Army, NDLEA nab terrorists drug shipment

Army, NDLEA nab terrorists drug shipment

A joint operation between the Nigerian Army’s 21 Armored Brigade and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency intercepted a shipment of illicit substances destined for Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. According to security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, via X on Tuesday, the joint team, acting on intelligence, conducted a swift operation in […]

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Illicit drugs enabling crime, criminality in Nigeria, says Marwa

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), has said the abuse of illicit drugs abuse was enabling crimes and criminality across the country. Marwa said this in his presentation during a National Youth Conference organised by the Vanguard Against Drug Abuse detox centre on Friday in Abuja. The theme […]

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Keyamo Accuses Private Jet Operators Of Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking

Keyamo Accuses Private Jet Operators Of Money Laundering, Drug Trafficking

The minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, says some private aircraft operating in Nigeria are being used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other illegal activities. Keyamo made the revelation at the Ministry of Aviation in Abuja yesterday, when he inaugurated a Ministerial Taskforce Committee to checkmate illegal chartered operations in the country. […]

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NDLEA discovers snake-guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has busted a snake-guarded shrine used for the storage of illicit drugs in Egor community near Benin, Edo. Nr Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the NDLEA operatives had […]

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Customs Intercepts N4.1bn Hard Drugs From Canada, India At Lagos Seaport

Ad The Tin Can Island command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Friday, announced the interception of 2,144 packets of Cannabis indica imported into the country from Canada worth N3.2billion The command also intercepted Codeine syrup, tramadol and other contraband from India, worth N964.3m. To this end, the total value of all the seized […]

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Acting Assistant Comptroller of Customs Zone ‘C, Olusemire Kayode (R) other men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C during the display of Logs of unprocessed timber intercepted in Port Harcourt yesterday

Customs intercepts N4.2 bn worth of illicit drugs at Lagos port

The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) says it intercepted about N4.2 billion worth of illicit drugs at the Tin-Can Island port in Lagos. It said the drugs which were imported into Nigeria from Canada and India consist of cannabis indica, and a brand of codeine cough syrup containing substance suspected to […]

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Drug overdoses surge in some states: frightening numbers ‘are people’s lives,’ expert says

Newly released figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate a staggering 107,543 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. during 2023. While the figure is brutally high, it actually marks a 3% drop compared to a record 111,029 deaths reported in 2022. The CDC’s data, compiled by its National Center for Health […]

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Autopsy Reveals Drug Reaction As Possible Cause Of Singer's Death

Autopsy Reveals Drug Reaction As Possible Cause Of Singer’s Death

Ad An autopsy conducted at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has suggested a possible drug reaction as the cause of the death of singer Promise IleriOluwa Aloba, a.k.a. Mohbad. The budding singer had died mid-September 2023 amid controversial circumstances, prompting the Lagos State Government and the State’s Police Command to step in by […]

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British father arrested for killing a Russian who ‘propositioned his underage daughter for sex’ left Wales six months ago to start a new life in Thailand after drug offences and ‘has burned bridges with his family’

A father arrested in Thailand accused of killing a Russian businessman who allegedly propositioned his underage daughter for sex only moved to the country six months ago to start a new life after being jailed for drug offences, it has been revealed. The Welshman, 34, is accused of killing a man with a single punch […]

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JUST IN: Rapper Nicki Minaj arrested in Amsterdam for alleged drug possession (VIDEO)

American female Rapper Nicki Minaj has been arrested in Amsterdam Netherlands for alleged drug possession The incident was filmed on live stream by Minaj. The rapper was told that all her luggage needed to be offloaded from the plane and searched. “They took my luggage & when I asked where it is they said it’s […]

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