NDLEA Arrests Lagos Businessman With Drugs At MMA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 41-year-old Lagos businessman who is into tailoring and importation of clothes for smuggling 2.7kg of cocaine valued at N29 million into the country. The man (name withheld) was arrested on arrival from Brazil at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.

"The suspect has made a confessional statement claiming ownership of the drug. He claimed the baron promised him N2 million, which he intends to use to import clothes from China,” Mitchell Ofoyeju, spokesman of the agency said in a statement.

The suspect would be charged to court after investigations.

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Watch Funke Akindele’s Wedding Video LIVE

The talented Nollywood actress and her hubby her enjoying their honeymoon in the UK.

Watch the videos from their wedding below...

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UNILAG Is Now MAULAG As Senate Approves New Name

The party (protest) is over and the deal is sealed. The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has approved the renaming of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) to the Moshood Abiola University (MAULAG).

The Nigerian Senate, which is on recess, is expected to make the decision public as soon as its members return from recess.

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THIS IS MY STORY -K-Solo Reacts To Wife Beating Saga

Nigerian producer/musician, K-Solo has responded to the battery of allegations levelled against him by his estranged wife in her interview with a Lagos-based magazine. He stated his own side of the story in a press statement released on Thursday, June 7, 2012.

Below is how K-Solo stated his side of the story:

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My Husband Used Our Daughter For Rituals -Wife Cries Out

Basirat Oluwole, a middle-aged woman, told a Magistrate Court in Abeokuta on Wednesday, that her husband, Tajudeen, secretly kept the bones of one of their twin daughters months after she died.

Testifying in the court, during hearing in a divorce suit instituted against her by her husband, Basirat accused Tajudeen of engaging in fetish rituals and accepted that their 17-year-old marriage should be annulled.

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We Killed DIG Ningi And We'll Kill More Government Officials -Boko Haram

Militant group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the killing of a former Nigerian Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police, Abubakar Saleh Ningi, in Kano.

“Yesterday God gave us victory and we succeeded in killing a former DIG in Kano city,” the sect said in an email statement to reporters on Wednesday.

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How 3 Serving Ministers Escaped Death In DANA Crash

Three serving ministers have disclosed that they too would have been involved in the ill-fated Dana plane that crashed in Lagos on Sunday. They are Minister of State for Defence, Mrs. Erelu Olusola Obada; Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar and the Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Mr. Edem Duke.

Mrs. Erelu Obada said she was supposed to board the aircraft from Lagos to Abuja but said that the plane crashed before it could make it to Lagos to carry passengers, including herself to Abuja that same day.

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SSS Arrests Customs Comptroller For Providing Arms For Armed Robbers

Men of the State Security Service, SSS, on Tuesday arrested a Comptroller of Customs in Abuja for buying ammunitions over time from Niger State Police command. Mr. Jack Bot was arrested at the customs head office Wuse, Abuja.

The SSS had earlier arrested two police officers serving in Minna, Niger State capital, for their involvement in supplying arms and ammunition to armed robbers, and the information they provided led to the arrest of Mr. Bot.

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62yrs Old Man Arrested For Raping 10yrs Old Nigerian Girl

Mr. John Osunade, a 62-year-old man has been remanded in prison custody by an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl (name withheld). The charge sheet read in court on Tuesday accused Mr. Osunade of perpetrating the act on May 27, 2012, at his residence in Tonkere village, Gbongan town in Osun State.

When his plea was taken, the accused pleaded not guilty to the one-count of rape. Police prosecutor, Inspector Elisha Olusegun, said the offence was punishable under Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Volume II, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2003.

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My Husband Had A Phobia For Air Travel -DIG Ahmadu’s Widow

If retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, John Ahmadu, had maintained his aversion for air travel and made his last trip to Lagos by road, he probably would have been alive today. But, unfortunately, his drivers was not around.

The recently retired senior police officer was said to dislike air travel and had always made most of his local trips by road. According to Mrs. Mary Ahmadu, her husband had planned to visit Lagos enroute Ekiti, on private business and would have preferred to go by road, but for the absence of his driver.

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There Is Pervasive Corruption In Nigeria’s Government -US

The American government says there’s “massive, widespread, and pervasive corruption” at all levels of the Nigerian government and the security forces.

Just as the Goodluck Jonathan administration is facing mounting scrutiny at home over an illegal payment of N155 billion to cronies and associates of government officials on a presidential order, the United States of America has delivered a stringent critique of the government’s anti-graft effort.

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