TEXAS MAN ARRESTED WITH 75 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA IN LUGGAGE WHILE FLYING TO LONDON, POLICE SAY. (PHOTO).

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 Texas man arrested with 75 pounds of marijuana in luggage while flying to London, police say A Texas man was arrested at Miami International Airport after authorities found 75 pounds of marijuana in his luggage before he could board a flight to London. Harrison O’Neill Tiernan, 23, from Austin, was charged with cannabis trafficking. He was traveling to Heathrow Airport and had checked two suitcases for his British Airways flight. Inspectors discovered 65 vacuum-sealed packages containing a green, leafy substance later confirmed to be marijuana. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped Tiernan while he attempted to board the flight, and he acknowledged that the bags were his. Authorities noted the inspections were part of broader efforts at the airport due to high outbound narcotics activity. In total, Tiernan was carrying 34.01 kilograms, or 74.98 pounds, of marijuana. Homeland Security initially declined the case because the amount did not meet the federal threshold, a...

ACTING INEC CHAIRPERSON AMINA ZAKARI IS PRESIDENT BUHARI'S IN-LAW-FAYOSE.

                  These hot gist was revealed by Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state today sunday and his saying that the acting Chairperson Mrs Amina Zakari of the Independent National Electoral Commission {INEC} is an in-law to president Muhammadu Buhari and that as a result,she poses a grave danger to the country's democracy.The governor of Ekiti state further declared that nepotism was unknown to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria {as amended}.The governor who called on all lovers of democracy in the country to rise in defence of the impartiality of INEC,which he described as the only factor that can sustain democracy.He said ''The most honourable thing for President Buhari to do is to rescind the unlawful appointment of Mrs Zarari as INEC acting chairperson''.In a statement issued by his Special assistant on Public Communications and New Media,Lere Olayinka,Governor Fayose added ''Since Mrs Zarari's tenure as INEC National Electoral Commissioner has expired,she cannot continue to preside legally on INEC affairs,except if duly appointed as substantive chairman of the commission as provided in Section 154 {1} and {3} of the 1999 constitution.Fayose maintained that Section 153 of the 1999 constitution which established INEC and other Federal Executive Bodies did not make any provision for the appointment of Acting Chairman.Declaring the appointment as illegal,Governor Fayose said,Section 154 {3} of the 1999 constitution states ''Provided that the president shall consult the Council of state in exercising his powers to appoint a person as the chairman of INEC and there is no record of such consultation before the appointment of Mrs Zakari as INEC Acting Chairperson''.

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