Crime

NAFDAC Raids Fake Drinks Factory In Aba After Viral Social Media Photo The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has conducted a prompt raid on a suspected fake drinks production facility in Abia State. The action came in the wake of a viral photo circulating on social media, revealing a factory purportedly producing counterfeit beverages. Following the circulation of the concerning image, which depicted suspicious manufacturing practices, NAFDAC swiftly initiated an investigation. Subsequently, a targeted operation was launched to address the reported manufacturing of adulterated beverages within the state. During the raid, part of NAFDAC’s intensified…

NDLEA Arrests 75-Year-Old Grandma For Drugs Trafficking Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos State have arrested a 75-year-old grandma, Mrs. Sekinat Soremekun, for allegedly dealing in illicit drugs. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said this on Sunday in a statement. According to him, at the time of her arrest in the Oshodi area of Lagos on Friday, quantities of cannabis and litres of codeine syrup were recovered from her. “She claimed her son, Segun who is now at large supplied her the illicit substances which she retailed,” Babafemi said. Also, a multi-million-naira mansion located…

S’Court Okays Nnamdi Kanu’s Trial For Terrorism The Supreme Court has set aside a judgment by the lower court that dismissed the terrorism charges against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The apex court held that the court of appeal was wrong that the trial court couldn’t try him because his rights were violated by the prosecution. Details later…

Viral Video: Customs Officer Captured Demanding N5k Bribe At Lagos Airport A viral video has shown a female officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) demanding bribe from a passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. In the less than two-minute clip, the customs officer was seen requesting for the sum of N5,000, while clutching the trolley containing the passenger’s luggage. The passenger was heard saying he could not afford the N5,000 sum. The officer would go on to reduce the sum to N3,000. The passenger again baulked and said he could not afford to pay the sum of…

Governor’s Convoy Crushes Student, One Other To Death; Family Seeks Justice The family of an undergraduate at the Ebonyi State University, Ebube Akah, is asking for justice after a convoy of the state governor, Francis Nwifuru, killed the student. Ebube was killed alongside a commercial motorcyclist he was riding with in Abakaliki on 1 December. The deceased student’s older brother, Isidore Akah, said on Friday that the tragic incident occurred on Friday, 1 December, in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. Mr Akah in a telephone interview accused the police of a cover up of his brother’s death. “The governor’s ride…