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The Nigeria Customs Service has siezed Forty-three jumbo bags of cannabis worth N250m smuggled into the country from Ghana along Agbara/Badagry road. The Western Marine Command of the NCS disclosed this in a statement. It quoted the Controller of the command, Yusuf Umar, as saying that the seizure was made possible following a report made available by some good Samaritans. Umar said on getting the report, he quickly mobilised his officers to the area, where they captured the boat carrying the cannabis but the suspects escaped through the river. He…

Reports has it that dogs have disappeared from the streets in Ekiti State following rise in the consumption of dog meat by residents. It was reported that more people have increasingly turned to dog meat for their nutrition in spite of the taboo hitherto associated with the consumption of dog meat in the community. In Ado-Ekiti, Ikere-Ekiti, Ise-Ekiti, Emure- Ekiti, Ikole-Ekiti and Otun Ekiti new dog slaughter slabs have sprung up as the residents devour the meat in homes, restaurants and beer parlours. A resident said no fewer than 20…

According to a report, the mysterious white man captured by Nigerian soldiers during last week’s storming of Boko Haram’s headquarters in the Sambisa Forest is a Frenchman. He worked for Boko Haram as a specialist in repairing and unlocking armoured personnel vehicles and other fighting equipment. Accodring to reports, the whiteman was arrested along the Bama axis of the Sambisa forest and agreed to give vital information provided he would be spared. Military source said ‘I learnt that he is from France but authorities do not want to make his…

Henry Abaigom, a beauty therapist, who had hoped to rake in money from customers during the Yuletide has had his hope dashed after he was sent to Kirikiri prison. The 31-year-old beautician was remanded in the prison by an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court and could not perfect his bail conditions as of close of work on Friday. Abaigom was arrested by the police on Tuesday in Ikeja for allegedly damaging the skin of two of his customers – 19-year-old Ifeabunike Alexandra and Nikky Imoh, 21. The complainants, who are friends, had…

David Achebe and Daniel Ndukwe, drug trafficking suspects were arrested with 1.2 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State. It was learnt that the suspects – David Achebe, 37, and 43-year-old Daniel Ndukwe – met their Waterloo on Saturday during an outward screening of passengers on Ethiopian and Egypt airline flights by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the MMIA. The detectives were said to have placed the duo on a close watch, during which Achebe excreted 45 wraps of cocaine while Nduwke expelled…