These are The Fake Assorted Drinks Recently Seized By NAFDAC In Edo (Photos)

And some people delight in “robbing” Nigerians of their money with fake products…While citizens are complaining of the hard economy, some are chilling and enjoying themselves to the detriment of others…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has seized about 20 cartons of different brands of popular alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, from 12 shops at Upper Sakponba, Mission Road and vegetable market, off Airport Road. Test kits were used to ascertain the wholesomeness of the processed drinks. A Chief Regulatory Officer in the Enforcement and Operations unit of the agency, Joseph Idowu, decried the prevalence of fake and badly processed drinks in Benin.

A pharmacist, Godwin Okonufia, who was part of the NAFDAC enforcement team, pointed out that the consumption of counterfeit drinks could cause kidney problems. He, therefore, urged consumers to buy processed drinks from reputable authorized sales outlets….

Governor Ambode Re-opens Mile 12 Market after 2 weeks of closure....

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday ordered the re-opening of the Mile 12 Market following the satisfactory meeting and agreement reached with all the stakeholders involved in the operation of the market. This is contained in a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Steve Ayorinde. The Mile 12 Market was shut by Ambode on March 3 after a clash erupted in the area.

Community leaders and traders has agred on the relocation Of Mile 12 Market on Wednesday. Some of the major agreements reached by consensus among the various stakeholders include relocation of the market to another suitable location and ban on the use of commercial motorcycles in the area.

They also agreed on peaceful co-existence among all the ethnic groups in the market and environs, removal of all shanties and illegal attachments within the market area, among others. Ayorinde assured that Lagos was home for all, and that the State Government would continue to provide the enabling environment for every investor to thrive. We gathered that the closure of the popular market had led to astronomical increase in the cost of food items and other commodities in parts of Lagos.

Photos of another Fallen cargo truck

Here are images sent in by a reader of another fallen cargo truck on Ijora bridge leading to apapa, the bridge itself has potholes and just above it is a billion dollar railway construction. More photos after the cut...

See Cossy Orjiakor's new look......

She looks cool

Photo of the day! Lol...... (See photo)

Who could ever think that one day, having such kind backside will be beneficial to someone. See how this boy can easily see what happening at the front without been obstructed with the help of the woman’s butt.

Nigerian Navy Arrests 11 People Trying To Sail To Europe Illegally......

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, on Wednesday in Lagos, said it had arrested an impersonator and 11 suspects for allegedly attempting to stow away in a vessel to Europe.

The Commanding Officer NNS BEECROFT,Commodore Abraham Adaji, made the disclosure when he addressed journalists at Apapa, Lagos. He gave the names of the suspects asAkinwunmi Jeflando, Pope Olu, Jacob James, Samuel Jodge, Ade Samadin, Dan Gogo, James Akinbami, Paul Oguns, Joseph Emmanuel, Stephen CooperandJalo Cooper.

Adaji said: “Preliminary investigations revealed that the arrested persons boarded the vessel, CITRON, through the rudder trunk access manhole in a bid to travel with the vessel to Europe. “The suspects were arrested at about 12. 30 a.m. on March 11 for illegally boarding Merchant Vessel CITRON berthed at Capital Oil Jetty, Apapa, Lagos.

“They were detected and subsequently arrested by our patrol boat,” Adaji said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adaji handed over the suspects to the Nigeria Immigration Service for further investigation and prosecution.

He also said that the Chief of the Naval Staff,Vice-Admiral Ikot Ibas, had zero tolerance for all maritime crimes in Nigeria’s waters. He called on criminally-minded Nigerians and other nationals to seek legitimate employment instead of engaging themselves in illegal activities. One of the stowaways,Olu, said he was not happy with his standard of living which prompted him to attempt to enter Europe illegally.

Another stowaway,Cooper, blamed frustration for his attempt to travel abroad through illegal means. A representative of the NIS,Lekan Olagunju, a Chief Superintendent, received the stowaways from the Navy. He said that investigations would continue with a view to ascertaining the claims of their nationalities before they could be prosecuted.

In another development, the Navy also arrested oneMohammed Abubakar, for allegedly impersonating a Seaman Writer in the Nigerian Navy. While being handed over to the Nigeria Police, Adaji said he was arrested in Lagos. “The police will further conduct investigations on the suspect,” he said. (NAN)

Two Robbers To Die By Hanging In Delta State(read)....

A Delta State High Court sitting in Warri has sentenced two armed robbers: 27 year-old-Monday Godwin and 33-year-old Ochuko Ego to death by hanging for rob­bing a banker’s wife of her Toyota Corolla Salon Car on point.

The convicted robbers said to be indigenes of Abra­ka and Eku respectively and welders by profession were pronounced guilty by the trial judge (name withheld) and sentenced to death by hanging for the offence. The court also found them guilty of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and the substantive offence of kidnapping and were sen­tenced to five and eight year’s imprisonment each for both offences.

The prosecuting counsel from Delta State Ministry of Justice had told the court that the two accused persons with two others identified as Bestman and couple, still at large, on or around October 8, 2012 at Ohio within the Orerokpe Judicial Division, conspired amongst them­selves and executed the act by robbing one Mrs Rome­lia Esangbedo while on her farm of one Toyota Corolla Salon Car belonging to her banker’s husband on gun point. He told the court that after being robbed of her car, the armed bandits also held Mrs Esangbedo hos­tage and demanded for an undisclosed amount from her husband before she was could be released.

She was, however, res­cued the next day from Aghalokpe where the stolen vehicle was also recovered through the prompt inter­vention of security agents. The court, while deliver­ing its death verdict, said prosecution was able to prove beyond reasonable doubt ingredients of the four count charge against the accused persons as evidence before the court including their confes­sional statements to secure convictions against the ac­cused.