DRUG ABUSE AMONGST NOTHERN WOMEN

According to the 2015 annual report of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the north west topped the table of arrests for drug-related offences for that year, with a total of 2,205 persons, beating the south-west which recorded 1,785 arrests. The north-central followed with 1,605 while the south-south, south-east and north-east recorded 1,380, 979 and 824 respectively.
But out of a total of 2,205 people arrested on drug charges in the north-west, only 38 were females – the least, compared to other zones, especially south-south, which led with a total of 269 females.

But this is because the arrests were made largely for trafficking and use of narcotics such as cocaine, heroin and cannabis, which constituted over 90 per cent of drug seizure for the year and previous years.

What Nigerians are saying about the new data tariff HIKE

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed mobile telephone operators in the country to jerk up data tariffs with effect from December 1.
Yesterday, MTN sent messages to its customers announcing that there would be an increase in its data tariffs on December 1.  “Dear customer, please be informed that from December 1, some MTN data tariffs will be increased to reflect the new rates set by the NCC to operators,” the short message from the telco read.

Nigerians are slamming the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC for ordering major telecoms firms in the country to adopt a data price floor for internet services.

N100,000 credit alert lands undergraduate in police touble

A 26-year old undergraduate, Sunday Akande, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over alleged unlawful detention.

In a letter through his lawyer F.E. Ojiekere, and copied the Commisioner of Police, Anambra State, the petitioner claimed he was arrested and detained for an offence he knew nothing about, saying he was wrongfully arrested by the police after he voluntarily reported a N100,000 transaction paid into his account.

Deporting criminals is one area where President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump agree.

Donald Trump has vowed to kick off his presidency by swiftly kicking out one segment of the immigrant population: criminals.

But that's exactly what the Obama administration says it's been doing for eight years. More than 2.4 million people have been deported under President Barack Obama, earning him the scathing nickname of "deporter in chief" among some immigrant advocacy groups. Nearly half of those removals were immigrants with criminal convictions, an explicit priority of the administration.

 

Prayers for Kanye West

News that Kanye West has been hospitalized resulted in an outpouring of well wishes for the rapper.

Kanye West entered UCLA Medical Center Monday after abruptly canceling the remaining dates for his Saint Pablo concert tour.

The rapper is being treated for "exhaustion." 

 

Teenage girls to launch Africa's first private space satellite

Giant leap for Africa's young scientists – In May 2017, South Africa will launch the continent's first private satellite into space. It's been designed by school girls, within a STEM program. Pictured: Ayesha Salie, Sesam Mngqengqiswa, and Bhanekazi Tandwa on a learning boot camp with fellow teammates in Worcester, Western Cape Province, South Africa.