The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, said on Friday that it had arrested two suspects and seized 1,459kg of substance suspected to be cannabis sativa, in Kontagora and Rafi local government areas of the state . The Commander of the agency, Silvia Egwunwoke, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency […]
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Former Manchester City midfielder and France international Samir Nasri was handed a six-month doping ban “for using a prohibited method” by European football governing body UEFA on Tuesday. Nasri, 30, had appealed to UEFA for a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) following a multi-vitamin intravenous booster he received at a Los Angeles clinic in 2016. That […]
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Police have reportedly intercepted nearly 400 kilos of cocaine stored in 16 bags from a Russian embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The country’s security minister, Patricia Bullrich, Thursday said the operatives also arrested several members of a drug trafficking gang. Bullrich told newsmen that the drugs discovered in an annex of the embassy had a […]
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Zambian authorities have arrested a Nigerian pastor for allegedly trafficking 26.29 kilogram of ephedrine, a medication and stimulant drug, a spokesperson said on Thursday. Isaac Amata, 42, is known for having predicted that President Edgar Lungu will win Zambia’s 2016 general election. He was arrested by anti-drug officers on Wednesday upon arrival at the Kenneth Kaunda […]
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Dr Bamidele Iwalokun, a medical researcher with the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) in Yaba, Lagos, has called for stiffer regulation of slimming drugs to safeguard the health of consumers. Iwalokun made the call in an interview with newsmen in Lagos on Sunday. He said there was the need for evidence of safety, effectiveness […]
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The Kaduna State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the interception of fake drugs worth over N15 million in Zaria. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Muktar Aliyu, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview. He said the Police Area Command in Zaria had intercepted the fake drugs after a tip-off […]
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A court in Malaysia has sentenced two Nigerian students to death by hanging for trafficking hard drug. A High Court Judge, Datuk Abdul Halim Aman sitting in Shah Alam ruled that Mustafa Azmir, 28, and Jude Nnamdi Achonye, 30 be hanged after convicting them. Their ordeal started three years ago when the two students of […]
Continue ReadingSelf-medication has been identified as a major cause of kidney failure among Nigerians. This assertion was made by to Dr Musa Obadiah, the Director, Taraba HIV Programme Implementation Unit, when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo. He said that this was so because drug consumption without prescription often put organs of […]
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A 91-year-old Sydney man was used by drug smugglers to fly 4.5 kilograms of cocaine disguised as soap from India to Australia, police said Tuesday. The man was stopped at Sydney airport on his arrival from New Delhi on July 8th when customs officers became suspicious of the contents of his luggage, officials said. They […]
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From Punch National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Commander in Kebbi State, Alhaji Abdullahi Zungeru, has decried the “poor condition of the drugs rehabilitation centre in Zuru Local Government Area of the state.” Zungeru made the remark when he received the wife of the state governor, Dr. Zainab Atiku, when she visited the centre on Saturday. […]
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