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N1bn worth of tramadol seized at Lagos airport

Oct 10, 2022 topnews

A total of 2,465,000 tablets of tramadol 225mg and 250mg weighing 2,356kg, smuggled through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State, has been intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the seizure, which took place on Friday, was worth N1,040,000,000 in street value. This is coming barely a week after about 13.5 million pills of the same opioid worth over N8.8bn were recovered by operatives of the NDLEA from one of the mansions of a billionaire drug…

2023: Obasanjo denies endorsing Tinubu

Oct 10, 2022 topnews

Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former President, has dismissed as fake news, a viral message where he was quoted as endorsing the political prowess of All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and disparaging the military. Obasanjo in a viral WhatsApp message was quoted to have said: “I am not a politician; I am a decorated soldier, an army general. If you are looking for thorough bred politician of masters class, visit Lagos Bourdillon, there you’ll find one…” Reacting to the claim through his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi,…

Two arrested for killing 40-yr-old man for ritual

Oct 10, 2022 topnews

Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested two suspected Internet fraudsters popularly call ‘Yahoo boys’, for killing a 40-year-old man, Abdullahi Azeez, and cutting him to pieces. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta, the state capital, named the suspects as Friday Abinya Odeh, 21, and Poso Idowu, 20 years. He said the suspects were arrested following a report lodged at Owode Egba divisional headquarters on June 9, 2022 by relations of the victim, who reported that the victim left his…

Chimamanda receives Harvard’s highest honour

Oct 10, 2022 topnews

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning Nigerian author, has been decorated with the iconic W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard University. The award ceremony was held at the Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall at Harvard University campus in Massachusetts, on Thursday, marking a return of the event after a nearly three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Introducing Chimamanda as one of the honourees, Tracy Kaysmith, a faculty member in the department of English, African and African American Studies, described her as one of the most celebrated writers of our time. “Chimamanda is…

Over 50m Nigerians are mentally ill -psychiatrists

Oct 10, 2022 topnews

Psychiatrists have raised the alarm that one in four Nigerians, that is over 50 million Nigerians, are suffering from one mental disorder or the other. Also, they said about 75 per cent of those who need mental health care do not have access to it, as Nigeria has only 300 psychiatrists to treat about 200 million people, adding that Africa has one psychiatrist for every 500,000 inhabitants, which is 100 times less than the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommendation. Every year since 2013, WHO has organised a global campaign for…

Dangote trucks, 21 others impounded for smuggling foreign rice

Oct 8, 2022 topnews

23 trailers including Dangote trucks were impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun 1 Area Command, for being loaded with foreign rice, hidden within bags of cement. The Area Controller, Bamidele Makinde, disclosed this in idi-Iroko, Ipokia Local Government, Ogun State, on the achievements of the command in the third quarter of the year. While speaking on the Dangote trucks seized, Makinde said preliminary findings have shown that the trucks were not owned by the company, but were being operated by individuals who transport cement on franchise agreement with the…

Scammers allegedly stole $100 million cryptocurrency from Binance

Oct 8, 2022 topnews

Cryptocurrency worth about $100 million was stolen by scammers from Binance, the world’s biggest exchange for crypto assets, the firm said on Friday. The total stolen was $580 million, but company chief Changpeng Zhao said roughly 80 percent had been frozen immediately, and the damage had been limited to less than $100 million. He tweeted that “an exploit” in the system led to extra production of the exchange’s dedicated currency, BNB, but insisted the issue had been “contained” and told his seven million followers: “Your funds are safe.” It is…

Teenager arrested for strangling own Mum to death

Oct 8, 2022 topnews

Tope Momoh, an 18-year-old boy has been remanded on the order of an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly strangling his 52-year-old mother, Stella Momoh to death. Police Prosecutor, Nelson Akintimehin, said that the defendant was arraigned for murder. According to Akintimehin, the defendant committed the offence at midnight on September 6, 2022, at Ikakumi Akoko, in Ondo state. He informed the court that Tope strangled his mother to death in the middle of the night for calling him a bastard. He said the defendant confessed he was responsible for…

Professor Ogunsola becomes Unilag’s 13th vice chancellor

Oct 8, 2022 topnews

Prof. Folasade Ogunsola has been appointed by the Governing Council of the University of Lagos as the 13th Vice Chancellor of the institution. This is contained in a statement by Mrs Adejoke Alaga, Principal Assistant Registrar, Communication Unit of the university, and issued on Friday night in Lagos. She said that the appointment is for a five-year tenure with effect from Saturday, Nov. 12, to Thursday, Nov. 11, 2027. Ogunsola will succeed Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, whose five years tenure comes to an end on Friday, Nov. 11. He was appointed…

Wike approves instrument de-recognising Omehia as Rivers’ ex-governor

Oct 8, 2022 topnews

Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor, has signed a legislative instrument into law to de-recognise Sir Celestine Omehia as a former governor of the state following the resolution of the State House of Assembly. With his assent, the recognition that accorded Omehia the status of a former governor of the state with accruable rights and benefits has been cancelled. However, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has asked the state governor and leadership of the State Assembly to tender unreserved apologies to Rivers people for disregarding the Supreme Court…