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Police arrest three suspected hoodlums, recover weapons and illicit drugs in Sokoto

Police arrest three suspected hoodlums, recover weapons and illicit drugs in Sokoto

The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested three suspected hoodlums who planned to unleash violence against citizens before, during, and after the current political campaign season.   Spokesman of the Command, DSP Sanusi Abubakar, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, June 30, said illicit drugs and some deadly …

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FIFA suspend Ivory Coast goalkeeper Gbohouo for 18 months for taking banned drugs

FIFA suspend Ivory Coast goalkeeper Gbohouo for 18 months for taking banned drugs

FIFA has suspended Ivory Coast international goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo for 18 months after he tested positive for the banned substance Trimetazidine.   The 33-year-old goalkeeper has been serving a provisional suspension after a positive test in the World Cup qualifiers, when the Ivory Coast played Cameroon in Yaounde    “On …

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Businessman arrested over alleged importation of fake anti-malarial drugs

Businessman arrested over alleged importation of fake anti-malarial drugs

A businessman named Obinna Igbo has been arrested by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for alleged importation and sale of fake Amanta Forte, an unregistered anti-malarial drug.   The 32-year-old businessman has been arraigned before a Federal High Court on four counts of unlawful importation, …

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NDLEA intercepts Italy, Dubai-bound drugs at Lagos airport, busts syndicate behind fake employments into security agencies

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Fresh bids by drug cartels to export Tramadol, Ecstasy MDMA and Cannabis to Milan, Italy and Dubai, United Arab Emirates through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, who also seized 203, 879 tablets of various pharmaceutical …

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