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Aided by peer pressure, drug addiction thrives among northern women, youths By Tunde Oyekola The rate of illicit drug usage by many youths in the North has become a matter of concern, TUNDE OYEKOLA writes on the menace and the way forward Hassan (other name withheld), an undergraduate at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, is today at the facility of the state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency where he is being rehabilitated to wean him off his addiction to illicit drug use. Hassan, who hails from Magongo in Ogori/Magongo council in Kogi State, was brought to the centre by his father after observing his unsettling behaviour. While he may not be able to complete his programme on schedule alongside his classmates because of his scheduled stay at the rehab centre, he is now among 13 other persons at the centre, having spent three months at the centre already. In addition, completing his education and becoming a Crop and Animal Production graduate has taken the second ...

NIGER GOVT BANS OPEN SCAVENGING Open scavenging has been banned throughout the twenty five local government Areas of Niger state. The General Manager Niger State Environmental Protection Agency NISEPA, Dr Abubakar Mohammed announced this at a meeting with members of the state chapter of Scrap Metal Dealers Association of Nigeria in Minna. Dr Abubakar Mohammed however warned that anyone found to have been engaged in the act would be prosecuted to serve as deterent to others. According to him this is part of efforts at providing an enabling environment for the success of Niger state Governor Mohammed Umar Bago Urban Renewal policy in which conducive environment he said is key and implored Nigerlites to give maximum support to the exercise to succeed. Dr Abubakar Mohammed also spoke of plans by his Agency to introduce the use of bin bags in household where waste is going to be put into tight and brought back to street for disposal by his men at an affordable price to keep Niger state clea...

Sultan Declares Monday As 1st Rabi'ul Thani  Sultan of Sokoto Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar has declared tomorrow Monday the 16th of October 2023 as the first day of Rabi'u Thani 1445AH. This was made known In a statement signed by chairman Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs Sultanate Council Sokoto, Professor Sambo Wali Junaidu He said the Sultanate together with the National Moon Sighting Committee across the country did not receive any information confirming the sighting of the new crescent yesterday Saturday the 14th of October equivalent to Islamic Calendar 29th of Rabi'ul Awwal 1445AH while today being the 30th of Rabi'ul Awwal will make tomorrow, Monday the first of Rabi'ul Thani 1445AH

 Rural Electrification: Lagos Provides Two 500 KVA Transformers For Ikorodu Communities Residents of rural communities in Ikorodu heaved a sigh of relief as the Office of Rural Development in the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development provided two 500 KVA Transformers for the supply of electricity. The transformers were installed at Yologbo Estate in Igbe and Alagbe Communities in Ikorodu. Speaking during the installation of the transformers, Special Adviser to the Governor on Rural Development, Dr Nurudeen Yekinni Agbaje explained that the transformers would serve over 400 houses in the communities in line with the efforts of Governor Babajide Sanwo - Olu to make semi-urban communities out of the rural areas as part of efforts in achieving the vision of making Lagos State a 21st Century Economy. He assured residents of Sanwo - Olus commitment to ensuring that development through rural electrification, provision of pipe-borne water and road construc...

 "She did not complain or cry during s*x" - Father of 20 children who r@ped 12-year-old girl in Adamawa claims she seduced him 40-year-old father of 20 children arrested by Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly r@ping a 12-year-old girl, has claimed that the minor seduced him.    During interrogation in Yola on Friday, October 13, 2023, the suspect, Muhammed Umar, who hails from Gusupan, Toungo Local Government Area of the state, admitted that he had sex with the minor but said she did not complain or cry during the act.    “She met me in my shop and said she wanted to buy sugar. She requested N2,000 to refund her stepmother. I dashed her N1,000, and she subsequently agreed to offer her body to me,” he said.    “She went by herself to where we met without anybody forcing her. I later followed her to the place and had sex with her,”   “She did not complain not to talk of crying during sex. She enticed me more than 3 times but this time around,...

A woman you did not meet and marry as a virgin has no business wearing white gown on the wedding day - Nigerian man says A Nigerian man, Neo, has said that a woman who is not a virgin has no business wearing a white gown on her wedding day as white signifies purity. Neo, who stated this on Saturday, October 14, while responding to a post about wedding, also said a non-virgin has no right to demand expensive wedding. “A woman who you did not meet and marry as a virgin has no business using a white wedding gown on the wedding day. White Signifies purity, so a non-virgin has no business wearing a white wedding gown,” he said. "Your wedding should never cost more than 20% of your annual income. If you make 150k monthly, that's N1.8m annually. Your wedding should not cost more than 360k.  "Any woman who will not align with your budget for a wedding has no business being your wife in the first place. 3b)A woman who you did not meet as a virgin is not even in any position to dem...

TROOPS OF OPERATION HADARIN DAJI RESCUED 4 STUDENTS OF THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY GUSAU IN ZAMFARA In their timely and swift response to distress calls, the combined Troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI in conjunction with Nigerian police in Zamfara state have again rescued 4 kidnapped students of the Federal University Gusau (FUGUS) who were abducted by terrorists at the dark hours on Saturday 14 October 2023 from their off campus residence at Sabon Gida under Damba area of Gusau LGA in Zamfara state. This was achieved as the troops responded swiftly to distress call on the kidnapped students by terrorists. Troops immediately mobilized and formed blocking position at a possible withdrawal route which led to heavy gun duel with the terrorists. Troops superiority forced the terrorists to abandon the victims and fled. During the encounter with the terrorists around 12 am, 2 of the students were able to escape while other 2 students a male and female were safely rescued by the troops. YAHAYA IBRA...