Turkish and foreign law enforcement have seized record quantities of cocaine heading from South America to Turkey, revealing the expanding role of the country’s traffickers in shipping drugs to European and Middle Eastern markets. In late June, Ecuadorean authorities seized roughly 850 kilograms of cocaine at the port of Guayaquil from a container of bananas bound for Turkey, according to a police statement. The shipment was almost identical to a separate load intercepted in Turkey’s port of Mersin in April, also from Guayaquil and containing over 250 kilograms of cocaine. The seizures, according to experts consulted by InSight Crime, are…
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba to transfer the case of 50 children allegedly found by the Nigerian Police in the underground of a Church in Valentino area of Ondo town in Ondo state in the evening of Friday, 1st July, 2022, to Abuja. The call is contained in a statement by its director, Professor Ishaq Akintola emailed to ASHENEWS on Saturday. MURIC described the development as shocking, terrifying and almost incredible. “Men of the Nigerian Police allegedly found more than 50 children in the underground of a church…
Lagos state has revealed that 10,000 retirees are been owed their pension rights in Lagos State, Mr Babalola Obilana, Director-General, Lagos Pension Commission (LASPEC), has said. Obilana said the commission also had about N10 billion to pay as outstanding accumulated debts for pensioners in the state. He disclosed this in an interview on the sidelines of the 95th Retirement Benefit Bond Certificates Presentation For Retirees in Lagos on Saturday. Obilana stated that the outstanding pension would be settled before the end of the first tenure of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu in May 2023 as promised by the governor. Recall that the…
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Lisbon, Portugal, indicated that Nigeria is ready to fill the natural gas gaps in Europe predicated by the current Russian-Ukrainian war. The President also said with over 200 million mainly young people, Nigeria is ready to be the hub of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA). This is contained in Buhari’s statement on areas of cooperation between Nigeria and Portugal delivered at the Presidential Palace in Lisbon. President Buhari, who identified five key areas of cooperation and collaboration capable of moving both countries forward, urged Portugal to consider Nigeria as a valued and trusted…
An Islamic sharia court in Nigeria’s northern state of Bauchi has sentenced three men to death by stoning after convicting them on charges of engaging in homosexuality, the leader of the religious police that arrested them said on Friday. Northern Nigeria is predominantly Muslim and the states in the region use sharia courts to punish residents for crimes ranging from adultery to blasphemy. Adam Dan Kafi, the head of the Hisbah religious police in the Ningi local government area of Bauchi said the three men were arrested on Jun 14 and charged in a sharia court. The men, including a…
Students from the nineteen northern states of Nigeria are protesting in Jalingo, the Taraba state capital. The protest followed the inability of the federal government to resolve the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has entered its fifth month. Under the auspices of the Coalition of Northern Groups’ Students, the undergraduates are asking traditional rulers, civil society organisations and government at all levels to urgently intervene and end the strike. To air their grievances, they carried placards bearing several inscriptions like ‘FG, end ASUU strike now’, ‘Incessant ASUU/FG face-off, a demonstration of craziness,’…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Katsina state has expressed concern over the poor turnout of residents registering for the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) in the newly established 1,750 polling units. Jibril Zarewa, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, disclosed this in an interview on Friday. He said that one year after the commencement of PVC registration, there was a poor turnout of people for registration in the newly established polling units. According to Zarewa, “In May 2022 when we did analysis, we realised out of the 1,750 newly established polling units, about 1,200 units did not…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Nigerian Ports Authority on the successful berthing of the first ship at Lekki Deep Sea port. The vessel, ZHEN HUA 28, delivered three ship to Shores (STS) and 10 Rubber Tyre Gantries (RTG) cranes that will help in the evacuation of cargoes from vessels to the shore. The president expressed his feelings in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Saturday in Abuja. He also congratulated all stakeholders in the maritime sector over the feat. Buhari recalled that his approval of four new seaports in…
Following Wednesday attack on Ajata-Aboki in Shiroro local government of Niger state, which claimed lives of troops and other civilians, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has vowed to bring to justice those terrorists behind the attack. Yahaya gave the assurance while addressing journalists at Mogadishu Cantonment Juma’at Mosque prayer in commemoration of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration NADCEL 2022 on Friday in Abuja. He said the terrorists had on Wednesday, ambushed troops in Shiroro while responding to distress call of terrorists attack on a mining site with unspecified number of casualties. The COAS said that even…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with Fernando Medina, Mayor of Lisbon and City Council Members, expressing gratitude and appreciation to them for accommodating Nigerians and those fleeing the war in Ukraine. Buhari also used the occasion to congratulate him and his party on their electoral victory and his emergence as the Mayor of Lisbon. The President’s media aide, Garba Shehu in a statement, said the Nigerian leader thanked Fernando Medina for graciously receiving the Nigerian delegation in the ‘beautiful and historic coastal city of Lisbon’. He equally commended the excellent manner the city was administered, as a prime global tourist destination. ‘‘The city…