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NDLEA Busts Two Illicit Drug Factories In Osun, Lagos

<p><img width="1000" height="562" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/NDLEA-1-1.png" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Two-Year-Old Delta Boy Killed By NDLEA's Stray Bullet Laid To Rest" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/NDLEA-1-1.png 1000w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/NDLEA-1-1-300x169.png 300w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/NDLEA-1-1-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p> <h2>A shipment of illegal drugs that was hidden in the engine compartment of an interstate commercial bus was discovered by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (<a href="https://naijanews.com/topic/ndlea/">NDLEA</a>) agents, just as two grandfathers were arrested for drug trafficking.</h2> <p><strong>Naija News</strong> reports that the agency's director of media and advocacy Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, detailed that on Thursday, NDLEA operatives conducting a stop and search operation on the highway found no less than 5.2 kg of cannabis sativa and opiates in the engine compartment of an interstate commercial bus bearing the license plate VDY 187 XA along the Gbongan – Ibadan expressway, Osun state.</p> <p>According to the report, Iorliam Sughnen Dominic, a 35-year-old bus driver who admitted to hiding anything, was detained pending additional inquiries.</p> <p>The previous day, Wednesday, March 6, a 26-year-old lady, Obasanmi Esther Iyanu, who produces and distributes skuchies was arrested during a raid on her hideout in Osogbo, the Osun state capital.</p> <p>At least, 16.5 litres of the illicit substance and different quantities of molly and cannabis were recovered from her during the raid.</p> <p>The statement read, <em>“In the same vein, NDLEA operatives in Borno state have arrested a 70-year-old grandfather, Mallam Mai Gemu Adam and 65-year-old Yamama Musa for drug trafficking. They were arrested on Saturday, March 9, along with 24-year-old Abubakar Ya’u and Babagana Abubakar Ali, 28, in Maiduguri and Gamboru-Ngala respectively while 32,000 ampoules of tramadol injection were recovered from them.</em></p> <p><em>“Same day, operatives at Geidam in Yobe state intercepted a Golf 3 salon car heading to Gagamari in Niger republic, where the occupant, Alhaji Mala Tijjani, 28, was to deliver 40 blocks of cannabis weighing 24.5kg to another dealer, while 42 cartons containing 8,400 bottles of codeine syrup weighing 1,260 kilograms were recovered from a driver, Mutari Ya’u, 29, at Katsina road, Kaduna on Tuesday, March 5.”</em></p> <p>In a similar vein, one  Aba Thomas was apprehended by NDLEA agents in Lagos on Wednesday in the Igbo Elerin region of the state. Upon his detention, 84 liters of skuchies, 1.1 liters of codeine syrup, 4 kg of cannabis sativa, and 800 25 mg tramadol tablets were found.</p> <p>It added, <em>“No fewer than eight suspects were arrested on Friday where NDLEA officers raided the notorious Karu abattoir drug joint in the FCT, Abuja with 51.3kg cannabis recovered from them. Those arrested include: Buhari Muhammadu; Jamilu Muhammed; Abubakar Wappa; Yahaya Tasiu; Ezekiel Mulanda; Abba Haruna; Habibu Umar and Shamsu Lawali.</em></p> <p><em>“In Plateau state, two suspects: Pam Thomas, 45, and Stephen Nyam, 38, were on Monday, March 4, arrested with cannabis weighing 611.428kg at Zawan, Jos South, while in Kogi state, NDLEA officers intercepted a commercial J5 bus coming from Onitsha, Anambra state to Zaria, Kaduna state on Wednesday 6th March along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway where a total of 8,580 pills of tramadol and exol-5 were seized from a suspect, Yusuf Abdullahi, 40.</em></p> <p><em>“In Enugu, operatives on Tuesday 5th March raided some locked-up shops at the new market in Enugu metropolitan area where 371.42kg cannabis and 9.49 grams of methamphetamine were recovered.</em></p> <p><em>“The NDLEA Commands across the country in the same vein balanced their drug supply reduction operations with War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, advocacy campaigns to schools, markets, worship centres and communities. Some of these include: WADA sensitisation lecture for 1,320 students of Government Secondary School, Madakiya, Kafanchan LGA, Kaduna; students and teachers of Kingdom Heritage School, Badagry, Lagos; students of Comprehensive Secondary School, Bichi, Kano; as well as WADA advocacy visit to Ekiti State First Lady, Dr. (Mrs) Olayemi Oyebanji and her Abia State counterpart, Mrs. Priscilla Otti, among several others.”</em></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/10/ndlea-busts-two-illicit-drug-factories-in-osun-lagos/">NDLEA Busts Two Illicit Drug Factories In Osun, Lagos</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.naijanews.com">Naija News</a>.</p>

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Ramadan: Katsina Government Purchase N10bn Grains for 2.1m Residents

<p>33,000 senior citizens, vulnerable families to get cash donations.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.arise.tv/ramadan-katsina-government-purchase-n10bn-grains-for-2-1m-residents/">Ramadan: Katsina Government Purchase N10bn Grains for 2.1m Residents</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.arise.tv">Arise News</a>.</p>

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‘I’m Not A Typical APC Person To Say Things Are Jolly In Nigeria’ – El-Rufai

<p><img width="1000" height="600" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bello-el-rufai-1000x600.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="'I'm Not A Typical APC Person To Say Things Are Jolly In Nigeria' - El-Rufai" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bello-el-rufai-1000x600.jpg 1000w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bello-el-rufai-590x354.jpg 590w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bello-el-rufai-400x240.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p> <h2>The lawmaker representing Kaduna North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/bello-el-rufai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bello El-Rufai</a>, has declared that the situation in Nigeria under the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is not jolly.</h2> <p>He said unlike the typical <strong><a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/apc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">APC</a></strong> person, he won't say everything is okay in the country at the moment.</p> <p>The lawmaker, who is the son of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, however, said he believes in the abilities and capabilities of <strong><a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/bola-tinubu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Bola Tinubu</a></strong> to turn things around for the better.</p> <p>According to him, Nigeria has had many accidental Presidents, but Tinubu is not one of them.</p> <p>Speaking during a chat on the latest edition of the Mic on podcast with Seun Okinbaloye, El-Rufai expressed optimism that things would soon get better.</p> <p>In his words, <em>"I'm not the typical APC person to come out and say things are jolly, they are not. I think they will get better, I think Asiwaju is probably the most experienced politician we've had as president.</em></p> <p><em>"We've had many accidental presidents but he kind of prepared for this. You know in a similar way that President Babangida prepared to be Head of State through the scheming in the military, Asiwaju prepared for this.</em></p> <p><em>"We have a blueprint to say this is what he did. That is why some us didn't follow the Governor (Peter) Obi wave."</em></p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2024/03/10/im-not-a-typical-apc-person-to-say-things-are-jolly-in-nigeria-el-rufai/">‘I’m Not A Typical APC Person To Say Things Are Jolly In Nigeria’ – El-Rufai</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.naijanews.com">Naija News</a>.</p>

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