Tag: Drugs
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NDLEA arrests two drug traffickers with cocaine worth N264million
A trans-border trafficker, Emeka Okoro and another drug dealer, Ibrahim Bello have been arrested in Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with cocaine weighing 1.1kilogramme, which has a street value of N264million. While Okoro was intercepted with 900grammes of cocaine in a commercial bus along Abuja-Gwagwalada road on Monday based…
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NAFDAC intercepts truck conveying fake vaccines, unregistered drugs to Warri
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has intercepted a Mercedes truck laden with fake drugs and vaccines along Asaba-Benin road. The agency says the truck was heading for Warri, Delta State, to deliver its consignments to 15 drug retail outlets in the oil-rich town. In a statement, the…
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NDLEA intercepts N2bn worth of illicit drugs at Lagos airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted illicit drugs worth over N2 billion at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos with three suspected traffickers arrested. One of the suspects, Aniede Chimezie Bright was arrested on Sunday 28th March 2021, during the outward clearance of passengers on Air Marroc, with…
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Why drugs are expensive in Nigeria – NMA Chief
Dr Adedayo Aderibigbe, Vice Chairman, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kwara chapter, has blamed the high cost of drugs in the country on his importation levies. Aderibigbe stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ilorin. The medical practitioner lamented that most of the drugs that could cure serious…
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My energy is God given, I don’t do drugs- Sir Shina Peters
Revered Juju musician, Sir Shina Peters is no doubt one of the most successful artistes of his own generation. Known for his energy, sense of style and stage craft, the ‘Shinamania’ crooner says his energy is God-given. According to him: It is God. I don’t do drugs, the only thing I do is my exercise…
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#EndSARS: Most Nigerians youths are high on drugs all the time – Lagos lawmaker [VIDEO]
Member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Amuwo Odofin 1 constituency, Honourable Mojisola Alli-Maculay has called for the re-orientation of Nigerian Youths. According to the lawmaker, most youths are ‘high on drugs at all times.” The lawmaker made this statement during the House’s deliberation on the crisis that rocked Lagos State after hoodlums…
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Trump claims Biden is taking drugs to give speeches
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed, without offering any proof, that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is taking performance-enhancing drugs for his public speeches. Trump said this in an interview with Fox News which is due to be appeared in full on Saturday. “I think there are probably, possibly drugs involved, that’s what I hear,” he…
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Danish-Nigerian prosecuted for ‘dealing in hard drugs’
A dual citizen of Nigeria and Denmark, Oladapo Ifedayo Oluseyi, was on Monday brought before a Federal High Court in Lagos for unlawfully dealing in hard drugs. Oluseyi, also known as Dayo, was arraigned by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on a four-count charge of conspiracy, unlawful cultivation of, dealing in hard drugs…
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The orphans of coronavirus – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa. THE victims of the coronavirus, COVID-19, are not only those who contracted it. Not just those who lay helpless in hospitals, homes and isolation centres hoping to survive or waiting for death. They are not only the doctors and nurses, pharmacists and technologists, radiographers and medical workers who in a universal war…
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Stop revealing drugs used for your treatment – FG cautions COVID-19 survivors
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, has told COVID-19 survivors to stop giving details of the drugs used for their treatment, so they don’t encourage self-medication. Boss Mustapha, made the plea at a Presidential Task Force press briefing in Abuja. This follows recent…