A businesswoman in transit to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Umrah (Lesser Hajj) has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for ingesting 80 pellets of cocaine. A statement issued by NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Monday said the 46-year-old Mrs. Adisa Afusat Olayinka who lives in Ibafo, Ogun state hails from Ilorin, in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara state. "She was arrested on Wednesday, 24th November at the boarding screening area of the airport during an outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight 1418. “She was subsequently taken into custody where she excreted 80 pellets of the illicit drug between Wednesday and Saturday, 27th Nov,” Babafemi said. He said Olayinka claimed during interviews that she saved N2.5 million over a period of one year to buy the drugs in bits from six different people at Akala, Mushin area of Lagos. “The suspect further said she was trading in clot...

A 32-year-old drug trafficker based in Liberia, Maduabuchi Chinedu, has been arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Maduabuchi was arrested with 9.30 kilograms of cocaine worth over N2.7 billion in street value. The suspect, who hails from Obaha Okigwe village, Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo state, lives in Liberia where he works as a miner. He was arrested during an inward joint search of Ethiopian Airlines flight 911 at the Abuja airport on Wednesday with 9.30kg cocaine with each pellet wrapped in candies wraps and concealed in his luggage. During his preliminary interview, Maduabuchi stated he left Nigeria in 2018 to settle in Liberia where he now has a residence permit. N otwithstanding, He  argued that economic pressure and the need to raise money to treat his mother for an eye problem led him to seek help from a friend in Liberia. According to him, the friend introduced him ...

Members of the jury in Georgia have reached a verdict in the trial of the three men accused of killing 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery in the Satilla Shores neighborhood on February 23, 2020. Travis McMichael has been found guilty on all nine charges. Gregory McMichael has been found not guilty of malice murder, but guilty on the other eight charges. William “Roddie” Bryan has been found guilty on six of the nine charges. The charges for all three men is as follows: COUNT TRAVIS MCMICHAEL GREGORY MCMICHAEL WILLIAM “RODDIE” BRYAN 1 - MALICE MURDER GUILTY NOT GUILTY NOT GUILTY 2 - FELONY MURDER GUILTY GUILTY NOT GUILTY 3 - FELONY MURDER GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY 4 - FELONY MURDER GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY 5 - FELONY MURDER GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY 6 - AGG. ASSAULT GUILTY GUILTY NOT GUILTY 7 - AGG. ASSAULT GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY 8 - FALSE IMPRISONMENT GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY 9 - CRIM. ATTEMPT TO COMMIT FELONY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY.

  Image  Credit : Premium Times Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has insisted that nobody died during the #EndSARS protest at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos State in October 2020. Mr Mohammed said this on Tuesday while addressing a news conference in Abuja. He also described the report circulating online as fake. His comments come a week after the judicial panel probing allegations of police brutality in Lagos State submitted its findings to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. One of the reports was on claims of police brutality while the other was on the shooting in the Lekki area of Lagos State on October 20, 2020, said to have killed and injured several protesters.  The minister  emphatically ,  said: “We reject the notion that our soldiers and policemen massacred innocent Nigerians at the Lekki Tollgate”. He also demanded relatives of the victims to come forward with evidence, saying that “any parent who is afraid to testify abo...

An unidentified  body   has been found on an electricity pole in the Kobape area of Abeokuta, Ogun State Nigeria.  The corpse was discovered on Sunday by residents. No one could say why the man decided to climb the pole as he was not an official of an electricity-generating or distribution company. “We woke up this morning to see the corpse of a man on the electricity pole. The death of the man is mysterious. We didn’t know how he died. Maybe he wanted to commit suicide or he wanted to steal cables, only God knows,” a resident, who craved anonymity, said. The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, has confirmed the incident to newsmen. When he was contacted, Oyeyemi said the man had attempted to steal electricity cables, dispelling rumour that he was on a suicide mission. “The man climbed the pole, possibly he wanted to steal the wires. I don’t think he wanted to commit suicide, because he has cut some of the wires. If he wanted to commit suicide, h...

The owner of Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Mr Rahman Adegoke Adedoyin and his worker, Ms Adedeji Tobiloba Adesola have been accused of being involved in the disappearance of one Mr Adegoke Timothy Oludare. (1) The lady receptionist who had earlier denied admitting the young guy into d hotel confessed after the payment was traced to her account (2) the lady also confessed that their Chairman had hand in the brutal ritual killing (3) the lady supposed to close at 12noon but called another staff to take over duty at 8am, that she had emergency call at Ejigbo. Her phone was tracked and eventually picked up by d police. She then pleaded with the police that she was ready to confess everything that happened (4) It was at her instance that all principal actors were mentioned and apprehended, including the Chairman of the hotel. (5) Contrary to earlier report that an herbalist from Ejigbo was involved. No please. The Manager "4", who is also one of the principal staffs of the hotel is a...

  Dr Adedoyin. The Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olawale Olokode, on Wednesday disclosed that the founder of Oduduwa University and Ife Prince, Dr Rahmon Adedoyin, has been arrested in connection with the mystery death of a masters degree student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile Ife, Timothy Adegoke. The Command’s spokesperson, Mr. Yemisi Opalola, in a statement said Prince Adedoyin is also the chairman of Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Ile-Ife, where the deceased was said to have lodged upon his arrival from Abuja. According to him, the suspect was arrested in connection with the death of the OAU student who came from Abuja to sit for his examination at the OAU Distance Learning Centre, Moro, Osun State. “In addition to the six suspects earlier arrested, the chairman of Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Ile-Ife, Dr Ramon Adegoke Atobatele Adedoyin was also arrested on 15th November 2021. “He is currently in Police detention, undergoing interrogation in connection with the cas...

Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu addressing lawmakers on the floor of the House of Representatives. The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives says it has reviewed the Lagos EndSARS report and observed that the Federal Government has questions to answer. The lawmakers in a statement signed by Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu on Thursday said the report has confirmed that there was indeed a massacre at Lekki Toll Gate on October 20, 2020, despite the earlier denial of killings. “The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives, after a thorough review of the report of the Lagos State EndSARS judicial panel, holds that the attempt by officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government to cover up the now confirmed massacre of Nigerians youths by security forces at the Lekki Tollgate suggests a high-level state-backed conspiracy against Nigerians. “The confirmation by the Lagos Panel that there was indeed a massacre at the Lekki Tollgate during the 2020 EndSARS...

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has threatened to institute legal action against President Muhammadu Buhari government. SERAP said it is suing Buhari to compel the arrest of soldiers and police officers involved in shooting EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State.  In a series of tweets, the body urged the Buhari government to compel payment of reparation to victims. Disclosing that it would file the suit on Wednesday, SERAP said the EndSARS Panel report would serve as part of its evidence. According to SERAP: “BREAKING: We’re suing the Buhari administration to compel it to immediately arrest the soldiers and police responsible for the shooting of #EndSARS protesters at Lekki-Toll Gate and pay reparations to victims. “We’re filing the suit first thing tomorrow morning; so please indicate your interest “We’re also following up with our petition dated 21 October 2020 to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court by forwarding to...

  Two of the five inmates wanted after escaping a middle Georgia facility on Friday has been captured,  GBI said Monday morning. Authorities  said all five inmates have “violent history” and two are murder suspects. The five men were identified as Dennis Penix Jr., Lewis Wendell Evans, Brandon Pooler, Tyree Williams and Tyree Mantan Jackson. The social media post did not indicate the charges for each man. Lewis Wendell Evans III was captured and taken into custody in Warner Robins late Sunday night. Tyree Jackson was taken into custody on Saturday. Police continue the search for 3 inmates. Williams, 33, is described as 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighing 160 pounds with brown eyes. Pooler, 24, is 6 feet, 1 inch tall, 215 pounds, with brown eyes. Penix, 28, is 5 feet, 9 inches tall, 165 pounds with brown eyes. Investigators said they escaped the facility about 11:15 p.m. Friday and took a white 2015 KIA Sedona van with Georgia tag CMP8628. GBI said the men are “in possession o...

A Three-year-old boy was returned safely to his mother Thursday after police said his father,  17-year-old Kashief Brooks took  him at gunpoint two days ago in College Park.  Clayton County police  are still searching for  Kashief Brooks, who is wanted on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and making terroristic threats. Police contacted Brooks and he promised to bring the boy home  Authorities appealed to the public for help to find the child Wednesday evening when Brooks did not return the Child. The 3-year-old was reported missing just before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday from a home in the 1500 block of Tigris Court, police said in a news release. Officers learned that the missing toddler had been taken from his mother at gunpoint without her permission. Investigators found that it was Brooks, the child’s father, who had taken him, police said. The child had returned home as of early Thursday morning and was safe with his mother, according to an update ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reformed Task Team to eight years imprisonment. Maina was convicted after he was found guilty of money laundering. In a judgement delivered on Monday by Justice Okon Abang, the court held that the prosecutor, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has produced essential evidence through witnesses to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Maina is guilty of money laundering in the sum of N171,099,000. Maina was also found guilty of concealing his true identity as a signatory to accounts opened in two banks – UBA and Fidelity bank – by using the identity of his family members without their knowledge. These accounts had cash deposits of N300million, N500million, and N1.5billion The court stated that Maina stole monies meant for pensioners as he could not prove where he got them from.  His Counsel Olusegun Jolaawo told journalists that they will be appealing the judge...

Nigerian Air Force officer, Sergeant Torsobo Solomon has been arrested in connection with the recent attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. Bandits had in the early hours of August 24 attacked the NDA’s permanent site, killing two officers and abducting another. The bandits who came in a vehicle were said to have passed through the security gate into the academy, disguised in military uniforms, after which they proceeded to the officers’ quarters. Three months after the incident, authorities of the Nigerian Air Force have now linked one of its officers with the incident. The suspect – Sergeant Torsabo Solomon – was reportedly arrested on the order of the Base Commander as requested by the NDA Commander. The suspect has been moved to Kaduna for further interrogation.