Dealers in counterfeit drugs to get life imprisonment – DG, NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has finalised plans to present a bill to the National Assembly, prescribing life imprisonment for dealers in counterfeit drugs.


The proposed bill will also prescribe the confiscation of the property of offenders aside other fines.
Director General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii disclosed this yesterday while addressing the Senate of the Federal University of Agriculture during his visit to the university Makurdi

Meet the new National Security Adviser, Rtd Col. Sambo Mohammed Dasuki

As the news of the appointment of a new National Security Adviser breaks, (To help find better solutions to the crippling security in Nigeria, Boko Haram especially) Below is profile of the new NSA, get familiar.....

Woman inserts 66 wraps of narcotics in private part

Law enforcement agents and travellers were last week astonished when 66 wraps of narcotics, which tested positive to methamphetamine, were discovered in the private part of Mande Bala, 48, at the screening section  of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on June 15, 2012.

The lady was promptly arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency shortly before she was due to board a Kenyan Airways flight to Nairobi.

Captured mastermind of UN building bombing is dead

Habib Bama, the wanted Boko Haram member, who was shot and arrested by the Joint Task Force (JTF) in a gun battle in Damaturu on Thursday is dead.

Drunk groom made love to waitress at wedding reception... and was caught by his new father-in-law

A hot-blooded groom from Feldkirch, Germany, couldn't wait until after the reception to celebrate with his new bride, so he went after a waitress instead.


Sneaking into the kitchen for a secret tryst, the groom and server got it on just hours after he tied the knot.

'Nigeria wouldn't have peace until all christians follow Islam' - BOKO HARAM

"Let them know that now it's the time for revenge God willing," the group said in a statement. "From now on, they either follow the right religion or there will be no peace for them."

Radical islamist militant group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the bombing of three churches that killed at least 50 people in Zaria and Kaduna town on Sunday. The sect targeted mostly children and women in the Zaria attacks.

Islamic Group in Mali gives 100 lashes for having child out of wedlock

Islamic group also whipping smokers. Alcohol is banned too

The Islamists occupying northern Mali on Wednesday gave a couple 100 lashes of a whip for having a child out of wedlock


“At Sankore Square in Timbuktu, a man and a women got 100 lashes for having had a child outside of marriage,” said local official Mohamed Ould Baby.

Female Student Drugged and raped on campus by YabaTech Student

 Adegoke Kehinde, a student of Yaba College of Technology, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has been arrested by the police for allegedly drugging and raping a female student (name withheld) on campus.


The 24-year old Kehinde has been charged before the Yaba Magistrate’s court on a two-count charge of rape and assault.

We Got N7K To Bomb EYN Church In Biu - Boko Haram Suspects

Seven suspected Boko Haram men alleged to have masterminded the attack on Ekklizivar Yan’uwa A Nigeria (EYN) Church in Biu, Borno State recently said they were paid N7, 000 each to carry out the attack which left no fewer than three worshipers dead.

One of the seven suspects, Ibrahim Mohammed Babangida, who spoke with journalists from his custody said one Magaji Bala, a butcher paid N7, 500 to him as his engagement fee to carry out the dastard act.

Bomb Scare In Abuja, Offices Evacuate Staff

Offices have been evacuated over fears that a deadly explosive had been planted in a location in the city centre.


The Wuse Zone 5 area of Abuja is in chaos, as organizations scramble to evacuate staff, after information spread of a perceived bomb in the area.

The explosive device is believed to be planted between Top View Hotel and the headquarters of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps office in the area.

The area also has the headquarters of the People’s Democratic Party, banks, and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).

A witness, who works with FIRS told PREMIUM TIMES that the entire area has been evacuated and the police anti-bomb squad alerted. He said heavy traffic has built up in the area, movement restricted to one lane.

“We are waiting for the anti bomb squad to either detonate it or declare the area safe,” the witness said.

More details soon...

Pres Jonathan Sacks Defence Minister and National Security Adviser

President Goodluck Jonathan this evening fired both the National Security Adviser, Andrew Oweiye Azazi and Defence Minister, Bello Haliru, according to the Presidential Spokesperson, Reuben Abati.

Azazi has been replaced with Sambo Dasuki, a retired colonel.

Basketmouth acquires 3 brand new cars and new building for his company

The comedian recently acquired three brand new cars; two 2012 edition of Hyundai Elantra, and a 2013 Opel Insignia for his Baron World entertainment outfit. He has also moved the events company from his former Lekki base to a much bigger place on Ogunlana Drive, Surulere.

Nigerian man allegedly killed and thrown from 5th floor by police in Bangkok

A mail sent to Nations Newspaper from a man who lives in Bangkok

“I am Mr. Mac Konze. I am a Nigerian living here in Bangkok. I want to bring to the notice of Nations newspapers the incessant killing of innocent Nigerians here in Thailand.

A 26 year old Kelechi Duru from Imo state was brutally thrown out of the window by a Thai police officer where he lives in Bangkok on the 4th of June 2012.

Another International Award Nomination For Funmi Iyanda and Chris Dada

 

Funmi Iyanda with Common

It’s another international nod for production duo Funmi Iyanda and Chris Dada as Chopcassava.com, their innovative web series documenting the recent fuel subsidy protests was nominated as best web series in the non-fiction category at the BANFF World Media Festival, which took place last week in Alberta, Canada...

CCTVs coming to Lagos

The Lagos State government in collaboration with the Federal Government is installing CCTVs in strategic locations around Lagos metropolis.

Nigerian man suspected of killing 19yr old Ghanaian girlfriend

 

26 year old unemployed Nigerian, Nathaniel Udama Adu, is in the grips of the Mile 7 Police in connection with the murder of a 19-year-old SHS leaver, Matilda Asante, believed to be his girlfriend, at Tantra Hills in Accra.

Detectives from the station were dispatched immediately after information got to the station at about 7:45am on Monday, June 18, 2012 that a dead body had been found at Tantra Hills.

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Susie Q's club finally closed 4 months after her murder

Susan Yusuf's Club, SQ, has finally been closed down for good four months after her brutal murder. The club, located at Younis Bashorun Street, Victoria Island, was shut down this month following the new management's inability to renew their rent which expired a few months ago. The club lost most of its customers and spark after Susan's death. Susan ran the club all by herself when she was alive so there was really no one to continue from where she stopped.

Susan was stabbed to death at her 1000 flat on Friday February 10th 2012.