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Flood ruins over ₦15m worth of goods in Aba

June 14, 2019 1:24 am

A heavy downpour on Wednesday night in Aba, the commercial city of Abia, has left many homes, shops and markets submerged by flood.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that goods estimated at over N15 million were also destroyed by the flood.

At Ahia Ohuru (New Market), over 25 shops on Lines 10, 16, 20, 43, 44 and 47 were all submerged.

Mr Obinna Ogugua, a trader in the market, was said to have lost 32 bales of clothes, worth about N2.9 million.

NAN reports that the more than six hours rain also flooded the Ahuronye, Nwaogu and Mathew streets

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$904,000 worth of drugs uncovered in kids’ toy boxes

April 16, 2019 3:29 pm

German Federal Police discovered drugs worth 904,000 dollars hidden in 52 Lego boxes in a car they checked on the A3 motorway near the Dutch border.

According to the police, the drugs weighed 83 kilogrammes.

The two people in the car were arrested, investigators said on Tuesday.

The women, aged 22 and 24, were caught on April 10.

They had 51 kilos of ecstasy and about 32 kilos of amphetamines stashed between the 52 identical Lego boxes.

The two Dutch women are being investigated for violations of the narcotics act.…

FG to sieze property of Yar’adua, others worth ₦4.8bn -ICPC

March 19, 2019 6:41 am

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has made arrangements to seize plots of land and buildings valued at N4.8 billion from the Shehu Yar’adua Foundation and 29 other firms.

ICPC Spokesperson, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa disclosed this in a Press Statement in Abuja.

She said that the properties included 22.9 hectares of undeveloped land, one plaza, and a block of six two-bedroom flats located in Wuse, Zone 1, Abuja.

“These belong to Shehu Musa Yar’adua Foundation, Vibrant Issuance Brokers, Millard Fuller Foundation, Maibuhu Farm and Construction Limited, Gabcon Enterprises Limited and a host of others.

“In the

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