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Marwa charges stakeholders on tackling drug abuse among Nigerian youths . Hails UNODC, EU, ECOWAS for training on controlled delivery for NDLEA officers, others Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), CON, OFR, has charged parents and other stakeholders to rise up to the challenge of ensuring that illicit substances are kept away from young Nigerians, warning that complacency is capable of compromising the bright future ahead of the youth population. Marwa who spoke at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, venue of the Realnews Magazine 10th year anniversary lecture on Thursday 17th November said let me leave us with a thought-provoking submission about the danger of complacency in tackling drug abuse among youth. By 2030, demographic factors project the number of people using drugs to rise by 11 per cent around the world, and as much as 40 per cent in Africa alone. This is an early warning that we should all take seri...

NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau,OON,SAN hosts President of Commonwealth Lawyers Association, Brian Speers. Mr. Brian Speers who is on a 1-day visit to Nigeria is the President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association(CLA). He was hosted by a delegation led by the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau,OON,SAN. He was welcomed with a private dinner and brainstorming session on Wednesday night with the NBA President and a former President of the NBA, Augustine Alegeh,SAN among others. Later yesterday, Thursday 17th November, 2022 The NBA President led the delegation and guest on a Courtesy call to the National Industrial Court(NICN) Headquarters where they were received by the President of the NICN, Justices of the NICN and other Principal officers. The delegation included the General Secretary of the NBA, Adesina Adegbite,FICMC and the Assistant Publicity Secretary, Charles Ajiboye among others. The delegation then proceeded to the Court of Appeal where they were...

BREAKING:  CAMA 2022 POSTONED Classic Africa Merit Award (CAMA) 2022 billed to take place on Sunday 20th November has been postponed due to the demise of the Chairman of Classic International Magazine, Dr. Iyke Kanu. Announcing the postponement on Wednesday, 16th November, the Publisher of Classic International Magazine and Convener of CAMA, Mr. Dave Agwazim said, “With heavy heart and total submission to the will of the Almighty God, I regret to announce the postponement of 2022 Classic Africa Merit Award due to the sudden demise of my Chairman, Dr. Iyke Kanu”. Until his death, Dr. Kanu is an unrivaled philanthropist, serial investor and astute businessman whose business concerns spans across hospitality, real estate, oil and gas, etc. Classic Africa Merit Award is established by Digital Solutions, publishers of The Classic International Magazine as an annual event in the calendar of the Africa community to honour real drivers of the economy in various fields ranging from governan...

No one should ever experience this sort of pain. 💔 Comedian Osinachi Dike's son is reported to have died yesterday after battling with an undisclosed illness for a period of time. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this period. It is our prayer that the Holy Spirit of God will comfort you and many his soul rest in peace. 🙏 Uche Nwosu who paid the Actor a visit shared all these photos with the caption  " Today in Owerri, I visited a popular Comedian and Nollywood actor, Mr. Osinachi Dike (aka Egbe Igwe) who lost his 2 year old son yesterday. As a brother, the sudden death of his son came to me as a shock and equally threw the Owerri community into mourning. The death of a loved one, especially one’s child is usually a painful experience as is the case here. My sincere prayer is for the Lord to exterminate premature death from our families in Jesus name! Take heart my brother, Egbe Igwe!!". More photos below. 

Nigerian Man Takes $500,000 Cash To Deposit In A Bank A Nigerian man caused a stir in one of the new-generation banks when he went to deposit $500,000, approximately N200 million. The picture of the unidentified man circulated on social media has left many asking 'God when.' The picture was taken in an unknown bank in Nigeria and has left many bewildered about why such an amount of dollars would be hoarded or kept by an individual. is not clear if the person had violated the money laundering act as Nigeria grapples with dollar scarcity which previously led to the crash of the naira. A currency trader in Lagos, Ishaya Abdul, said that currently, there are so many dollars in the market. He said many forex traders are disposing of the dollars as the purported threats by the US swirl around. He said: "What is happening now is that most FX traders are releasing the dollars they have hoarded in the past. Right now, the dollar is crashing very fast."  

Car Theft: Man Bags Nine Years Jail Term  in Ibadan The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 14, 2022 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Oni Daniel Temitope to nine years imprisonment before Justice Mohammed Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan on an amended two count charge which bordered on stealing and obtaining property by false pretence. Oni’s journey to prison began when he approached his victim, Kamoru Wole Yekini, a car dealer in Iwo, Osun State, that he wanted to purchase a Toyota Matrix Salon car with a price tag of N1.8million but both parties  settled for N1, 580, 000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira).

APC CONFIDENT OF WINNING BENUE GOVERNORSHIP SEAT - CAMPAIGN D-G The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it is confident of winning Benue governorship election with the acceptance of its candidate, Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia’s across the state. The Director-General, Alia/Ode Campaign Organisation, Rev. Frederick Ikyaan, expressed the confidence in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, Alia has the competence and ability to provide solutions to the myriad of problems in the state. He added that the party had addressed the factors that made it to lose the 2019 governorship election. Ikyaan said that Alia would ensure a balance between spiritual and physical uplift of the people, when elected in 2023. “As a cleric, Alia used to address the church mainly on spiritual concerns of humanity but now he will have the opportunity to provide the balance as it were, in looking at the physical component of humanity. “It is not enough to have spiritual ...