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Investigations reveal that the hotel is operated without requisite approvals in a high profile neighborhood and patronised by call girls while the bar serves as the spot to smoke and sell drugs to the young girls and their customers.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has charged a 30-year-old man, Matthew Kolapo, before a Federal High Court, Lagos,…

The 38-year-old Eze, from Orji River, in Orji-River Local Government area of Enugu State was arrested on Wednesday 22nd September, 2021 during an inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian airline flight number 911 enroute Bamako-Addis Ababa- Abuja.

This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Femi Babafemi.

Marwa said that they would lose their investments if they were caught using their tricycles to transport drug traffickers or illicit substances in any part of the country.

Spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said the first seizure was on September 3, 2021

The Comptroller, Malanta Yusuf, who disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos, noted that the remarkable feat was the first in the history of the command.

The Area Controller, Comptroller Abdullahi Musa, disclosed this in a statement by Uche Ejesieme, Public Relations Officer of the command

Indeed, to those who know him up close and personal, Marwa is an enigma: humble, self-effacing, industrious, practical, efficient by nature, diligent, always thinking about things he needs to accomplish or how to get ahead on his next assignment, a complete Virgo, if you care to assess him by his Zodiac sign. But in plain terms, he is a case of a man who set out to always make a difference wherever he finds himself; not the kind of difference other men pursue to grandstand, but the type that impacts humanity and makes life easier for people. And of this, his track record is unassailable.

Chairman of NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos, said that the seizure of Captagon, with one suspect in the net, was the first in Sub-Sahara Africa.

This is contained in a statement issued by Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, the NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations.

The agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja that the agency also arrested 8,634 suspected drug traffickers during the period, made up of 6,461 males and 547 females.

The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

Maria also revealed on Friday in Aso Rock, Abuja that he gets death threats from drug barons on a regular basis.

Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, Customs Area Controller of Apapa Command, made the disclosure in a statement.

The Chairman of the NDLEA, retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa, revealed this to State House correspondents after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the agency at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Solomon Adeola (APC-Lagos), gave the charge in Lagos on Friday.

The agency also called on the National Assembly to pass the counterfeit medical product Bill to strengthen the agency’s war against offenders, and to make the penalty serve as a deterrent to abusers.

The 41-year-old suspect was arrested on August 25, 2021 upon his arrival on board an Ethiopian Airline flight.

This is contained in a statement issued by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Tuesday in Abuja.