Five Nigerians have been arrested by the Western Regional Police In Ghana for allegedly trading in contraband and over the counter medicines. The Pharmacy Council, the body mandated to regulate the sale of medicines in the country had observed with grave concern the increase in itinerant drug peddling business across the country and vowed to clamp down on their operations. They were arrested after a swoop by the Western Regional Office of the Council with the support of the Police. The five were arrested in the Prestea Huni-Valley District while one Ghanaian woman who escaped had her wares running into thousands of Ghana cedis confiscated. Empire FM reported that most of the drugs being sold by the Nigeriens are meant for the enlargement of male organ and female buttock. ASP Simon Deta, the Huni-Valley District Crime Officer in an interview with Empire FM stated that the five arrested will be investigated and prosecuted. He added that other foreign nationals engaged in dru...

By Chinedu Asadu The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is marking its second year in power. An administration that was dubbed a “messianic” one considering that its emergence saw an end to the 16 uninterrupted years the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had governed Nigeria. While some believe that the president deserves a pat on the back for some feats his government has achieved, others believe there is still a wide gap between the current reality the country is facing and the plethora of promises the administration presented Nigerians at its inception. In the build-up to the 2015 presidential election, the promises of Buhari – and the APC’s by extension – were sewn around one word – change. He had even reaffirmed the promise of change when, in his acceptance speech, he declared: “Change has come and a new day and a new Nigeria is upon us”. This notwithstanding, a report by SBM Intelligence, an organisation devoted to the collection and analysis of information, shows that th...

Abubakar Momoh, prominent Nigerian civil society leader and director general of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Electoral Institute, has died. His associate and lawyer, Abdul Mahmoud, confirmed the news to Premium Times on Monday. Until his death, Mr. Abubakar was the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Lagos State University, LASU. Mr. Abubakar obtained PhD in political theory and began his lecturing career in 1988,” his profile published by the African Leadership Centre, says. He has served on various boards and scientific committees including those of the Centre for Democracy and Development, and Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. http://www.newshelmng.com/2017/05/abubakar-momoh-renowed-professor-is-dead.html

Source: http://towncrieronline.net/2017/05/29/stray-bullet-from-fleeing-hoodlums-kills-undergraduate-along-biu-road-ugbor-benin-city/ Multiple news reports state that sporadic gun fire along BIU road in Ugbor, Benin city claimed the life of an undergraduate, Tobi Igioh. The deceased, the only child of the former General Manager of Edo Broadcasting Service, Pastor Mrs Sidi Lawal -Igioh, was hit by a stray bullet when the hoodlums were trying to escape after they had successfully robbed some shops in the area around 6.30 pm. Other persons injured in the attack are now receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital, with the police on the trail of the hoodlums. As shared by Becky .... I just heard this very sad news; Pastor Sidi Lawal-Igioh's only child, Tobi has passed on... They say he got hit by stray bullet. Oh! This pain.... This grief... The devil is a liar forever! Dear God, console your daughter and her husband. Holy ghost, comfort this family. Give them the strength...