The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone “A” of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it intercepted 3,792 kg of Indian Hemp worth N379, 200, 000 along the Oyo/Osun border within the past four months. FOU Zone A Customs Area Comptroller, Mohammed Aliyu, told journalists on Tuesday in Lagos that the unit also intercepted contraband with […]
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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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The Nigerian Navy has intercepted 124 bags of cannabis with a street value of N150 million at Badagry creeks in Lagos State. It was gathered that the impounded substance and a suspect were handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday for further investigation and prosecution. Handing over the seizure to […]
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The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has announced the discovery of a warehouse where large quantities of Indian hemp are kept before being transported to buyers in different parts of the country. Mr. Wakawa Bubs, the State Commander of NDLEA, who announced the discovery in a statement he issued […]
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In a statement issued on Thursday by Emma Powerful, spokesman of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), it was revealed that the group has launched “Radio Nigeria Hausa service”. It said the radio service would act as an unbiased informative platform to take the “message of liberation to the oppressed” indigenous northerners. IPOB added that the […]
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A man, who is suspected to be an Indian hemp dealer, Noah Olaore has been arrested by the Ogun state police command, for being in possession of 114 bags of the illegal substance. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s spokesman, said the suspect was arrested on December 29, 2017 in front of the Moshood Abiola International Stadium, […]
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This morning, I feel the need to let out my voice and speak on this raging issue; I apoligize in advance to those who might feel offended but I sincerely feel a need to speak on this and educate people. It’s on this issue of GTBank and Innosson. Suddenly the matter has taken a curve […]
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The Nigerian army, in a statement on Wednesday by its spokesman, Brigadier-General Sani Usman, has ordered its personnel to learn the three basic Nigerian languages of Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. He said the army personnel are expected to have attained basic level standard of proficiency for the languages on or before December 2018, adding that […]
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Nigerians have been paying tribute to former Vice-President Alex Ekwueme, who died at the age of 85 in a London clinic. Ekwueme’s younger brother and traditional ruler of Oko, Igwe Laz Ekwueme said in a statement that the Second Republic vice-president of Nigeria died about 10p.m. on Sunday night. Reacting to the sad development, the […]
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Northern youths under the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (ACF) have reiterated that the quit notice given to Igbo resident in the northern part of Nigeria is still in force. At a meeting in Kaduna on June 6, ACF gave Igbo in the north up till October 1 to leave the region. But speaking with reporters […]
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