SENATE APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS. (PHOTO).

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 Senate Approves Death Penalty For Drug Traffickers The Senate has approved the death penalty for those convicted on the charge of drug trafficking in the country. The punishment prescribed in the extant NDLEA Act is a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. The resolution of the Senate followed its consideration of a report of the Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters and Drugs and Narcotics, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights & Legal Matters presented the report during plenary, Sen.Mohammed Monguno (APC-Borno North). The bill, which passed its third reading, aims to update the list of dangerous drugs, strengthen the operations of the NDLEA, review penalties, and empower the establishment of laboratories. Section 11 of the current Act prescribes that “any person who, without lawful authority; imports, manufactures, produces, processes, plants or grows the drugs popularly

A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSED IN BANANA ISLAND TODAY,TRAPPED SOME WORKERS.(VIDEO/PHOTOS).



Building Collapses In Lagos, Workers Trapped

A three-storey building under construction on Banana Island, Lagos State, has collapsed, trapping several workers.

We  learnt that emergency responders are being mobilised to the scene of the building collapse.
Though some people said is a 8-storey building but the Lagos Territorial Head of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the incident in a brief update Wednesday evening.

“A report of 3 Storey building under construction was just received at Banana Island. Workers trapped. We are mobilising to respond,” he said.

The incident is the latest in the rampant cases of building collapse in the state in recent years.

Watch video below and More photos below. 





 

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