open grazing is same as ban on spare parts sales – Malami

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Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, on Wednesday, slammed Southern governors for banning open grazing in the region. According to the AGF, open grazing ban is the same thing as Northern governors banning spare parts trading in their own region considering the fact that Southerners comprise a majority of spare parts traders in the North. Malami spoke while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme. About 17 southern governors met last week in Asaba, the Delta State capital, and resolved to ban open grazing and…

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4.9m tramadol capsules intercepted at Onne Port by NDLEA

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a container bearing 4,996,200 capsules of tramadol weighing 2,498.2 kilogrammes at the Onne Port, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The seizure of the illicit drug concealed in 1,387 cartons on Tuesday, 18th May, 2021 followed a joint examination by NDLEA operatives and customs personnel on a container marked MRKU 0764717, which had since been on the agency’s watch list. A 42-year-old Muntari Hamidu was also arrested in Nyibango, Jimeta, Yola, Adamawa State, with 13 sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 166kg. This happened…

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Bitcoin tumble slows with help from Elon Musk

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Bitcoin’s value plunged on Wednesday after China signaled a new crackdown on the cryptocurrency, but its losses were cushioned after Tesla head Elon Musk spoke up on Twitter. The virtual currency fell to almost $30,000 — less than half the record value it reached last month — before climbing back over $39,500 around 2000 GMT. It was still above its level at the start of the year. Bitcoin recovered somewhat following tweets from Musk that featured a diamond and hands emoji, taken as a signal the company had not sold…

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