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NDLEA intercepts ₦16.1bn opioid, 3 times stronger than tramadol in Lagos

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NDLEA intercepts ₦16.1bn opioid, 3 times stronger than tramadol in Lagos, The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

Babafemi said that the seizures were made on Tuesday, September 17 and Friday, September 20 from three containers which had been on the watchlist of the agency following processed intelligence.

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“According to him, the NDLEA had requested for 100% joint examination of the shipments with men of the Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies.

“The 25 million pills of tapentadol have an estimated street value of 13.7bn while the codeine consignment has an estimated street value of 2.4bn bringing the total value of the seizures to 16.1bn.

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“The tapentadol consignment packed in 500 cartons was discovered in one of the containers on Tuesday, September 17 while another container examined the same day contained 175,000 bottles of Barcadin cough syrup with codeine packed in 875 cartons.

“The third container containing 175,000 bottles of CSC cough syrup with codeine was examined on Friday”.

In another development, operatives of the Lagos State Strategic Command of the Agency on Friday, arrested an 80-year-old grandfather, Aremu Shojobi with 14kg of cannabis at his home in the Iyana Ipaja area of the state.

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Babafemi said that the Octogenarian claimed he has been in the business of selling illicit drugs for 25 years.

“He further claimed he gets his supplies from the Benin Republic and sells to his customers from his residence between 7 am and 10 pm every day,” he said.

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In the same vein, NDLEA operatives in Lagos on Wednesday, September 18 raided the two homes of a community leader and Sarkin Yamma of Badagry West LCDA, Alhaji Bashir Talba.

Babafemi said that a total of 226kg of cannabis was recovered from his two wives and son.

“Though Alhaji Talba is currently at large, a search of his house in the Ashipa area of Seme Badagry led to the recovery of 93 compressed blocks of cannabis sativa(Indian hemp).

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“The drugs which weighed 57.6kg were recovered from his first wife, Asma’u Bashiru, 35, and son, Sadat Bashiru, 22.

“Another search of his house at Aketegbo area of Seme Badagry led to the seizure of 302 compressed blocks of cannabis weighing 168.6kg from his second wife Hauwa Bashir, 42,” he said.

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“No less than 720 blocks of Arizona, a strain of cannabis(Indian hemp) weighing 390kg were also recovered from a Mitsubishi delivery van marked” MUS 720 XH at Ojo area of Lagos on Monday, September 16.”

Also, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, NDLEA operatives on Sunday, September 15 arrested a 38-year-old drug mule, Okafor Ifeanyi Anthony.

Babafemi said that he was nabbed while attempting to board a Qatar Airlines flight to Iran via Doha with 76 wraps of cocaine in his stomach.

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“After three days in excretion observation, Okafor excreted the 76 pellets of the ingested cocaine weighing 1.267kg,” he said.

Meanwhile, in Kogi state, NDLEA officers on patrol along the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway on Tuesday, September 17 recovered 700,000 pills of exol-5 coming from Lagos for distribution in Kano and Kaduna.

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Babafemi said that a suspect Udemefuna Chibuike, 23, was arrested by operatives on Friday, September 20 along Mokwa-Jebba road, Niger state.

He said that the suspect had 49,000 tablets of tramadol, 20,000 tablets of diazepam, 100 ampoules of tramadol injection and 50 bottles of cough syrup with codeine.

In another development, a total of 451 blocks of cannabis(Indian hemp) weighing 213kg were intercepted along Azikiwe road, Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Wednesday, September 18, by NDLEA officers.

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The NDLE operatives apprehended a suspect Ogochukwu Paul, 33, conveying the consignment to a notorious drug haven in Borikiri.

“Operatives in Plateau state on Friday, September 20 arrested a wanted suspect Jonathan Abuttur, 46, at Agingi- Rukuba road Bassa LGA in possession of 808kg of cannabis sativa(Indian hemp).

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“The drugs were concealed in 68 bags of sugar and fertiliser while their counterparts in Kwara also nabbed Shaibu Musa with 28kg of the same psychoactive substance.”


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Woman sells baby for N4m, gives mother N600,000

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A 26-year-old mother, Rachael, has narrated how she sold her two-week-old baby for N600,000, due to her inability to cater for the child. The baby was reportedly sold for N4 million to a 42-year-old woman seeking to adopt a child, but the mother of the child was only given N600,000 by the broker. Rachael, a resident of Asaba, Delta State, was paraded at the state Police Command alongside two other accomplices by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Bright Edafe. She said she is a mother of one other male child, and that she had to give away the two-week-old baby girl because she was finding it difficult to take care of the two children. She said the father of the two-week-old baby denied paternity of the child who she said she gave birth to on January 27, 2025. I gave the baby away because I am the only one taking care of the child, Rachael said.  Screenshot 20250212 172637 X 1739377777On how she coped while she was pregnant, she said: l took care of myself, I struggled, I was going to peoples compound to clean and do some other chores. She said she was introduced to a woman who she asked to help her because she was not financially strong enough to cater for two children. Rachael said: The woman gave me N600,000 and said I should settle her and I gave her N30,000. Meanwhile, the woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, said she sold the child for N3.5 million and admitted that she gave the mother N600,000. She said the mother of the child told her that she wanted to use the money to start a business. The 42-year-old woman who had sought to adopt the child said she paid N4 million. According to her, she was assurred that the documents for the adoption of the child were being processed and the adoption process was legal. The post Woman sells baby for N4m, gives mother N600,000 appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.


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Zelensky, Trump, Putin in phone calls

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a telephone call with Donald Trump on Wednesday, the presidency in Kyiv said.

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This is coming shortly after the US president Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The presidency told reporters that the call lasted approximately one hour.

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Trump had earlier said he would call Zelensky after speaking with Putin.

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Trump had said he had a “lengthy and highly productive” call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in which they agreed to “immediately” start negotiations to end the Ukraine war.

Trump said on Truth Social that both leaders had extended invitations of “visiting each other’s nations,” while the US leader said he would be calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “right now” to inform him about the call.

In an extraordinary thaw in relations between Washington and Moscow, the Kremlin separately said the call lasted one and a half hours and that Putin and Trump had agreed that the “time has come to work together.”

Putin also told Trump that a “long-term settlement” of the Ukraine conflict sparked by Russia’s 2022 invasion of its pro-Western neighbor was possible, and invited the US president to Moscow, the Kremlin said.

The Trump-Putin call came after a prisoner swap this week that saw Moscow free US teacher Marc Fogel while Washington released Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik.

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Trump heaped praise on the Russian president in his Truth Social post, saying that Putin “even used my very strong Campaign motto of, ‘COMMON SENSE.’”

He said they “both agreed, we want to stop the millions of deaths taking place in the War with Russia/Ukraine” – with Trump using an unconfirmed figure for the toll in the war.

“We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations,” said Trump.

“We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelensky, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now.”

Trump said he had asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff “to lead the negotiations which, I feel strongly, will be successful.”

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Cross River lawmakers backs Otu for 2027 re-election, urges rival to step down

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Southern Caucus of the 10th Cross River House of Assembly has endorsed Governor Bassey Otu for re-election in 2027.

The nine lawmakers declared their support for the governor in the 2027 general election during a news conference on Wednesday in Calabar.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the declaration was coming on the heels of growing speculations that Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong, had the intention to run for the governorship position in 2027.

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Ekpeyong currently represents Cross River South in the Senate,

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The rumours are gaining traction as the senator’s free transport scheme continues to expand across the state, with many interpreting it as a strategic move ahead of the election.

Speaking on behalf of the lawmakers, Mr Francis Asuquo, the member representing Odukpani State Constituency said that they had endorsed the governor to continue from 2027 to 2031.

Asuquo highlighted some of the reforms carried out by the governor such as the increased Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), among others,

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According to him. their recognition is in view of the governor’s remarkable achievements since assuming office. He noted;

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As we work towards 2027 and the dynamics of another election in our state, we urge every resident of the state to please think Cross River and the collective good of the state.

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As patriotic and people-driven representatives, we hereby pass a vote of confidence on Gov. Otu, we declare unequivocally that he is our only choice for next term as governor of Cross River.

We appeal to every other potential gubernatorial aspirant not to hope on us, but to please decline such aspirations and join forces to support Otu for a second term,

However, Mr Richard Inoyo, the Country Director of Citizens Solution Network, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) said there was nothing wrong with people declaring their intentions subtly, the lawmakers had no right to ask others to drop their ambitions.

According to Inoyo, the caucus does not represent the overriding thinking of the people of the southern part of the state. He said;

Even though they claim that the governor has achieved a lot, there are still many things yet undone and people can campaign on these grounds against the governor and defeat him.

I cannot really tell how well these members represent their constituents because I can’t see what they are doing, they are only supporting a one system party ideology that is injurious to our democracy,

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