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A thirty-two year old cell phone dealer at Computer Village in Lagos, western Nigeria, has been arrested with 22.490 kilogrammes of dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis, the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said. NDLEA said the suspect, Okafor Obinna Michael, was arrested while attempting to board an Emirate flight to China at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. "The drug was disguised as food ingredients labelled African Food Source, " said Mitchell Ofoyeju, NDLEA spokesperson. NDLEA Airport commander, Mr Hamza Umar was quoted as saying: "A business man by name Okafor Obinna Michael was found with 22.490kg of cannabis hidden inside foodstuff and cooking spices. The cannabis packed with crayfish, pepper and food ingredients was detected by officers during search operations," The suspect in his statement was quoted as saying that he was tempted to smuggle drugs in search of basic travelling allowance. P.M.NEWS did ...

Bedrock of Nigerian comedy Atunyota Alleluya Akporobomerere  aka Ali Baba has taken to twitter to drop some thought provoking thoughts and he isn’t joking! Do you agree with him?

The police in Osun State have arrested a member of the National Youth Service Corps in the state for allegedly stealing a motorcycle. The corps member, Kazeem Adebisi, was said to have stolen the red Bajaj motorcycle with number plate, FST 680 QB, at Agunbelewo area of Osogbo on Thursday. The owner of the motorcycle, one Mr. Oladeji Oyewole, was said to have gone inside a football viewing centre. He was said to have come out to discover that his motorcycle was nowhere to be found. He was said to have gone to a nearby police station where he reported the case. Luck, however, ran out of the alleged thief as the owner, who was on his way to visit his wife that had just been delivered of a baby in a hospital, saw his motorcycle where it was parked. The corps member was said to have made an attempt to escape with the bike but was caught after Oyewole  raised the alarm. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, confirmed the incident in a statement. S...

The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Services has raided a house allegedly used as a baby factory in Ilutitun, Okitipupa Local Government Area, arresting 24 persons. The suspects included a 66-year-old man, Mr. Aliu Ojo, who claimed to be a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and the alleged leader of the factory, Mrs. Happiness Ogundeji (aka Mama Pota) aged 45. They were paraded on Wednesday at the state headquarters of the service. Five ladies at different stages of pregnancy and eight men, some claiming to be husbands of the women, were also brought to the headquarters. Parading the suspects, the Comptroller of NIS, Ondo State, Mr.Musa Al-Hassan, said the raid on the house and the arrest of the suspects were sequel to a tip-off from the Comptroller General of the NIS, who directed the command to work on a circular that emanated from Calabar, Cross River State. Al-Hassan said when he received the circular, which pointed out that searchlight should be beamed on Imo a...

With all these kind of problems, I wonder if the power situation will ever be restored in Nigeria. At least 48 critical pieces of transmission equipment are currently out of service across the country due to fault, fire incidents and vandalism, thus worsening the already precarious power supply situation nationwide. Information obtained from the National Control Centre, Osogbo, Osun State, revealed that nine transformers, 39 critical transmission lines, ground switches and breakers/isolators were currently unavailable. The pieces of equipment, according to the Transmission Company of Nigeria, are responsible for massive transmission handling. For instance, the 162MVA 330/132/33kV transformer at the Ajaokuta Transmission Station is out due to unavailable secondary lightning arrester, while the 90MVA 330/132/33kV transformer at the Brinin Kebbi Transmission Station is also said to be out due to yellow and blue phases' bushing problem. Similarly, a 150MVA 330/132/33kV transformer at ...