Over 2 Million Bottles Of Codeine & 2 Thousand Kg Of Narcotics Consumed In Kano – NDLEA
In the last three years, Kano State reportedly tops the list of the states with the highest rate of drug addiction in the country. Codeine, a prescription pain medication used to treat mild or moderate pain is a drug which is abused by some youths in the state. It comes in tablet and syrup form […]
Husband killing: Witness narrates incidents leading to Bilyamin Bello’s death
by Clement A. Oloyede The first prosecution witness in the trial of Maryam Sanda over the alleged murder of her husband, Bilyamin Bello narrated the incident yesterday. Ibrahim Mohammed, a businessman and a friend of the deceased told a High Court in Jabi Maryam Sanda, who the police charged with the murder, attempted to stab […]
Driver ‘rapes’ neighbour’s daughter
A 35-year-old driver, Daniel Mark, has been arraigned by the police at a Daura Road Chief Magistrates’ Court, Kaduna, for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s daughter. The defendant, a resident of Nasarawa Ward, Kaduna, is standing trial on a two-count charge of indecency and assault. The prosecutor, Sunday Baba, told the court that the defendant’s neighbour, […]
Offa robbery attack: Robbers stole some riffles at police station —CP
7 SUSPECTS ARRESTED •IGP DEPLOYS INTELLIGENCE UNIT TO STATE •AHMED OFFERS N5M FOR INFO ON BANDITS •ATIKU, SARAKI CALL FOR IMPROVE SECURITY, CONDOLE VICTIMS’ FAMILIES Biola Azeez KWARA State Police command says the robbers, who attacked banks and police station in Offa town last Thursday, carted away some rifles, disclosing that it has arrested seven […]
Impeached South Korean President Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison
Brian Padden SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been convicted and sentenced to more than two decades in prison for abuse of power, coercion and bribery, at the conclusion of her criminal trial related to the corruption scandal that forced her from office. Chief Judge Kim Se-yoon announced the verdict and […]
Tambuwal seeks ban on codeine, other cough syrups against addiction
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Sokoto state Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has called on stakeholders to support the drive on the ban and use of codeine substances and cough syrups. Tambuwal made the call Monday at the opening of a 2 day Internatuonal workshop organised by the Green Crescent Health Development Initiative in collaboration with the […]
Murder: Supreme Court Affirms Death Sentence on Imo Teacher
…7 Others Yet to be Decided Kingsley Obot The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed the death sentence on a primary school teacher in Imo State, Mrs. Chifoanu Virginia Okorie, over her involvement in the gruesome murder in 2005, of a community leader and retired police officer, Nze Dominic Ohamadiaku Duru in Izombe, Oguta […]
Under-aged Children Used in Hard Drug Peddling, NDLEA Raises Alarm
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, has raised alarm over the use of under-aged street children in the sale of hard drugs in the state. Mrs Mutiat Okuwobi, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, raised the alarm in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday […]
Police nabs Nigerien, two others for possession of firearms, impersonation in Sokoto
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto Police in Sokoto state on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a suspected alien, Idi Abdullahi of Dogon Dutse from Niger Republic impersonating as a military personnel. Abdullahi who was intercepted by a police crack team(SARS) was found in possession of a pistol and pump action with 7 rounds of live ammunition […]
Police Begins Investigation into Alleged Murder of Betting Shop Owner
The Command Police in Enugu State has commenced investigation into the alleged gruesome murder of a betting shop owner, Ifeanyi Onoja in Obolloafor axis of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Command, S P Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Friday in Enugu that Onoja, 25, was found dead in […]