Tag: Drugs
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NDLEA destroys drugs worth N50b in Abuja
NDLEA destroys drugs worth N50b in Abuja
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A generation ambushed by drugs, By Dakuku Peterside
Nelson Mandela, the legendary African anti-apartheid fighter, said the future belongs to the youth, but Barak Obama qualified it by saying that the future belongs to young people with education and the imagination to create. None of them could foresee that drug could ambush the youth and threaten the future. This reality stares us in…
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Retired policeman, one other nabbed with drugs in Plateau
Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi states, have arrested two suspects with cannabis sativa worth N9.5 million, according to the Media Officer of the taskforce, Maj. Ishaku Takwa. In a statement he issued on Saturday in Jos, Takwa added that the…
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NDLEA nabs drug trafficker, Edith with 35 wraps of cocaine concealed in underwear
A suspected drug trafficker, Okafor Ebere Edith, has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos with 35 wraps of cocaine recovered from her underwear. She was busted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Saturday during the outward clearance of passengers on Air Cotevoire, to Monrovia, Liberia at the…
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There’s urgent need to rid Nigeria of drug scourge – Marwa
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has called on all leaders and stakeholders across the country to see the urgent need to rid Nigeria of drug scourge. Marwa made the call at a public presentation of a book entitled: “Victory in Defeat” written by retired Brig.-Gen. Larinde Laoye on…
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Drug trafficker Chioma, with multiple identities for trafficking drugs busted
A 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who reportedly uses multiple identities and wears hijab to evade security scrutiny has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Benue State. She was arrested along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam…
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NDLEA arrest two sisters, others for drugs trafficking in Abuja
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend busted an online drug trafficking cartel with two sisters Queen and Chika Nvene as members. Other members include Collins Ozoemena, Samson Peter, and Habila Musa. The cartel sells drugged cookies, cakes, brownies and all sorts of illicit substances to residents of Abuja and…
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We seized hard drugs worth N80bn in two months – NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said its operatives seized illicit drugs worth N80 billion in the past three months. Chairman/Chief Executive of the Agency, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (rtd) said this when the acting Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba, visited him at the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. Marwa,…