“Meanwhile, operatives in Plateau State on Friday, 20th September, arrested a wanted suspect, Jonathan Ali Abuttur, aged 46, on Agingi-Rukuba Road, Bassa LGA, in possession of 808 kg of cannabis sativa concealed in 68 bags of sugar and fertiliser. Their counterparts in Kwara also nabbed Shaibu Musa with 28 kg of the same psychoactive substance.”
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Nigerian soldier accused of selling ammunition, uniforms to bandits
Nigerian soldier accused of selling ammunition, uniforms to bandits
A Nigerian soldier, whose name has been withheld, has been accused of stealing ammunition and military uniforms from his fellow soldiers in Katsina.
The soldier, who is reportedly attached to the 35 Battalion in Katsina town, was subjected to public humiliation and torture by his colleagues.
In a video obtained by online newspaper, SaharaReporters, the accused soldier is seen with his hands tied behind his back while being beaten by other soldiers.
One of the soldiers in the video can be heard saying in Pidgin English, “Him steal my ammunition, that one no do am, him steal my SF (Special Force) clothe, that one no do am, him still steal my regimental jacket (he stole my ammunition; not satisfied with that, he went ahead to steal my jacket).”
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Another soldier added, “See am, all of us dey the same unit, 35 battalion. He don lose guard, he go sell am go give bandit and he is our fellow soldier, we think say na our fellow soldier, not knowing na our enemy him be (Look at him; we are all in the same unit – 35 battalion. He sold things to bandits. We thought he was our colleague not knowing he is an enemy).”
At the time of reporting, Army spokesperson Major General Onyema Nwachukwu could not be reached for comment,
The Nigerian military has, on several occasions, publicly condemned the involvement of its personnel in assisting terrorists, bandits, and other criminal groups across the country.
WATCH: Nigerian Soldier Caught Stealing, Selling Ammunition And Military Uniforms To Bandits pic.twitter.com/dkExqPFi7n
— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) September 22, 2024
Nigerian soldier accused of selling ammunition, uniforms to bandits
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Fire guts University College Hospital in Ibadan
Fire guts University College Hospital in Ibadan
A fire erupted early Sunday morning in a section of the University College Hospital (UCH) located in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Sources indicate that the blaze started in an office on the third floor of the South West 3 ward.
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Firefighters from the Oyo State Fire Service quickly responded to the scene, leading to a chaotic situation as patients and their relatives evacuated nearby wards.
At the time of this report, the management of UCH had not released any official comments regarding the fire incident.
Fire guts University College Hospital in Ibadan
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NDLEA arrests 80-year-old man with N14.9bn opioids
NDLEA arrests 80-year-old man with N14.9bn opioids
An 80-year-old grandfather, Aremu Shojobi, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency with 14 kilogrammes of cannabis.
According to the agency, Shojobi confessed to selling illicit drugs for the past 25 years.
A statement on Sunday from the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, stated that the suspect obtained the drugs from Benin Republic.
Babafemi said, “Operatives of the Lagos State Strategic Command of the agency arrested an 80-year-old grandfather, Pa Aremu Shojobi, with 14 kilograms of cannabis at his home in the Iyana Ipaja area of the state on Friday, 20th September. In his statement, the octogenarian claimed he had been in the business of selling illicit drugs for 25 years. He further claimed he sourced his supplies from Benin Republic and sold to his customers from his residence between 7 am and 10 pm every day.”
Babafemi also reported that a total of 25 million pills of tapentadol, an opioid three times stronger than tramadol, and 350,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup were recovered at the Tincan port complex in Lagos.
He added that the seizures were made on 17th and 20th September 2024, from three containers that had been on the agency’s watchlist following processed intelligence.
“As a result, the NDLEA requested a 100% joint examination of the shipments with officers from the Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies. The 25 million pills of tapentadol have an estimated street value of N13,725,000,000, while the codeine consignment has an estimated street value of N2,450,000,000, bringing the total value of the seizures to N14,950,000,000.
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“The tapentadol consignment, packed in 500 cartons, was discovered in one of the containers on Tuesday, 17th September, while another container examined the same day contained 175,000 bottles of Barcadin cough syrup with codeine packed in 875 cartons. The third container, containing 175,000 bottles of CSC cough syrup with codeine, was examined on Friday, 20th September,” the statement added.
Similarly, Babafemi reported that NDLEA operatives in Lagos, on 18th September, raided the homes of community leader and Sarkin Yamma of Badagry West LCDA, Alhaji Bashir Mohammed Talba, where a total of 226 kg of cannabis was recovered from his two wives and son.
He noted that although Alhaji Talba is currently at large, a search of his house in the Ashipa area of Seme Badagry led to the recovery of 93 compressed blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 57.6 kg from his first wife, Asma’u Bashiru, aged 35, and son, Sadat Bashiru, aged 22. Another search of his house in the Aketegbo area of Seme Badagry resulted in the seizure of 302 compressed blocks of cannabis weighing 168.6 kg from his second wife, Hauwa Bashir, aged 42.
“No less than 720 blocks of Arizona, a strain of cannabis weighing 390 kg, were also recovered from a Mitsubishi delivery van marked MUS 720 XH in the Ojo area of Lagos on Monday, 16th September,” he added.
At Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Babafemi stated that NDLEA operatives arrested a 38-year-old drug mule, Okafor Ifeanyi Anthony, on 15th September while attempting to board a Qatar Airlines flight to Iran via Doha with 76 wraps of cocaine in his stomach.
“After three days of observation, Okafor excreted the 76 pellets of ingested cocaine, weighing 1.267 kg. In Kogi State, NDLEA officers on patrol along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway on Tuesday, 17th September, recovered 700,000 pills of exol-5 coming from Lagos for distribution in Kano and Kaduna. A suspect, Udemefuna Chibuike, aged 23, was arrested by operatives on Friday, 20th September, along Mokwa-Jebba road, Niger State, in possession of 49,000 tablets of tramadol, 20,000 tablets of diazepam, 100 ampoules of tramadol injection, and 50 bottles of cough syrup with codeine,” Babafemi added.
The statement continued, “A total of 451 blocks of cannabis weighing 213 kg were intercepted along Azikiwe Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday, 18th September, by NDLEA officers who apprehended a suspect, Ogochukwu Paul, aged 33, conveying the consignment to a notorious drug haven in Borikiri.
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‘Stop checking your partner’s phone’
‘Stop checking your partner’s phone’
Popular media personality, Idowu Adeyemi, popularly known as Yhemolee, has advised couples to stop checking their partners’ phones in a bid to monitor them against cheating.
The night-life influencer, who recently tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend, Thayour B, stated that it’s risky to check one’s partner’s phone.
He emphasised that one could lose their mind and even life as a result of what they might discover from the partner’s phone.
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Speaking in a video message shared via his Instagram account, Yhemolee said, “My friend called me this morning and told me his fiancée is in the hospital struggling to breathe.
“I asked if she had any terminal illness and he said no. He said she checked his phone overnight. My point is, stop checking your partner’s phone, if you die, the person that made you lose your life will move on.
“My friend confirmed to me that if his fiancée went through his phone very well, she might not survive and even if she survives, whenever she remembers what she saw, she would be traumatised.”
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