GrandMother arrested For Possession oF cocaine!

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday arrested a 53-year- old grandmother with 1.00 kilogramme of cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe InternationalAirport, NAIA, Abuja.The suspect, Mrs. Giwa Ayoka Sikirat, who concealed the drug in her hair while trying to board an Ethiopian airline Flight ET 910 to Pakistan enroute Addis Ababa and Dubai, was apprehended during the screening of passengers at the airport.Speaking on the arrest, NDLEA Abuja Airport Commander, Mr Hamisu Lawan, said the suspect was arrested for attempting to smuggle the...

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SAD: Father, son electrocuted in Abeokuta

Tragedy struck, on Sunday, when a police officer, Sunday Joseph and his 17-year-oldadopted son, Moses were electrocuted at a construction site in front of the governor�s house at Oke-Igbein, Abeokuta, the state capital.An eyewitness told Us that the boy who lived in the Police Barracks at Oke-Igbein, was an orphan who lost  his father in a robbery attack .The source explained that Moses had gone to theconstruction site to scavenge for iron rods fromthe rubble and died on his way back home when the rods he gathered suddenly touched a high tension...

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KETU FIRE: Lagos State Govt Promises To Help Reconstruct Market

Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has assured traders at the Ifelodun plank market, Ketu, of his administration's readiness to support them financially in rebuilding the market which was razed by fire last Thursday.Fashola, who spoke during an inspection of the market on Sunday, said the incident was unfortunate, adding that his administration was poised to assuage the losses incurred by the traders.Fashola said it was unfortunate that the traders did not have insurance because it was very important especially in the event of fire or other...

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SAD: Baby shot by robbers dies after seven months

After seven months of battling with complications from a gunshot wound on the head, Taiwo Lawal, the one-year-old baby who was shot during a series of robberies in Lagos on September 9, 2012, has died.PUNCH Metro had reported that Taiwo was shot athis parents' home in Gbagada during the robberieswhich occurred simultaneously in various parts of the state, an incident now remembered as Black Sunday.Following the injury and its publication in THE PUNCH, telecommunications firm, MTN Nigeria, donated N500,000 for the baby's treatment at the Lagos University...

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