2O25 World Drug Day: FG Urges Collective Action to Curtail Drug Abuse Menaces in Nigeria

2O25 World Drug Day: FG Urges Collective Action to Curtail Drug Abuse Menaces in Nigeria

By Toffa Momoh, Abuja As the world commemoraetes the 2025 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the Federal Government of Nigeria has issued a strong call for increased investment in drug prevention strategies, urging communities and stakeholders to rally behind efforts to curb substance abuse. At a ministerial press briefing held on Thursdsy at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare headquarters in Abuja, officials underscored the […]

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Four Lagos drug lords jailed 28 years, forfeit VGC houses

Four drug kingpins involved in the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of cocaine at an Ikorodu residential estate in 2022 have been sentenced by a Federal High Court in Lagos. The convicts —Soji Jubril Oke, 71; Wasiu Akinade, 55; Emmanuel Arinze Chukwu, 67; and Kelvin Christopher Smith, 44, a Jamaican— were arrested by the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency operatives in various locations across Lagos between Sunday night, September 18, […]

December 27, 2024 31

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Nigerian drug baron flees South Africa, arrested in Imo mansion

A drug baron on the wanted list of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, identified as Joachin Mbonu, has been arrested. Mbonu was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA in his village mansion in Imo State on July 5. A statement on Tuesday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said Mbonu was arrested along with his associate. He stated that Mbonu belongs to a drug cartel behind the production of […]

July 10, 2024 109

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Wheelchair-bound drug dealer, ex- convict, others arrested by NDLEA

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a drug dealer, 45-year-old Godwin Emuneyin, who is physically challenged and uses his wheelchair as a cover to deal in illicit substances such as methamphetamine and cannabis in Afuze, the headquarters of Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State. The anti-narcotics agency revealed that the suspect was arrested on Tuesday, November 7, at his base in Afuze following credible […]

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