Tag: Drugs
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NDLEA Launches Radio Station to Combat “Toxic Pop Culture” Promoting Drug Abuse
By Paul Joseph The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General Mohamed Marwa (rtd), has called for a stronger national response against what he described as a growing “toxic pop culture” that glamorises drug abuse among young Nigerians. Marwa made the remarks during the official commissioning of the…
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Two Elderly Men Arrested for Drug Trafficking
By George Omagbemi Sylvester Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, has arrested two elderly men (both grandfathers) for alleged drug trafficking in Abia and Ekiti states, highlighting the widening demographic spread of illicit drug activities. The suspects, identified as Pa John Ofiel (83) and Ogunjobi Samuel (78), were apprehended in separate intelligence-led…
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Nigeria Cannot Prosper With Youth Lost to Drugs — Balarabe
By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, has warned that no nation can achieve growth and prosperity when its most productive segment is “wasted” by drug abuse, declaring that the menace has become a national epidemic threatening Nigeria’s human capital. Speaking on Monday at the Nigerian Institute of Public…