Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled attempts by a 23-year-old secondary school leaver, Iwuyi Princewill Chukwuka and a Europe based Nigerian, Peter Mkwo to export nine kilograms of skunk and methamphetamine through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja to Turkey and Belgium respectively. A statement released by Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the…
A ponzi scheme operator, Maryam Abu Shinga, has been convicted by Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Kano. The court ordered Shinga to refund a sum of N110, 000,000 in restitution to victims of the ponzi scheme. The woman was convicted Tuesday on one count amended charge of retention of proceeds of crime. It…
A young barber from Benue State identified as Elijah Ode has been reportedly arrested in Kano for blasphemy. According to a Benue activist, Smith Akoko, the young man, who is also a student, was arrested last Wednesday, after two of his customers were caught with hairstyles deemed blasphemous to the Islamic religion. His cousin, Sunday Ukenya, who confirmed…