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A suspected cannabis trafficker, Mr. Sylvester Gbenga has been arrested by the Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. Gbenga was arrested at Gbaji Customs check point along Lagos-Badagry expressway on Wednesday and handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday. In a statement by the Customs Public Relations Officer, PRO of the Command, Taupyen Selchang, the suspect was arrested with about 106 parcels of hemp.  statement said, “The arrest of the suspect was possible through intelligence gathering by the seizing officers, led by A/C Abubakar Hamza, who trailed the suspect from neighbouring Benin Republic. “The parcels were concealed in a Toyota SEQUOIA car with Lagos State number plates EKY 407 CA. “The suspect and the parcels were on Thursday handed over to the Commander, NDLEA Seme Badagry, represented by the PSO Admin/Logistics of NDLEA, Seme, Musa Khalil.” Confirming the arrest, the Acting Customs Area Comptroller, Sabo H....

Nigerian transgender Iris Sahhara Henson, often referred to as Miss Sahhara, shared some new photos of herself that were taken in a club during her night out.

From country to country, monetary units vary nearly as much as the cultures and languages that use them. But have you ever wondered why a dollar is called a “dollar”? A recent post on the Oxford Dictionary’s OxfordWords blog explained the origins of the names of the world’s most common currencies. Below, find out where these everyday words come from. Dollar The dollar is the world’s most common currency, used in the US, Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand, and Singapore and elsewhere. According to OxfordWords, the Flemish or Low German word “joachimsthal” referred to Joachim’s Valley, where silver was once mined. Coins minted from this mine became “joachimsthaler,” which was later shortened to “thaler” and which eventually morphed into “dollar.” Peso “Peso” literally means “weight” in Spanish. Lira The Italian and Turkish “lira” come from the Latin word “libra,” meaning “pound.” Mark Before the euro, the Deutsche mark and the Finnish markka also draw their names from units o...

Air Vice Marshal Ojuawo, a serving officer of the Nigerian Air Force, who is being prosecuted by the EFCC at the FCT High Court, Apo Abuja for fraud, arrived the court this morning in his full Airforce regalia.

An Abuja resident identified as Musa, closed from work on a night and decided to pick some snacks at an eatery in the AYA axis of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. As soon as he pulled up his car, two girls rushed to him, one standing by the driver’s side and the other by the passenger’s side clutching some weather-beaten bottles of cough medicines.  But as he later found out, that was not their main product.  “Kindly help us buy, sir”, the girls pleaded. He could not fathom why the girls would expect anyone in his right senses to buy drugs that have outlived their shelf life and the relevant authorities did not bother to arrest them. Just then, the girl standing by the driver’s door saw another car pull up and rushed towards it, leaving her colleague at the other side of the car.  Real product for sale  Before Musa could say a word, the girl opened the door, sat inside the car and introduced another product, which explained why they were there...

A mild drama played out at the Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State wednesday, when the court clerk read out a case between the Federal Medical Centre, Ovom in Yenagoa and 121 unclaimed corpses. Quote “Now everybody is afraid because they have mentioned corpses,” the judge joked. Lawyers and others in the courtroom were shocked so Justice Ajiya Nganjiwa sought to allay the fears of occupants of the courtroom. But the lawyer to FMC, Bayelsa, Mr. K. Clement, prayed the court to grant his 14-paragraph application requesting that the hospital should be given the go-ahead to give the unclaimed corpses a mass burial. After listening to the argument backing the application, the judge concurred, stating that it was Quote “time to allow the dead rest in peace”. “The application is hereby granted for all the 121 abandoned corpses to be buried. All agencies and bodies involved must comply with this order,” he said. The federal hospital had argued that the corpses would...

The Lagos State University have reportedly gifted 160 students with a total of N4 million. The students were rewarded for making 4.5 Cumulative Grade Point Average and above during the 2015/2016 academic session.‎ The Vice Chancellor of LASU, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, presented the cheques to them on behalf of the school management on Friday, June 17, at the Ojo Campus. While presenting N25,000 to each student, the VC congratulated them and urged them not to relent their efforts. He said:   “We are proud of you, but you must work harder to sustain the grade. “Do not relent in your efforts because you were celebrated today.”   The Vice-Chancellor also urged the other students to work harder   “to join the success train ‎so that they will be rewarded also."   Dean of Students Affairs at the institution, Dr. Olufemi Obayori‎ also gave words of encouragement. He said: “ To the generality of students here, it is never too late to join the ranks of the chosen. “It is po...