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...

COMMONWEALTH APPOINTS AMBODE VP OF ENTERPRISE AND INVESTMENT COUNCIL+PHOTOS FROM 'MSMESs' EXCLUSIVE FAIR AT ALAUSA.

          Governor Ambode who was spoted in a made in Nigeria cloth at the ongoing First Lagos Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises {MSMEs} Exclusives Fair at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium,Alausa Ikeja on thursday,May 5,2016,was appointed as the Vice President of Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council {CWEIC},an interest group established to promote trade and investment by facilitating engagement between Government and the private sector throughout the Commonwealth.Chief Executive Officer of CWEIC,Oliver Everett,who stated this while meeting with a group of Nigerian businessmen at the Lagos House in Alausa,Ikeja said Governor Ambode would be in office alongside Rt. Hon Jeffrey Mountevans,the Lord Mayor of the City of London as co-Vice President of the Council for the next one year,subject to renewal for another year.Everett,whi was in Nigeria to talk to small business owners on investment opportunities in Commonwealth bnations,especially in Europe,said the appointment of Governor Ambode was a major pointer to the fact that Nigeria and indeed Lagos is open for real and serious investment.The meeting with a select group of small business owners was facilitated by the Office of the Special Adviser on Oversees Affairs and Invest ment,otherwise known as Lagos Global,a one stop shop created by Governor Ambode's administration to facilitate investment and enhance ease of doing business in the State.While tutoring small scale business owners on investment opportunities in Europe,Everett advised them,for instance to avoid production of sugary drinks,saying a lot of people in Europe were now avoiding such drinks because of obesity,and would rather prefer natural drinks.He said Nigerians in the United Kingdom are the fourth largest spenders,and that there is already a huge market for Nigerian goods in that regard,as well as to Europeans who love made in Nigeria goods.More photos below.                                                                                                                                              

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