Illicit Drugs

About 500 suspected thugs and drug peddlers have been apprehended by the Kano State Taskforce on Peace Restoration and Youth Rehabilitation The taskforce Chairman, who is also the commissioner for science and technology, Dr Yusuf…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has destroyed heaps of illicit drugs weighing about 1.6 million kilograms of assorted illicit substances seized across Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States, in what is till date the largest volume of…
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After 17 years of hiding in the dark to ship illicit drugs worth billions of naira across the world, the reign of a wanted 59-year-old drug baron Ogbonnaya Kevin Jeff has been brought to a halt following his arrest by operatives of the…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says the recent attack on its image by Senator Oyelola Yisa Ashiru (Kwara South) was borne out of vendetta rather than based on any altruistic motive or national interest. The Agency…
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area 2 Command, Onne, Rivers has confiscated 12 containers laden with military/paramilitary equipment and illicit drugs worth over N31 billion. Its Comptroller-General, Mr Bashir Adeniyi, stated this…
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In a bold initiative to tackle rising thuggery clashes, Ja'en Makera community leaders, in Gwale local government area of Kano State have taken decisive actions to check the illicit drug menace and incessant thuggery. The community has…
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Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf has expressed shock over the boldness displayed by certain drug dealers, who have obtained court orders for the release of confiscated illicit drug shipments. SolaceBase reports that the governor’s…
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arraigned three suspects and a company before a federal high court in Kano for manufacturing, distributing, and selling fake children’s medicines. The…
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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has raised an alarm over attempts by some visitors to smuggle illicit drugs into its custodial centres. DSC Adamu Duza, the Public Relations Officer, NCoS FCT Command, said this in a statement…
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By Prof. Murtala Muhammad The recent submission by Prof. Muhammad Abdul Aziz, the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, while commending the decision by the Federal Ministry of Education to…
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