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...