By Zulfa Ibrahim
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has nabbed Bandits’ Drug Supplier and Three Others for allegedly trafficking illegal drugs in Kwara State. Two of them were caught in a hotel in Ilọrin, where they sold cannabis sativa, tramadol and methamphetamine. Another one was intercepted on the highway with cannabis, while heading to Kebbi State. The fourth one, a 21-year-old woman, was used as a hawker of the drugs.
The Kano State Police Command has announced the busting of a child trafficking ring that was involved in kidnapping, buying and selling of minors. The command said it had nabbed nine members of the ring, which had operations in Kano, Bauchi, Lagos, Delta, Anambra and Imo states.
The state’s Police Commissioner, Mohammed Usaini Gumel, told reporters on Thursday in Kano while displaying the suspects that seven children, mostly minors, had been saved. CP Gumel said that on December 15, around 3:25pm, a squad of policemen, acting on intelligence, at Mariri Luxurious Park in Kano, stopped one Comfort Amos, aged 45 years, of Tudun Wada Quarters who was travelling to Lagos with a child, named Abdulmutalib Sa’ad, aged 5 years, of Zango Quarters in Bauchi State.
He said that during the initial investigation, four other suspects, Chika Ezugbu, aged 52 years of Sabon Gari Quarters, Joy Nzelu, aged 43 years, of Sabon Gari Quarters, Clement Ali, aged 35 years, of Badawa Quarters, and Emeka Ekeidigwe, aged 55 years, of Weitherhead, Sabon Gari Quarters, all in Kano State were identified. The CP said that the investigation revealed that the child, Abdulmutalib Sa’ad, was kidnapped on December 12 from Bauchi State.
“The investigation also showed that the suspects were part of a network of abducting, buying and selling minors from Bauchi and Kano states; trafficking and selling them to people in their group in various places in Lagos and Anambra states. “Moreover, two more members of the ring were caught in Bauchi, namely; one Ruth Yarima, aged 45 years, of Zango Quarters Bauchi and two Abner Samuel, aged 35 years, of Yelwa LGA Bauchi State.
“While another member of the ring was also captured in Lagos State; she is Nndemma Obi, from Nnewi, Anambra State, aged 59 years, through whom another member was also caught in Anambra State; she is Ebere Eriobuna, aged 59 years, of Nnewi. This made the total number of the child trafficking ring suspects to nine and seven children between ages of 3 and 8 were rescued by the police.
“The police also found out that another victim Mohammed Ilya who was kidnapped from Bauchi but his name changed to Chidebere was sold recently at Nnewi in Anambra State. He has been saved too. The Police command assures the public that it is conducting thorough investigations to ensure justice, and warns criminals that Kano is not a safe haven for them.”
From Yakubu Isa, Damaturu
The Yobe State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of 3 drug traffickers in the state. The command’s Media and Advocacy Officer, Ramatu SB, revealed this in a statement to the press in Damaturu. She said the officers on patrol along Gashua/ Nguru Road caught the suspects.
She
identified the suspects as Musa Sani, 32yrs, Mohammed Ibrahim, 21yrs, and Adamu
Usman, 20yrs. Ramatu SB said the suspects had some substances believed to be
cannabis sativa weighing 15.7kg, tramadol 5000 tablets and exol 123,500
tablets. She also said that a subsequent investigation led to the capture of
one Mustapha Goni, aka Lolo, the alleged owner of 5000 tablets of tramadol
225mg and 123,500 tablets of exol in Geidam LGA of the state.
She added that the agents also seized one Ali Ibrahim AKA Ramos, the alleged owner of 94.74kg of cannabis sativa on the same day, place and time.
By Ayegba Joseph
Nigeria has imposed British American Tobacco $110 million fine, for breaching the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act, the National Tobacco Control Act, and other relevant laws, according to a statement by the FCCPC on Wednesday. The statement also said that BAT must comply with 24 months of supervision and monitoring, compulsory public health and tobacco control advocacy, and written assurances to the commission.
“The Commission initiated an active investigation into BAT on August 28, 2020, based on the Commission’s conviction that a number of reliable sources and intelligence warranted a wider and deeper investigation into certain conduct, by and for BAT parties,” FCCPC said.
The FCCPC said that it reached its decision after a thorough examination of the evidence, new submissions from BAT Parties, and communication. The investigation’s outcome stated: “That BAT Parties shall pay a fine of $110,000,000 under and in accordance with Section 155 of the FCCPA, Clause 11 of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s Administrative Penalties Regulations, 2020 and Clause 4.2 of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s Investigative Cooperation/Assistance Rules and Procedures, 2021.”
The commission affirmed that it would keep working to ensure fair market practices and protect consumer rights, “it said a skewed market only favors those who act dishonestly, at the cost of others, and exploitation of consumers while destabilizing the economy. It undermines a constitutional and national goal of economic development and shared wealth.”
Nine people were nabbed by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for stuffing and selling pillow cases with old diapers and menstrual pads in Sokoto.
The state’s Commandant, Bello Alkali Argungun, said the suspects were paraded at the command headquarter on Wednesday, following an intelligence report.
The restructured board of the agency, chaired by former Minister of Finance, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman, was inaugurated at the weekend by Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun.
In an interview with journalists on the side-lines of the inauguration, Takang said MOFI was upbeat that the N100 trillion target was conservative, considering the vast tangible and intangible assets within and outside the country that were not yet factored in.
He explained that MOFI was set to optimise all domestic and offshore assets belonging to the federal government, including real estate, oil and gas assets, and solid minerals.
Nigeria owns real estates, oil and gas assets, and other valuables in choice areas of leading countries of the world, some of which are dormant.
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Armed groups have killed more than 100 people in a string of attacks targeting towns across central Nigeria, another deadly episode in a region with persistent religious and ethnic tensions.
Emeka Ike, a veteran Nollywood actor, his ex-wife Suzanne Emma, his son Michael, his brother Victor, and his former PA Adebola Adeyemo has been in the news on a family feud involving allegations of domestic violence, financial mismanagement, and emotional abuse.
By Faruk Shuiabu
The Abuja Association of Deaf (AAD) has urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory to establish an agency to implement the disability act and other government policies on the PWDs in the territory.
The Abuja Association of the Deaf (AAD) has issued a press release on the occasion of the International Day for Persons with Disabilities, calling for
By Shaffe Elizabeth
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