Day: August 18, 2024

Businessman excretes 88 wraps of cocaine as NDLEA intercepts drugs in noodles at MMIA

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A Vietnam-bound businessman, Paul Okwuy Mbadugha has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja after he tested positive to ingestion of cocaine.The 54-year-old suspect was intercepted at the boarding gate of the Abuja airport on Monday 12th August 2024 during the outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR 1432 to Hanoi, Vietnam via Doha. After four days under excretion observation, Mbadugha egested a total of 88 wraps of the illicit drug with a gross weight of 1.710…

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Marwa commends judiciary, says imprisonment will strengthen deterrent effect of NDLEA’s drug supply reduction efforts

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Three kingpins and 16 other offenders have been convicted and sentenced to a total of Three Hundred and Two (302) years in prison for trafficking and dealing in illicit drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis and opioids following their arrest and diligent prosecution by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Director Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi revealed this in a statement issued on Friday The 19 convicts top the list of 414 drug traffickers and dealers convicted by the Federal High Court in Benue, Bauchi, Edo, Lagos, Ogun,…

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We’re Not Selling Employment Slots, NNPC Ltd Warns

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) has called on members of the public, especially jobseekers, to discountenance rumours of employment slots for sale. Femi Soneye the Chief Corporate Communications Officer NNPC LTD explained in a statement issued on August 17, 2024 it reads… ”The company states that there is no iota of truth in the insinuations that it has employment slots on offer to anyone who wishes to buy, describing such as antics of fraudsters who want to take advantage of unsuspecting applicants”. ”It cautions that as a…

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We are not owing $6.8bn NNPC Refute Allegation

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 The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has reacted to a media report that the company is indebted to international oil traders to the tune of $6.8bn and that it has not remitted revenues to the Federation Account since January, among other allegations. NNPCL in a statement issued by it Chief Corporate Communications Officer Olufemi Soneye he said ‘’That NNPC Ltd. does not owe the sum of $6.8bn to any international trader(s). In the oil trading business, transactions are carried out on credit, and so it is normal to owe at one…

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PUBLICATION ON NON-PAYMENT OF INSPECTORS’ SALARY, ALLEGED PROTEST MISCHIEVOUS, UNFOUNDED

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The Nigeria Police Force has described a misleading publication propagated by a group of journalists, claiming that some Police Inspectors approached them at their correspondent chapel, in Uyo, to express grievances and protested against the non-payment of their promotion salary increments over a specified duration, as mischievous, unfounded and a calculated attempt to malign the police. In a statement issued by ACP Muyiwa Adejobi the Force Public Relations Officer He said ”It is important to emphasize that the Nigeria Police Force operates as a structured and disciplined entity, adhering to…

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IGP CONDEMNS ABDUCTION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN BENUE, PROMISES FULL COMMITMENT TO SWIFT RESCUE.

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Orders Deployment of Tactical Operatives, Assets The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has condemned the kidnapping of 20 medical students who were abducted in Otukpo, Benue State, while en route to the annual convention of the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students in Enugu. This reprehensible act is truly appalling, callous, and unacceptable In a display of unwavering commitment to the rescue, safety, and well-being of the young Nigerians, the IGP has ordered the prompt deployment of a substantial number of human and technical resources to augment…

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