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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...

FG RESOLVES PENGASSAN & DANGOTE DISPUTE. (PHOTO).


 FG Resolves PENGASSAN & Dangote Dispute


After a reconciliation meeting, the Federal Government has brokered peace in the industrial dispute between Dangote Refinery and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN)


A statement by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi, in the early hours of Wednesday states that, after a lengthy discussion, the matter was resolved as follows: that Unionization is the rights of the Nigerian workers and that the Management of Dangote Group shall immediately start the process of taking the disengaged staff to other companies within the Dangote Group, with no loss of pay.


No worker will be victimized arising from their role in the impasse between Dangote and PENGASSAN.


All Parties agreed to the demands.


The government team at the meeting included the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Minister of Labour and Employment, Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi; Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubaksr Atiku Bagudu; Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha; DG DSS, Adeola Ajayi; DG NIA, Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed.


Meanwhile PENGASSAN has scheduled a press briefing on the outcome of the engagement by 11 am

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